Sydney’s ever-present and rock-solid back six may hold the key to the Swans’ AFL grand final outcome in a classic contest between a free-scoring offence and miserly defence. Hawthorn’s league-leading …

The legendary figure of John Kennedy Sr towers over Hawthorn AFL players as they train, but it is his grandson that is playing on their minds. Several Hawks on Sunday …

An AFL premiership on Saturday would mean much more to Hawthorn’s Cyril Rioli than his first because it would have come so much harder. The classy speedster was a teenager …

Hawthorn star Lance Franklin says the AFL premiership favourites will have to improve greatly from their preliminary final performance to win Saturday’s grand final against Sydney. The Hawks expect to …

A classic us-against-everyone mentality nearly paid off brilliantly for Adelaide, but instead they were shattered after the AFL preliminary final loss to Hawthorn. After slumping to 14th last season, the …

Had Hawthorn found a way to lose the unloseable AFL preliminary final against Adelaide, much would have been made of their inaccuracy in front of goal. Thirty-two scoring shots to …

Hawthorn onballer Brad Sewell insists there was no panic even when Adelaide threatened to bring the Hawks spectacularly undone for a second successive AFL preliminary final. Before Hawthorn prevailed in …

Hawthorn will play Sydney in the AFL grand final after holding off an outstanding challenge from Adelaide to win their preliminary final by five points. Crows forward Taylor Walker kicked …

If the gut-wrenching preliminary final loss to Hawthorn turns out to be Kurt Tippett’s last AFL match for Adelaide, he made sure it was an extremely good one. The ruck-forward, …

Two epic battles during the home-and-away season have set the stage for a high-quality AFL grand final when Hawthorn meet Sydney. The Hawks left a pile of shredded fingernails, but …

View our live Hawthorn Hawks vs Adelaide Crows AFL scores, results, stats and dream team points. The match is being played at the MCG and is the second AFL semi final. …

Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge is a shock withdrawal from Saturday’s AFL preliminary final against Adelaide at the MCG. He is out of the side because of illness and defender Tom …

The second of the Semi Finals will be played today between Hawthorn Hawks and Adelaide Crows. The opening bounce is set to commence at 5:15pm local time with the match to …

Collingwood captain Nick Maxwell says the Magpies will adapt if any of their uncontracted players leave the AFL club. Collingwood’s retention wish list is headed by 2010 premiership star Travis …

“We’re done”. With those two words, Collingwood star Scott Pendlebury summarised the emptiness most of his teammates were going through. The Magpies fell to Sydney by 26 points on Friday …

Sydney coach John Longmire says the Swans are producing the right sort of football at the right time, but will need to step it up even further in next Saturday’s …

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley says his side’s AFL preliminary final loss reflects their season – full of character but never reaching the heights they wanted. The Magpies were never seriously …

Sydney excitement machine Lewis Jetta says he got back to what he does best Friday night with a couple of trademark magic moments helping to carry the Swans to the …