Stars have been plucked from the Dogs in recent years, but with a talented list and a newly re-signed coach, Kylie Watson-Wheeler says Whitten Oval is set to become a destination for the best.
What chance is your side of winning this year’s premiership? We got Mick McGuane to divide a ‘Premiership Pie’ — with some contenders having a much bigger slice than others.
The shake-up at AFL House is set to take its next step, with Andrew Dillon landing his 2IC and likely successor in a former Geelong premiership captain.
In-demand Saints star Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera has refuted claims he won’t join Adelaide due to Taylor Walker’s 2021 racism scandal by making a personal call to the Crows forward.
By his own admission, Garry Lyon was never “brave enough” to become an AFL senior coach. But three clubs almost talked him into making the jump from the media to the coaches box.
Nick Riewoldt can’t remember the last time he went for a run and sleeps with pillows under his legs. He tells Jay Clark about the brutal toll footy took on his body.
No event brings football royalty together like the Australian football Hall of Fame. Josh Barnes takes you behind the curtain of one of footy’s most prestigious nights.
Zak Butters gets a big tick, but who else should SuperCoaches be trading in and out this week? Get verdicts on 20 players on the trade table.
Fremantle chief executive Simon Garlick has fired a shot across the bow at Melbourne for its role in fuelling Luke Jackson trade speculation.
The fallout of the Hawthorn racism saga has claimed 40-year friendships and left those at the heart of the allegations still reeling. Jay Clark investigates.
Cooper Hamilton’s whole identity was football — until it couldn’t be anymore. The former GWS player opens up on the challenges he’s faced and mental health battles during his AFL career.
From highly-rated academy and father-son prospects to No. 1 pick contenders and this year’s bolters, AFL Draft guru Kevin Sheehan exclusively reveals all the names recruiters are targeting in 2025.
When Bailey Smith was handed the famous Geelong No. 3, club great Jimmy Bartel reached out – and what ‘Bazlenka’ did next proves there is so much more to his very public image.
Some of the biggest names in AFL reveal the true stories of how they discovered their days were numbered and when the guillotine dropped.
In this podcast, listen to AFL SuperCoach advice from our panel of experts every week to ensure you’re always ahead of the game.
Join the Herald Sun’s Lauren Wood and the team as they talk through the big news of the week, and what’s set for the weekend of footy.
The last time the Saints and Bulldogs played, it appeared one of the AFL’s greatest stars had been cut down. Now, Sam Darcy’s back and he’s not the only Dog nearing a comeback.
Exclusive Champion Data numbers show many points every team concedes in every position – vital intel when picking a SuperCoach captain. See our top picks.
Cut-price premiums have shown up just when we need them in SuperCoach. But who will score the most points – and who can we trust? Plus this week’s top rookies.
Max Gawn’s last-gasp error cost the Demons a chance at victory — and Steven May was involved in a fiery chat after the loss. Hear from the Melbourne captain and Simon Goodwin here.
Senior-coach-in-waiting Josh Carr has had his say on Miles Bergman’s future as the Port Adelaide star makes the club sweat on whether he will sign a new deal.
Melbourne’s latest play to keep Kysaiah Pickett looks to have worked with the star Demon set to re-sign with the club on an extraordinary pay packet.
Despite a tight cap and looming giant payday for Tom De Koning, the Blues have officially ruled out moving on from their big names as they await the official takeover of Graham Wright.
Thirteen rounds into 2025, Kysaiah Pickett’s position on a potential trade hasn’t changed. But if a deal between the Dees and Dockers is to happen, it’s clear who won’t be involved.
An incensed Essendon Cricket Club is considering legal action amid a growing stoush with Essendon Football Club over the use of the iconic Windy Hill.
Jack Schwarze says every AFL club that misses out on Juliet Kelly will rue their mistake after the Claremont star pressed her draft claims by shattering the WAFLW disposals record.
There’s a few standout omissions in the 2025 AFLW fixture that has been finally released just months out from the start of the season.
It’s finally arrived! See the full AFLW draw here — and there’s been a surprise decision on the number of games scheduled at major stadiums before men’s matches.
Some finals-shaping games await footy fans in round 14 as the races for both the top eight and top four continue to heat up. And Friday night’s blockbuster looms large for the latter of the two!
In the most positive development for months, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan will sit down with the Western Bulldogs as a potential return looms.
Not long after Erin Phillips brought the room to tears, another South Australian stole the show with a hilarious recount of his career. Recap all the action, see every Hall of Fame inductee.
Garry Lyon’s prolific media career means everyone knows about that infamous broken leg clip. But, while injuries played a part in his career, there’s no denying his importance to Melbourne’s history.
In 2012, even people at Hawthorn thought Luke Hodge was done. At that point he was already a Hawks great — then he became a club immortal and now resides in the Australian football Hall of Fame.
Caroline Wilson has doubled down on her Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera story despite the Saint’s manager calling it ‘false’. Plus Bailey Smith’s ‘joke’ that didn’t hit the mark and more in the footy show wrap.
At 13, archaic rules stopped Daisy Pearce from following her footy dream, but only for a time. Now, Pearce is a a dominant force in the game as player, media commentator, coach, and hall of famer.
Erin Phillips was 13 when her world came to a grinding halt and football was taken away from her. Decades later, she’s helped lead a football revolution which will ensure no girl ever feels that same pain again.
You’d know it was game day in the Riewoldt household the way Nick brushed his teeth. And it was that ridiculous intensity that forged one of the greatest careers in modern AFL history.
Adelaide youngster Dan Curtin has been linked with an eventual return to Western Australia ever since joining the club – but there’s good news for Crows fans.
More coaches will be able to negotiate deals which mirror Chris Scott’s Morris Finance role under changes to the AFL’s soft cap.
There are few bigger names in South Australian football history than Ken Farmer and Peter Darley. Now, one is an official legend and the other a Hall of Famer.
It’s official, Bulldogs premiership coach Luke Beveridge will continue on after 2025, signing a two-year deal as the Dogs fight desperately fight to stay in finals and top-four contention.
Since the introduction of Gather Round, clubs have needed 13 wins to lock in a spot in September. Who can reach that magic number this year? See where all the challengers stand.
Even if the Kangaroos open their doors back up to Kane Cornes, he might not walk in. Plus Leigh Matthews fires up, reaction to the Gawn-May clash and more of what you missed on TV.
Sam Darcy will make his return from injury on Thursday night, completing his remarkable recovery from what appeared to be a season-ending knee injury.
The management team of Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera has shot down a report the Saint had put a line through joining Adelaide next season due to racist comments made by Taylor Walker.
This AFL season has already thrown up some huge curveballs. Are there more to come — or are Nick Daicos and Collingwood destined for glory? Our experts have their say.
It was the breakout game six years in the making. But after almost being traded, Harry Edwards is finally ready to step out of the shadows of some West Coast heroes.
Hawthorn captain James Sicily was under the pump as the Hawks slumped, but his coach is adamant an injury lay-off is the perfect circuit breaker.
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