Best 23s: How trade period changed every club
Trade period is behind us and the clear winners and losers have emerged. How will every club’s best 23 look for 2025 after the exchange period? FIND OUT HERE
Sydney
Heat turned up on Swans’ drafting after another first-round pick exits
The Swans don’t have a great history in the first round of the draft outside matching bids. With picks 19 and 22, they must nail the brief come November after being quiet in the trade period.
‘That’s garbage’: AFL reacts to wild trade
An AFL great has called for heads to roll at West Coast as a bombshell theory emerged about the club’s shock trade.
AFL rival’s bold plan to poach Swans star
While an AFL rival expects a star Swans midfielder to see out his contract at Sydney, the club says it will “certainly monitor the situation”.
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Where they started: Junior clubs who made 2024 AFL GF stars
The stars of this year’s AFL Grand Final started their football careers in six Australian states, the Northern Territory and Ireland. Find out where Sydney and Brisbane’s heroes hail from.
Download your Sydney Swans heroes posters
To celebrate Sydney’s charge to the AFL grand final, we have created posters of the stars and Isaac Heeney’s iconic mark against GWS.
‘Ready to go’: Update on Lions star’s injury
Brisbane Lions co-captain Lachie Neale has paid tribute to the club’s medical staff as he opened up on his ongoing heel problem.
‘I’ll play Bunyip twos’: When Papley almost quit AFL for family
Tom Papley’s father David has revealed how the Swans star threatened to walk away from the AFL as he dealt with the turmoil of a family issue which prompted his trade request to Carlton.
Big Lion’s cruel Grand Final blow, Mills pushes case
Oscar McInerney’s Grand Final dream is officially over after scans on Monday confirmed he would miss the decider against Sydney. How will the Lions replace him — and will Callum Mills play?
Swans skipper faces ‘flat-out’ test
Sydney coach John Longmire hasn’t shut the door on his captain returning for the grand final – but the demands are significant.
Lions defender feared grand final chance was lost
A Brisbane Lions defender is determined not to waste his AFL grand final opportunity at the MCG on Saturday.
Lions star will ‘do anything’ for grand final glory
One of Brisbane’s most valuable players is intent on improving his grand final record in Saturday’s AFL decider.
Redemption? How Swans, Lions compare to last GF tilt
One of Sydney and Brisbane Lions will achieve Grand Final redemption this year. We examine how their current sides compare to their last crack at the ultimate prize and deliver our verdicts on the changes.
The forgotten trade that could determine Swans-Lions grand final
Chad Warner will be one of the most important players in Saturday’s grand final, but in an alternate universe he could have been playing for the rival Lions. Will they regret a recent trade?
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