Melbourne assistant Troy Chaplin expects Clayton Oliver to play on Saturday against Port Adelaide despite the midfielder being sent for scans after a training injury on Wednesday. While Chaplin did confirm that Oliver suffered a finger injury at Casey Fields during the session, the assistant thinks that...
There's an injury watch on a Melbourne midfielder ahead of a crucial Round 3 clash.
Clayton Oliver left training early and has been sent for scans on a hand injury as Simon Goodwin said Jake Lever would play against Port this week.
Clubs including Gold Coast are reportedly circling Collingwood defender John Noble, according to The Herald Sun.
Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin says bombshell accusations against the league of secret drug test cover ups is “new information” to him, claiming it’s an “AFL wide” issue.
A whistleblowing doctor has revealed allegations of secret illicit drug tests conducted to enable AFL players to avoid detection on game days, federal MP Andrew Wilkie says. Mr Wilkie told parliament of the allegations from a former Melbourne Demons club doctor and football club president. He described...
Injuries to All-Australian Demons Steven May and Jake Lever headlined the injury agenda coming out of the weekend, with a conundrum in front of Simon Goodwin’s match committee.
NB: Due to the excessive time taken to finish this post, the following scenes of injury-related misery are no longer as relevant. Can't be bothered coming up with a new angle, so enjoy the panic when it was still fresh.You don't often see a game won by quarter time with the opposition held to five goals...
Melbourne lost their linchpin defenders to injury in Saturday’s game, but scans on Monday produced news that was better than expected for the pair, even if their captain did accuse one of “sooking”.
A worrying collision on Saturday hospitalised a Demons veteran, while a teammate is also under an injury cloud.
After a turbulent preseason, the Demons have been presented with their first significant in-season hurdles with Steven May nursing suspected broken ribs and Jake Lever injuring his knee.
Melbourne will be sweating on the scans of key players in the aftermath of its strong 55-point win over Hawthorn at the MCG on Saturday afternoon. The Demons grabbed the lead early and never lost it to a slow-starting Hawthorn outfit, with Christian Petracca the clear star in front of 43,960 at the...
Melbourne will look to make it consecutive wins when it faces off with Hawthorn at the MCG on Saturday afternoon.
The reported ‘poaching’ of a respected Collingwood executive to Melbourne has raised eyebrows, with a veteran journalist claiming “it’s wrong” to paint it the way the Pies supposedly have.
Forget the radical idea of all teams playing in the same round, nothing says "footy is back" like fans queuing at the edge of a cliff to jump off after one loss. As one of the teams lucky (?) enough to have been chosen for , we were able to do both 'fork in toaster' and 'everything's going to be alright'...
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Kangaroos great David King questioned if umpires “have got a different interpretation” of the blocking rule for Max Gawn after the Melbourne star was paid a free kick for what he described as “nothing illegal”.
An emotional Clayton Oliver declared he had “chills down his spine” thanks to the Melbourne fans’ reaction late in his side’s Round 1 win over the Western Bulldogs.
The Melbourne superstar has noted he still needs to regain the trust of his teammates.
Follow all the action as Melbourne take on the Western Bulldogs at the MCG before Port Adelaide clashes with West Coast and Fremantle face Brisbane.
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