Draft or cash: What Geelong are willing to give up for Clayton Oliver
The Cats would only pay the full amount of Clayton Oliver’s massive Melbourne contract, or close to it, if the draft cost in a trade was heavily discounted.
- by Jake Niall
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Exclusive
AFL 2024
Blues in the hunt for Pies’ premiership architect
Carlton have sounded out Collingwood’s premiership-winning ex-football boss Graham Wright about potentially taking over as chief executive from Brian Cook in an orderly handover.
- by Jake Niall
Lions have faith Joe Daniher will inform them on future at right time
The Brisbane Lions are confident that if Joe Daniher wants to discuss his future with the club he will do so at the right time.
- by Peter Ryan and Jake Niall
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AFL 2024
New coach McQualter to lean on Hardwick style, Liam Baker chooses Eagles
Just moments after former Richmond assistant Andrew McQualter was announced as West Coast coach, it became clear that Tiger Liam Baker would nominate the Eagles as his preferred new home.
- by Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall
Fagan’s heroes: Brisbane Lions make amends by mauling Swans in grand final blowout
The Brisbane Lions turned the decider into a rout through a second-quarter blitz, condemning the Swans to a fourth grand final defeat in 11 years, despite their minor premiership.
- by Jake Niall
‘A hard pill to swallow’: The 33 players who have been in a grand final – and lost
There will be more than 30 players at the MCG on Saturday who have played in grand final losses – a scenario that is almost without parallel in a heavily equalised competition.
- by Jake Niall
Gambling, the Brownlow and Hinkley’s outburst: League chief on the AFL’s biggest talking points
From the pre-finals bye, to Gather Round, to mid-season trading – in a wide-ranging, frank interview, AFL CEO Andrew Dillon discusses the biggest issues currently facing the league.
- by Jake Niall
The moments that decide a grand final: Lions star on how his group can go one better this year
Brisbane Lions gun Hugh McCluggage says his side learnt much from a review of last year’s narrow grand final loss to Collingwood, especially in how to play the key moments.
- by Jake Niall
Opinion
Brownlow Medal
Best, not fairest: Why the Heeney ban exposes an outdated Brownlow
When one considers the roll call of players who’ve won Brownlows, “fairest” was not close to an accurate description of a number of those champions.
- by Jake Niall
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
‘A lot of people wrote us off’: How Lions proved footy world wrong
Charlie Cameron said the Lions had taken pleasure in silencing those who wrote them off after their slow start.
- by Peter Ryan, Jake Niall and Marc McGowan
Analysis
AFL 2024
A different Cat: How Chris Scott differs from other AFL coaches
If eschewing punitive measures is not unique for current or ex-AFL coaches, Chris Scott does differ from the coaching herd on several fronts.
- by Jake Niall
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