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AFL 2024 round three LIVE updates: Carlton’s ‘twin towers’ dominate as Blues take down Roos
Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as the Roos and Blues play another Good Friday clash at Marvel Stadium.
- by Roy Ward and Marc McGowan
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Racism
Police launch Investigation after Eddie Betts shares footage of racial abuse
- by Lachlan Abbott, Andrew Wu and Alex Crowe
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Drugs in sport
Oliver’s training injury laid bare the issue with AFL’s drug policy
- by Michael Gleeson
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Where have all the CEOs gone? Footy’s problem with finding new leaders
As the competition has expanded to include a national women’s league and soon 19 teams, veteran club bosses have lamented the dearth of emerging off-field leaders across the competition.
Caroline Wilson
Football columnist for The Age
The ageing AFL stars who should pull the pin this year
Every year at every AFL club, a player will start the season not knowing they are about to leave the game. Few get to leave the sport in control of their exit. The likes of Shane Crawford and Joel Selwood are the exceptions to the norm.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
Why free agency won’t rescue the Tigers or Pies (or nearly any AFL team)
A packed MCG and the buzz of being on Broadway or the more private surrounds offered by the Getaway clubs? Players have options, but free agency is not the panacea for clubs. Here’s why.
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
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‘I’ve never seen that’: Swans deny any knowledge of AFL drugs cover-up
Coach John Longmire and chief executive Tom Harley – both former AFL players – have been quick to distance themselves from explosive claims made by federal MP Andrew Wilkie.
- by Malcolm Conn
Analysis
AFL 2024
What actually happens to an AFL player with a drug issue and why
The AFL has a major brand protection imperative. It does not want to look soft on players using drugs. There’s a pressure to be narcotically correct from governments and sponsors.
- by Jake Niall
AFL chief tells clubs what the new drugs policy will be
- by Jake Niall, Andrew Wu and Chris Barrett
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AFL 2024
Wright whack: Bomber hit with four-match ban for bump on Swan
- by Andrew Wu and Jon Pierik
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Drugs in sport
Drug agency to check on the AFL’s testing of its players
- by Peter Ryan and Michael Gleeson