Sydney stalwart Adam Goodes is confident he’ll return for the Swans before the AFL finals – and with his explosive speed intact. The reigning premiers’ clash with Collingwood on Saturday …

Star midfielder Dale Thomas’ chances of playing a role in Collingwood’s AFL finals campaign have increased significantly. Thomas, who has not played since early May after undergoing ankle surgery, completed …

Fremantle midfielder David Mundy is nursing a slight ankle injury and could be rested rested for Sunday’s AFL clash with Greater Western Sydney at Patersons Stadium. Mundy rolled his ankle …

The improving Brisbane Lions are eying in-form Richmond as a valuable litmus test for their AFL finals potential. Brisbane appear just out of finals reckoning with four rounds left this …

Lance Franklin says he wants to stay at Hawthorn as he weighs up his AFL future. Franklin becomes a free agent at the end of this season and Greater Western …

Andrew Demetriou has described as “offensive” the suggestion by Essendon great Tim Watson that the AFL have predetermined sanctions for the AFL club over the supplements saga. The AFL chief …

Sydney coach John Longmire believes Collingwood are just as capable as Hawthorn and Geelong when it comes to foiling his side’s AFL premiership defence. The second-placed Swans host the sixth-placed …

Essendon coach James Hird and the Bombers remain adamant he has not been asked to stand down as D-Day draws near in the AFL club’s supplements scandal. While AFL legal …

Richmond chief executive Brendon Gale says AFL clubs can make themselves “unassailable” if they nail the thorny issue of equalisation. Gale and the other 17 club chief executives will hold …

Geelong insist star forward Tom Hawkins is building towards a late-season AFL peak despite coming off one of his least productive games of the season. The 25-year-old looked hampered by …

St Kilda’s defensive injury spate has hit crisis proportions as they prepare to take on a star-studded Hawthorn AFL attack on the rebound on Friday night. The Saints have lost …

Sydney coach John Longmire faces a month-long selection headache, as the AFL’s reigning premiers determine just who of their young guns are playing on borrowed time. Longmire revealed on Tuesday …

It wouldn’t surprise Brisbane if Johnathan Brown “did a Robert Harvey” in a bid to return this season, but Michael Voss is confident his injured co-captain will take a less …

Courtenay Dempsey’s AFL season could be over with the Essendon defender suffering a tear to his hamstring tendon in the loss to Collingwood. It is another significant on-field blow to …

Life outside the AFL bubble has helped convince Gary Ablett he should play on with Gold Coast after his contract expires in 2015. In news that will break the hearts …

Former Adelaide skipper Mark Ricciuto isn’t ready to back away from his claim that Essendon coach James Hird has been urged to resign over the AFL club’s supplements scandal. The …

Brisbane have suffered another blow ahead of Saturday’s AFL clash with Richmond after losing skipper Jonathan Brown to a season-ending foot injury. The Lions on Tuesday accepted a one-match ban …

Brisbane have received the worst possible news from Jonathan Brown’s foot scans but coach Michael Voss is confident the star AFL forward will play on in 2014. Brown has suffered …