The AFL will weigh up shortening its pre-season in a bid to reduce the number of players getting injured before the season proper. AFL football operations boss Steve Hocking says …

Adelaide’s defensive pillar Daniel Talia will make his comeback from knee surgery in an AFL pre-season game on Friday night. And Talia will face increasingly difficult times in the backline …

North Melbourne are looking to use the big stage of a maiden AFLW double header to reaffirm their premiership credentials after suffering their first defeat of the season. The Roos …

Don Pyke and his Adelaide Crows are feeling the love again. Pyke sees a silver lining from the dark clouds of 2018 when Adelaide tried to deal with an AFL …

The increasing influence of Sydney’s youngsters has coach John Longmire believing the Swans can continue to defy the laws of AFL gravity, as they seek to extend the competition’s longest …

St Kilda’s worst injury fears have been realised with Jake Carlisle set to undergo surgery that will rule him out for the majority of the AFL season. The talented defender …

Recently-retired AFL champion Brendon Goddard has thrown his weight behind a stricter illicit drugs code, warning that players are slipping through the net. Goddard’s call for an AFL crackdown came …

Brendon Goddard has revealed he was sounded out by Carlton last month about a potential AFL comeback after being delisted by Essendon. Goddard’s achievements on and off the field were …

Adelaide co-captain Taylor Walker’s rough conduct charge has been upheld by the AFL tribunal. Walker was sanctioned by the match review officer for a tackle on Port Adelaide’s Riley Bonner …

AFL players’ chief Paul Marsh has rubbished talk of changes to the game’s illicit drug code, suggesting a more hardline policy is unlikely to win support. The AFL has confirmed …

Adelaide co-captain Taylor Walker says he’s challenging a rough conduct charge at the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday night. Walker believes his tackle on Port Adelaide’s Riley Bonner which led to …

West Coast premiership midfielder Elliot Yeo believes even some umpires are still a bit confused about the new 6-6-6 rule, saying it feels a bit “all over the shop”. The …

Essendon veteran Cale Hooker is out of their AFL season opener and could be missing in action until round five. Hooker will be sidelined for four to six weeks with …

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon is confident skipper Nat Fyfe will be cleared to play in Sunday’s pre-season clash with West Coast in Mandurah. Fyfe missed Monday’s 27-point loss to Collingwood …

They don’t make their AFL Women’s debut until 2020 but newly-appointed Gold Coast coach David Lake says the next 12 months will be his most important in the role. Ex-Brisbane …

Sydney AFL coach John Longmore would prefer to use his star spearhead Lance Franklin further up the ground. All-Australian captain Franklin has been Sydney’s leading goalkicker in each of his …

Is this the year it all falls apart for St Kilda and Alan Richardson? If recent weeks are any indication, another rough AFL season awaits at Moorabbin. What had started …

Summertime alarm bells turned into post-season flag fiestas for West Coast in 2018, but will they suffer from a premiership hangover? Eagles coach Adam Simpson was a worried man after …