The AFL is giving the International Rules Series with Ireland one last big shot with a trip to America in the works, but Fremantle coach Ross Lyon only wanted to …

North Melbourne’s injury run is starting to ease, with Lachie Hansen cleared to play against Carlton and Jack Ziebell a chance to return. Leigh Adams also has pulled up well …

North Melbourne will make a big pitch to retain Cameron Ling as a full-time assistant if he decides to embark on an AFL coaching career. There is plenty of interest …

Punters with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au are convinced that it will be a Fremantle/ Sydney Grand Final, so it will come as no surprise that players from the two top teams have been …

Battling Greater Western Sydney have lost a second key midfielder for the AFL season in Stephen Coniglio. The talented youngster broke his thumb against Adelaide two rounds ago and doesn’t …

Collingwood’s 2010 premiership captain Nick Maxwell has announced his retirement from the AFL following his season-ending ankle injury suffered last weekend. The 31-year-old defender has played 208 games and was …

New AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has lauded Lance Franklin’s impact on the code in NSW and condemned the public spat between Collingwood president Eddie McGuire and Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham. …

Adelaide captain Nathan van Berlo is accelerating his desperate bid to play again, but remains unlikely to feature in this AFL season. Van Berlo ruptured an Achilles tendon when a …

The battling Brisbane Lions have a week off but certainly aren’t relaxing as they aim to deliver a fierce backhander in the fight to be Queensland’s No.1 AFL club. Ten …

Dual Brownlow medallist Chris Judd says he’ll decide after the 2014 AFL season if he wants to play on next year. The 30-year-old veteran of 265 games said on Wednesday …

A loyal teammate on and off the field, Lenny Hayes is the ultimate footballer according to his St Kilda skipper Nick Riewoldt. Riewoldt says 34-year-old Hayes, who will retire at …

Former Collingwood captain Nick Maxwell could be on the verge of AFL retirement, according to media reports. On the same day that St Kilda star Lenny Hayes announced his impending …

Essendon’s two games against Collingwood this AFL season highlight how far Courtenay Dempsey has come since serving a club suspension. The Bombers defender missed the opening five rounds due to …

As if Eddie McGuire wasn’t already grumpy enough, his worst nightmare looks a decent chance to come true, with online bookmaker sportsbet pricing the Swans at $31 to win the flag, Brownlow …

Coaches have told AFL chief Gillon McLachlan at an unprecedented dinner date that they don’t want to win ugly. McLachlan hosted 11 of the 18 AFL senior coaches at his …

St Kilda’s Norm Smith Medallist Lenny Hayes said on Tuesday the 2014 AFL season would signal the end of his playing career. “I just want to announce at the end …

Fremantle forward Hayden Ballantyne and Gold Coast utility Tom Murphy have each accepted one-match suspensions from the AFL match review panel. Ballantyne has been banned for striking Greater Western Sydney’s …

Sydney’s Josh Kennedy has rocketed in to $4 second favouritism at Sportingbet for the 2014 Brownlow Medal after Scott Pendlebury failed to poll a vote in Round 17, according to Sportingbet’s AFL …