Mason Cox or Sean Darcy? Fremantle have made a call on their preferred ruck set-up ahead of their clash with Gold Coast on Sunday.
Glen Quartermain
A Fremantle forward says his side will not draw on last year’s season-ending loss to Gold Coast for motivation ahead of their clash with the same opponent.
Josh Kempton
Melbourne faces the tough task of beating the AFL’s “benchmark” team even without star ex-Demon Christian Petracca.
Marco Monteverde
Out-of-contract Gold Coast forward Jed Walter is the AFL’s next million dollar forward, according to expert Kane Cornes.
Mitchell Woodcock
West Coast are one of several clubs pursuing an out-of-contract Gold Coast young gun who has strong connections to WA, The West Australian understands.
West Coast coach Andrew McQualter has lamented the first 45 minutes of his side’s 59-point loss to Gold Coast, saying they got beaten by what they expected from the Suns.
For a half, it was looking like total disaster, but West Coast at least showed some fight to finish in their 59-point loss to Gold Coast.
No one is giving West Coast a chance this weekend, but Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick says the Suns must be prepared for a fight from the Eagles’ young guns.
Jake Santa Maria
Rarely does a new player at a club have such a bearing on the match and it’s why I hold genuine fear for West Coast, writes Mick Malthouse.
Mick Malthouse
Fremantle are one of the most under-pressure teams this year as many expect them to be around the mark for the premiership. But there is one move coach Justin Longmuir must avoid at all costs.
West Coast are still more than a week away from their season opener, but the betting markets have already closed for their Gold Coast rivals with the Eagles expected to cop a hiding.
The Gold Coast Suns have kept faith with the leadership structure that delivered the club a historic first AFL finals appearance.
The Gold Coast Suns’ AFL premiership hopes have suffered an early blow, with the star midfielder to miss the start of the season with a broken finger.
Sam Collins’ remarkable football journey from Fremantle discard to Victorian defender may surprise some, but not his former Peel Thunder coach in Cam Shepherd.
Wil Powell will be representing more than the state when he pulls on the West Australian jumper against Victoria on Saturday. He’ll add another chapter to a family story that is overflowing with footy history.
Craig O'Donoghue
The Gold Coast Suns have secured women's football legend Erin Phillips from the AFL for an important role in their AFLW program.
Anna Harrington
Gold Coast’s coming of age as a football club was always destined to be coincide with the emergence of Matt Rowell as a superstar of the game.
Kai Lohmann was sporting a new look, but he and Brisbane showed they’re their same old dangerous selves as they dispatched Gold Coast to set up a preliminary final date with Collingwood. FOUR KEY TAKEAWAYS
Chris Robinson
Lions coach Chris Fagan has shown there is no room for sentiment when it comes to picking a team for a do-or-die finals affair.
AFL legend Gary Ablett Jr was so nervous during Gold Coast’s historic first finals win that he turned off the TV, but he says his former club can go all the way.
News Corp Australia
An All-Australian failed to fire in Brisbane’s qualifying final loss to Geelong, but his teammate insists the rare off night will make him stronger.
The Lions face their biggest test yet with a host of stars ruled out, including talisman Lachie Neale, but four-time premiership hero Luke Hodge sees similarities to last year's triumph.
One of Perth’s leading sports psychologists has warned it will take Fremantle fans quite some time to get over the devastation of Saturday night’s defeat to Gold Coast, the latest in a long line of heartbreaks.
The last-quarter hero of Gold Coast’s elimination final win over Fremantle has announced he will retire at the end of the season, but surely there is at least another chapter to be written.
