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Melbourne captain Max Gawn relishes the chance to catch up with Neale Daniher before the annual Big Freeze match on the King’s birthday public holiday.

Max Gawn says Neale Daniher’s inspiration is taking the ‘me’ out of Melbourne

The Melbourne skipper says the Australian of the Year never fails to captivate and inspire the Demons with his annual locker-room speech.

  • Michael Gleeson

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Max Gawn of the Demons leads his team out onto the field

Gawn is modern footy’s ruck benchmark, but says this man has him covered in one key area

Gawn puts himself behind the ball, where the opposition either kick it to him, or he forces them to go the long way home around him. So too does Collingwood’s Darcy Cameron.

  • Michael Gleeson
Collingwood teammates Bobby Hill and Jamie Elliott have a tight bond.

‘What just happened?’: Media-shy Magpie on the topic he’ll gladly discuss – Bobby Hill

Bobby Hill started as a Giant, had cancer, won a Norm Smith Medal, then mark of the year. His forward line mate Jamie Elliott is in awe of Hill as he plays his 100th game.

  • Michael Gleeson
From left: The Brisbane Lions’ Conor McKenna, Collingwood’s Oleg Markov, St Kilda’s Liam Henry and Essendon’s Jayden Laverde.

Footy’s forgotten men: The player at your club who could be looking elsewhere for 2026

The mid-point of the AFL season has arrived, and some footballers have had fewer playing opportunities than others. We look at what that means for a player at each club.

  • Marc McGowan
Saints star Dan Butler.

‘Getting desperate’: Saints throw the first punch and knock out Demons

St Kilda’s season had been on a knife’s edge heading to Alice Springs, but their campaign still has a pulse after emerging victorious over a Melbourne side that produced its worst ever pressure rating under Simon Goodwin.

  • Jon Pierik
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera.

Before splashing their cash on TDK, Saints need to look after their own best player

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera’s ability is well-known to all, it seems, except Melbourne, who left him to run unchecked, it seemed, on Sunday in Alice Springs.

  • Michael Gleeson
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Brad Scott.

Who the Bombers, Magpies are looking at selecting in the mid-season draft

Essendon will take four players in the mid-season draft, with a recent spate of injuries forcing a pivot from the club’s normal philosophy regarding mid-year picks.

  • Peter Ryan, Michael Gleeson and Marc McGowan
Ross Lyon’s dig at Gold Coast raised the ire of the Suns.

‘Offensive and out of order’: Suns boss fires back after Lyon’s ‘nepo baby’ swipe

Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick also bit back after his St Kilda counterpart described the Suns as the “AFL’s nepo baby” on a day when the Saints had their lowest home crowd since 2002.

  • Peter Ryan and Jon Pierik
Elijah Hollands.

Tigers leave Nankervis out, Blue Hollands misses for personal reasons: AFL teams and experts’ tips for round 11

The Tigers ruckman has been managed, while Elijah Hollands will miss Carlton’s clash for personal reasons and Collingwood veteran Steele Sidebottom takes a weekend off.

Essendon great, Michael Long poses for a photo in front of a new statue of him unveiled at the Essendon Football Club on July 17, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia.

Ahead of Dreamtime at the ’G, Long backs Vandenbergh to star at AFL House

Michael Long says Pauly Vandenbergh would be the perfect person to step up and guide Indigenous affairs at the AFL when the role becomes vacant. Meanwhile, Christian Petracca has spoken of the ups and downs of his path to 200 games.

  • Jon Pierik, Roy Ward and Danny Russell

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