June 20, 2013 Club thwarts potential player rebellion by assuring its senior group that it had every intention of clearing Stephen Milne to play.

June 20, 2013 Many pundits tipped West Coast to win the flag. What has happened to this year's supposed juggernaut?

June 20, 2013 A former external lawyer for the AFL Players Association says a decision for Stephen Milne to take leave of absence makes ''commercial and common sense''.

June 20, 2013 The manager of basketball star Andrew Bogut says the natural evolution of the AFL could eventually allow senior coaches under contract to follow the American model and be traded to another club for draft picks and cash.

June 20, 2013 Geelong coach Chris Scott has revealed there were ''differing views'' even inside the club about Jimmy Bartel's mid-season trip to the United States, yet has backed the triple premiership champion to be better for it in the second half of the season.

June 20, 2013 Melbourne will introduce its sixth debutant on Saturday - defender Mitch Clisby - as it begins life under stand-in coach Neil Craig.

June 20, 2013 Sydney chairman Richard Colless has lambasted his Richmond counterpart, Gary March, for the ''appalling'' act of forecasting that the reigning premiers are set to announce a financial loss, and portraying the club's recruitment of Kurt Tippett as tantamount to ''cheating''.

June 20, 2013 The decision to withdraw Stephen Milne's right to play football has been divisive but it was the right thing to do.

June 20, 2013 A Sydney footballer beats the odds to push for 100 games, writes Peter Hanlon.

June 19, 2013 The AFL Players' Association has slammed the decision to suspend Stephen Milne indefinitely from playing for the club.