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ABC Australia 501 - Does Essendon’s delay favour McVeigh and why only one game matters this week

Corbin Middlemas and Ben Cameron are joined by a rotating cast of AFL legends, including some of the sharpest minds in the game, to pull apart the biggest stories in Aussie Rules. Friday: We unpack Thursday night footy and get across the AFL landscape with former Richmond star Brett Deledio as the trio preview the round ahead. Saturday: Legendary Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse and premiership winner Luke Ball join Corbin to cover Friday night footy and the stories that have footy fans talking. Sunday: Who were the biggest winners and losers from the round? We tell you what mattered most from the weekend action as the team breaks it all down. Monday: Carlton champion Marc Murphy drops by to help Corbin and Ben chop up the major talking points from the round. Tuesday: We watch the Monday AFL shows, so you didn't have to. Bulldogs thinking man Bob Murphy and Corbin go deeper on the stories that are driving the AFL industry.

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Does Essendon’s delay favour McVeigh and why only one game matters this week

The "significant deceit" of Geelong's Jake Kolodjashnij contract storm

AFL Monday: Cats’ concussion waiver scrutiny continues and all aboard the Fraser freight train

‘We want Fraser’: Carlton fans make their voices heard

AFL Saturday: Dillon 'There was an overreach and it shouldn't have been there'

Kangas ruin Bulldogs’ day and can clubs include concussion clauses?

Neale’s Collingwood tour and could Essendon form a coaching ‘supergroup’?

AFL Monday: Is it time to give Fraser the top job?

‘Football utopia’ for Carlton fans

AFL Saturday: Malthouse "They're an arrogant club that can say those things"

Cats leap back into top six and does Butters know where he'll land next year?

The "acidic" Petracca incident and Jaymie Graham to Blues or Bombers?

AFL Monday: Max King decision backfires and Ty Gallop's big mistake

The Suns finally fracture and do we need a 'Goose Tax'?

AFL Saturday: Malthouse on Crows 'I reckon they are horribly soft'

Wildcard games arrive early and the WA derby has lost its shine

What Hinkley to Devils means for Longmire, Buckley, Hird and co

AFL Monday: Devil's in the detail and who has the best run to finals?

Bombers rejoice and Ken to the den

AFL Saturday: Adelaide have reason to crow and who is the second-best team?

Cats claw one back, but at what injury cost?

Why Essendon losses hurt Hird's chances and did Hardwick go too far?

AFL Monday: Is Geelong’s season over? And All-Australian spots up for grabs

Battle of the fittest and who is short-sighted about their future?

AFL Saturday: Pies still alive, Sydney's second half slump and Josh Carr on Butters

Is it Daicos' Brownlow to lose and our first top of the table clash

Longmuir's Fremantle worries and why the umpire contact has been overblown

AFL Monday: Essendon’s woes run deeper than the coach and the melee fallout

Melee madness and setting Suns

AFL Saturday: Is Brisbane still the team to beat?

Lions pounce on Cats and where is Lachie Neale window shopping?

AFL's unnerving and raw concussion debate and it's Freo's flag to lose

AFL Monday: What does the AFL need to fix and can Roos make finals?

‘Ugly’ Essendon and what is the greatest rivalry in footy?

AFL Saturday: Should the AFL give Brisbane back their six points?

Deledio says no contact training is nonsensical and full round 16 preview

Carlton need to forget about optics and Essendon are missing their soul

AFL Monday: CEOs discuss fixture reform and coaching questions continue

All aboard the Fraser ferry and the Nas v Bont battle

AFL Saturday: Matthew Nicks 'We're a lot better than last year'

What the Suns could learn from Ben Cousins and the SA litmus test

The Tim English x Zak Butters theory Bob Murphy regrets saying

AFL Monday: Socceroos clashing with footy isn’t ideal and Hardwick’s critical of umpires again

Flyin' Ryan soars to new heights and is there a small winning margin boom?

AFL Saturday: Dean Solomon 'I haven't even thought about what's next'

Adelaide has reason to crow and how much does Butters cost?

North Melb have "done less than nothing" and Magpies circle Neale and King

AFL Monday: Thrills and chills, Big Freeze 12 blockbuster a huge sucess at the 'G

The Fraser freight train, grand larceny and the Dockers' dozen

AFL Saturday: Luke Beveridge 'Silk gloves and calloused hands'