The first chunk of the pre-season is over, with plenty of players racing the clock to prove their fitness before the start of the new campaign. We run the rule over who is fit at every club here.
Coaches love swinging the magnets around in pre-season, and we’ve had eyes at nearly every club’s sessions to get the word on who’s shaping up to change roles.
Fans wondered why St Kilda went to the draft targeting midfielders then picked two defenders in the top-10. Now, one of those picks has set his sights on joining Jack Steele in the engine room.
They’ve been at their clubs less than a month, but a number of new draftees have already made a big impression at training. See all the recent standouts here.
Twelve years on from his passing, Port Adelaide has handed John McCarthy’s No. 35 guernsey to their fresh recruit. Plus see all the other new Power jumper numbers here.
Daniel Rioli’s Gold Coast career has suffered a first-week setback, with fears the star Suns recruit could need surgery after sustaining a knee injury.
AFL umpire Leigh Haussen has been banned for a match for dressing as a terrorist at an end-of-season function, less than a month after GWS players faced more severe penalties. Here’s why there was a difference.
The finals are locked in for the AFLW’s 2025 season after Port’s thrilling come-from-behind win over GWS and a massive Hawthorn payday. See the full Week 1.
Port Adelaide cut five players from their list on Monday, but one of them is already preparing to join a fresh club. ELIZA REILLY has the details.
West Coast fans were livid with their club’s efforts at the trade table – and rightly so, writes JOSH BARNES, with the Eagles fleeced. See every trade graded.
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