Garner-ing support:Will this be the year this AFLW star finally wins the best and fairest?

Garner-ing support:Will this be the year this AFLW star finally wins the best and fairest?

Jasmine Garner has won almost every award there is to win in the AFLW,some of them multiple times. But she’s never won the league’s best and fairest. Is that about to change?

  • byHannah Kennelly andRoy Ward

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‘Wants to see improvement’:Why this star free agent has put contract talks on hold
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AFL 2025

‘Wants to see improvement’:Why this star free agent has put contract talks on hold

A gun midfielder will be one of the hottest free agents of 2025 if he doesn’t put pen to paper on a new deal.

  • byJon Pierik andRoy Ward
How a sleep-deprived mum sparked the biggest comeback in AFLW history;heat on undefeated Roos ahead of prelim

How a sleep-deprived mum sparked the biggest comeback in AFLW history;heat on undefeated Roos ahead of prelim

After giving birth to daughter Marlie in January,Port Adelaide coach Lauren Arnell chats about juggling motherhood with her coaching career while the heat is on undefeated North Melbourne ahead of their preliminary final on Saturday.

  • byHannah Kennelly andRoy Ward
Call for McClelland Trophy rethink;Where the Hawks went wrong;Grand final planning underway

Call for McClelland Trophy rethink;Where the Hawks went wrong;Grand final planning underway

What makes a champion? That’s the question being asked of the AFL’s all-club award as Hawthorn lament their heartbreaking loss to Port Adelaide and the AFLW starts planning where to play its grand final.

  • byRoy Ward,Steve Barrett andHannah Kennelly
Clayton Oliver returns early for Melbourne pre-season training
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AFL 2025

Clayton Oliver returns early for Melbourne pre-season training

Oliver,27,joined several senior teammates including vice captain Jack Viney and utility Harrison Petty – along with Melbourne’s first-to-fourth-year players at Gosch’s Paddock on Friday.

  • byJon Pierik andHannah Kennelly
With kids calling AFL,Seven banks on news and sport to steady the ship

With kids calling AFL,Seven banks on news and sport to steady the ship

The network will run AFL content every night and offer a fresh news bulletin. Chris Brown gets a new comedy-travel show,but there’s not much in the way of original programming.

  • byThomas Mitchell andCalum Jaspan
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Clash after siren as tempers flare in Hawks-Lions final
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AFL 2024

Clash after siren as tempers flare in Hawks-Lions final

Hawks coach Daniel Webster was asked about the fiery post-match altercation,including whether comments had been directed at Hawthorn captain Emily Bates,and said:“something might have been there”.

  • byHannah Kennelly
‘Playing for a million dollars,that’s pressure:’ Inside the Hawks’ stunning rise to AFLW flag contenders
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AFL 2024

‘Playing for a million dollars,that’s pressure:’ Inside the Hawks’ stunning rise to AFLW flag contenders

Trailing Richmond in the last term of last week’s final AFLW home-and-away round,Hawthorn needed to avoid defeat to lock in a $1 million bounty for the club. But Hawthorn’s women’s players did not buckle under the pressure.

  • byScott Spits
Jas Garner on finals footy,family and pre-game superstitions

Jas Garner on finals footy,family and pre-game superstitions

Jasmine Garner will bring her relaxed but competitive attitude to Friday’s qualifying final against Adelaide as North Melbourne aim for a maiden AFLW flag.

  • byHannah Kennelly
Umpire banned for wearing bin Laden costume;AFL probes crowd abuse
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AFL 2024

Umpire banned for wearing bin Laden costume;AFL probes crowd abuse

Umpire Leigh Haussen wore the costume at a function the day after the AFL grand final;as the league investigates crowd abuse of an AFLW player.

  • byMarc McGowan andHannah Kennelly
Night or day? AFLW stars relaxed as grand final timeslot remains unconfirmed
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AFL 2024

Night or day? AFLW stars relaxed as grand final timeslot remains unconfirmed

Just weeks out from the decider,the AFL is yet to confirm whether the AFLW grand final will move to a night-time slot.

  • byHannah Kennelly