Nathan Jones

Nathan Jones has stated he did not know of any "off-the-books testing" during his time at the helm of the Melbourne Football Club.

Neale Daniher was the star of the show at the MCG as Melbourne finally celebrated its premiership with its loyal fans.

Long-time Melbourne captain Nathan Jones has has ruled himself out of fairytale grand final appearance in two weeks.

Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin says Jack Viney remains "all in" despite losing the club captaincy to Max Gawn.

A dominant performance from Christian Petracca set the tone as Melbourne beat Adelaide by 33 points in the pre-season.

Melbourne onballer Nathan Jones is the club's second-longest serving captain, with 129 games in charge.

Melbourne looked to be heading to a dreaded 0-4 start before a spectacular second-half turnaround against the Sydney Swans.

Fittingly it was a Nathan Jones goal that broke the back of the Cats, with the Demons' long suffering skipper leading his side to a finals win.

Nathan Jones has slammed his teammates over poor disipline that has plagued their season, keeping plenty of key players off the field

Melbourne have finished the NAB Challenge undefeated after downing St Kilda at Etihad Stadium.