Melbourne entertain as much as contain to beat Geelong with their own game
Demons prove that show can go on even as weather turns with win that cements their AFL premiership credentials
April 2024
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Gather Round folks, the Crows are too plain, too sloppy and too predictable
Adelaide fluff their lines on the city’s big opening night but the Demons show their strength in depth
March 2024
AFL admits players who have illicit drugs in their system have been pulled from games
The AFL has confirmed players who test positive to internal club drug tests have been pulled from match day lists, arguing it is in their best interests
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Melbourne’s troubled soul takes giant leap towards redemption with trademark display
Clayton Oliver showed signs against the Western Bulldogs that he is ready to put a summer of off-field sagas and setbacks behind him
Sydney Swans beat Melbourne Demons in AFL 2024 ‘Opening Round’ – as it happened
Goal-by-goal report: The Swans got the new season under way with victory over the Demons at the SCG as Brodie Grundy got one over his former club
February 2024
‘Devastated’ Angus Brayshaw retires from AFL due to concussion
Melbourne AFL player Joel Smith accused of cocaine trafficking
November 2023
Geelong hang on to beat Melbourne in AFLW semi-final thriller
Daisy Pearce faces up to divided loyalties in Melbourne-Geelong AFLW finals clash
Cats to face Demons in semi after Kangaroos run riot in AFLW finals
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Ron Barassi: Melbourne bids final goodbye to Australian rules football visionary
October 2023
AFL suspends Joel Smith after Melbourne player tests positive for cocaine
Melbourne AFL player Joel Smith has been provisionally suspended after returning a positive doping test conducted after a game in August
September 2023
Ron Barassi: pioneering player and formidable coach who embodied Australian rules football
Ron Barassi, AFL great, dies aged 87
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Wasteful Melbourne still learning the hard way as Carlton party like it’s 1999
AFL semi-final: Carlton beat Melbourne in MCG thriller – as it happened
Carlton edge Melbourne in nail-biter after Blake Acres’ last-minute goal
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Demons fans long for AFL grand final glory after 2021’s remote triumph
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Concussion an issue AFL can’t afford to smother
Jonathan Horn
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Collingwood hang on to beat wasteful Melbourne and book preliminary final