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• Matthew Lloyd opens up on a potential return to Essendon

  16-08-2026 04:45 via theage.com.au
  
  Matthew Lloyd has spoken about his desire to return and help Essendon, but it won't be next year.
  
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• Brace yourselves: The finals won’t be a consideration for Sydney

  18-08-2026 15:40 via theage.com.au
  
  The Swans are not talking like a club that will hand the players two-match bans that will limit the damage to one finals appearance. This doesn’t look an exercise in player protection and expediency.
  
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• Brace yourselves: The finals won’t be a consideration for Swans

  18-08-2026 15:40 via theage.com.au
  
  The Swans are not talking like a club that will hand the players two-match bans that will limit the damage to one finals appearance. This doesn’t look an exercise in player protection and expediency.
  
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• 'Anger' and 'guilt': Smith, Hird unpack Swans scandal

  18-08-2026 14:15 via theage.com.au
  
  Isaac Smith and James Hird speculate on how the Sydney playing group must be feeling amid an investigation into alleged sexual assault.
  
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• Melbourne dealt massive finals blow as star forward’s ban upheld

  18-08-2026 14:09 via theage.com.au
  
  The Demons failed in their bid to have Jacob van Rooyen’s three-game ban for striking overturned or reduced.
  
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• Swans declare players ‘in serious breach’ of standards as club suspensions loom

  18-08-2026 12:30 via theage.com.au
  
  The five players who had remained in Melbourne as the rest of the team travelled back to Sydney attended separate meetings with senior club and team officials away from Swans headquarters after driving home to NSW.
  
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• Swans declare five key players ‘in serious breach’ of standards as club suspensions loom

  18-08-2026 12:26 via smh.com.au
  
  The five players who had remained in Melbourne as the rest of the team travelled back to Sydney attended separate meetings with senior club and team officials away from Swans headquarters after driving home to NSW.
  
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• Sydney Swans say players 'in serious breach' of club standards

  18-08-2026 12:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Sydney Swans say the players allegedly linked to an incident at a Melbourne hotel "are in serious breach of expected club behaviour and standards".
  
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• Breaking: Sydney Swans say players 'in serious breach' of club standards

  18-08-2026 12:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Sydney Swans say the players linked to a Victoria Police investigation of an alleged sexual assault "are in serious breach of expected club behaviour and standards".
  
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• A handful of Swans players wanted to keep partying. The fallout has rocked the AFL

  18-08-2026 12:02 via theage.com.au
  
  The inside story of how the Swans’ night in Melbourne unfolded, culminating with an allegation of sexual assault.
  
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• Gutherson not giving up hope of return, praises new Dragons’ No 1

  18-08-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Clint Gutherson will miss a second week with a knee injury; Manly’s Tom Trbojevic is back, and superstar Latrell Mitchell has been named for Souths.
  
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• Boyd keen to land Maroons job

  18-08-2026 11:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Queensland great Darius Boyd is throwing his hat in the ring for the vacant Maroons coaching job.
  
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• AFL boss sends email to Swans

  18-08-2026 10:39 via smh.com.au
  
  AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon has sent a document to the Swans as investigations into player conduct continue.
  
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• No-fault stand-down rule needed to keep players up to the mark

  18-08-2026 10:17 via smh.com.au
  
  The current coverage is focusing attention on the adequacy of the AFL’s response to situations in which players are accused of wrongdoing.
  
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• Key players interviewed by Swans as club suspensions loom

  18-08-2026 09:51 via theage.com.au
  
  The five players who remained in Melbourne as the rest of the team travelled back to Sydney attended separate meetings with senior club and team officials away from Swans headquarters after driving home to NSW.
  
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• In Josh, they trust: Why the Blues are convinced they have the right man this time

  18-08-2026 09:23 via theage.com.au
  
  For the third time in the past two decades, Carlton have backed in their interim coach to take the permanent role. There’s a key difference this time around.
  
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• Trainer confident gelding will make his way through the grades

  18-08-2026 09:00 via theage.com.au
  
  Trainer Nathan Doyle doesn’t see heading to Warwick Farm on Wednesday on the back of an easy first-up win as rushing Heroic Deed to a city assignment.
  
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• Swans officials hold secret meetings with players

  18-08-2026 08:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Sydney Swans officials have reportedly held meetings with players in secret locations across city.
  
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• Four Swans players tipped to be stood down

  18-08-2026 08:50 via theage.com.au
  
  It's expected the AFL, in conjunction with the Sydney Swans, will stand down four players for bringing the game into disrepute.
  
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• Wests Tigers have had the season from hell. It’s about to get even worse

  18-08-2026 08:26 via smh.com.au
  
  The hits kept coming on Tuesday for the Wests Tigers, who are on course to finish up a lamentable 2026 with 11 straight defeats.
  
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• Men run the AFL and it is time they fixed its dark underbelly

  18-08-2026 07:54 via theage.com.au
  
  Like clockwork, this latest sexual assault allegation has brought with it the “boys will be boys” defence on social media and unleashed a toxic torrent of abuse towards women who dared question it. And a barrage of rape jokes.
  
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• Inside the futuristic LA ‘Colosseum’ where Dolphins and USA will do battle in the pool

  18-08-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australians were given a VIP look inside the $7 billion venue for the Olympic competition, expected to culminate in Lani Pallister’s bid to topple home favourite Katie Ledecky.
  
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• Focus should not be on 'football consequences' for Swans, ex-AFLW star says

  18-08-2026 06:23 via abc.net.au
  
  AFLW star turned broadcaster Kate McCarthy calls out members of the media focusing on how a police investigation linked to Sydney Swans players could affect the team's finals chances.
  
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• Swans players set to be punished under AFL rules as police investigation continues

  18-08-2026 05:56 via smh.com.au
  
  The AFL’s disciplinary process is separate from the police probe. The league and the Swans have been examining the players’ conduct before and around the alleged incident, and whether their behaviour fell below the standards expected of AFL footballers.
  
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• Swans players set to be charged under AFL rules as police investigation continues

  18-08-2026 05:56 via smh.com.au
  
  The AFL’s disciplinary process is separate from the police probe. The league and the Swans have been examining the players’ conduct before and around the alleged incident, and whether their behaviour fell below the standards expected of AFL footballers.
  
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• Why Tallis Duncan could be the answer for Australia's World Cup shortage

  18-08-2026 05:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia are facing a shortage of backrowers for this year's Rugby League World Cup but South Sydney tyro Tallis Duncan could prove to be the answer.
  
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• Weatherald dropped from Test squad after stunning loss to Bangladesh

  18-08-2026 05:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Opening batter Jake Weatherald has been dropped from Australia's Test squad after the side's historic loss to Bangladesh in Darwin.
  
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• Why the selectors’ SOS to Renshaw is 10 years in the making

  18-08-2026 05:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Jake Weatherald has been dropped for Matt Renshaw as the selectors swing the axe after Australia’s Darwin defeat.
  
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• Weatherald axed as selectors send SOS to Renshaw

  18-08-2026 04:52 via smh.com.au
  
  Jake Weatherald has been dropped for Matt Renshaw as the selectors swing the axe after Australia’s Darwin defeat.
  
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• Australian swimmers tour NFL stadium that will host 2028 Olympics swimming

  18-08-2026 04:17 via smh.com.au
  
  After starring at the Pan Pacific Championships, Lani Pallister was impressed by what she saw at SoFi Stadium.
  
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