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