It's been a year like no other,and so too is it a draft like no other. This year's national draft will be held remotely,run out of the AFL's review centre at headquarters.
On October 25,2011 Nik Cox as at the Sydney Opera House watching his older sister win Australia's Next Top Model. Almost a decade later,he enters the AFL draft eagerly awaiting his own name to be called.
Josh Mahoney,who recently departed Melbourne,has been hired by Bombers CEO Xavier Campbell after the Dons parted ways with Daniel Richardson last month.
In 1910,Carlton footballer Alec Lang was suspended for five years for taking a bribe. 110 years later,his family pleads for a re-think - and get a rebuff.
Rival clubs suggest Hawthorn and North Melbourne have discussed a potential draft night trade involving their respective top five picks.
Jordan De Goey,Brody Mihocek and Levi Greenwood have all extended with Collingwood.
Essendon coach Ben Rutten believes the club is in a strong position to improve,despite losing three key senior players in the off-season.
Ollie Henry used to drop letters in Jimmy Bartel’s letter box on game day,wishing him luck. But a trade with GWS,where Bartel is coincidentally now a director,has Henry bracing for a move away from Geelong.
During Ben Hollands'brief stint in Richmond's senior side,he achieved something very few players manage to tick off at the elite level.
AFL players and officials will also return under eased restrictions on Monday as many clubs get used to working with new medical teams.
A book tracking Richmond's path to the 2020 premiership reveals that the club's leaders were concerned at the impact Damien Hardwick's attitude to COVID-19 restrictions were having on the team's performance.