September
Swans high means SCG members struggle to get tickets
Sydney Swans’ performance and the growing popularity of AFL in the northern states had thousands flocking to the SCG’s famous stands. The success comes with a catch.
- Zoe Samios
August
AFL’s mystery man Dustin Martin bows out in unique style
Dustin Martin and Tom Hawkins have both called time on their glittering AFL careers, but the famously media-shy Richmond star didn’t attend his own press conference.
- Gus McCubbing and Patrick Durkin
July
Path to Cats presidency goes through Boston Consulting Group
Critics have labelled Geelong a “boys’ club”. But the board of the Geelong Football Club has tended to draw from an even narrower pool.
- Myriam Robin
June
Alan Joyce’s bonus review in familiar hands
This being corporate Australia, one doesn’t have to dig deep to find the key players already know one another.
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- Myriam Robin
May 2023
AFL backs Yes vote for Indigenous Voice
The AFL said it had taken a Yes stance after many discussions and consultation with clubs, staff, players and its own Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisory council.
- Melissa Woods
April 2023
The Disneyland trip that guided this AFL player to wealth management
Michael Mansfield has forged a successful career in financial advice after playing in three AFL grand finals for Geelong and surviving two open-heart surgeries.
- Gus McCubbing
September 2022
AFL grand final a ratings bomb for Channel 7
900,000 fewer fans tuned into Geelong’s thrashing of Sydney than 2021’s grand final, renewing calls from the broadcaster for the AFL to shift the match to a twilight timeslot.
- Hannah Wootton
Geelong thrash Sydney by 81 points to claim AFL premiership
Geelong have emphatically silenced critics who doubted their ageing list would win a premiership, thrashing Sydney by 81 points in the AFL grand final.
- Shayne Hope
Geelong clinch AFL premiership with 81-point win over Swans
Geelong Cats and Sydney Swans are facing off at the MCG in the 2022 AFL Grand Final.
- Alana Christensen
Bloods brothers: Swans legends kick on to finance after footy
Grand final wins and losses forged lessons for later careers in stockbroking and funds management for All Australian defenders Leo Barry and Ted Richards.
- James Eyers
Fagan ‘deeply distressed’ by Hawthorn racism allegations
Brisbane coach Chris Fagan says he denies and is “deeply distressed” by allegations of racist conduct reported from his time at Hawthorn.
- Gus McCubbing
‘It’s winner takes all’: Geelong president Drummond eyes a win
Geelong president and corporate leader Craig Drummond says that the commercial spoils of the AFL grand final are the same as the silverware - it’s winner takes all.
- Gus McCubbing
‘A hard decision’: $10m man Franklin will play on at Swans
AFL veteran Lance Franklin used a cheeky Michael Jordan reference to reveal he will play another season with the Sydney Swans.
- Roger Vaughan and Alex Mitchell
The Sydney effect: how AFL wins when the Swans make the grand final
Seven and the AFL are set to benefit from a ratings bonanza when Sydney takes on Geelong in Saturday’s AFL decider, history says.
- Gus McCubbing and Mark Di Stefano
August 2021
Demons take top spot in dramatic final round
The final eight for the AFL has been settled, but only after a weekend of dramatic finishes.
- Michael Pelly
How the civil rights movement shaped this BCG Australia co-founder
As a student in the United States, Colin Carter was swept up by the protest politics sweeping campuses. His strong sense of social justice has not wavered.
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- James Thomson
July 2021
Victoria at risk after removalists outbreak sparks new cases
An AFL match at the MCG is listed as an exposure site after a crew of Sydney removalists who failed to wear masks while working sparked havoc across four states.
- Patrick Durkin
May 2021
Frank Costa, who saved the Geelong Cats, has died at 83
Hometown hero Frank Costa stepped in to save the AFL team and stood up to organised crime in Melbourne’s fruit and vegetable market - building a $770 million business along the way.
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- Brad Thompson
February 2021
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- Earnings season
No longer a ‘young man’, Medibank’s Drummond to retire
The company is starting a search for a replacement for Craig Drummond, who has been in the role since July 2016 and was a key ex-executive at NAB.
- Liam Walsh
October 2020
AFL's wild ride ends with grand final pilgrimage
Richmond supporter Louis Blitsas began his pilgrimage weeks ago and will join 30,000 fans at the Gabba in Brisbane.
- Patrick Durkin and Luke Housego