Nick Riewoldt

Nick Riewoldt confident of return to football this year

Will Brodie Injured St Kilda star Nick Riewoldt is confident he can return to playing football before the end of the season.

Saints' big draft gamble

Michael Gleeson, Gold Coast St Kilda gambles its capacity to make the leap to premier, taking ex-Cat Ryan Gamble and former Tiger Dean Polo with its last picks in the draft.

Clubs lining up for Anthony

Jon Pierik Carlton, Fremantle and Melbourne head early list of suitors interested in snaring disgruntled Collingwood utility John Anthony.

Picks of the draft: Tom Lynch

Tom Lynch is a big, bubbly key forward, who less than two years ago was a 180-something centimetre midfielder.

Gilbert up front on goal-scoring role

Emma Quayle, Dublin It was less than two weeks after his St Kilda side lost the second grand final to Collingwood that Sam Gilbert found himself sitting in a room with Mick Malthouse.

Geelong looks to a revolutionary leader

Martin Blake AFL football is moving at breakneck speed in terms of strategy now that every club has half a dozen on its coaching staff.

Identical twins happy to go their separate ways

Greg Baum Chris and Brad Scott are their own men and now they have their own clubs.

At Gosch's Paddock it's a black-and-white world for this rabble with a cause

Greg Baum Saturday's grand final rematch was the making of a new Collingwood legend. All the hours since have been to enlarge upon it.

In glorious living colour, a black and white fairytale finally comes true

Greg Baum For Collingwood, there was deliverance, for St Kilda only desolation.

Dawn of a new era for the faithful

Martin Flanagan Between McGuire, Malthouse and a team of titans, there was never a doubt.

It's a triumphant return after two decades in the wilderness

Rohan Connolly Part of the legend that surrounds Collingwood's famous 1990 premiership win involves the chaotic celebrations that followed as much as the victory itself.

Peter Hanlon As much as the 2010 premier has rightly bristled at suggestions it is a collegiate outfit devoid of stars, it marks itself as all champion teams do - on the whole package, not just one man or moment.

Magpies emphatic in victory

Rohan Connolly One could point to several moments as clear indicators that it wasn't going to be St Kilda's afternoon.

Time to split

Greg Baum After 22 rounds, 4 weeks of finals, a drawn grand final … something’s gotta give.

Senior duo set personal goals

Recalled Collingwood stalwarts Simon Prestigiacomo and Leon Davis have set their own personal goals for Saturday's AFL grand final against St Kilda.

Magpie fans drown out Saints skipper

Will Brodie and Scott Spits Chanting Collingwood fans have drowned out an interview with St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt at the end of the grand final parade today in Melbourne.