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AFL giant Walls gives message from beyond the grave

A decorated player, a ruthless coach and an insightful media performer, Robert Walls has been remembered as a "big softie" around his family.

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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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Carlton, Fitzroy and Brisbane great Robert Walls did it his way – in life and in death

Walls, who has died aged 74, will be remembered as a teacher, a competitor and a hard but fair man after he chose voluntary assisted dying over a second cancer fight

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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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Some modern themes remain from 1899 VFL grand final

While so much has changed in the modern AFL, some themes remain the same from 125 years ago when Fitzroy downed South Melbourne in the 1899 VFL grand final.

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Heartbroken Lions believe they're just getting started

Brisbane are hurting from a gut-wrenching AFL grand final loss but the Lions' leaders believe the club can contend for years to come.

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Magpies' Maynard continuing impressive footy dynasty

Before the first bounce of Saturday's AFL grand final, as he does at the start of every game, Collingwood's Brayden Maynard will remember his grandfathers.

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Tasmania's current push for an AFL licence isn't its first, but it may well be the last

After a fight lasting many decades, another rejection from the AFL might see Tasmania beaten once and for all.

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Adam Kneale was like any footy-loving boy of the 80s until a trip to Footscray’s Western Oval turned his innocent life into a nightmare

When Adam Kneale was offered a chance to help out around the Footscray Football Club as an 11-year-old, he thought he was realising every kids' dream. Instead, he faced unimaginable trauma. WARNING: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse.

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