CompaniesSportAFL 2025Print articleWhat to do when a cyclone blows away your flagship gameGus McCubbingReporterMar 6, 2025 – 2.27pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginAndrew Wellington should have been at the footy on Thursday night, watching his Brisbane Lions unfurl their premiership flag and revel in playing the season-opening game of AFL 2025 at their Gabba fortress.Cyclone Alfred blew that away.Loading...Gus McCubbing is a journalist at the Australian Financial Review in Melbourne. Connect with Gus on Twitter. Email Gus at gus.mccubbing@afr.comSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAFL 2025Business of sportBrisbaneSydneyAFL grand finalConcussion crisisSports bettingLatest In SportFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In CompaniesThe Australian Financial Review MagazineCrocs turn 23 years old. Time to grow up and get shoesLauren SamsOlympic weightlifting is hard. This boss uses the 1pc rule to get it doneOut-of-control watch price rises give housing a run for its moneyBOSS Financial ReviewWhat happened when Domain learnt it spent $36m a year on meetingsEuan BlackThe country’s highest-paid directors revealedHow this Melbourne engineer became a boss at a $24b global giantLife & LeisureThe Australian gallery that made art fun turns 20Stephen ToddThe eight extraordinary hotel openings in Europe to book this summerHow the Hawke’s Bay wine region weathered its most challenging yearRich ListProperty billionaire Nick Andrianakos dies in GreeceYolanda RedrupCannon-Brookes describes ‘deep internal conflict’ over his private jetOscar Piastri on the secret of his $41m-a year success
