Dustin Martin (born 26 June 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Martin grew up in Castlemaine, Victoria, and as a junior played for the Castlemaine Football Club and the Bendigo Pioneers.
Gary Ablett Jr. (born 14 May 1984) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). The eldest son of Australian Football Hall of Fame member and former Geelong player Gary Ablett Sr., Ablett was drafted to Geelong under the father-son rule in the 2001 AFL draft.
Lance Franklin (born 30 January 1987), also known as Buddy Franklin, is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Hawthorn Football Club from 2005 to 2013.
AFL Players’ Association president Patrick Dangerfield has no interest in a further cut in interchange rotations, but has called for the overall length of games to be shortened.
In 2002, the AFLPA MVP award, of which Matthews was the inaugural recipient, was renamed the Leigh Matthews Trophy. Matthews is one of only three Australian rules footballers recognised as a Legend of Australian Sport in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, alongside Ron Barassi and Ted Whitten.
Alex Rance (born 9 October 1989) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Rance is a three time All-Australian and a winner of Richmond's best-and-fairest award.
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Wayne Carey (born 27 May 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club and the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Anthony Howard "Tony" Lockett (born 9 March 1966) is a former Australian rules football player. Nicknamed "Plugger", Lockett is the highest goalscorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, starting in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club and ending in 2002 with the Sydney Swans.
Joshua J. Kennedy (born 25 August 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for Carlton from 2006 to 2007. Kennedy is originally from Northampton, Western Australia.
The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match. The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith.
The AFL’s on-again off-again war on concussion appears to be on-again, with Nic Naitanui being handed a one-week suspension for what is, ostensibly a hard tackle. Over the past couple of years, the AFL has put on their boots, packed their gear and gone to war on sling tackles, with suspensions to players such as Patrick Dangerfield for acts that have been pure football acts.
Professional sportspeople, like the rest of society, need outlets away from the day-to-day grind. And you could argue that among the long term injury and uncertain future, Rory Sloane needs them now more than ever.
Joel Anthony Selwood (born 26 May 1988) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, 1.83 metres (6.0 ft) tall and weighing 86 kilograms (190 lb), Selwood is able to contribute inside or outside while on the ball.
2017 marks the first time five-time Collingwood best and fairest winner Scott Pendlebury will serve as a board member. Pendlebury has established himself as one of the smoothest movers across the competition in an outstanding career to date.
Eddie Betts (born 26 November 1986) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Betts was originally drafted by Carlton with pick No. 3 in the 2004 Pre-Season Draft, where he played for nine years before Adelaide signed him as a free agent at the end of 2013.
Adam Goodes, Australian rules football’s most prominent Indigenous player, is being relentlessly booed. For weeks now, each time Goodes nears the ball, pockets of the crowd erupt in ugly jeering.
Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and captain of both the West Coast Eagles and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Luke Hodge (born 15 June 1984) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Hawthorn Football Club from 2002 to 2017, captaining the club from 2011 to 2016.
Max Gawn. Max Gawn (born 30 December 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A ruckman, 2.08 metres (6 ft 10 in) tall and weighing 111 kilograms (245 lb), Gawn is capable of contributing in both the ruck and forward line.
Gary Ablett Sr. (born 1 October 1961), is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Hawthorn and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed "God", Ablett is widely regarded as one of Australian football's greatest players, and was especially renowned for his spectacular high marking and his prolific goalkicking.
Ask the AFL Rover: Dane Swan's sex tape - how long is it? afl May 3, 2018 11:51pm EDT May 3, 2018 11:51pm EDT All the important AFL questions, and some not-so-important ones, are answered by our man the Rover.
Nicholas Riewoldt (/ ˈ r iː v oʊ l t / REE-volt; born 17 October 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL draft. He was the captain of St Kilda in 2005 and from 2007 to 2016.
Cyril Rioli (born 14 July 1989) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Primarily a forward pocket, Rioli also spends time in the midfield, although injury and hamstring injuries have limited his ability to spend long periods in the midfield.
Marcus Bontempelli. Marcus Bontempelli (born 24 November 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who represents the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Bontempelli was drafted by the Bulldogs with pick 4 in the 2013 AFL Draft.
Patrick Cripps (Carlton, 23, 70 games) Despite having a frame better suited to centre-half forward, Patrick Cripps is, just like Nat Fyfe, part of a new breed of big-bodied midfielders taking over the game, one stoppage at a time.
Shaun Burgoyne. Burgoyne was an inaugural member of the Indigenous Players Advisory Board when it was established in 2011. Burgoyne returns in 2017 as Chair of the board after taking over from the retired Adam Goodes in 2016.
Nathan Charles Buckley (born 26 July 1972) is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Thomas Jack Hawkins (born 21 July 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). At 198 cm or (6 ft 6 in) tall and weighing 110 kilograms (240 lb), Hawkins has the ability to play as either a full-forward or centre half-forward.
Luke Parker (born 25 October 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He plays as a midfielder. Originally from Langwarrin, Victoria, Parker played for the Dandenong Stingrays before being drafted by Sydney with the 40th pick in the 2010 National Draft.