Craig O'Donoghue

Former NBL star and huge personality Corey ‘Homicide’ Williams has passed away after a battle with cancer and the basketball community is shattered.

Sydney have shown why they are sitting on top of the AFL ladder by hitting Fremantle with an avalanche of pressure and producing a strong win at Optus Stadium.

Fremantle lost to Sydney at Optus Stadium on Friday night as the footy world came to terms with Cam McCarthy’s death, and coach Justin Longmuir said the players did him proud with how they behaved.

Cam McCarthy’s death and those that occurred before him is horrible for his family, friends and the AFL. Now is the time to ask why the game is losing players and what more can be done to save lives.

West Coast’s injury list is growing and there are concerns for key defender Jeremy McGovern after he was taken to hospital with internal injuries.

West Coast were no match for Collingwood at Marvel Stadium but yet again there was a key lack of discipline at an important time and the Magpies ran amok from the moment it occurred.

The images of distraught Fremantle players in tears before Friday’s game was a reminder that footy is a game and there is no way they should have been put in a position where they had even consider playing.

Fremantle players are still grieving the loss for former Docker Cam McCarthy, but they’re doing it together, and gathered as a group over the weekend to reflect on his life.

As the Dockers unveiled their Indigenous jumper, former defender Michael Johnson has backed the AFL’s Next Generation Academy program as the key to producing the next wave of Indigenous talent.