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Hawthorn's out-of-contract key forward meets with Victorian powerhouse: AFL trade news
16+ hour, 8+ min ago (244+ words) Hawthorn key forward Calsher Dear has met with rivals Collingwood as the 21-year-old continues to canvas suitors in a bid to clarify his playing future. Dear is out of contract at season's end, and is yet to put pen to…...
Predicted ins, outs and lineups for the 2026 AFL preliminary finals
16+ hour, 33+ min ago (1244+ words) The top four sides of the home-and-away season are the final four sides standing in September, promising the best preliminary final match-ups the landscape could have possibly hoped for. Fans were treated to a modern classic on Thursday night, as…...
Superstars surge into equal second as race heats up: AFL Finals MVP - Week 3
21+ hour, 19+ min ago (245+ words) Brisbane Lions superstar Zac Bailey went scorched earth on the Adelaide Crows, mere days after shunning the eye-watering offer the club put to the in-demand free agent. The dual-threat, dual-premiership superstar exploded for 23 disposals and 3.3 as his side ran riot…...
AFL Draft watch: Finals galore, plus a mature-ager making waves
21+ hour, 15+ min ago (890+ words) The Victorian Talent League grand final is locked in, Glenelg claimed the premiership in South Australia, while a mature-ager flourished in the VFL. For the first time since 2019, Sandringham will not contest the Talent League grand final, with Gippsland knocking…...
VFL standout on the praise of a great and his own form ahead amid growing AFL interest
21+ hour, 59+ min ago (989+ words) Werribee's Jack Riding is too good to be playing VFL football, and seemingly everyone knows it. The damaging midfielder flirted with a list spot at Hawthorn last summer, putting his best foot forward in an SSP audition that ultimately did…...
Two Lions cop staging fines, Crow faces delayed start to new year: AFL MRO
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (174+ words) Polarising Brisbane Lions Dayne Zorko and Cameron Rayner have both been handed staging sanctions by the Match Review Officer, following moments to forget in the side's trouncing of the Adelaide Crows on Saturday night. Zorko was handed a $1500 fine ($1000 with…...
Saint requests trade, free agents announce their futures: AFL trade wrap
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (748+ words) Semi-final weekend is now in the rearview mirror, as the greatest three words in the football calendar approach: preliminary final weekend. When the three remaining matches of the 2026 AFL season run their course, the AFL's true silly season will commence,…...
Nick Daicos backs Collingwood's aggressive AFL recruiting strategy
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (454+ words) Raging Brownlow Medal favourite and Collingwood vice-captain Nick Daicos has signed off on his club's 'topping up' list management model, as the club circle forward former Coleman Medallist Jesse Hogan and legendary Lion, Lachie Neale. The Pies' list management strategy…...
Brisbane Lions stare down another AFL hoodoo after stunning semi-final win
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (216+ words) In downing the Adelaide Crows in the ruthless and breakneck fashion that they mustered on Saturday night, the Brisbane Lions continued an AFL trend. Teams to lose a qualifying final by 50+ points - something the Lions did a week ago, at…...
Geelong and Adelaide face very different off-seasons after finals exits
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (366+ words) Geelong were on the wrong end of a modern classic on Friday night, going down to a Fremantle outfit with an instantly perceptible chip on its proverbial shoulder. Adelaide were left at the starting blocks as the reigning, defending, back-to-back…...