The Bombers kicked off their season in unsightly fashion against Hawthorn - the club Merrett sought a move to - last Friday, falling by 62 points and conceding their fifth-worst score in the Brad ...

Essendon and Hawthorn have hated each other for more than 40 years, from old-fashioned thuggery and a fake drug scandal in the mid-80s to last year’s failed bid by the Hawks to poach Bombers’ captain ...

Essendon legend Matthew Lloyd has called out a "defensive system breakdown" from his beloved AFL club after their Round 1 ...

Essendon looked like they had turned the corner on Friday night in the opening quarter against premiership hopeful Hawthorn.

Channel 7 commentator Kane Cornes has questioned star midfielder Zach Merrett’s value to Essendon as a “strange” pre-match ...

Essendon and Hawthorn have hated each other for more than 40 years, from old-fashioned thuggery and a fake drug scandal in the mid-80s to last year’s failed bid by the Hawks to poach Bombers’ captain ...

Essendon young gun Angus Clarke is set to undergo surgery after he sustained a syndesmosis injury on the eve of Opening Round ...

Hawthorn puts a difficult week on and off the field behind it as it runs out comprehensive 62-point winners over Essendon at the MCG.

Essendon coach Brad Scott says his side is under “no illusions” about the work required to close the gap to the AFL’s top teams after a sobering loss to Hawthorn.

Coach Brad Scott says Essendon are under no illusions how far off the AFL’s best they remain after their defence was shown up ...

Airwallex is used to winning with the McLaren team. B&T grabs popcorn to see how the 'future of finance' goes with the Dons.

In a special five part series, Essendon: The Lost Years by Code Sports, it emerged that the Bombers were faced with an “impossible” decision to trade one of their mega stars of the likes of Matthew ...