AFL

James Hird and Essendon president Andrew Welsh have spoken, as the Bombers step up the search for their new AFL coach next season.

St Kilda co-captain Callum Wilkie says coach Ross Lyon is very good at convincing people, as the club tries to pull off a major recruiting coup.

Hawthorn star Nick Watson, who sits equal second in the Coleman Medal, will miss the Hawks' clash with Melbourne in Launceston due to a hamstring injury.

The year after Jordan Lewis was knocked out during a 2010 match, but still returned to the field that day, the AFL passed tougher concussion guidelines.

Fremantle have extended their record-setting run of victories by toppling Gold Coast by 51 points and set the longest winning streak in the history of any of the State’s major sporting clubs in the process.

A former coach has accused the AFL of being ‘allowed to do whatever they like’ - and it’s come back to haunt them.

West Coast have become the latest victims of a resurgent Carlton under interim coach Josh Fraser, going down by 53 points at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.

Essendon have announced the five-person panel that will pick their next senior coach, with James Hird having made it clear he wants to have the role again.

The Lions, two-time defending AFL premiers, have sent a message at the Gabba as they shut down the second-placed Sydney for a third-successive win.

A former AFL umpire and two others have been committed to stand trial over an alleged Brownlow Medal betting fraud after failing to get their charges dropped.

St Kilda are not where they had hoped they would be at this point of the season, but fans should be patient as they are capable of great things

A close friend of Tony Modra has provided an update on the AFL great’s condition after he suffered severe facial injuries when a fallen tree branch crashed through the windshield of a truck he was driving.

A close friend of Tony Modra says the AFL great is "out of the worst" after suffering severe facial injuries in a freak accident a week ago.

Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes has opened up on the crippling anxiety he felt as an AFL player, revealing he hated playing football.

Melbourne key forward Brody Mihocek feared he’d never walk again when he was crushed in a confronting tackle during the King’s Birthday clash with Collingwood earlier this month. 

Sydney coach Dean Cox admits it’s exciting to have Errol Gulden back as the Swans prepare to land another blow to Brisbane’s threepeat dreams.