Partly it was just pure will, with the team laying 48 tackles ... That should be Essendon’s mood across the weekend. Stay with us for comprehensive AFL round three coverage across the weekend.

Round 3 of the AFL season gets underway Thursday night with Essendon and Port Adelaide squaring ... Keep up to date with all of the fixtures, games, team news, tips, odds, results, reaction ...

An AFL club has been labelled a “one-man” team and an “excuse factory” after a horror loss left the struggling team reeling. The Bombers may have scored 100 points but the Crows piled on ...

Here’s who needs to stand up for your team to taste victory. Andrew McGrath needs to help Zach Merrett out as vice-captain: Merrett can’t do everything. Essendon ... in the AFL after Round ...

Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists. If there’s a theme in Round 3, it’s this: beware the under ...

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Don't miss out on the headlines from AFL. Followed categories ... 23 or 24.” As for Essendon’s finals drought, Merrett said: “There’s no doubt, I watch finals teams and get very jealous ...

Essendon will bring attacking half ... was hit with the fine – cited as misconduct by the AFL – made during a match in which his team jumped the reigning premiers before the Lions reeled ...

Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Photos Pressure and effort ... What those stats say is Essendon essentially went from witches hats to a team who hunted the ball as a collective although the ...