ST KILDA ushered in a new wave of recruits as key forward Tim Membrey stood tall in a 21-point win over Hawthorn in the AFL pre-season series opener. Hawks star Tom Mitchell was typically prolific in his first serious hit-out in more than 500 days but teammate Ben McEvoy was an...

THE AFLW’s best player, Erin Phillips, has been ruled out of returning from a serious knee injury in Adelaide’s away match against Geelong on Sunday. The competition’s dual best and fairest hasn’t played since damaging a knee in the Crows’ grand-final win last season. “She’s progressing really well but not fully cleared...

DYLAN Roberton is confident he can recapture his best form for St Kilda this year despite managing just four games in the past two AFL seasons. The 28-year-old initially feared his career had been cut short when he collapsed on-field during a game in 2018. He then missed the entire 2019 campaign because...

MULTI-talented Mark Blicavs would love State of Origin football to return to the AFL calendar on an annual basis. Blicavs’ only previous experience wearing the Victorian colours came in his former sporting life as a distance runner and steeplechaser. The two-time Geelong best and fairest winner could very well find himself matched...

TWO AFL players earned more than $1.2 million last year, with a total of nine superstars making at least seven figures. Brownlow medallists Nat Fyfe and Dustin Martin are definitely members of the million-dollar club, as is Sydney forward Lance Franklin. Figures released by the league on Tuesday revealed nine listed players received...

COLLINGWOOD captain Scott Pendlebury will play for at least another two AFL seasons after signing a one-year contract extension. The 32-year-old midfielder – a five-times Copeland Trophy winner as the Magpies’ best-and-fairest – said the decision to extend his deal until the end of the 2021 campaign was a simple one. “We’ve...

TEEN sensation Sam Walsh is one of three new players in Carlton’s seven-player leadership group for the 2020 AFL season. The 19-year-old midfielder and defenders Jacob Weitering and Liam Jones join Blues co-captains Sam Docherty and Patrick Cripps and veterans Marc Murphy and Ed Curnow in the group, chosen by their...

RICHMOND superstar Dustin Martin has confirmed he will play for Victoria in next week’s bushfire relief match. The Brownlow medallist and premiership star is the first player picked for the representative battle against the All-Stars on February 28 at Marvel Stadium. Martin has told the Herald Sun it will be an honour to...

REIGNING premier Adelaide is back in business after storming from nowhere to snatch a remarkable 13-point win against unlucky St Kilda at Richmond Oval. The Crows didn’t score until almost midway through Sunday’s second quarter but showed the characteristics of a champion side to overcome the odds and snatch a victory...

A SARAH D’Arcy-inspired Collingwood has beaten Carlton, breaking through for its first AFLW victory over their old enemy, winning by 15 points at Ikon Park. Sunday’s 6.3 (39) to 3.6 (24) result ensured the Magpies, who lost their first three meetings with the Blues, continued their best start to a season with two...