Richmond confirm Dustin Martin, Tom Lynch and Toby Nankervis will play in Round 1 clash with Carlton

Richmond confirm Dustin Martin, Tom Lynch and Toby Nankervis will play in Round 1 clash with Carlton

Richmond royalty Tom Lynch, Dustin Martin and captain Toby Nankervis will play in Thursday night’s AFL blockbuster against Carlton at the MCG. It’s exciting news for Tigers fans who haven’t seen Lynch — their 2022 best-and-fairest winner — since Round 4 last season due to a foot injury. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Richmond stars back … Read more

Mason Cox set to respond after interrupting GWS Giants’ pre-game midfield warm-up

Mason Cox set to respond after interrupting GWS Giants’ pre-game midfield warm-up

Outspoken premiership AFL ruck Mason Cox has vowed to explain himself after being widely criticised for interrupting the GWS Giants’ pre-match stoppage warm-ups. Cox became part of the narrative in the lead-up to Collingwood’s Opening Round clash with the Giants when he called the Giants’ home ground a “showground for livestock” after it was announced … Read more

GWS Giants forwards run wild in thumping win over reigning premiers Collingwood

GWS Giants forwards run wild in thumping win over reigning premiers Collingwood

Greater Western Sydney have gone some way to avenging last year’s preliminary final defeat to Collingwood by inflicting one of the worst losses of Pies coach Craig McRae’s career. After a tight first quarter and a half, the Giants kicked away just before half-time and then piled on the only four goals in a dominant … Read more

Gold Coast defeat Richmond in Damien Hardwick’s first match as Suns fans make Dustin Martin pitch

Gold Coast defeat Richmond in Damien Hardwick’s first match as Suns fans make Dustin Martin pitch

Damien Hardwick has copped the full Gold Coast experience in a wildly fluctuating win against former club Richmond to begin his Suns era. The Suns’ 14.15 (99) to 9.6 (60) victory in front of a full house at home on Saturday was far from regulation — Gold Coast up by 67 points but facing anxious … Read more

Keidean Coleman goes down with suspected ACL injury during AFL season opener with Carlton

Keidean Coleman goes down with suspected ACL injury during AFL season opener with Carlton

WARNING: Distressing images included in this story. Brisbane are bracing for the confirmation that Keidean Coleman has ruptured his ACL after the star defender was subbed out of the Lions’ Opening Round clash with Carlton because of a cringe-worthy incident on the stroke of half time on Friday night. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Keidean Coleman … Read more

Harry McKay silences critics with ice-cold winner in epic one-point win over Brisbane

Harry McKay silences critics with ice-cold winner in epic one-point win over Brisbane

Carlton have come from 46 points down to shock Brisbane at their Gabba fortress in a one-point AFL thriller. Harry McKay kicked the winning goal, his third of the night, with 90 seconds to go before the Blues resisted the hosts in a mad goal-mouth scramble in the final seconds. Carlton’s 13.8 (86) to 12.13 … Read more

Port Adelaide mourning the loss of ‘misunderstood’ club great, David Granger, who has died aged 69

Port Adelaide mourning the loss of ‘misunderstood’ club great, David Granger, who has died aged 69

Port Adelaide are mourning the loss of controversial club great, David Granger, who died on Thursday at age 69 after a battle with cancer. The two-time premiership key forward played 103 games for the then-Magpies between 1975 and 1982, during which time he also had a one-year VFL stint with St Kilda, in 1979, playing … Read more

AFL legend Robert Walls ‘rocked’ by serious cancer battle

AFL legend Robert Walls ‘rocked’ by serious cancer battle

Carlton legend Robert Walls has revealed he is in remission after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia last year. The 73-year-old was told in AFL grand final week that he had as little as one month to live if he did not undergo treatment, but significant chemotherapy has altered his outlook. Walls, however, acknowledges “it’s … Read more

Sydney ruckman Brodie Grundy lifts lid on jellyfish sting on eve of AFL season opener

Sydney ruckman Brodie Grundy lifts lid on jellyfish sting on eve of AFL season opener

Sydney ruckman Brodie Grundy has revealed he was stung by a jellyfish on the morning of Thursday night’s AFL season opener against Melbourne. Grundy produced a starring performance in his first match as a Swan, leading his side to a stirring 22-point victory over the Demons. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Grundy speaks to Channel 7. … Read more