AFL

How I learnt being mean doesn’t always get you what you want

JUSTIN LANGER: Getting the best out of people in the high-pressure cauldron of professional sport is a riddle few can solve, but there are a few simple rules I have come to appreciate as a coach.

Hawks move turns trade period on its head

Hawthorn has blown the trade period wide open with a shock move, trading their pick No.14 to Carlton despite it being central to a move to get West Coast defender Tom Barrass.

AFL trade talks stall with Houston, Macrae in limbo

Several AFL players look set to remain unclear about their futures until next week, as negotiations continue during the trade period.

AFL trade twist as Barrass deal in peril

Hawthorn are playing hard ball with the Eagles over a possible deal to send the West Coast defender to Victoria with another Melbourne club set to benefit from the stalemate.

TRADE GRADES as Hawks flip script on head with SHOCK deal

AFL great’s heartbreaking admission about daughter’s health battle

‘Her head went to the side, and then you would see the whites of her eyes and she would stop and freeze.’

Oliver reportedly willing to take pay cut to join Geelong

Despite staunch denials from the Demons, Clayton Oliver’s desire to move to Geelong continues to gain traction, with the star on-baller reportedly willing to take a pay cut.

Strange twist in Stringer GWS trade

Essendon have made a stunning admission over the unwanted Bomber’s possible move to the Giants.

Hawks’ explosive claims against alleged racism victim

Hawthorn has hit back at its former players - which have accused it of mistreating them - with their own allegations against the Hawks stars.

AFL star Jesse Hogan opens up on secret cancer battle

WA-born footy star Jesse Hogan has opened up on a dark period which saw him lose his father to cancer while quietly suffering a similar battle of his own.

Worsfold: Eagles may have taken too long to start rebuild

New West Coast head of football John Worsfold says the club may have taken too long to concede they were in a rebuild as they look to bounce back from the most tumultuous period in their history.

Harley Reid makes sad admission: ‘It was pretty hard’

The 19-year-old prodigy has opened up on an extreme period of his life.

Jordan Ablett makes major announcement: ‘Plenty of tears’

‘It’s about finding joy in what you have, even as you mourn what you have lost.’

Woosha’s back! Worsfold returns to Eagles’ nest

West Coast great John Worsfold has returned to the club in an official capacity for the first time in more than a decade.

Collingwood making bold play for ‘ready to go’ big man

7NEWS understands the key forward has had a medical with the Pies.