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Michael Voss says he’s never seen Harry McKay more confident after the spearhead powered Carlton to a thumping 56-point win over North Melbourne.
North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has defended the club’s call not to select key defensive prospect Daniel Curtin in last year’s draft after also letting restricted free agent Ben McKay walk.
Our experts have entered their tips for the eight games of round three. See which way they’re predicting each match will turn out, and come back on Thursday night for all the ins and outs.
Collingwood have revived their AFL season and sent the Brisbane Lions’ further south with a 20-point win in a scrappy, fluctuating grand final re-match at the Gabba.
Every year at every AFL club, a player will start the season not knowing they are about to leave the game. Few get to leave the sport in control of their exit. The likes of Shane Crawford and Joel Selwood are the exceptions to the norm.
Collingwood veteran Scott Pendlebury whacked Brisbane rival Lachie Neale in the stomach during their clash.
Collingwood had spoken all week about bringing a defensive intent to the game. They delivered, and now the blowtorch has been shifted to the still-winless Lions.
AFL boss Andrew Dillon has told a briefing of all 18 clubs that the league will continue with a health-based illicit drugs policy. In practice, this would mean no sanction on the first offence.
Brian Taylor and Luke Hodge criticised the AFL's score review system after another "wasteful" review in the Lions-Magpies match.
Aside from the occasional rumour, during my AFL career I was never aware of a player being pulled on match day over a drug test during the week.
Nathan Jones said he did not know of any "off-the-books testing" while playing for Melbourne.
When it is accepted publicly that clubs lie about injuries to cover for players who are taking drugs, or with drugs in their system, pulling out of games casts doubt on players with legitimate injuries or non-drug related personal issues.
Melbourne onballer Clayton Oliver leaves the training track with an untimely injury.
Former Melbourne Demons player Shaun Smith has accused the AFL of "enabling" players to do illicit drugs.
St Kilda have a significant war chest at its disposal, as a result of a mixture of frugal player payments and tough calls to let players join rival clubs.
Sport Integrity Australia says it will assess allegations around controversial illicit drug tests in the AFL as the league admits it empowers doctors to remove players from matches if they are at risk of testing positive on match day.
The AFL has a major brand protection imperative. It does not want to look soft on players using drugs. There’s a pressure to be narcotically correct from governments and sponsors.
Rarely has a grand final rematch had this much riding on it. The winner can resurrect their season, the loser’s premiership hopes will be hanging by a thread. These are the burning questions facing Collingwood and Brisbane.
Clayton Oliver left training early and was sent for scans on a hand injury as Simon Goodwin said Jake Lever would play against Port this week.
Coach John Longmire and chief executive Tom Harley – both former AFL players – have been quick to distance themselves from explosive claims made by federal MP Andrew Wilkie.