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Rehab room: The likely timeframe for Jeremy Howe’s return

Dual AFLW premiership player and sports physiotherapist Libby Birch uses skills from both her professions to analyse some of the biggest injuries in football and how they will impact players and clubs. I had the best seat in the house on Friday night – riding the MCG boundary. Unfortunately, I witnessed injury carnage as the Cats and Pies played a […]

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Hughes charge adds to Melbourne Storm’s woes

Melbourne face a potential halves crisis, with Jahrome Hughes at risk of joining Cameron Munster on the NRL sidelines after being charged over late contact. Hughes is the only player facing a ban out of Saturday’s NRL matches, with six other players able to escape with a fine. The Storm halfback earned the ire of the match review panel for […]

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‘The biggest roar:’ McDonald-Tipungwuti the icing on the cake as Bombers dominate Hawks

Essendon supporters have had little to smile about for a while now. Their summer did not exactly provide reassurance. There were simmering feuds, misguided appointments and outlandish statements from people who should know better. Alwyn Davey junior’s first goal was an early highlight on a memorable day for the Bombers against Hawthorn.Credit:Getty Images But all was forgotten in one hour […]

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Crowd-pleasing Magpies give fans plenty to cheer about

If the AFL season can be thought of as a series of increasingly pointed questions, Collingwood had more answers this introductory night in a thoroughly gripping game of footy. But there are many pages to be turned yet, though not Collingwood’s Jeremy Howe, whose crash-landing from a typical leap early in the third quarter caused him such a gruesome injury […]

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