THE Essendon Football Club has announced that Dyson Heppell has agreed to a two year contract extension with the club. Heppell, 20, won the Ron Evans Medal in 2011 as the NAB Rising Star award winner for that season and has been a star midfielder for the Bombers ever since they selected him with the 8th pick

ESSENDON key forward Michael Hurley is now in doubt for next Thursday’s ANZAC Day clash against Collingwood after injuring his ankle in yesterday’s match against St Kilda. Hurley, 22, was subbed off after falling awkwardly and injuring his ankle in a marking contest during the third quarter of the club’s 37 point win at Etihad

THERE was no doubt that last night’s game between Fremantle and Essendon was a thrilling contest ending in heartbreak for the home team and elation for the visitors. Also on Football Nation: What we learnt: Fremantle vs Essendon But the game was not without a price with a number of players injured and potentially facing

ESSENDON coach James Hird has decided to ignore AFL chief Andrew Demetriou’s call for him to consider standing down as coach ahead of tonight’s clash against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium. Earlier today, Demetriou, in an interview with 3AW’s Neil Mitchell, said that he believed Hird should consider standing down pending the investigation, knowing a few

THE Herald Sun has this morning reported that under-fire Essendon coach James Hird will tell anti-doping authorities that he received two injections in March last year and he understood that they were legal amino acids. The report comes the morning after the ABC’s 7.30 program last night that revealed an extensive series of text messages between James

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Essendon chairman David Evans says fresh allegations against his club, including the bombshell claim that Bombers coach James Hird had injected a WADA-blacklisted drug, are “extremely serious and very distressing”

UPDATE: ESSENDON coach James Hird was hoping for just another normal week in the lead up to Friday night’s clash against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium. Instead, it has become one of backlash following claims that he injected a WADA blacklisted drug, while his players were given an extract from pig’s brain according to a media

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: There was a time when Sydney’s TED RICHARDS thought he was going to have a very short career in the

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Saints defender James Gwilt believes youngster ARRYN SIPOSS has what it takes to fill the void left by the departure of Brendon Goddard

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Lions’ young midfielders are set to benefit from the presence of recruit BRENT MOLONEY as the group sets out to challenge the AFL’s best in

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Star forward JACK RIEWOLDT doesn’t buy into the external hype surrounding the club’s 2013 chances but the Tasmanian has no doubt it is a season which could finally deliver

Guest contributor RowdyOne continues his series looking at each club’s best 22 players for the upcoming 2013 season. Suddenly we all know far more about “peptides” than we ever thought we would. This off-season for the Bombers has indeed been tough and the recent controversy that has surrounded the club has overshadowed an off-season that saw the

COLLINGWOOD forward Brent Macaffer made a strong return back from last year’s horror knee injury in last Friday night’s NAB Cup encounter against the Western Bulldogs and Essendon. Macaffer’s brilliant crumbing goal provided a rare highlight in the opening half against the Western Bulldogs where he hit the pack at full tilt and tapped the

ESSENDON coach James Hird went from being testy during a pre-game interview with Fox Footy (when he walked off-camera in response to the Herald Sun‘s Mark Robinson questions about the drug investigation that has engulfed the club) to being noticeably happier during his post-game press conference. The under-fire coach was full of praise for his players for their

ASADA was spotted at Essendon training this morning as the authority continues its overall investigation into the Bombers’ performance enhancing drug scandal. The authority says it was a routine check and was also spotted at the Western Bulldogs training base at Whitten Oval earlier in the morning. Every player was tested during the targeted checks.

ESSENDON is expecting some positive news by Friday in regards to the performance enhancing drug claims. Key Essendon figures spoke about the hope of hearing some good news at the parents meeting at Windy Hill on Monday night and believes many questions that weren’t answered may well be answered then. But an investigation from ASADA

WITH potential bans set to be handed down by ASADA, it could be the end of the road for one of the games’ longest serving players – Dustin Fletcher – if the Bombers are found guilty of administering illegal substances. For all of the hypotheticals out there about what may or may not happen, this

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Shane Charter – the convicted drug trafficker who may have supplied former Essendon sports scientist Steve Dank with supplements at the centre of footy’s doping probe – has links to Bombers coach James Hird

ESSENDON is at the centre of an investigation for substance use from ASADA and the AFL. The Bombers swiftly held a press conference this afternoon at AFL headquarters with chief David Evans stating that it was a “very distressing” time for the club amidst claims some of its players had been using illegal substances while

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Six months after turning down a lucrative offer from Geelong, star midfielder Travis Boak has been appointed as the new Port Adelaide captain

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Suns have abolished their leadership group and have appointed Gary Ablett as the club’s skipper for the third consecutive season, with two deputies.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Greater Western Sydney’s Jeremy Cameron proved himself a Giant in more ways than one in

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: David Mundy’s return to pre-season training has provided a boost for his Fremantle teammates, who know how valuable the stoppage specialist could be in 2013 after an uninterrupted summer

FOR one reason or another, talented youngster Dayle Garlett was overlooked by every single club in the national AFL draft. He is tagged a bad boy and clubs simply look to avoid any trouble or off field blemishes for their organisation despite the uncanny talent that Garlett offers. He was offered some hope today when

AFTER the Essendon Football Club revealed that they intend to re-draft Brent Prismall in the December pre-season draft, Port Adelaide has emerged as another possible landing spot for the injury-plagued midfielder

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Speedy Richmond utility Matthew White is determined to nail a permanent place in the Tigers’ line-in 2013, following a frustrating season this year

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Essendon: Bombers coach James Hird wants his players to increase their aerobic capacity for 2013 but says the club won’t be significantly altering its program towards reducing the number of soft-tissue injuries

After the completion of the 2012 AFL season the league will be revolutionised by the introduction of free agency. For eligible players this will give them the ability to leave their current club, bypassing the draft and trade periods, and essentially pick their next employer themselves. For the AFL, this will be an unprecedented change. In the lead

THE Essendon Football Club has had a good start to the 2012 season with back to back wins over North Melbourne last week and over Port Adelaide yesterday.  Both games were fought right through to the final moments and the Bombers have shown a resilience under pressure that can only help them as the rest

The AFL has just announced that St Kilda will be awarded the victory, and four NAB Cup points, after Essendon was unable to make the game in Wangaratta last night