New faces in an opening round match are expected but Melbourne are taking it to new levels in a bid to get their season started with a bang.
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Fremantle ruckman Luke Jackson has reportedly indicated to former Melbourne teammates he would be interested in returning to the club.
Jackson Barrett
Melbourne premiership player Jake Lever says Luke Jackson has a ‘special bond’ with Demons teammates in the wake of a bombshell report linking the Dockers ruckman with a move back east.
Mitchell Woodcock and Caitlin Bassett
Which Dockers were red-hot in the Mandurah heat? Here’s the pick of the bunch from Fremantle’s final pre-season hit-out.
Mitchell Woodcock
The Purple Army will get their first look at Shai Bolton with Fremantle naming a near full-strength side for their pre-season clash against Melbourne but skipper Alex Pearce will miss again.
Jake Santa Maria
Melbourne president Brad Green says Fremantle will have to cough up three first-round picks if they’re going to pry exhilarating small forward Kysaiah Pickett out of the Demons.
Melbourne has handed former West Coast mid-season draftee Jai Culley an AFL lifeline after they were granted permission by the league to put him on their list.
The 29-year-old superstar has given an emphatic two-word response to the question everyone wanted to ask.
Cameron Noakes
Jai Culley is in the mix to earn a shock second chance in the AFL, just months after sensationally being axed by West Coast.
Melbourne premiership forward Kysaiah Pickett has responded to The West Australian’s report he wants to play for Fremantle next season, revealing he has told coach Simon Goodwin he is homesick.
Mitchell Woodcock & Jackson Barrett
Melbourne’s off-season is proving just as tough as its horror 2024 season with a key player going down on Wednesday.
Ben McClellan
West Coast are eyeing a late move to boost their defensive stocks after meeting with a recently discarded Demon.
Melbourne star Kysaiah Pickett looks set to join Fremantle after the 2025 season, sources have told The West Australian.
Samantha Rogers
The Melbourne midfielder’s life was under threat when he spent a week in ICU last year.
Harrison Reid
Melbourne superstar Christian Petracca is facing more time on the sidelines after he suffered a cracked rib at training on Friday.
The veteran has sunk the boot into his side’s disastrous year.
Ben Sutton
Kysaiah Pickett is relishing the chance to play in front of friends and family when he represents the Indigenous All-Stars against Fremantle in February.
Ben Smith
A painful injury in pre-season training has derailed the summer plans of Melbourne’s star captain.
Ed Bourke
Western Australia’s top draft pick Molly O’Hehir says she’s grateful for the challenges faced this year, believing they helped her become a better person and player as she realised her AFLW dream.
Molly O’Hehir has pipped highly-touted prospect Zippy Fish to be the first West Australian taken in the 2024 AFLW draft.
Inaugural West Coast Eagle Glen Bartlett has a clear pathway to a seat on the West Australian Football Commission after resolving a long-running legal battle with the Melbourne Football Club
Glen Quartermain
As the AFL confirmed a career-ending ban for Melbourne’s Joel Smith the league boss said it should be a lesson to all players.
Melbourne forward Joel Smith has reportedly been slapped with a four-year ban for cocaine use and drug trafficking.
Melbourne is rudderless with the chief executive following the president in quitting after a horror off-season.
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