AFL lays down marker with seven-game ban for St Kilda’s Jimmy Webster
Defender’s hit on Jy Simpkin earns longest suspension since 2018 as league signals bid to protect players from concussion
December 2023
Sportblog
Modest AFLW grand final venue hosts an occasion to brag about
AFLW 2023 grand final: North Melbourne 27-44 Brisbane – as it happened
Brisbane Lions roar home in fourth quarter to win epic AFLW 2023 grand final
Sportblog
Cool heads and hard-won experience to shape AFLW decider
November 2023
AFLW grand final date puts spring in long-suffering Kangaroos’ step
Jasmine Garner: the AFLW star with the power to shape the grand final
Sportblog
Captain Kearney’s Kangaroos finally earn their shot at AFLW glory
North Melbourne snatch maiden AFLW grand final berth with one-point win over Adelaide
Sportblog
Patience, belief and fierce midfielders key to Kangaroos’ AFLW finals push
From Tipperary to Geelong: Irish players are taking the AFLW by storm
Cats to face Demons in semi after Kangaroos run riot in AFLW finals
September 2023
Ron Barassi, AFL great, dies aged 87
One of the sport’s most loved and influential figures has died peacefully and ‘surrounded by loving family’
May 2023
Alastair Clarkson steps aside as North Melbourne AFL coach for health reasons
Alastair Clarkson is stepping aside indefinitely as North Melbourne coach, citing mental wellbeing issues from an investigation into alleged racism at Hawthorn
March 2023
Sportblog
Frantic finish typifies new North Melbourne and same old Clarkson
Were Fremantle robbed? Or would it have been grand larceny if the free kick was awarded and they had kicked the set shot?
November 2022
AFLW player sacrifices prove vision for the game’s future must start at ground zero
Danielle Croci
Kangaroos and Crows thunder into AFLW preliminary finals
October 2022
Victoria police apparently breached internal guidelines regarding complaints made by Danielle Laidley
Force fails to follow own policy by not completing investigations into former AFL great’s complaints on time or notifying when finalised
August 2022
Reframing courage: Danielle Laidley tells of overcoming fear, shame and alpha male world of AFL
Alastair Clarkson glad ‘circus’ is over as North Melbourne get their man