Despite sitting in the top four after Round 20, Fremantle lost their last four games to crash to 10th on the AFL ladder. A ...

Two seasons in a row, Essendon has crashed and burned after looking like a finals contender. In 2023, the Bombers were in ...

There is no doubt that the evolution of AFL football has had the most positive impact on umpires out of all the participants in our great game. More games per round, more rounds per season and more ...

Bill Miller, a two-time AFL champion who played for three teams throughout his six years in the league, has died at the age ...

The AFL will keep the contentious sub rule in 2025 despite calls to remove it, while there there will be no significant rule ...

From Brisbane saluting in the Grand Final to Patrick Cripps' astonishing 45 Brownlow votes, there was no shortage of monster ...

The first part of pre-season is done and the sprint to the practice matches will begin in a frenzy after the new year break.

Clubs across the AFL are starting to ramp up their match simulation and game-like drills at training as January rapidly ...

From breakout contenders to old stars in new colours, every AFL side hit the track in the first week of December.

The famous days of Malcolm Blight locking the footballs away until after Christmas or Tom Hafey smashing his players over summer get further and further away every pre-season.

Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer. He has been with ESPN since 2013, covering everything from AFL to Formula One, basketball to boxing, and tennis, both in Australia and around the ...