Callum Coleman-Jones

Richmond went into the post-season with a fresh premiership, no retirements and an already slim list that the list managers did not need to cull drastically. This was the fruit of Brendon Gale's famous ten-year plan and it wasn't one bit like Richmond, unlike the long and tormented history of the club's past four decades […]

The Giants took a big step backwards, the Swans took a tentative one forward, and almost every AFL tradition imaginable was shattered in 2020.

It was a miracle that the season was completed in 2020. Here's what made headlines in a football season unlike any other.

AFL chief Gillon McLachlan always believed the footy season would make it through to the end, but it has been a seat-of-the-pants ride.

Richmond, contrary to Gillon McLachlan's blueprint and like the old Australian cricket team, have kept winning in a season of misdemeanours.

'We will be with him every step of the way'

GOLD COAST — The AFL is continuing to grapple with the vexed issue of how to manage hundreds of players, partners and staff who will remain in Queensland post-season.

The Tigers are hurting.

The AFL have booted Richmond's Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones out of the Queensland hub and whacked the strip club breaching Tigers with 10-match bans, that will stretch into 2021.

Two Richmond players are arrested on Gold Coast in the early hours of the morning, breaching AFL biosecurity arrangements.

Richmond will embrace banished pair Callum Coleman-Jones and Sydney Stack when they return to training in early December to prepare for 2021 with four matches of their suspension still to serve.

Grimes, who owns a winery in Mount Macedon, said he decided to stay in the hub because of the bond that quickly grew between those ensconced in Queensland.

Richmond CEO Brendon Gale has launched a passionate defence of his club on Grand Final day, pushing back on a "fictional" narrative that the Tigers are an arrogant team.

Trent Cotchin, who never thought he'd played in a single grand final three or four years ago, talks about the challenges and lessons of 2020 life in the hub

If the road to the 2020 grand final has been for Geelong and Richmond a test of toughness like no other, then for Chris Scott and Damien Hardwick the challenges have presented their own obstacles.

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick has refused to guarantee the futures of disgraced AFL pair Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones after the pair's serious Covid-19 protocol breaches

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick admits he was "incredibly disappointed" over last week's COVID-19 breaches by Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones

GOLD COAST — St Kilda's Dan Hannebery believes players should be allowed to remain in Queensland post-season for a holiday, while Jason Dunstall has warned against outlandish behaviour.

The news that two Richmond players - Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones - significantly breached the COVID-19 protocols late last week was a massive jolt for the AFL.

"If you feel Richmond is on the nose up here..."