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Melbourne's Angus Brayshaw's AFL career is over, after the 2021 premiership player is ruled out of playing football due to neurological testing following his concussion in last year's qualifying final.

Labor insists it will "negotiate a better deal" on Tasmania's contract with the AFL, believing a stadium cannot be built at Macquarie Point — but that comes as news to the AFL's boss.

It's unclear how Labor would re-negotiate Tasmania's deal for an AFL team and stadium at Macquarie Point in Hobart's harbourside.

North Melbourne show off some dare and a new fast ball movement style in an impressive preseason win over an under-strength Collingwood.

Melbourne captain Max Gawn denies drug use is systemic at the club following the revelation teammate Joel Smith is facing anti-doping rule violations from Sport Integrity Australia.

The suburban football club has been handed major penalties after it was found guilty by an independent tribunal on 223 counts of salary breaches between 2018 and 2022. 

The AFL says Melbourne Demons player Joel Smith has been hit with anti-doping breaches for the trafficking and possession of cocaine.

Hawthorn loses another player to a long-term injury after the club's intra-club match, while Adelaide adds a rising star to its expanded leadership group.

Trailblazing AFL umpire Chelsea Roffey says she once went to a camping store to buy pants because the league-issued uniform was a poor fit — and it's a common problem one study hopes to address.

Hobart's proposed AFL stadium dominated the first day of the Tasmanian election campaign. But will the election outcome shape whether the state's AFL team — and stadium — happens or not?