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Young gun, veteran commit to Tigers ahead of Cats clash

Set for a daunting finish to the AFL season in Geelong on Saturday night, Richmond have received some positive contract news.

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Sydney Swans confirm no other club representatives were in Melbourne hotel room

Sydney Swans coach Dean Cox has admitted the culture at the embattled AFL club ‘isn’t perfect’ while facing the media on Friday

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'Fear for their lives': women in Swans probe in hiding

A lawyer for two women at the centre of assault allegations involving Sydney Swans players, are fearful for their lives, he says, with a 'reasonable basis'.

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How Drastic Playoff Changes Could Impact MLS Compared to Other Major Leagues

MLS could welcome more teams to the playoffs than any other major North American sports league.

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'Let us down': Swans coach, captain blame five players

Sydney coach Dean Cox isn't taking any blame for the Swans scandal that has left the AFL club reeling and players potentially facing legal action.

AAP

Lions ready for latest high-stakes Magpies showdown

Brisbane's latest clash with Collingwood is another high-stakes one with the Lions determined to win and seal an AFL top-four berth.

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Suns send-off club stalwart with win over Saints

Gold Coast have ended a hugely disappointing season by taking care of St Kilda by 23 points at Marvel Stadium.

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Double-elimination, reseeding and 20 teams: MLS plans potential overhaul of playoffs

The format would resemble that of Australian rules football, and the changes would pair with a structural move from two conferences to five divisions

The Guardian - US

AFL appeals board hands down swift van Rooyen verdict

Melbourne will have to win two finals for Jacob van Rooyen to play again this year after the AFL appeals board upheld his three-match ban.

AAP

Australian Rules faces far-reaching fallout from latest scandal

SYDNEY - An alcohol-fuelled scandal swirling around a top Australian Rules team has been splashed across newspaper front pages as much as the back and triggered broader debate, a sign of the sport’s importance in the country’s social fabric.

Bangkok Post

Isaac Heeney dumped as face of own company amid Sydney Swans commercial fallout

Heeney’s name and image removed from 5th Quarter Camp promotions while book stores stop sale of children’s series Little Isaac Footy Fever

The Guardian - AU

Tasmania Devils aim high in maiden VFL finals series

The Devils locked in a top four spot after two crucial late season victories and have set their sights on doing some damage in the upcoming finals.

AAP

Eagles re-sign defender but big list cull looms

West Coast face a number of tough decisions at the end of this season, with Tom Cole and Matt Flynn among more than a dozen players coming out of contract.

AAP

No Stringing along: Giants star confirms exit

GWS forward Jake Stringer hopes to continue his AFL career in his home state next year as the Giants face the possibility of losing a trio of key players.

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Battling Bombers put timeline on coaching decision

Essendon's next senior coach is set to be named in the days following the last-placed club's final home-and-away match of the season against Port Adelaide.

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Lions not thinking beyond chance to seal top-four berth

Brisbane can seal a top-four berth with a win over Collingwood and say they aren't thinking about whether they would play Fremantle or Sydney in the AFL finals.

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Sydney Swans Players Issue Apology As Police Investigate Alleged Sexual Assault

Sydney Swans players have apologised after they were sanctioned as Victoria Police continues investigating a reported sexual assault.

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Demons to challenge star forward's ban at appeals board

Demons forward Jacob van Rooyen is still a chance to play again this season after the club announced they will appeal his three-match ban.

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The Guardian - AU

From the Pocket: Sydney Swans’ cultural exceptionalism has been exposed as a myth

Claims around ‘Bloods Culture’ have been made to look like nothing more than a marketing hook this week but to their credit neither the club nor the AFL shirked responsibility

AAP

Footy great lines up for One Nation as election recruit

A retired AFL champion has been named as the latest, and highest profile, One Nation candidate for a much-anticipated state election.

AAP

Swans AFLW players brace for 'difficult' double-header

Sydney captain Callum Mills has spoken to the club's AFLW group to apologise to them in the wake of the scandal to rock the men's team.

AAP

Drugs 'potentially' part of police probe into Swans

Sydney's chief executive says if drugs were involved in the hotel incident involving five now-banned players it is potentially part of the police investigation.

The Independent UK

Sydney Swans ban 5 players for rest of AFL season over hotel misconduct and a police investigation

Five Australian rules footballers have been banned for the rest of the AFL season by the Sydney Swans for breaching club standards during a stay at a Melbourne hotel that led to a police investigation into sexual assault allegations

AAP

AFL stand-down policy plea as heat on Swans intensifies

A senior politician has linked a public statement delivered by a Sydney Swans executive to toxic attitudes that fuel gender-based violence.

The Guardian - AU

As a woman who loves AFL, I feel palpable despair. Why did it take so long to put us at the centre of this story?

Commentary around the Sydney Swans case has made it painfully clear that women’s safety is not valued as highly as the sporting success of its male stars

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