Cracks appear in Geelong’s fortress with another dirty night on home turf
The Cats have been almost unbeatable at Kardinia Park but the Bulldogs looked much more comfortable as conditions turned back the clock
March 2024
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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
November 2023
Western Bulldogs to pay $5.9m to child sexual abuse victim over paedophile access
AFL club Western Bulldogs negligent in giving paedophile fundraiser special access to victim in the 1980s, supreme court finds
August 2023
Sportblog
Baffling Western Bulldogs win, wait and stew, but are finally sent packing
Luke Beveridge’s side were lopsided, occasionally astonishing and frequently bewildering – and now rue another lost year
Sportblog
Still room for surprise despite AFL foiling its plan for fairy tale final round
Goal review debacle and shock results killed off some suspense but last weekend’s upheaval shows nothing is certain in football
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
June 2023
AFL’s bold plan to recruit young Chinese-heritage stars in NRL heartland
AFL School Villages aims to recruit non-English speaking stars in NSW, over 140 years after Chinese Australians first played footy on Ballarat gold fields
May 2023
Sportblog
Carlton and Cook stuck in a vicious cycle of hope, hype and hurt
After another terrible loss, Carlton is a club in tatters with the coach, captain and CEO staring down the barrel of frustrated fans and angry ‘assassins’
March 2023
AFL to investigate alleged racial abuse aimed at Bulldogs’ Jamarra Ugle-Hagan
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Can Swans rebound from grand final humiliation to make AFL history?
December 2022
AFL mourns 438-game legend and Brownlow winner Barry Round
The Swans and Bulldogs legend has passed away aged 72, having played 438 senior games and been inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2001
October 2022
Sportblog
More than Pride on the line for AFLW teams playing for positive change
Players and fans are making a strong stance for greater inclusion in the game through their guernsey designs
March 2022
Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge apologises for post-game tirade
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has apologised for his stunning outburst at a journalist during a post-game press conference
Luke Beveridge chose the wrong hill to die on with press conference tirade
Jonathan Horn
The Western Bulldogs coach came to the MCG spoiling for a fight and crossed a line with his extraordinary post-match spray
Demons win grand final rematch as Bulldogs downed in AFL season opener
Melbourne opened their premiership defence in style, defeating the Western Bulldogs by 26 points in the AFL’s season-opening match at the MCG
