From State of Origin duties last year to disappointment this season,Tom Gilbert has drawn inspiration from a Brisbane Lions star.
The fixture should not be another lever for equalisation. The premiership race should be run at even weights,like the Derby – not weighted in the manner of the Melbourne Cup.
If you thought footy fans were obsessed with the AFL fixture,spare a thought for the man whose job it is to balance the interests of all 18 clubs and the broadcasters,while accommodating the league’s traditions and quirks.
The full 2025 AFL fixture has been released,and the league is banking on Carlton and Collingwood being big drawcards.
He is the AFL’s youngest Norm Smith Medal winner,and he’s set to be joined by his brother at the Lions. But off the field,Will Ashcroft is changing lives.
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”.
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.
A month after their grand final win,the Lions are getting serious about the premiership defence and developing a strategy to fill the hole Joe Daniher will leave in their line-up.
We now know the ins and outs,the draft picks and the list spots that are available,so what will your club’s strategy be at the national draft and what players do they have their eyes on?
After so much hope,the Swans’ season ended in bitter disappointment with a resounding grand final defeat against Brisbane.
Interim Melbourne president Brad Green takes to social media to ridicule a claim that Clayton Oliver – the star player who is subject to intense trade speculation – had “cleaned out his locker”. On a busier day of the AFL’s exhange period,there were various pick swaps as Carlton secured Hawthorn’s first-round pick.