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Under pressure: Demons coach Simon Goodwin.

Analysis

AFL 2025

Living on the edge: The AFL coaches fighting for their jobs in 2025

While all AFL senior coaches suffer the slings and arrows of feral fans, up to five enter 2025 in parlous positions.

by Jake Niall

Macdonald celebrates Hawthorn’s win over the Western Bulldogs with Jack Ginnivan (left) and Nick Watson.

Analysis

AFL 2025

Snakes and ladders: The teams that will rise and fall in 2025

by Michael Gleeson

AFL off-field behaviour

Joel Smith was banned for four years. His dad thinks the AFL’s proposed drug policy could have saved him

by Jon Pierik

Tom Edwards (left) kicked four goals against the Bulldogs.

AFL Briefing

AFL 2025

The player who may just have booted his way onto Essendon’s list

by Roy Ward and Jon Pierik

Exclusive

AFL 2025

‘We won’t be accepting that’: AFL’s proposal for strict new drugs code revealed

by Caroline Wilson

Insight & Analysis

Match committee: How your AFL team could line up for game one

As match simulation begins in earnest and the official round of pre-season matches coming next week, our experts examined each of the AFL’s 18 clubs and put together predicted line-ups.

The Age footy team

Who wants to be a millionaire? AFL’s top earners reach record numbers

The number of AFL players earning at least $1 million has reached a high, but the band with the highest number of players is pocketing far less.

Jon Pierik

Sports journalist for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

The Demons went on a camp. This is what Christian Petracca told his teammates

The Bright speech to the players was the second occasion that Christian Petracca has addressed the Demons in a matter of months.

Jake Niall

Chief football writer, The Age

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Vale

‘Hey brother, just a quick one’: Selwood family pays tribute to Troy in moving funeral

Joel Selwood’s phone calls with his brother, Troy, always started the same way. He wishes he could have one more.

by Danny Russell

Richmond young gun Sam Lalor during training on Friday.

AFL 2025

The ‘Dusty clone’ who wowed Richmond fans during family day

One new Tiger has Richmond fans impressed during the club’s family day on Friday as the young Tigers prepare for their first taste of AFL footy in a match simulation against West Coast.