Footy fans are on edge at the moment as the build up to pre-season begins because the one thing you don’t want to hear is that any of your big names are injured.
Craig O'Donoghue
Young West Coast wingman Hamish Davis has turned to the Eagles’ past glory to help build for the future, revealing he’s spent the off-season watching games from 2018 as part of his development.
Mitchell Woodcock
Fremantle’s Luke Jackson has represented his country as a junior basketballer, played in an AFL premiership with Melbourne, now he is poised to live out his State-of-Origin dream.
Glen Quartermain
One of the AFL’s best umpires has given a fascinating insight into what he’s seeing from ruckmen now that the laws have changed after spending the summer visiting clubs and officiating match practice.
Fremantle’s multi-talented hybrid tall Luke Jackson has given the biggest hint yet that the Dockers might be about to unleash the beast on the competition.
Brady Hough went down with an ankle injury at West Coast’s pre-season training session on Thursday and the Eagles have now put a timeline on his return.
Josh Kempton & Mitchell Woodcock
Victor George Kailis Oval, Fremantle HQ, is a long, long way from Myrtleford, but that’s exactly where Toby Cossor found himself on a sunny Friday morning in late January.
Fremantle have been using the summer to turn Luke Jackson into a midfield beast and the big man is eager to show his skills in the State of Origin showdown.
Justin Chadwick
A speaking engagement featuring embattled Lions star Lachie Neale and his ‘personal journey’ across the last 12 months on the Sunshine Coast has been axed.
Aaron Kirby
The football world was rocked last year by the loss of both the 40-year-old and his twin brother Adam, a West Coast legend, to suicide within a three-month span.
Josh Kempton
A public marriage breakdown has not halted Lachie Neale's pre-season preparation, with Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan praising the dual Brownlow medallist.
Oliver Caffrey
Though he won his two premierships as a Richmond player, Liam Baker grew up idolising legendary Eagles and can even recite the commentary from the entire 2006 grand final.
Former West Coast interim coach Jarrad Schofield says he is open to a return to the AFL but is satisfied with his career should he never get another opportunity.
Newly-appointed West Coast captain Liam Baker considered giving football away as a junior, before going on to become a two-time premiership player and a homegrown Eagles star.
Star defender Josh Battle has declared players will be going ‘flat out’ at next month’s highly-anticipated AFL Origin clash, as he prepares to take on his Hawthorn teammate Tom Barrass.
James Palumbo
There is a strong hint in West Coast’s new leadership group about who will emerge as a future captain, writes Mitchell Woodcock.
After a turbulent summer, former Brisbane co-captain Lachie Neale is stepping back into the spotlight at a Sunshine Coast event.
Madeline Cove
The shoes of a Norm Smith Medallist are never easy to fill – but Collingwood is confident it can make do while Bobby Hill prioritises his wellbeing.
Tyler Lewis
West Coast returned from a four-day break and put in a solid session in front of a few hundred adoring fans. Here what we saw...
Australia will support a groundbreaking health initiative that honours AFL great Neale Daniher and his fight with a deadly condition.
Ria Pandey
Dan Curtin’s brilliant pre-season with Adelaide was curtailed by a dislocated kneecap which needed surgery, but the WA young gun has revealed he is “feeling really good” as he targets an early season comeback.
Star forward Jamie Elliott, who was controversially denied a free-kick in last year's preliminary final, believes Collingwood are capable of anything in 2026.
Shayne Hope
West Coast are sweating on an ankle injury to important defender Brady Hough, little more than six weeks out from the club’s season opener.
