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Ben Cousins’ chequered AFL career may be over after the former Brownlow medallist sustained a hamstring injury in Richmond’s 21-point loss to St Kilda at Docklands stadium.

Once-muddy stretch of industrial Yarra bank is city’s new ‘millionaires row’ after record Docklands sale.

Geelong star Paul Chapman has escaped suspension for his series of punches on Western Bulldogs tagger Liam Picken during Saturday night’s Docklands encounter.

A calf injury will keep Geelong midfielder Joel Corey out of Saturday night’s AFL clash against the Western Bulldogs at Docklands stadium.

St Kilda put a winless past month behind it and secured a top-four finish with a confidence-building 94-point thumping of Port Adelaide at Docklands on Sunday afternoon.

North Melbourne will get a $1.9 million upgrade of its Arden St training oval which will make it the same size as Docklands, if Labor wins the federal election.

Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett has called for a major review of the maligned playing surface at Docklands stadium this summer.

The much-maligned Docklands stadium surface received the thumbs-up on Sunday after a testing weekend of sport.

The Western Bulldogs followed the example of fellow premiership fancies Collingwood and Geelong in round 18 with a clinical 71-point destruction of North Melbourne at Docklands on Sunday afternoon.

New Zealand continued its Bledisloe Cup and Tri-Nations dominance with a 49-28 pasting of Australia at Docklands stadium on Saturday night.