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Lions feel like home for recruit
Laine Clark 6:12pm Despite leaving behind his famous football family in South Australia, AFL draft No.7 pick James Aish insists Brisbane feels like a home away from home.
Former Melbourne coach Dean Bailey battling cancer
4:32pm Adelaide's coaching mentor and former Melbourne coach Dean Bailey is battling cancer.
AFL Crows mentor Bailey has cancer
4:26pm AFL club Adelaide's strategy and innovation coach, Dean Bailey, is battling cancer and has taken leave.
New Blue out of the Woods
ROHAN CONNOLLY 4:20pm Cameron Wood wasn't always a favourite of Collingwood fans during his five years with the Magpies, but he was with his teammates, a fact underlined again when the ruckman was selected in the AFL rookie draft.
Ex-Tiger Richard Tambling retires from AFL
1:03pm Richard Tambling has announced his retirement from the AFL, ending a career dogged by high expectations after being drafted ahead of Lance Franklin.
AFL rookie draft throws up surprises
Ben McKay 3:02pm Carlton has raised eyebrows by signing former AFL ruckman Cameron Wood, while a host of delisted AFL players have found new homes in the rookie draft.
Carltonwood: Blues pick another ex-Magpie in rookie draft
Carlton coach Mick Malthouse has again turned to his former club Collingwood for talent, picking up Cameron Wood in the AFL rookie draft.
Magpies pass over Jake Kelly in rookie draft
EMMA QUAYLE Collingwood's crammed rookie list has forced the club to overlook teenage son of 1990 premiership defender.
Pagan urges AFL clubs to pick Northern Blues star Lambert
Brent Diamond Former AFL coach Denis Pagan says he is 'absolutely flabbergasted' Kane Lambert hasn't yet been picked by an AFL club.
Ahmed Saad given 18-month suspension
EMMA QUAYLE St Kilda was contemplating on Tuesday night whether to keep Ahmed Saad on its rookie list next year, with the small forward handed an 18-month ban for taking a banned substance last season.
Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson parts with manager Liam Pickering
MICHAEL GLEESON Hawthorn premiership coach parts ways with Liam Pickering in the wake of the Lance Franklin move from the Hawks.
Rookie hope Josh Bennett's in heaven among the holy Saints
DAVID POLKINGHORNE Former Ainslie forward Josh Bennett still struggles to believe he's training with the AFL team he has always supported.
Players to look out for in the Rookie Draft
EMMA QUAYLE 8:16am Emma Quayle looks ahead to this week's AFL Rookie Draft.
Saints' Saad gets 18 month AFL ban
9:45pm Saints' forward pocket Ahmed Saad has received an 18-month ban for taking a banned stimulant.
Carlton talks up new Blues
ROHAN CONNOLLY Football fans love nothing more than a historical reference point to give them an idea how their club’s new recruits measure up. Particularly when the kid in question is being compared to a dual Brownlow medallist.
GWS passes on Magpie premiership player Alan Didak
Alan Didak has almost certainly played his last match in the AFL after Greater Western Sydney ruled out recruiting him for next season.
Hawthorn welcomes new players Dayle Garlett, Billy Hartung and James Sicily
ROHAN CONNOLLY Three new Hawks … a second chance for one, the perfect result for two others. Rohan Connolly reports.
Lions on track and ready to roar, says Adcock
Brisbane Lions co-captain Jed Adcock says the mood is good within the playing group, despite a turbulent off-season involving a boardroom scrap and the exit of several players.
Melbourne Demons hope to turn up heat with midfielders
JESSE HOGAN Nathan Jones says Melbourne's off-season focus on recruiting midfielders was an essential step towards matching the midfield depth of its rivals.
Record membership drives Collingwood to $5.2m profit
MICHAEL GLEESON As the AFL examines more ways to enrich its poorest clubs to further equalise the competition, one of its richest, Collingwood, has announced an operating profit of more than $5 million.
West Coast Eagles recruits Sheed and Karpany eager to get up to speed
Brad Elborough New West Coast recruit Dom Sheed says he is one of the lucky ones who was picked up by the team he barracked for at the AFL's National Draft.
Best of the rest still full of hope ahead of drafts
ROHAN CONNOLLY Never have so many disappointed but still hopeful AFL prospects sweated on their futures as the huge pool awaiting Wednesday's pre-season and rookie drafts.
Demons hoping to turn up heat with midfielders
JESSE HOGAN Nathan Jones says Melbourne's off-season focus on recruiting exclusively midfielders was an essential step towards matching the midfield depth of its lofty rivals.
Pears re-signs with Bombers
Essendon and Tayte Pears have agreed to a new two-year deal, the club announced on Monday.
Brisbane Lions announce $1.5 million loss
Brisbane says a net operating loss of just over $1.5 million over the past financial year is an improvement for the club.
The other side of the draft: the man who said no to Collingwood
MICHAEL GLEESON When the clubs came knocking, Jarrod Dalton had to make a hard choice.
AFL's Geelong signs champion basketballer
18-year-old Michael Luxford, who won a silver medal for Australia at the world junior basketball titles last year, has signed with AFL club Geelong.
Mood good at Lions despite off-field woes
Ed Jackson Brisbane co-captain Jed Adcock says the mood is good within the Lions playing group despite a turbulent off-season involving a boardroom scrap and several young players leaving the AFL club.
Mood good at Lions despite off-field woes
Ed Jackson Brisbane's players are upbeat and happy despite a turbulent off-season for the AFL club according to Lions' co-captain Jed Adcock.
Hawthorn's Dayle Garlett takes his second chance
ROHAN CONNOLLY Just on a year ago, Dayle Garlett's hopes of an AFL career were in tatters.
