On Saturday 26 April, local Aussie rules team Wandsworth Demons ventured to Rome for a friendly against the Roma Blues.

THE AFL RUBDOWN | This was the weekend we had to have. I mean it definitely wasn’t a bad round of footy; it was just a little bit predictable. Tipsters will be feeling like Nostradamus, as many would have successfully picked the nine wins.

Hawthorn continue to get the AFL job done, and defender Grant Birchall says the Hawks are taking confidence from winning without playing at their best.

THE AFL RUBDOWN | Round 5 is now known as ‘Anzac Round’ and helps mark an important day in our nation’s history. Every game had a service, last post and a minute’s silence prior to the bounce. T

Any doubts about the Bombers’ on-field bona fides this season were removed on Anzac Day when they overpowered Collingwood by 46 points

THE AFL RUBDOWN | You know, with all the bad stuff that’s been happening around the world lately, sometimes it’s great just to hear a good news story for once. And the AFL brought a couple to the table this week just to remind us that gee, it aint all bad.

THE AFL RUBDOWN | I’m gonna call it; we are amidst quite possibly the most dramatic, controversial and peculiar start to a footy season in living memory.

Western Bulldogs forward Shaun Higgins will miss the rest of the AFL season with a foot injury.

THE AFL RUBDOWN | What the hell just happened in Round 2? Beginning with facts is usually a good start when searching for clarification, so here goes.

A ruthless team performance saw Australia’s AIS-AFL Academy defeat a gallant European Legion by 86 points at Surry Sports Park on Saturday.

FOR a third year running, the AFL’s future stars from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Academy Program will take on the European side in the Easter Series near London on Saturday, 6 April.

Former Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett wants coach Alastair Clarkson sacked at the end of this AFL season.

THE AFL RUBDOWN | Like an engorged eight year-old who has overdosed on a combination of hot cross buns and red tulip caramel solids, so too are AFL fans currently recovering from the food coma that was the Easter feast of footy.

Queensland politician Bob Katter has claimed that Australian professional football players deserve “a fairer tax rate” in order to compensate for their relatively short careers in professional sport.

Fremantle have confirmed All-Australian ruckman Aaron Sandilands will need hamstring surgery, but they expect him to return this season.

THE AFL RUBDOWN | And no sooner as it was giveth, it was swiftly taketh awayeth.

THE AFL RUBDOWN | No longer do we have to fill our deprived lives with such offerings as basketball, tennis and lingerie football. Yep, you guessed it; AFL for this year is finally here.

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire admits he didn’t mince words in a meeting last year with Brownlow Medallist Dane Swan.

Scans have confirmed Sydney Swans young defender Alex Johnson is facing a knee reconstruction after injuring his knee in the side’s win over Gold Coast.