De Koning out for home-and-away season;Swans dealt a bitter blow;clubs sent a ‘please explain’
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024

De Koning out for home-and-away season;Swans dealt a bitter blow;clubs sent a ‘please explain’

Carlton’s tough win over North Melbourne has come at a cost,with a fractured foot to sideline star ruckman Tom De Koning until the end of the home-and-away season. Meanwhile,the Swans are battling their own injury issues.

  • byPeter Ryan,Marnie Vinall andMalcolm Conn

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Sore Carlton stars set to face Western Bulldogs;AFLW practice match schedule announced
AFL 2024

Sore Carlton stars set to face Western Bulldogs;AFLW practice match schedule announced

Carlton coach Michael Voss expects Charlie Curnow and Jacob Weitering to face the Western Bulldogs despite the Blues stars pulling up sore,while the AFL has announced the AFLW’s practice match schedule.

  • byMarnie Vinall
Draper poised to return;AFLW to adopt ‘wholly national draft’;Charlie McCartin bound for the VFL
AFL 2024

Draper poised to return;AFLW to adopt ‘wholly national draft’;Charlie McCartin bound for the VFL

Essendon are set to be significantly bolstered as they start their assault on the second half of the season,poised to welcome back guns including Sam Draper. Meanwhile,the AFLW will adopt a fully national draft model,to take effect for the 2025 season.

  • byMarnie Vinall,Michael Gleeson andScott Spits
It seemed a simple kiss on TV after the game,but it crossed a boundary
Opinion
Sexism

It seemed a simple kiss on TV after the game,but it crossed a boundary

Is kissing at work cool and contemporary,or something best left to 1970s Christmas parties? When someone is just trying to do their job,it can be difficult to say no.

  • byKate Halfpenny
They’re happy teams at Geelong and Sydney – but which club is the unhappiest?
The Scoop
AFL 2024

They’re happy teams at Geelong and Sydney – but which club is the unhappiest?

Geelong and Sydney top the AFLPA’s wellness survey. But the club languishing at the bottom of the table for player wellbeing,nearly three full points behind the Swans and the Cats in a rating out of 10,remains a secret.

  • bySam McClure
Wasting talent:Why 11 games a year is not enough for AFLW players
Analysis
Western Bulldogs

Wasting talent:Why 11 games a year is not enough for AFLW players

Many AFLW players fear the lack of games at the top level and the reluctance by some clubs to let them play in their state league is shunting their development as footballers.

  • byMarnie Vinall
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Bring it on! Why I can’t wait for AFLW pre-season training to start
Opinion
AFL 2024

Bring it on! Why I can’t wait for AFLW pre-season training to start

I’m not the only one who has an exciting new challenge ahead of them this AFLW season. While pre-season training promises to be testing,I can’t wait for it to start on Monday.

  • byLibby Birch
Full fixture revealed:AFLW’s midweek experiment,showpiece Indigenous match moved to Darwin
Updated
Essendon Bombers

Full fixture revealed:AFLW’s midweek experiment,showpiece Indigenous match moved to Darwin

Essendon and Richmond will head to the Top End this AFLW season;a move Tigers chief Brendon Gale hopes will “lay the foundation for future Dreamtime games in Darwin.”

  • byMarnie Vinall
‘I was in so much pain’:The unspoken ‘big issue’ affecting women athletes
Women in sport

‘I was in so much pain’:The unspoken ‘big issue’ affecting women athletes

Eleanor Cardwell was in so much pain,she couldn’t even complete a warm-up without discomfort,and she was not alone among her netball peers. It’s why she thinks it’s mad that sports bras aren’t treated with the same priority as football boots or mouthguards.

  • byMarnie Vinall
Once banned from playing,AFLW’s new boss will launch next phase of footy
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AFL 2024

Once banned from playing,AFLW’s new boss will launch next phase of footy

AFLW general manager Emma Moore will report to the game’s football boss,Laura Kane. Both say they would not be expanding the AFLW season further until TV and match-day audiences justify it.

  • byCaroline Wilson
‘There’s nowhere for them to go’:When girls are booted out of football
Women in sport

‘There’s nowhere for them to go’:When girls are booted out of football

At 13,Phoebe Guppy is at a crossroads. Travel over an hour for footy training,or give up the game she loves. Daisy Pearce has been at the crossroads before her,and many more will follow.

  • byHannah Kennelly