AFL 2024
Opinion
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Captain crunch: Star holds the key to team, and coach’s, finals fate
If the Power’s skipper doesn’t step up on Friday night, his team will be torn apart by the Hawks and the coach could lose his job.
- by Kane Cornes
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Winless wooden spooners to grand finalists in one year: Ex-Bomber tips the tables
A former Essendon fan favourite is turning them inside out in the Mallee, and on Saturday will play in the Sunraysia league grand final just a year after the side went winless in a wooden spoon season.
- by Greg Baum
Vintage Walla
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti left commentators in awe with this goal in a semi-final for the Imperials.
McDonald-Tipungwuti's thumping tackle
Former Essendon player Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti lays a thumping tackle for Imperials.
The TikTok video that turned this seven-game Bulldog into a social media sensation
Western Bulldogs winger Jasmyn Smith has played just seven AFLW games, but is one of the main faces promoting this season. A TikTok video shot her to social media fame overnight.
- by Marnie Vinall
The Scoop
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A sprinkler head? A divot? The Curnow twist that derailed Carlton’s season
Carlton were flying … and then Charlie Curnow lost his footing in a pre-game warm-up.
- by Sam McClure
Mac signs one with the lot: One of the AFL’s biggest-ever deals for Gold Coast Sun
Mac Andrew has signed one of the biggest-ever AFL deals and is potentially locked in at the Gold Coast for the next 10 years.
- by Michael Gleeson
Tom Papley crashed his car on his way to the SCG, then starred for the Swans
Tom Papley had a less-than-ideal build-up to his first game back for the Swans since suffering an ankle injury.
- by Vince Rugari
AFL Briefing
Hawthorn Hawks
Swans captain to miss preliminary final; Hawks unveil Frost replacement; NRL cashes in on lack of Melbourne AFL finals
The Swans announced on Wednesday night that skipper Callum Mills will miss the side’s preliminary final, while Hawks coach Sam Mitchell knows he can’t replace the dependable Sam Frost for the Hawks’ must-win final this week.
- by Jon Pierik, Roy Ward, Andrew Wu and Russell Bennett
The price of hope: Clubs feast on members’ hunger for grand final tickets
Geelong is charging fans $230, and Sydney’s charging $135, to join the ballot for grand final tickets – but fans lose their money if their teams lose the preliminary final.
- by Danny Russell
‘It makes the story sound better’: The young Cats star busting one of this season’s biggest myths
Lawson Humphries’ performances in his first 10 games have amazed supporters, but he was not as far off AFL standard as we have been led to believe.
- by Peter Ryan