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Struggling Eagles insist they still love the game

Struggling Eagles insist they still love the game

West Coast are 0-5 and possess a woeful percentage of 49.7, but the AFL club's emerging youngsters are doing their best to keep spirits high.

Tigers select Balta, Bontempelli back for Bulldogs

Tigers select Balta, Bontempelli back for Bulldogs

Tigers select Balta, Bontempelli back for Bulldogs

Tigers select Balta, Bontempelli back for Bulldogs

Richmond have selected defender Noah Balta in a controversial move, while the Bulldogs welcome back Marcus Bontempelli and West Coast have lost Oscar Allen.

De Koning invested at Blues amid interest: coach

Carlton coach Michael Voss believes ruckman Tom De Koning is invested and focused on performing for Carlton, despite heavy links to St Kilda.

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Giants star Jesse Hogan to play through soreness

Giants star Jesse Hogan to play through soreness

Soreness won't be stopping star GWS forward Jesse Hogan from playing in their top-eight clash against Adelaide and former teammate Isaac Cumming.

Swans refuse to relent amid AFL injury crisis

Swans refuse to relent amid AFL injury crisis

Sydney coach Dean Cox has resisted bringing back Logan McDonald against Port Adelaide as the club deals with injury woes.

Hawthorn coach tips Ginnivan to recapture goal-den form

Hawthorn coach tips Ginnivan to recapture goal-den form

Small forward Jack Ginnivan is going through a difficult patch of form, but coach Sam Mitchell is confident he will overcome it and get back to his best.

Dockers to let struggling Jye Amiss out of the cage

Dockers to let struggling Jye Amiss out of the cage

Fremantle forward Jye Amiss has kicked just six goals in five games this season, but he will be given a licence to roam against Melbourne on Saturday.

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Beveridge not planning a coach ride to Melbourne

Beveridge not planning a coach ride to Melbourne

Beveridge not planning a coach ride to Melbourne

AFL premiership-winning tactician Luke Beveridge insists he won't be coaching anywhere other than the Western Bulldogs next season, despite links to Melbourne.

Dogs star Ugle-Hagan's future in AFL hands: Beveridge

Dogs star Ugle-Hagan's future in AFL hands: Beveridge

Dogs star Ugle-Hagan's future in AFL hands: Beveridge

Dogs star Ugle-Hagan's future in AFL hands: Beveridge

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge says the AFL will decide the next step for Jamarra Ugle-Hagan amid calls for the troubled star to be stood down.

Lions out to protect streak against 'confident' Magpies

Lions out to protect streak against 'confident' Magpies

Lions out to protect streak against 'confident' Magpies

Lions out to protect streak against 'confident' Magpies

The Brisbane Lions have won 10-straight games for the first time in 23 years and Collingwood are out to bring that streak to an end.

Lions' stirring comeback wins 'not sustainable': Fagan

Lions' stirring comeback wins 'not sustainable': Fagan

Lions' stirring comeback wins 'not sustainable': Fagan

Lions' stirring comeback wins 'not sustainable': Fagan

Brisbane have become the AFL's comeback kings, but Lions coach Chris Fagan believes their barnstorming finishes to games aren't sustainable.

McQualter plots path out of record-breaking woes, tears

McQualter plots path out of record-breaking woes, tears

McQualter plots path out of record-breaking woes, tears

McQualter plots path out of record-breaking woes, tears

West Coast coach Andrew McQualter doesn't think Tim Kelly has lost his love of the game, but says years of losing would make it harder to enjoy.

Star playmaker wins gamble as key Crow eyes comeback

Star playmaker wins gamble as key Crow eyes comeback

Star playmaker wins gamble as key Crow eyes comeback

Star playmaker wins gamble as key Crow eyes comeback

Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks says the gamble to play Izak Rankine last-start despite a calf knock has paid off with the star midfielder pulling up well.

Tigers' Balta available for AFL selection: coach

Tigers' Balta available for AFL selection: coach

Tigers' Balta available for AFL selection: coach

Tigers' Balta available for AFL selection: coach

Noah Balta has been "punished enough" by Richmond and is available to make his first AFL appearance of the season, says coach Adem Yze.

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Influential Port Adelaide defender to face fitness test

Prominent Port Adelaide backman Miles Bergman will test his injured knee at training later this week ahead of Sunday's away game against Sydney.

Port's Rioli returns amid disgraceful racial abuse

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says racial abuse of star forward Willie Rioli is a disgrace and wants more done to stop online trolls.

Rioli takes AFL leave in wake of social media post

Port Adelaide forward Willie Rioli missed club training on Tuesday morning in the wake of the furore around his social media post.

AFL Tribunal upholds Voss three-game striking ban

Patrick Voss must serve a three-game ban for striking, with Fremantle unsuccessfully trying to downgrade his penalty to a two-game suspension.

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Scott sees hard yards out west despite Eagles' woes

Essendon coach Brad Scott says there is no such thing as an easy AFL win in Perth as they prepare for Friday's away game against bottom-side West Coast.

Demons expect 'sore' May, Pickett to take on Dockers

Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin insists premiership stars Steven May and Kysaiah Pickett will be fit to take on Fremantle, despite the pair dealing with injuries.

Winless Demons are 'united' as ever, Goodwin insists

A defiant Simon Goodwin has declared Melbourne's leaders are more united than ever, even after the Demons' horror start to 2025.

Fyfe avoids surgery as Dockers rally around veteran

Fremantle veteran Nat Fyfe faces an indefinite stint on the sidelines with a hamstring injury but won't require surgery to repair the damage.

Port forward fuels Hawks rivalry with social media post

Port Adelaide's Willie Rioli has expressed hatred for Hawthorn in a now-deleted social media post in the latest incident in the rivalry between the clubs.

Fremantle's Voss slapped with three-match suspension

Fremantle's Patrick Voss has been suspended for three games for his strike which felled Richmond veteran Nick Vlastuin.

Stadium legal advice 'politicised', opponents claim

Opponents of a new AFL stadium have queried legal advice relied on by a government to fast-track the project in parliament.

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