The prince of Punt Road: AFL fans rise as one for Dustin Martin’s 300th
Few footballers have meant more to fans than he has to Richmond, and none could have drawn a crowd like the 92,311 who saluted his 300th game
May 2024
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Dustin Martin holds up his end of the bargain as the AFL’s silent superstar
Richmond’s triple premiership player and Norm Smith medallist lets his football do the talking – and the game is better for it
April 2024
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Haze lifts on Tigers’ AFL season as Swans win delivers more than just a victory
Richmond got many reminders that they’re on the right track at the MCG and that it should not be all doom and gloom at the club
March 2024
Carlton hang on in MCG thriller against brave Richmond
Carlton held off a brave Richmond to win an MCG thriller by five points, six days after storming home to pip the Brisbane Lions
December 2023
AFL concussion rules need overhaul after Shane Tuck’s death, coroner says
Victorian coroner John Cain recommends contact training be limited and independent doctors should attend all matches
November 2023
Richmond’s Monique Conti wins her first AFLW best and fairest
Star midfielder polls 20 of a possible 24 votes and the five-times All-Australian also manages to play basketball for Melbourne Boomers
September 2023
Victorian AFL clubs raked in $40m from poker machines last financial year
Carlton, Essendon, Richmond and St Kilda continue to profit from pokies, drawing criticism from fans and gambling reform advocates
August 2023
AFL to probe crowd incident involving Richmond enigma Marlion Pickett
Pickett knocked a drink from fan’s hand after being touched over the fence, leaving the AFL to review security footage of the ‘disappointing’ incident
July 2023
AFL should limit ‘full contact practice’ to cut brain risk, Shane Tuck inquest told
US expert tells long-delayed hearing into death of former Richmond player that NFL has achieved ‘dramatic’ reduction in head impacts
June 2023
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Misery mounts for West Coast after horror 171-point defeat by Sydney
This year offered West Coast a chance to reset but two consecutive floggings and the biggest losing margin in their history have the Eagles in a tailspin
Dustin Martin and Kalyn Ponga top Rich 100 list for AFL and NRL players
AFL players earn $82m against $77m by NRL players with over 25% of highest earners on rich list aged 25 or under
Richmond AFL player Marlion Pickett involved in theft of more than $380,000, police allege
Pickett granted bail after being held in custody in Perth overnight charged with 12 offences including stealing and criminal damage
May 2023
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Essendon’s total control trumps Richmond’s beautiful chaos in AFL Dreamtime boilover
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Richmond’s old firm must build new dynasty for a changing game
March 2023
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Can Swans rebound from grand final humiliation to make AFL history?
It depends whether John Longmire’s young team can buck a dispiriting historical trend dating back almost four decades
November 2022
AFLW player sacrifices prove vision for the game’s future must start at ground zero
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Kangaroos and Crows thunder into AFLW preliminary finals
October 2022
‘I can’t trust anybody in this system’: AFL review into concussion study leaves players and experts disappointed
Scientists question the panel’s finding that Paul McCrory’s plagiarism did not contribute to his reputation as a world expert
September 2022
Richmond coach criticises AFL goal review technology that decided cliffhanger final against Brisbane
Damien Hardwick says system that denied Tigers a match-winning goal in dying minutes of elimination final is ‘not good enough’
August 2022
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Starkly different but Edwards and Selwood both worthy milestone men
It was a big weekend for two players who marked their 300th and 350th AFL games respectively
