‘You are kidding? Oh my god’. That is how GWS debutant Darcy Jones reacted to the news former Swan Districts teammate Riley Hardeman would also play his first game — during an interview with The West.
Jackson Barrett
Alastair Clarkson insists one eye remains on the bigger picture as North Melbourne tussles with his former club for a first win of the season.
Ed Bourke
An AFL legend has remarkably declared Harley Reid’s start to the season has been so good, he would have tanked a game to get the No.1 pick, if he was in charge at North Melbourne.
Jake Santa Maria
Tarryn Thomas’ former coach insists he is capable of the change required to return to the AFL as conjecture swirls over whether clubs should turn to him.
Alastair Clarkson has told a toxic faction of North Melbourne fans to back off the club’s president after she had to step away from social media.
Sacked North Melbourne utility Tarryn Thomas could re-launch his career with Geelong, with coach Chris Scott saying the Cats would remain "open-minded".
Anna Harrington
Sacked North Melbourne midfielder Tarryn Thomas has been linked to a football return at another Victorian club.
The Lions and the Kangaroos will both be chasing their first win of the AFL season when they meet at Norwood Oval on Friday.
Marco Monteverde
One of the game’s longest-serving coaches has come to the defence of the AFL over its under-fire drug testing regimen.
North Melbourne were denied a key shot at goal late in their loss to Fremantle because umpires weren’t allowed to use the review system to check on an out of bounds on the full decision
Craig O'Donoghue
North Melbourne coach Alistair Clarkson has been given much to think about after GWS star Jesse Hogan kicked six goals to condemn his side to a 39-point loss.
Joanna Guelas
North Melbourne’s prized top draft picks will both play against GWS, with one set for a tricky assignment against a star-studded forward line.
North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has refused to answer questions in his first press conference since being fined for an explosive tirade at St Kilda players.
Oliver Caffrey
As both a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and a former AFL coach, Danielle Laidley weighs in on North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson’s use of a homophobic slur
Danielle Laidley
North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has avoided suspension but copped a hefty fine for an emotionally-charged spray at St Kilda’s Jimmy Webster.
Samantha Rogers
St Kilda defender Jimmy Webster was handed a seven-week ban for his hit on Jy Simpkin on Tuesday night but some fans question whether it goes far enough.
St Kilda’s Jimmy Webster has been handed a monster suspension for his sickening bump on Jy Simpkin by the AFL Tribunal in Tuesday’s hearing.
Aaron Kirby and Jake Santa Maria
North Melbourne don’t know when co-captain Jy Simpkin will play again after the sickening collision last weekend which left him badly concussed.
News Corp Australia
St Kilda and under-fire defender Jimmy Webster have publicly responded to the sickening hit which has stunned the AFL.
St Kilda defender Jimmy Webster has expressed his ‘deep regret’ at the bump that floored Jy Simpkin ahead of a pivotal AFL Tribunal hearing this week.
Chris Robinson
UPDATE: North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has issued an apology for a verbal spray directed toward St Kilda’s Jimmy Webster in the wake of the brutal bump that floored Roos star Jy Simpkin.
Tarryn Thomas has been sacked by North Melbourne for his latest transgression as the club’s boss says “he needs help”.
North Melbourne has sacked Tarryn Thomas after the controversial midfielder was officially handed an 18-week ban by the AFL.
AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon is adamant the league has not negotiated a suspension for Tarryn Thomas with the Kangaroos.