All the news on AFL squads ahead of official team announcements.
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Carlton is losing its appeal to the older market, while a former Blue is quite happy at his new home.
The Adelaide Crows star once again showed his class in the latest AFL racist slur, but he shouldn't have to.
All the news on AFL team selections ahead of round 13.
The Tiger defender's acting wasn't great but the AFL's response was worse.
All the big AFL ins before the teams are out.
The leaderboard is starting to take shape.
Suns captain drops into Melbourne on his weekend off and manages to bump into the Collingwood president.
Gold Coast get big names back for their first true home game of the year, and a big Bomber ready to unload at Dreamtime at the 'G'
Poor, confusing and disruptive decisions are bad enough, but the League's new system is doing damage on a much bigger level.
Get all the big 'ins' early as seasons hang on the line.
If the league wants to expand it should be looking closer to home than Shanghai.
The AFL is making it's new, simple match review process complicated and impossible to be consistent.
Scott Pendlebury and Marc Murphy just two of the important changes to AFL teams as they head towards the mid-season slog.
Who's in and who'll miss the AFL action this weekend? A Tiger, a Cat and a couple of Crows return but a big Swan and Magpie are still in doubt.
Seriously, if I hear the term "he's got to be in the AFL All-Australian equation right now" one more time I'm going to take a green blazer and ...
There's a lot of complaining about the state of AFL football - low-scoring, congested, ugly to watch - but then there's always a lot of complaining about the state of AFL football.
Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell and Richmond's Trent Cotchin join Steele Sidebottom on nine votes in the the Rover's Brownlow leaderboard.
Premiership players, top draft picks and silky veterans are all in the AFL selection mix this week.
The Demons need to stop lairising with the ball and with their set up, and play players in their best positions.
All the news on AFL ins and outs for the Anzac Day round.
Was Danny Frawley right to say the Brisbane Lions veteran should get off the ground?
Greater Western Sydney's Stephen Coniglio is now level with Hawthorn midfielder Tom Mitchell at the top of the leaderboard after round four.
Our man gives you all the big AFL selection news before it happens.
The AFL admitted the umpires got it wrong again, but how can they get it right with this ridiculous rule?
Ahead of the flock, Hawthorn midfielder takes prime position on the Brownlow leaderboard following the opening rounds of the 2018 AFL season.
Stars are going to be rushed back as teams already get desperate for wins.
Has the league painted itself into a corner giving North Melbourne the Easter blockbuster, or is it part of a bigger picture?
After another coach and fan face-off we wondered who are the most fearsome men in charge? Here's what we came up with.
Cats to have the 'big three' together for the first time as Swans get a star back and Blues big man ready to roll.
The Western Bulldogs skipper was right to appeal and could have gone further, but not to the Human Rights Commission.
Can't wait till clubs release their official team lists? Here's the good oil on who'll make the cut for the season-starters.
The Players' Association needs to accept it's members are responsible for the way they're portrayed.
Staging for free kicks does more damage to the game than biffing blokes, and needs to be stamped out now.
Our man thinks a bit differently to the AFL players about who's going to be the next best-of-the-best.
We're told to stop living in a male-dominated past, but then the AFL treats women like they're living in the 1950s.
Charlie Dixon is right to question Robbie Gray's suspension and address players' confusion on the rules of the game.
Our man tells us what he expects to see when the clubs name teams for the first pre-season hit-outs.
ROVER'S RANT: The Collingwood president has to learn he can't control everything and everyone in football.
Our guy on the inside makes his call on where clubs will finish, and what will get them there, as we head into another year of football.
Relationship and similarities between arrested former Tiger and superstar midfielder has clubs thinking twice about swooping on the Brownlow favourite.
The last thing Collingwood wanted just days before its season opener against the Bulldogs was more crucial players getting hurt, but that may be trumped by the reason behind one of those injuries.
The North Melbourne legend is back doing what he does best... and some.
It doesn't take much to get Brad Scott offside.
Sometimes, even The Rover gets it wrong.
When is comes to sweeping things under the carpet, Eddie McGuire is the man for the job.
Things have always been a little different at West Coast.
St Kilda has always embraced its reputation as the football club of choice for those in the shadows of society, and is returning some of the love by wearing a rainbow-infused jumper for the round 21 ‘Pride Match’ against the Sydney Swans.
In a move predicted a month ago by The Rover, the Gold Coast Suns have announced the signing of former NFL wide receiver Brandon Kaufman.
Clarkson and the Hawks closing in on a lucrative contract extension.
The Rover urges the Tigers to get tough in the Dustin Martin chopstick affair, and comes up with a novel approach as to how to handle the situation.
