May 24, 2013 Key drivers in Majak Daw's story call for AFL to create rookie list category for recently arrived migrants.

May 24, 2013 Lewis Jetta still misses his family in Western Australia but with a second baby on the way he says the days where he could afford to be homesick are long gone.

May 24, 2013 Were it not for the final two games of 2012, the lead-up to Friday night's big clash between Collingwood and Sydney would be dominated by the concept of the hoodoo.

May 24, 2013 A group of junior footballers will lift up their jumpers and pose for a photo as a salute to Aboriginal football great Nicky Winmar as part of a unique celebration of their club's indigenous heritage.

May 24, 2013 Ian Robson was gracious and sporting when he fell on his sword during yet another sad chapter in the recent disappointing off-field story of the Essendon Football Club. But in doing so, the chief executive studiously avoided two key questions.

May 24, 2013 Collingwood's Andrew Krakouer doubts he would have pursued an AFL career if he had to put up with the racial abuse his father endured.

May 24, 2013 The 'run with' player is much valued and has a crucial role in today's game.

May 24, 2013 While Ian Robson has been forced out in the fall-out from the Essendon supplements scandal, AFL boss Andrew Demetriou says there is still a role for the departed chief executive in the AFL.

May 24, 2013 AFL poised to commission research into injuries but is linking spate to ground hardness after unseasonably warm weather.

May 24, 2013 Western Bulldogs veteran Daniel Cross dropped as club responds to sobering loss to Gold Coast.