“The only way I can describe it, it’s like being in a nightclub rave and people are going off… We’ve got some quality boys who can create stuff out of nothing, so just got to get rid of the nightclub scene.” Music to the NRL Integrity Unit’s ears. The rest of the top eight? More worried than an inner-city boomer […]

South Sydney has pulled out of a proposed NRL game against Manly in the United States next year, robbing the mooted event of the superstar support of Russell Crowe. Both teams were initially keen to participate in what would be the first competition game staged outside Australia or New Zealand, but the Rabbitohs feel there’s not enough time to pull […]

In 2017, AFLW players lived with the brutal reality of a start-up competition. Eight teams played seven games each with the top two going straight into the grand final; the base wage for a player was $8500 for 17 weeks. Each week, players were paid for just nine hours of training. Additional resources were almost nonexistent. In that first season […]

Essendon chief executive Xavier Campbell has resigned. The former chief executive, who recently re-signed for two more years, has walked out following a difference of opinion with new president David Barham. Essendon chief executive Xavier Campbell has resigned from the club.Credit:Paul Jeffers Campbell, who took over as CEO in the middle of the club’s drugs scandal, had helped to navigate […]

Jamie Elliott has become one of football’s biggest names after his clutch goals against Essendon and Carlton launched the Magpies into the top four in 2022. His popularity knows no bounds with the man who carried the same name into 58 games with Fitzroy, Richmond and St Kilda between 1991 and 1996. That Jamie Elliott admits his namesake’s football feats […]

New North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson says “wily old veterans” such as skipper Jack Ziebell, Todd Goldstein and Ben Cunnington may prove more crucial than the coaches in helping his youth-focused plan succeed at the Kangaroos. The four-time premiership coach made no promises that the contracted Ziebell would continue as captain but said his conversations with players in the off-season […]

Incoming GWS Giants coach Adam Kingsley is about to flip from poacher to gamekeeper. Kingsley has made a name for himself as an assistant coach at finals-bound Richmond, who are attempting to lure GWS’s midfield star Tim Taranto. Newly unveiled GWS coach Adam KingsleyCredit:Phil Hillyard But the minute the Tigers’ campaign comes to an end, Kingsley will turn his focus […]

Tickets to Fremantle’s first AFL finals appearance in seven years have sold out within five hours of going on sale. The scramble for tickets means the Dockers will host Western Bulldogs in an elimination final at Optus Stadium on Saturday, September 3, in front of a 60,000-strong crowd. Fremantle will host its seventh final in two weeks time. Credit:Getty Images […]

When it comes to a premiership template, Collingwood do not fit the typical mould. Of 15 important statistical measures provided by Champion Data on the home-and-away season just finished, the Magpies’ highest placing was seventh – for points from intercepts difference – highlighting their defensive pressure and ability to counter-attack. In terms of points for and against, they are ninth […]

AFL coaching legend Mick Malthouse and Essendon great Matthew Lloyd have declared James Hird should not be allowed to return to coach the Bombers because of his role in the supplements scandal, which tore the club apart. Hird, 49, is weighing up whether to run for the vacant coaching role at Essendon after the sacking of Ben Rutten on Sunday. […]