Australian Rules Football

AFL premiership coach Mick Malthouse recounts the terrifying moment three masked men attempted to break into his East Melbourne apartment.

With a cohesive and suffocating defence, the Adelaide Crows have the tools to put the ghosts of 2017 behind them and reach the top of the AFL mountain.

Adelaide Crows head coach Matthew Nicks has said suspended star Izak Rankine is "in a pretty good space" following his return to the club after an overseas break. 

Port Adelaide has had five players recovering from knee reconstructions. The AFLW is just three rounds into the season, but has at least 15 players recovering from knee reconstructions.

Adelaide Crows star Izak Rankine breaks his silence on the homophobic slur he directed towards an opponent, saying the word he used is "harmful" and "hurtful" and has "no place in our game or our society".

Mitch Brown will forever be etched in the game's history, but experts, advocacy groups and fans pushing for systematic change say this is not a time for celebration. 

Sydney's rise under returning superstar Chloe Molloy has continued, securing a thrilling road win against Geelong by five points.

Many AFL players look forward to going back to playing the sport for fun after they leave the professional league. But it's not always a warm welcome back into the lower leagues. The ABC speaks to former stars and their families about the brutal transition out of the game.

Essendon has defeated Richmond by 15-points to make it three wins to begin the year and deepen the Tigers' early season crisis in the process. 

Dave Hughes is rushed to hospital by his wife after coming in for some heavy contact during the AFL Legends game at Docklands Stadium.

Geelong star Bailey Smith has used his All-Australian acceptance interview to share that he spent four weeks in a mental health facility.

Melbourne colossus Max Gawn has become the seventh AFL player to be named All-Australian eight times, pipping former teammate Brodie Grundy for the ruck spot.

Mitch Brown's history-making announcement he is bisexual has had an enormous impact on AFL fans, especially those in the LGBTQIA+ community.

Mitch Brown's historic announcement as the first publicly bisexual current or former male AFL player is met with support from across the sporting world.

Harley Reid has confounded the speculation with his decision to stay in the west, but for players like him and Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, the ferocious media spotlight is never likely to abate.

Laramba has defeated Western Aranda to take out the Central Australian Football League senior men's community competition in Alice Springs.

Over the weekend, Melissa Sambrooks, Kaitlin Barr and Greta Miller became the first ever female AFL boundary umpires.

He has been on the receiving end of plenty of criticism this season, but Justin Longmuir's Fremantle Dockers have 16 wins and a berth in the AFL finals.

As Nat Fyfe's Fremantle Dockers finals dreams stay alive in the AFL, his childhood club now has to wait til next year for another tilt.

Brisbane has secured a qualifying final with a 10-point victory over Hawthorn, who will finish either seventh or eighth.