AFL

Collingwood are confident superstar midfielder Nick Daicos and veteran Scott Pendlebury will be fit to return for a blockbuster Gather Round clash with Fremantle on Friday night. 

A veteran teammate has put his hand up to fill in ‘just as long as we’re winning’ - but a difficult month looms large.

Angus Sheldrick is set to miss Gather Round after being handed a one-match suspension for elbowing West Coast defender Reuben Ginbey in the head off the ball.

The ‘voice of football’ Dennis Cometti will receive the ultimate honour with a public State Memorial Service at Optus Stadium following his death last month.

‘We are shattered.’

‘You have got to pick your targets.’

Jules Neale appears to have made her allegiances clear months after her split from AFL star husband Lachie Neale.

It was a familiar story as Michael Voss watched his side throw away another lead.

The West Coast West Eagles’ rebuild is suddenly looking good, as they eye another big play on Sydney Swans superstar Chad Warner either this year or next.

‘Emotionally there would be some sort of letdown.’

Two of the Brisbane Lions' big-name recruits have impressed in a 54-point defeat of Collingwood, who ruled star midfielder Nick Daicos out in the warm-up.

Nick Daicos will not take on Brisbane after being a very late withdrawal from the blockbuster match.

St Kilda forward Lance Collard will face a historic AFL disciplinary tribunal over his alleged homophobic slur as he continues to proclaim his innocence.

I know what it’s like playing in a team that struggles to find success, but this is what saved the Tigers and made them premiership winners.