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Every AFL captain has a big season ahead – but consider what’s coming for new Fremantle skipper Nathan Fyfe. A huge free agency decision. Rebounding from last year’s disaster. And …

Western Bulldogs are outsiders to win back-to-back premierships, according to AFL club captains who have overwhelmingly backed Greater Western Sydney as the more likely grand finalists in 2017. All but …

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has suggested this year will see the first twilight grand final, based on “broad acceptance” by fans. McLachlan said a final AFL commission decision on …

Geelong skipper Joel Selwood says he and the club have moved past the speeding incident that cost the Cats a lucrative sponsorship with the Traffic Accident Commission. On Thursday, a …

New Hawthorn captain Jarryd Roughead has drawn a line under the Luke Hodge suspension saga, agreeing it was a huge decision but a sign of the AFL heavyweights’ maturity. Hodge …

St KILDA Coach: Alan Richardson Captain: Jarryn Geary Last five years: 9-16-18-14-9 Key five: Jarryn Geary, David Armitage, Paddy McCartin, Nick Riewoldt, Jack Steven. Premiership clock: 5 to 7 o’clock. …

Say it quietly, but could St Kilda be on the brink of doing a Western Bulldogs? There’s a lot to like about Alan Richardson’s side as they begin their first …

GEELONG Coach: Chris Scott Captain: Joel Selwood Last five years: 7-3-5-10-3 Key five: Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood, Harry Taylor, Tom Hawkins, Mitch Duncan. Premiership clock: somewhere around 12 o’clock. The …

Geelong at their best are a top-four side, boasting two of the AFL’s premier midfielders and a powerful game style that works. Geelong at their worst were opened up horribly …

Adelaide leaders Taylor Walker and Rory Sloane will be notable absentees from the AFL’s season launch as they aim to be ready for round one. Walker, the Crows captain, is …

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson was far happier to trade out Sam Mitchell and Jordan Lewis than be the one to call time on their AFL careers. Mitchell’s trade to West …

Adelaide captain Taylor Walker says he’s confident of overcoming a hamstring injury and playing in the Crows’ AFL season opener. Walker left the field with tightness in a hamstring during …

Reigning AFL Rising Star winner Callum Mills has become the latest Sydney player to make a long-term commitment to the Swans, inking a contract extension tying him to the club …

St Kilda veteran Leigh Montagna will sit out their big AFL season opener against Melbourne as he recovers from a calf muscle injury. The 33-year-old did not play at all …

Geelong’s Harry Taylor experiment will run well into the AFL season as the Cats continue their four-year search for a second tall forward. Since James Podsiadly left at the end …

Coach Nathan Buckley wants the AFL sceptics to hold fire on Daniel Wells, saying the star midfielder is exactly what Collingwood need. The Magpies confirmed on Tuesday that Wells is …

Rarely, if ever, has an AFL team entered a premiership season confronted with as many unknowns as Essendon will face in 2017. The Bombers have worked tirelessly to draw a …

ESSENDON Coach: John Worsfold Captain: Dyson Heppell Last five years: 11-9-7-15-18 Premiership clock: 6 o’clock – Worsfold might need a bit of time to integrate the returning stars with the …