Brisbane will challenge Cam Rayner’s one-match suspension for careless conduct at the tribunal, after he was banned for a rough tackle on Melbourne’s Ben Brown during the Lions’ heavy loss to the Demons on Friday night. But the Lions also announced on Monday that it would accept Noah Answerth’s one-match suspension, ruling him out for the elimination final against Richmond. […]

As all but 90,000 rode every bump and kick at the MCG, the earth almost literally moved. So did the AFL landscape. In the most dramatic finale to the home-and-away season this century, Collingwood’s one-point win over Carlton knocked the Blues out of the finals berth that had seemed to be their destiny all season and established themselves in the […]

Collingwood’s ability to snatch victory from improbable positions has been the theme of their extraordinary season and, in the biggest home-and-away game of 2022, they saved their greatest and most unlikely – and narrowest – escape yet for last. The Magpies overcame a deficit of worse than four goals in the final quarter – and once again Jamie Elliott was […]

Key posts 10.45amWalsh in doubt for Pies clash 1 of 1 Walsh in doubt for Pies clash Star Blues midfielder Sam Walsh is in doubt to play in the blockbuster against Collingwood. The exact nature of the injury isn’t clear, but a source said he had been managed all week but trained on Saturday as he pushed to get up […]

Asked this week if there was one particular “hit” or “miss” from his two stints as Hawthorn president, Jeff Kennett surprisingly did not rate the 2008 premiership – his lone flag in charge – particularly high. “Oh no, that was just what we trained to do and what we were training to do. I don’t think that was a great […]

SCG: Super Saturday descended into Slaughter Saturday as the Sydney Roosters completed a day of embarrassing blowouts. The Roosters made it six wins on the trot by thumping the Wests Tigers 72-6. The victory was the biggest rugby league margin ever recorded at the Sydney Cricket Ground, eclipsing St George’s 65-5 win over University in 1937. It was Easts’ second-biggest […]

What is wrong with this picture? In the past four years the NSW taxpayer has put a lazy billion dollars or so to give the NRL a brand spanking new state-of-the-art stadium to be mainly used by that code, where the Sydney Football Stadium (SFS) used to be, knocking down a 30-year-old stadium to do so. Within 10 days of […]

Melbourne’s thumping victory over the Brisbane Lions was overshadowed after the game by an incident between Lions captain Dayne Zorko and Melbourne defender Harrison Petty that will be referred to the AFL for investigation. Petty was seen in tears at three-quarter time, and spent the opening minutes of the final quarter on the bench. There was also an exchange of […]

Melbourne Storm’s all-or-nothing line-up put down its most impressive performance of the campaign, scoring their fourth win in a row on Friday night. The Storm’s 60-12 win over the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium has kept their top-four hopes in their own hands heading into the last two rounds but injuries again hit Melbourne with winger Xavier Coates (concussion) and […]

He’s 191 centimetres and 94 kilograms. They’re not your usual dimensions for a hulking full forward. But yet again, Nat Fyfe is not your usual footballer. Nat Fyfe is back and ready to make a big impact. Credit:Getty Images His career to date has shown few are able to rub shoulders with him in the midfield, as the only dual […]