Clubs given all clear for training return
There will be a welcome sight at AFL and AFLW clubs this week when full groups resume training for the first time since NSW’s COVID outbreak threatened their return.
There will be a welcome sight at AFL and AFLW clubs this week when full groups resume training for the first time since NSW’s COVID outbreak threatened their return.
The AFL’s decision to place its Victorian clubs in bubbles in 2020 appears to have had a devastating impact on families.
We’ve seen AFL players wearing unusual tops during pre-season training before – but these are bordering on bikinis.
More than 10 AFL clubs are weighing up whether to sign rookies during the supplementary selection period, including several hardluck stories from the draft.
Giants midfield coach Lenny Hayes says Tim Taranto sometimes plays a blinder, but the emerging star refuses to be satisfied. Ahead of game 50, he reveals what makes the GWS star so good.
Richmond has been hit hard by injury but when it comes to the number of games lost by best 22 players because of injury, there are three clubs worse off than the Tigers and a premiership contender has been hit just as hard. See the injury ladder.
Gary Ablett and Patrick Dangerfield were instrumental in Geelong’s victory over Richmond. But who deserved best on ground votes? Have your say on the stars of Round 12.
There will be more at stake for Carlton in the next two months than avoiding another wooden spoon. As Jon Anderson writes, the Blues need to sell a positive future to prospective recruits — including a GWS star.
He has 25 goals from 11 games in his first season as a Tiger, but Mick Malthouse says Richmond needs to make a crucial move to get the best from Tom Lynch.
In Patrick Dangerfield and Tim Kelly, Geelong has the best midfield duo in the AFL. Mark Robinson says the star Cats are ahead of a GWS pair as the premier combination in the game.
Leon Cameron’s men could find no answer late against Adelaide, and after surrendering their grip on an all-important top-two spot, the Giants know they need to hit back.
Adelaide has seen off Greater Western Sydney with a flurry of late goals, including a blinder from Eddie Betts, that could set up its September push.
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