AFL

The AFL powerhouse is set to be a big player come trade time and there are superstars in their sights.

The league has made the call and and it’s a win ‘for footy fans all over the country’.

BEN MCCLELLAN: There are plenty of valid arguments against the Hobart Stadium - chiefly its price tag - but Tasmanians are just putting off the inevitable if they want to be taken seriously.

The Western Bulldogs have re-signed coach Luke Beveridge, backing in their 2016 premiership mentor to take them forward.

As St Kilda waits on a contract call from young star Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, his coach has revealed what he thought of reports of his trip home to Adelaide.

Max Gawn and Steven May are yet to talk face-to-face with the Dees captain saying ‘we’ll probably see each other at some point’.

‘I have to put my hand up. I haven’t handled that particularly well in the last few weeks.’

An ‘aggressive’ Steven May act sparked the spicy confrontation.

Melbourne fought bravely in front of former coach Neale Daniher, but it was not enough to upset the AFL flag favourites with two Dees players involved in a heated post-match exchange.

Essendon have been hit with a significant midfield blow ahead of their trip west to face Fremantle later this month, with Sam Durham copping a two-match suspension.

Everyone in the stadium paused for a ‘really emotional’ scene just minutes before the match started.

Big Freeze 11 has gone off without a hitch as some of Australia’s highest-profile athletes and personalities took the plunge in honour of AFL champion Neale Daniher and fighting Motor Neurone Disease.

North Melbourne embraced their newest home away from home to over-run a wasteful West Coast and claim a historic 10-point win at Hands Oval in Bunbury on Sunday.

Andrew Dillon kept the PM waiting as he rushed down the coast for the fireside gathering.