Collingwood premiership coach Craig McRae will step back from coaching the Pies in their AFL pre-season matches, 7NEWS Melbourne’s Mitch Cleary has revealed. The 50-year-old is only entering his third year leading the team but has already decided to hand over some power to upskill his assistants. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Craig McRae takes step … Read more
The AFL has decided to shake up the way clubs reveal their teams for the round ahead after several high-profile coaches voiced their concern last year. The AFL re-introduced a sub rule for the 2023 season but, when teams were announced, only four players were named on the bench and the sub would be revealed … Read more
The Sydney Swans have blown up their co-captaincy tradition and surprisingly returned to a standalone leader. The Swans revealed on Tuesday that veterans Luke Parker and Dane Rampe would be handing in their skipper badges and Callum Mills would be installed as the sole captain. It’s a peculiar call given Mills was widely criticised at … Read more
Flying from Perth to London and back is currently almost as cheap as the return trip to Adelaide on the first weekend of April later this year. With the AFL’s Gather Round soon descending on the South Australian capital for a second straight year — following the raging success of its first iteration last year … Read more
Former AFL boss Gillon McLachlan looks set to return to a position of prominence and is hotly tipped to become the new chairman of Racing Victoria. McLachlan, a passionate horse racing fan, is reportedly Racing Victoria’s top candidate for the position and Victoria Racing Minister Anthony Carbines’ “preferred candidate”. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Gillon McLachlan … Read more
Popular Adelaide Crows veteran Rory Sloane has shared details — and vision — of the latest round of surgery that he has had on his troublesome eye. The AFL star had surgery on a detached retina in his right eye at the end of January. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Rory Sloane shares vision of nasty … Read more
Andrew McLeod achieved plenty in his AFL career. A dual premiership winner who won the Norm Smith Medal in both grand final successes, the Adelaide Crows legend is still remembered by fans as one of their favourite players. Yet even now he’s finding ways to impress, 15 years into retirement and at the age of … Read more
Ben Cousins will be swapping his footy boots for Cuban heels on the new season of Dancing With the Stars. The AFL premiership player and 7NEWS Perth sport presenter has been announced as the first star joining this year’s show — in which the most unexpected celebrities are taking to the dancefloor. At his peak, … Read more
Australian cricket legend Justin Langer says he remembers the moment “like it was yesterday”. In an extraordinary column for The West Australian, Langer has recalled the death of his good friend and West Coast hero Chris Mainwaring. Click here to read Langer’s full column in The West Australian. Analysis, local footy and the biggest moments, … Read more
There are concerns at Collingwood for young superstar Nick Daicos ahead of the AFL season. Daicos battled through a two-and-a-half hour pre-season session on Friday but was in clear discomfort. He was repeatedly seen grimacing and touching his groin area, and ended up on his back on the oval. Analysis, local footy and the biggest … Read more
