Could James Hird end up coaching his son Tom at Port Melbourne? The club is asking

Could James Hird end up coaching his son Tom at Port Melbourne? The club is asking

The former Essendon champion has become a constant figure at the VFL club watching his son Tom play,and powerbrokers are keen to put the question to him.

  • byPeter Ryan

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Traumatic toll:Why St Kilda’s Seaford folly is akin to Dons,Blues sagas
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AFL 2023

Traumatic toll:Why St Kilda’s Seaford folly is akin to Dons,Blues sagas

One could argue that the relocation to an unloved and soulless venue inflicted just as much damage on the Saints as Carlton’s draft penalties or the Essendon drug saga did to those more powerful clubs.

  • byJake Niall
Why there’s a silver lining a decade on from ‘blackest day in Australian sport’
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Why there’s a silver lining a decade on from ‘blackest day in Australian sport’

The investigator responsible for the report that sparked the supplements saga says the long-term effects have justified the initial controversy.

  • byRoy Masters
Sheedy takes aim at AFL,supplements saga ‘mismanaged at every level’

Sheedy takes aim at AFL,supplements saga ‘mismanaged at every level’

The Bombers will celebrate their 150th anniversary this week,but Kevin Sheedy and Danny Corcoran have opened up on the supplements scandal that continues to haunt the club.

  • byJon Pierik
‘We exist to win premierships’:Bombers unveil their five-year blueprint
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AFL 2022

‘We exist to win premierships’:Bombers unveil their five-year blueprint

Ahead of their 150th year celebrations,Essendon have released a five-year plan that calls for success on and off the field.

  • byJon Pierik
Bombers mourn long-time club doctor Bruce Reid
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Bombers mourn long-time club doctor Bruce Reid

Essendon are mourning the death of long-serving club doctor Bruce Reid.

  • byDaniel Cherny
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Tanner rubbishes drugs report,shoots down Senate inquiry call

Tanner rubbishes drugs report,shoots down Senate inquiry call

Essendon chairman Lindsay Tanner has rubbished a report that cast doubt on the guilt of the 34 Bombers players banned for taking a prohibited substance.

  • byAnthony Colangelo
Stephen Dank facing fraud charges over work at Darwin anti-ageing clinic

Stephen Dank facing fraud charges over work at Darwin anti-ageing clinic

Man behind the Essendon supplements scandal has been charged by Northern Territory Police with offences relating to time working at a Darwin business in 2017.

  • byGreg Roberts
ASADA was'never ready'for Essendon,Cronulla scandals

ASADA was'never ready'for Essendon,Cronulla scandals

ASADA boss David Sharpe admits it was"never ready"for Essendon and Cronulla but added nobody was ready for the doping cases that rocked a nation.

  • byEamonn Tiernan
Don,but never quite dusted

Don,but never quite dusted

Seven years later,details of the Essendon drugs saga continue to emerge and change,but the big picture does not.

  • byGreg Baum
Essendon supplements scandal:TB4 was always banned,says ASADA

Essendon supplements scandal:TB4 was always banned,says ASADA

The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has reiterated that Thymosin Beta-4 was a banned substance at the time it was injected into Essendon players in 2012.

  • byDaniel Cherny