This season's AFL premiers will snare $1 million in prizemoney.

WA's last AFL commissioner has labelled the AFL "Melbourne-centric" and queried why there has been no WA-based person on the commission for almost 10 years.

TULSA- The Arena Football League has announced that the Jacksonville versus Orlando game next Friday will be the first NFL Network-broadcasted game of the 2010 Postseason.

This year's AFL grand finalists will be playing for a $1 million jackpot.

St Kilda coach Ross Lyon said his side was looking for an "easy game of AFL" after they were humbled by a rampant Essendon to the tune of 33-points at Etihad Stadium on Friday night.

Peter Walsh and Michael Phillipou preview Round 18 of the AFL.

Heywood Football Netball Club members have agreed to spend more money to ensure its revitalisation plan remains on target.

THE length of AFL games could be cut next season amid fears they are stretching too long for fans, players and broadcasters.

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire says Leon Davis' 200th AFL game is a landmark day for the club.

Mick Malthouse revealed himself as a master in the art of extreme moderation after the Magpies' 48-point win over Carlton at the MCG on Saturday.

General consensus from both player and club is that Karmichael Hunt has the physical nous to make his AFL debut in round one next season.

Football

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson has admitted the eight-point loss to the Power at AAMI Stadium on Saturday has dashed the Hawks' bid for a top-four finish and the double chance now appears miles away.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dropped in on a junior AFL match in Perth, and has backed Fremantle in the AFL local derby.

THE prospect of rugby league convert Karmichael Hunt running around Ballinas soon-to-be upgraded Fripp Oval, teaching local kids how to kick an AFL ball, is a very real prospect.

Power caretaker coach Matthew Primus says he's no certainty to win the Port Adelaide coaching job permanently despite his side achieving consecutive wins in only his third game in charge.

PM Julia Gillard has visited junior AFL players at a media event in suburban Perth today.

AMID all the hullabaloo over Karmichael Hunt and Israel Folau deserting rugby league for AFL, Australian rules scouts have overlooked a high-profile rugby international with strong links to the game.

THE AFL have called on Etihad Stadium to put football before music in a bid to improve the ground's much-maligned playing surface.

At the unveiling Friday of a nine-foot statute of Lamar Hunt, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell praised the founder of the AFL and Kansas City Chiefs as a humble leader and farsighted visionary who helped shape the modern game. "Lamar's role in pro football history is unparalleled," Goodell told several hundred invited guests as Hunt's widow and four children sat on the stage behind...