MELBOURNE v GEELONG 7.50pm (AEST), Friday, September 10Optus Stadium Everyone knows the history – Melbourne’s is the longest VFL/AFL premiership drought, stretching back to 1964. And the two grand finals the Demons have reached since then – in 1988 and 2000 – both resulted in smashings of the red and the blue. Max Gawn continues to lead from the front […]

A humiliating 38-0 loss to the Bulldogs on Sunday is shaping as the final nail in the coffin of Michael Maguire’s failed tenure at the Wests Tigers. The club will continue through the process of undertaking an internal review over the next week, with the board to make the final determination on Maguire’s future soon after. The club received a […]

A year ago, Geelong felt they were a star forward short of a flag and with Jeremy Cameron available threw everything at him. They gave up a lot to get Cameron because Cameron had proven he was also worth a lot. Brisbane, too, felt they were a dynamic key forward short of a flag and with Joe Daniher available gave […]

These two teams entered the sudden-death semi-final with two wins to show from eight finals between them since 2019 when the Brisbane Lions became a top eight team. Less than one percentage point separated them at the end of 22 rounds and with seven minutes remaining scores were level. Bailey Smith was enormous in the final quarter.Credit:Getty Images At the […]

A match billed as a dead-rubber shone a light on the future of South Sydney with the club’s young guns impressing in a 20-16 win over the Dragons on Saturday night. Lachlan Ilias, 21, scored on debut, Blake Taaffe was solid in his finals warm-up as he stood in for the suspended Latrell Mitchell, and 20-year-old hooker Peter Mamouzelos directed […]

Carlton have begun the process of moving on from Alastair Clarkson and Ross Lyon, and have Chris and Brad Scott high on their shortlist of potential candidates to become the club’s new coach. Amid public commentary that they have mishandled their coaching hunt, it has emerged the Blues’ sub-committee is close to finalising a list of prospective applicants, including Michael […]

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Toby Greene told teammates he accepts he needs to change his ways on the field during an emotional apology before Greater Western Sydney’s elimination from the premiership race. The Giants have no issues with their vice-captain maintaining the edge that makes him one of the elite players in the competition but both the club and player realise the gravity of […]

Geelong coach Chris Scott has boldly declared that star defender Tom Stewart is some chance of returning from injury if they progress to the grand final. Stewart told Perth radio on Friday night that he will begin running for the first time this weekend after having surgery on a Lisfranc ligament injury in mid-August. The Cats face Melbourne in a […]