Matthew Lloyd says Brendon Bolton has six weeks to save his coaching career. The Essendon great said Carlton needed to improve and quickly if Bolton was to keep his job. “I think he’s got less than 13 weeks,” Lloyd said. “They’ll start making decisions, this is my opinion, in say the next six weeks. “They’ll […]

Carlton star Marc Murphy has fractured ribs. The Blues said the midfielder would miss “the next few weeks”. He was involved in a collision with GWS big man Shane Mumford early in the first quarter and did not take any further part in the game. Mumford has since been cleared by the Match Review Officer.

Dale Thomas will front the tribunal this week after being charged with umpire abuse. The Carlton veteran was cited by the Match Review Officer in the wake of yesterday’s 93-point flogging by GWS. Travis Varcoe, Rhys Mathieson and Ivan Soldo have all been offered one-game bans. Lewis Jetta has already accepted his one-match suspension. Shane […]

Tom Elliott says the Carlton footy club has hit “rock bottom” and that supporters deserve answers. The Blues were flogged by 93 points on Sunday and sit on the bottom of the AFL ladder after nine rounds. The 3AW Drive host said he was “just a Carlton member who’s frustrated”. He called on president Mark […]

The Cats asserted their Premiership credentials with a commanding performance against the Bulldogs. The Cats throughout the game threatened to pull away from Bulldogs but the Dogs managed to always find a way back into the game. Early in the final quarter the Bulldogs were nine points behind the Cats before the Cats kicked six […]

The AFL says crowds are better behaved this year than in 2018. A number of brawls, drunken behaviour and offensive language have marred numerous matches this year. Four men have been banned for five years and are facing police charges after a number of fights at last week’s clash between Collingwood and Carlton. But league […]