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Sunday, September 15

Joy and relief for Eagles after epic AFL decider

Amid the jubilation, there were some wry smiles and sighs of relief after the West Coast Eagles dug deep, drawing on their “head, heart and gut” to recover from a disastrous start and beat Collingwood by five points in an epic AFL grand final.

Key Eagle not yet locked in for grand final

West Coast coach Adam Simpson has stopped short of guaranteeing defensive linchpin Jeremy McGovern will play against Collingwood in Saturday’s AFL grand final.

(L-R) Shaun Grigg, Jack Riewoldt and Dustin Martin react after winning the AFL grand final between the Adelaide Crows and Richmond Tigers at the MCG in Melbourne last year. (AAP Image/Julian Smith)

SA 'locked out' from hosting AFL grand final

South Australia’s Sports Minister says he is “extremely disappointed” the AFL has signed a deal with the Victorian Government to keep the grand final at the MCG until at least 2057.

Broad banned for three games over AFL's topless photo scandal

Richmond have suspended defender Nathan Broad for three matches after identifying him as the Tigers player who distributed a photo of a topless woman without her permission following the 2017 Grand Final.

Richmond flag was "gut-wrenching" for former Tiger

Former Richmond superstar Brett Deledio was unable to bring himself to watch the Tigers’ remarkable AFL premiership triumph over Adelaide, fearful of how it would mentally affect him.

Touch Of The Fumbles: Mr Brightside

When you have started to believe that, as The Killers would put it, destiny is calling you, ‘tis a sad thing indeed to suddenly realise at the end that you have been all along nothing more than a supporting character in someone else’s fairytale.