A tough nut,a cult figure and a champion:Your club’s key 2025 free agents

A tough nut,a cult figure and a champion:Your club’s key 2025 free agents

Coveted would-be free agent Cam Rayner’s six-year extension at reigning premiers Brisbane has dramatically changed the player movement landscape for 2025.

  • byMarc McGowan

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The AFL flag blueprint:Is your club in the premiership window?
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AFL 2025

The AFL flag blueprint:Is your club in the premiership window?

There’s a blueprint which history suggests is required to be in premiership contention next season. What does that look like,and where does your team sit? We take a look.

  • byJon Pierik
‘It’s time for me to give back’:Bombers flag hero to run for club board
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AFL 2024

‘It’s time for me to give back’:Bombers flag hero to run for club board

Dean Solomon played in the Bombers’ 2000 premiership team before a career in coaching took him around the country. Now he wants Essendon members to elect him to the board so he can give back to the club.

  • byJake Niall
Pick a winner:Who your team will target in the AFL draft

Pick a winner:Who your team will target in the AFL draft

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?

  • byMarc McGowan
The top draft chance who left hospital to watch his mates win a grand final without him

The top draft chance who left hospital to watch his mates win a grand final without him

Leading AFL draft hopeful Harry Armstrong has Matthew Lloyd in his corner,a great set of hands,and bundles of goals. But he had to overcome a serious infection barely a year ago.

  • byMarc McGowan
‘We need to be a bit better’:AFLW coach hits out at ‘shabby’ conditions after water pipe bursts pre-game
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AFLW

‘We need to be a bit better’:AFLW coach hits out at ‘shabby’ conditions after water pipe bursts pre-game

Adelaide overcame both the Magpies and a burst water pipe to prevail by 43 points at Victoria Park on Sunday and bolster their hopes of an AFLW top-two finish.

  • byHannah Kennelly
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Bombers and Hawks delist former top-10 picks;Power ironman signs on for a 19th season
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AFL 2024

Bombers and Hawks delist former top-10 picks;Power ironman signs on for a 19th season

Port Adelaide veteran Travis Boak will play on for a 19th season in 2025,while Essendon’s clean out has continued with the club delisting a forward. West Coast and Hawthorn also cut players.

  • byMichael Gleeson,Jon Pierik andScott Spits
The text that almost buried the Jake Stringer deal

The text that almost buried the Jake Stringer deal

Jake Stringer has history with GWS captain Toby Greene. So the path had to be cleared for the ex-Bomber to make the move north. But it wasn’t simple.

  • byMarc McGowan
Four-club swap the deal-buster that delivers Bailey Smith to Geelong

Four-club swap the deal-buster that delivers Bailey Smith to Geelong

One last multi-club swap proved the deal-buster in a typically hectic climax to the AFL’s trade period on Wednesday night that delivered new homes for Bailey Smith,Jack Macrae and Matt Kennedy.

  • byMarc McGowan,Peter Ryan andMichael Gleeson
‘I want to be an entertainer’:The Essendon-bound excitement machine with the mid-air spin move

‘I want to be an entertainer’:The Essendon-bound excitement machine with the mid-air spin move

Essendon’s Next Generation Academy prospect Isaac Kako is the reason they traded their top-10 selection to the Demons. The talent-rich forward is sure to quickly win over fans.

  • byMarc McGowan
Blockbuster Houston trade falls over,for now,after Power pull out
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AFL 2024

Blockbuster Houston trade falls over,for now,after Power pull out

After a shock twist on Monday night,the Dan Houston to Collingwood trade is in serious jeopardy.

  • byMarc McGowan,Jake Niall,Peter Ryan andMichael Gleeson