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'Blackmail': the bitter debate threatening an AFL dream

One state's long quest for an AFL team has descended into a divisive debate over a new stadium, the future of which could soon be decided by a handful of MPs.

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Key Bulldog Weightman to miss rest of AFL season

The Western Bulldogs continue to pile on big scores despite coach Luke Beveridge confirming they will be without a vital forward for the rest of the season.

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Bolton brilliance helps Dockers cause a giant boilover

Fremantle have snapped their two-game losing streak and claimed their first win at Engie Stadium thanks to a Shai Bolton special in their victory over GWS.

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'Old School Ross' still has place at Saints: Riewoldt

Former St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt says his old coach Ross Lyon is still driving high standards which they will need in a danger game against West Coast.

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AFL in shock as tributes flow for ex-Eagle Adam Selwood

West Coast great John Worsfold has led tributes to Eagles premiership star Adam Selwood, who has died just three months after his twin brother Troy passed away.

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'It'll all pan out': Kiddy's return gives Fagan options

Coach Chris Fagan isn't sure how his halfback jigsaw will end up fitting after Jarrod Berry's absence allowed Keidean Coleman to slot in for an AFL return.

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Swans duo banned over high hits on Blues defenders

Sydney's Joel Amartey has been banned for three games after his bump concussed Carlton's Jordan Boyd, while Justin McInerney has copped a one-match ban.

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Tony Armstrong: ‘The tone of the world is shifting. The way that I’m getting spoken to is wild’

The AFL player turned TV personality on fame, Eurovision and how racism is getting ‘way worse’

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Blues defeat by Swans leaves coach Voss exasperated

Michael Voss says he's "pretty pissed off" over Carlton's inability to close out a game following a 16-point loss to Sydney after they'd led at every change.

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Lions welcome back Keidean Coleman from ACL tear

It's been 14 months since Keidean Coleman graced an AFL field, but he will make his long-awaited return when Brisbane host Melbourne at the Gabba on Sunday.

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Beveridge reflects on 'complex individual' Smith's move

Luke Beveridge doesn't have any regrets after Bailey Smith made the biggest splash in last year's AFL trade period, leaving the Western Bulldogs for Geelong.

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Sky After Dark host launches furious spray at ABC for broadcasting ‘far-left activist’ spouting ‘partisan rubbish’

Chris Kenny takes issue with Hannah Ferguson’s attack on Murdoch media. Plus: Anthony De Ceglie’s departure from Seven written in the stars

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Bulldogs coach fires back at Koch's sledging accusation

Luke Beveridge has hit back at Port Adelaide chairman David Koch's suggestion that Western Bulldogs players had gone too far in their sledging of Willie Rioli.

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Goodwin stands firm on Pickett-Jackson trade talk

Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin would love ruckman Luke Jackson to return to the club and insists his premiership teammate Kysaiah Pickett is going nowhere.

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'All gas, no brakes' as Miller and dad inspire Suns

A rousing pre-game address from Touk Miller's father has helped inspire Gold Coast to an enthralling eight-point defeat of Hawthorn in Darwin.

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AFL legend passes away after using voluntary assisted dying laws

Former player and coach Robert Walls died aged 74

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Homework broke ground for Voss with 'hard arse' Walls

Carlton coach Michael Voss, who played under Robert Walls at Brisbane, is among many people paying tribute to the late AFL great.

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New AFL fixture gives Bulldogs chance to shine

The AFL has planted the Western Bulldogs centre stage in the fixture confirmed for rounds 16-23, with Carlton, Essendon and GWS also prominent.

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Big blow for Blues: TDK out of Swans clash

Carlton's Marc Pittonet will play against Sydney at the SCG in his first game of the AFL season after ruck Tom De Koning suffered a larynx injury.

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Eagles brush away mothball talk for struggling skipper

West Coast are adamant they won't rest Oscar Allen for the remainder of the season, saying they want him out on the field winning matches for the club.

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Walls rode VFL's tough transition to national league

Robert Walls was a premiership player and coach and later a football commentator who was at the coalface as the AFL became a national competition.

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NRL announce new Perth CEO amid Bears PR battle

The NRL has made a surprise announcement on the inaugural CEO of the Perth Bears, in a move likely to give them some media sway in Western Australia.

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'I've had a wonderful life': AFL in mourning for great

Robert Walls, who was diagnosed with cancer two years ago, has died after a celebrated AFL career as a player, coach and commentator.

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Mitchell pinpoints game that turned around the Hawks

A Darwin encounter with Gold Coast has allowed Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell to reflect on the moment things turned for his much-improved AFL side.

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Two AFL greats stay away from Sir Doug Nicholls Round

Adam Goodes and Cyril Rioli, two of the AFL's greatest Indigenous players, are keeping their distance from the league's showcase Sir Doug Nicholls Round.

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