THE AFL's injury epidemic has continued with Giants co-captain Phil Davis expected to miss at least six weeks with a back injury.

JARRAD McVeigh was once part of a Swans midfield that Brett Kirk described as a bunch of Ford Cortinas. Now they're more like Ferraris.

THE AFL says its integrity guidelines are working, even though the league is yet to formally establish protocols for its whistleblower line.

SOUTH Australia's two AFL clubs have endorsed the league's promise of a round one Showdown at the re-developed Adelaide Oval next year.

Essendon deny they made any concessions that their players took banned substances under the AFL club's supplements program.

RICHMOND captain Trent Cotchin has defended Jack Riewoldt for wearing his "heart on his sleeve".

GWS co-captain Phil Davis will miss six weeks due to a back injury, further stretching the AFL cellar dwellers' thin defensive stocks.

AFL boss Andrew Demetriou expects supporters to turn on racists fans and dob them in after a Hawthorn fan abused Majak Daw.

WEST Coast coach John Worsfold is yet to decide whether to play star ruckman Nic Naitanui against the Western Bulldogs on Sunday.

ADELAIDE'S Brent Reilly has signed a two-year contract to remain with the Crows as the club announced three players had committed to stay at the club.

WORK on the flaws and keep working on them. That's coach Brad Scott's solution to deliver North Melbourne better results inside its forward 50.

Influential West Coast Eagles ruckman Nic Naitanui is set to make his comeback from injury against Western Bulldogs on Sunday.

AFL 360 co-host Mark Robinson raises concern demands on AFL players is leading to an increasing injury toll this season.

Brisbane Lions CEO Malcolm Holmes believes his club should get assistance as the salary cap is compromising the competition.

ESSENDON will ask the Australian Federal Police to investigate the legitimacy of a letter at the centre of footy's doping probe.

VETERAN Collingwood forward Andrew Krakouer is on the brink of a senior comeback.

COMMON sense will probably prevail tomorrow given Joe Daniher, potentially, has a 15-year career ahead of him.

IT'S impossible to know exactly how Essendon insiders are coping with the drugs probe maelstrom, but Rob Moodie has better insight than most.

STAR goalkickers Matthew Richardson, Matthew Lloyd and Michael O'Loughlin are potential inductees for the AFL Hall of Fame.

FREMANTLE midfielder Nat Fyfe has no regrets about his decision to challenge a kicking charge at the AFL Tribunal.

FREMANTLE coach Ross Lyon has labelled Gary Ablett as "almost untaggable" ahead of the Gold Coast clash.

The Giants are dealt an untimely blow, with co-captain Phil Davis expected to miss the next six matches with a back injury.

TAYLOR "Tex" Walker's season may be finished, but he's an important asset for the Crows as they chase a finals berth.

SUPERCOACH ALERT: Port Adelaide defender Jasper Pittard will again this week with a hip injury.

RACIST fans should expect their fellow AFL supporters to turn on them, AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou says.

A report handed to ASADA allegedly reveals Essendon players were injected with banned substances throughout 2012.

AFL boss Andrew Demetriou remains unmoved by reports that some Essendon players were last year prescribed weekly injections of a banned anti-obesity drug.

A new book commemorating St Kilda's 140th anniversary reveals the bitterness surrounding Ross Lyon's exit at the end of 2011.

ESSENDON will ask the Australian Federal Police to investigate the legitimacy of a letter at the centre of footy's doping probe.

ONCE, this was about image for Essendon. Now it's about damage control and the reputations of some of the biggest names in the game, says Mark Robinson.