Hawthorn football boss Rob McCartney said the latest setback was a “bitter blow”. “The playing group has already rallied around him to support him in this initial phase,” he said.

After more than a decade of tussling with the AFL over player rights Paul Marsh, the head of the AFL Players Association, is stepping down and heading back to cricket as CEO of the Australian ...

Outgoing AFL Players' Association (AFLPA) chief executive Paul Marsh believes mental health will continue to be one of the biggest issues confronting players. The union boss, who has been at the ...

Most recently he helped land the historic joint collective bargaining agreement in 2023 that delivered AFL and AFLW players a 37.1 per cent share of industry revenue and more than $55m to support ...

An uncomfortable question has been circling through my mind this year. Are too many AFL players wanting to feast on the good aspects of being a professional athlete without being prepared to ...