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Tigers relish Cats rematch
The Tigers will run out onto the MCG with the intention of showing they have turned their fortunes around.
Playing through (private) pain
All footballers carry the burden of personal issues, it's just a matter of how they cope with them.
Eye on the Tiger
The Tigers knew they had a genuine star in Nathan Foley way before the state game.
Hawthorn quest about glory
A Hawthorn premiership flag might bear a label reading, 'Made in Port Adelaide'.
Waverley shows Hawks retain Kanga spirit
Reinvented by legendary coach John Kennedy, Hawthorn is investing in its future at its Waverley home.
Queensland's Lethal injection
Leigh Matthews could have retired from coaching a happy man, but knew that up north, the job wasn't done.
Time takes toll in battle of the ages
Veterans Anthony Rocca and Fraser Gehrig were willing but only sometimes able last night.
Watson to miss for Dons
Essendon has been dealt a blow, with Jobe Watson a late omission from a side already depleted.
Malceski returns for Swans - and for everyone with a bad knee
THE decision, in the end, was simple for Swans coach Paul Roos.
End of the line for the G-Train?
Fraser Gehrig's football future is on a knife's edge after another disappointing performance.
Playing through (private) pain
All footballers carry the burden of personal issues, it's just a matter of how they cope with them.
Origin-style games likely to be rotated
State-of-origin football, or some form of it, will be considered on a rotational basis, possibly every three years.
ANALYSIS
NATHAN Foley was disappointed but not devastated when he missed out on selection at the 2003 national draft. He still had time to prove his worth to AFL clubs. And he had the rookie list.
Sam gives The Age a serve
Footy Show panellist Sam Newman launched an extraordinary attack on The Age on Thursday, describing it as "a big, cumbersome, awkward pig of a paper".
Dream Team will be back … in three years or so
STATE of Origin football or some form of it will be considered on a rotational basis possibly every three years after the AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said the concept could not be killed off.
At 50, it's time for Ted to shine
Half a century of games has been a long time coming for Richards, writes Michael Cowley.
Pretty good Nick
Nick Stevens has endured disappointment, criticism and a career threatening pain in the neck.
Eagles not tanking: Cox
Dean Cox has denied the club has been forced into tanking mode despite reaching ever deeper into its player reserves.
Malceski's amazing recovery
Clubs will pay special attention to Nick Malceski when he returns for Sydney after revolutionary knee surgery.
The Battle of Wills is not over just yet
There is no evidence that the birth of Australian football was influenced by the games of Victorian Aborigines.
How I was kicked in the guts
44 days and 42 AFL games have passed since the night I watched Sam Newman staple-gun my photograph to a mannequin dressed in underwear.
Pies beat Saints to overtake them on ladder
Collingwood gets its season back on track with desperate nine-point win over St Kilda.
Fame game players would do it again: Williams
Dream Team coach Mark Williams lashes out at critics of last week's
AFL 150th anniversary fixture and their accusation the match lacked
authenticity.
Time is up for an antiquated system
The AFL has conceded its timekeeping methods are outdated and has commissioned a complete overhaul of the system.
Crows feel pressure of Dees' win
Adelaide coach Neil Craig was predictably heard preaching against complacency as his side revved up to resume its AFL season by facing lowly Melbourne.
One year not enough for Fev
Brendan Fevola has declared he will not sign with Carlton next year if the club offers him a one-year contract.
Malthouse prods jaded Magpies
Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse has put the heat on his team before the clash with St Kilda.
Pies rule out Fraser as Tigers recall Bowden
Collingwood ruckman Josh Fraser has failed to overcome the knee injury.
Watching my team go backwards going forwards
'Limited opportunity' has entered the lexicon of footy corporate gibberish.
Football's culture wars: historian tackled
In the year of its 150th anniversary, Australian football has become embroiled in its own "culture wars".
Malceski rises to the top
It's been labelled a comeback to make Lazarus blush, but Nick Malceski's has been named in Sydney's squad.
Huge raps on big Buddy are not misguided
We like to label the next best thing but Lance 'Buddy' Franklin thoroughly deserves the tag.
Lyon's Saints are the dispossessed
Two significant matters emerged from St Kilda's win by less than a kick over Richmond; one technical, and one far more earthy.
Saints chief tried to heal rift with coach
In his second week as St Kilda Football Club chief executive Archie Fraser called a crisis meeting with coach Grant Thomas.
Memo AFL: someone loses in musical chairs
North flirted shamelessly with the Gold Coast. When the AFL came on a bit too strong, the Roos stormed out of the bar.
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