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Bradley Hill of the Dockers celebrates after scoring a goal during the Round 18 AFL match between the Fremantle Dockers and the Sydney Swans at Optus Stadium in Perth, Saturday, July 20, 2019. (AAP Image/Richard Wainwright) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
St Kilda

Hill will be worth investment for Saints

Will Brad Hill and Jack Billings form the best wing duo in the competition in 2020? That’s what the Saints fans have to look forward to if they lure the Dockers’ big fish, and the club is growing increasingly confident they will.

Gold Coast, Bulldogs, Lachie Neale, Carlton
AFL News

How did your club lose this one?

Losing to Gold Coast in Round 3 could cost the Bulldogs a finals spot, but every team has had at least one ‘what the?’ defeat in 2019. Here are the worst from every side.

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Sydney's Lance Franklin celebrates kicking a goal during AFL Elimination Final match between the Sydney Swans and Essendon Bombers at the SCG. Picture. Phil Hillyard

‘$1 million is the new benchmark’

FOOTBALL’S rich are getting richer as a record number of AFL players earned more than $1 million last season as clubs fear the league’s $1.84 billion pay deal could create a divide. Who are the million-dollar men?

AFL News
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti of the Bombers is tackled by Dallas Willsmore of the Hawks during the Pool B match between the Essendon Bombers and the Hawthorn Hawks during the AFLX Melbourne tournament at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Friday, February 16, 2018. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

What did clubs think of AFLX?

AFL clubs have delivered an emphatic message to the league on how AFLX can be enhanced and at least one Victorian club has requested a change of date for the tournment.

AFL News
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17:  The Lions team pose with the trophy after victory in the AFLX grand final match between the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions at Allianz Stadium on February 17, 2018 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

AFLX post mortem: Would it work overseas?

THE AFL has clubs knocking on its door wanting to take AFLX around the globe as league chief Gillon McLachlan hinted that teams that play in the concept could be franchised like cricket’s Big Bash League.

AFLW
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 02:  Moana Hope of the Magpies kicks the ball during the round one AFLW match between the Carlton Blues and the Collingwood Magpies at Ikon Park on February 2, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia.  (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

Mo’s back: Magpies confirm Hope return

UPDATE: MO HOPE returns to the Collingwood line-up after being named in the final squad to face the Giants on Sunday. But Erin Phillips is no certainty to play her first game of the season. SEE ALL THE AFLW TEAMS

SuperCoach
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 20:  Paddy McCartin and Nathan Freeman of the Saints kick during a St Kilda Saints AFL training session at Trevor Barker Beach Oval on June 20, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia.  (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Rookie Bible: Mature-aged gems of 2018

HE’S the unluckiest footballer in the AFL and yet to make his senior debut after four years, but we want Nathan Freeman in our SuperCoach team. Will this be the year? Every cheapie you need to know about.

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