Essendon has drafted club stalwart Scott Lucas onto a panel to select a replacement for dumped head coach Matthew Knights.

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Fremantle has defended its decision to drop retiring veteran Paul Hasleby for Saturday’s elimination final against the Hawks at Subiaco Oval.

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The Brisbane Lions have appointed two new directors in the wake of former chairman Tony Kelly standing down from the AFL club’s board.

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Sydney coach Paul Roos is confident Shane Mumford, Tadhg Kennelly and AFL Rising Star winner Dan Hannebery will return from injury for Sunday’s elimination final against Carlton.

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Carlton’s mission at the start of the season boiled down to two challenges – scoring goals consistently without Brendan Fevola and then winning in the finals.

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Port Adelaide’s Brett Ebert is remarkably cycling within two weeks of having a knee reconstruction.

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St Kilda tagger Steven Baker will have to wait for his return from a long AFL suspension after becoming a late withdrawal from Friday night’s qualifying final against Geelong.

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St Kilda moved to within one victory of its second straight grand final appearance with a gripping four-point upset of Geelong in the second qualifying final at a slippery MCG on Friday night.

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Brownlow Medal favourite Dane Swan is back to full fitness and has set himself for a big finals campaign.

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Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson is adamant his team’s premiership window has not closed just yet despite the Hawks bombing out of this year’s finals series at the first hurdle.

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