How a Federer speech inspired North’s stellar AFLW season

How a Federer speech inspired North’s stellar AFLW season

The Kangaroos have won six AFLW matches in a row. What makes them so good? For starters,coach Darren Crocker wants players “looking at the present,not the past”.

  • byHannah Kennelly

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Houston,we have a problem:Demons could cause hell in trade sweepstakes

Houston,we have a problem:Demons could cause hell in trade sweepstakes

The Demons have emerged as unlikely disruptors in which Victorian club Port Adelaide’s star defender Dan Houston ends up at by Wednesday night.

  • byMarc McGowan andPeter Ryan
‘We think we’re still a chance’:Roos won’t be brushed aside by Blues,Pies in the race for Dan Houston

‘We think we’re still a chance’:Roos won’t be brushed aside by Blues,Pies in the race for Dan Houston

The Kangaroos know they remain outsiders in the race to land the Power’s two-time All-Australian,but they also know they could offer a strong enough deal to satisfy Port Adelaide.

  • byPeter Ryan,Marc McGowan andMichael Gleeson
Bombers into top eight;Swan stuns with three goals in seven minutes
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Bombers into top eight;Swan stuns with three goals in seven minutes

Sydney’s Irish import Paris McCarthy kicked three goals in seven minutes but it wasn’t enough as Geelong held on in a thriller,while the Bombers have entered the top eight.

  • byRoy Ward,Hannah Hammoud andAAP
Parker requests trade;Baker farewells Tigers with awkward speech as flag quartet cop swipe from president
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AFL 2024

Parker requests trade;Baker farewells Tigers with awkward speech as flag quartet cop swipe from president

Richmond’s president has taken a swipe at a quartet of premiership stars who want out of the club as megastar Dustin Martin shut down speculation that he would come out of retirement to play for Gold Coast.

‘O’ for Oscar:The AFLW Lions win a thriller,inspired by the men’s premiership
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‘O’ for Oscar:The AFLW Lions win a thriller,inspired by the men’s premiership

After Taylor Smith kicked a goal at the death to put the Lions in front in Brisbane,she made a “Big O” shape with her hands in honour of Oscar McInerney.

  • byMarnie Vinall
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‘A good fit’:Inside Dusty’s bid to rekindle his career with Hardwick’s Suns
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AFL 2024

‘A good fit’:Inside Dusty’s bid to rekindle his career with Hardwick’s Suns

The renewal of talks between the triple Norm Smith medallist,arguably the greatest Tiger of all time,and Gold Coast happened quickly,after an initial slow burn.

  • bySam McClure andJon Pierik
North target premiership Swan;Bulldogs star Bailey Smith wants out of ‘the Kennel’
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North target premiership Swan;Bulldogs star Bailey Smith wants out of ‘the Kennel’

A Sydney champion is considered gettable in this year’s trade period as the Kangaroos seek experience. Meanwhile,high-profile Bulldogs star Bailey Smith is now officially on the market.

  • byPeter Ryan,Jake Niall andJon Pierik
Who’s going? Who’s staying? A club-by-club guide to the AFL trade period

Who’s going? Who’s staying? A club-by-club guide to the AFL trade period

We have gone through each club to see what they might get up to in this year’s AFL trade period,and which players remain without a deal for the 2025 season.

  • byPeter Ryan andMarc McGowan
Footy’s biggest stars shine brightest as finals call,and North’s meek fade-out:Round 24 key takeouts
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AFL 2024

Footy’s biggest stars shine brightest as finals call,and North’s meek fade-out:Round 24 key takeouts

Some of the AFL’s biggest stars delivered when their clubs needed them in round 24;the Saints and Roos had contrasting finishes;we pinpoint the moment that sank Fremantle’s season;and Carlton reap the rewards of a canny call.

  • byMarc McGowan
The good,the bad and the excuses of the teams you won’t see this September

The good,the bad and the excuses of the teams you won’t see this September

It’s Mad Monday for 10 AFL clubs that failed to reach the finals. But behind that frivolity will be serious soul-searching as they come to terms with what went right,what went wrong and why they failed to meet their own expectations.

  • byJon Pierik,Andrew Wu andPeter Ryan