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AFL great Leigh Matthews has declared the player winning the ball must be rewarded and given sufficient time to release it amid debate over whether prior opportunity should be scrapped. Senior coaches Brett Ratten, Damien Hardwick and Chris Fagan were …

Brisbane Lions' Board Member Cathie Reid's move into AFL was far from usual, and it was all thanks to Leigh Matthews.

Brisbane Lions' Board Member Cathie Reid's move into AFL was far from usual, and it was all thanks to Leigh Matthews.

Coaching great Leigh Matthews has backed Carlton’s imminent appointment of Michael Voss as the club's next season coach, saying he was confident he was poised to succeed in the role. Voss is widely time to be named the Carlton's next coach,

AFL coaching icon Leigh Matthews says he’d run the risk of injuring a key player with a “fair-dinkum” contact training session in the lead-up to Saturday week’s AFL grand final if he was coaching Melbourne or the Western Bulldogs.

Football dynasties take years of planning, preparation and a host of fork in the road moments falling the right way. For the Lions, it all started with the pursuit of Leigh Matthews.

Leigh Matthews has labelled the recent criticism of and conversation surrounding umpiring as “lunacy”. In the wake of the Semi Finals last weekend, there was much chat regarding the match officials for paying too many free kicks.

IF PATRICK Dangerfield is trying too hard then Geelong coach Chris Scott has a simple message for the star midfielder – relax a little. Dangerfield was one of a number of Cats players who underperformed in last week's 43-point qualifying-final loss to Port Adelaide.

Craig McRae's journey to become Collingwood's new coach has seen him work with legendary AFL leaders, including "father" figure . The Magpies on Wednesday announced McRae as just their third coach this century,

New Carlton president Luke Sayers has responded to Leigh Matthews’ scathing criticism of the club’s board over their handling of outgoing coach David Teague. AFL legend Matthews told Sportsday on Tuesday: “I must say from the outside,