Jordan De Goey has done his AFL penance and when Ben Reid returns, it will be in defence. But coach Nathan Buckley would not confirm if two of Collingwood’s best …

Geelong will look to better protect skipper Joel Selwood after a hard tag from Levi Greenwood caused his frustrations to boil over. Greenwood was all over Selwood during the Magpies’ …

Don Pyke’s barnstorming Adelaide Crows are bucking the AFL system. They’re unbeaten. Kicking 20 goals a game. Averaging a whopping 132 points. And all that without a top 10 draft …

Courtenay Dempsey’s depression is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to post-AFL career mental illness, advocates say. Dempsey’s 133-game AFL career ended after being delisted by Essendon last …

Melbourne spearhead Jesse Hogan is in “good spirits” but no guarantee to play against Hawthorn following the death of his father. The 22-year-old has returned to training, a week after …

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has laughed off several reports doing the rounds this week regarding Dockers star Nat Fyfe as “fake news”. The latest speculation surrounding the 2015 Brownlow medallist …

Adelaide coach Don Pyke has dismissed any doubt over star midfielder Rory Sloane playing against North Melbourne this weekend. Sloane copped a corked thigh and star forward Eddie Betts was …

Midfielder Isaac Smith has entered unfamiliar territory in his AFL career as Hawthorn deal with a succession of heavy losses. But he knows enough to realise if catastrophic change is …

Sydney’s AFL wheel of fortune has spun dramatically westward this season, but Giants defender Adam Kennedy is tipping the Swans to crawl their way back up the ladder after a …

Never write off a champion, particularly one as resilient as Gold Coast’s Gary Ablett. That’s the view of the Suns’ chief executive, Mark Evans, who says Ablett’s recent form shows …

School is in for Jack Riewoldt and his Richmond teammates after Adelaide taught them an AFL lesson. The Tigers’ perfect start to the season came to a screeching halt on …

Melbourne onballer Jordan Lewis is adamant he has nothing to prove to Hawthorn when he comes up against his old AFL club for the first time. Lewis will be the …

Geelong newcomer Brandan Parfitt is out of AFL action for about two months with a nasty hamstring injury. The round-three Rising Star nominee suffered the high-grade hamstring strain during Sunday’s …

A breakthrough in the AFL’s long-running pay stoush is imminent, paving the way for several off-contract stars to sign new deals. After months of occasionally testy negotiations, the league and …

Joel Selwood denies he is a sore loser and says his much-publicised argument with Scott Pendlebury was nothing more than frustration over a poor AFL performance. The rival captains agreed …

Still reeling from another disastrous AFL loss, Hawthorn could regain Cyril Rioli and Grant Birchall for Sunday’s clash with Melbourne at the MCG. Rioli has been sidelined for the past …

Melbourne key forward Jesse Hogan has returned to the AFL club, a week after the death of his father. It remains unclear whether Hogan will play in Sunday’s match against …

Winless Sydney are set to get a timely boost, with former co-captain Jarrad McVeigh available to play his first game of the season, but it remains to be seen whether …