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Footy fans cheer on their teams in 2024.

Is your membership good value? We count the cost of joining an AFL club in 2025

AFL club memberships have never been more varied. They no longer just get you through the turnstiles.

  • Roy Ward

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The best under-23 players in the AFL, by club

Who has the best youngsters in the AFL? Your club’s under-23s ranked

Nick Daicos is one of the AFL’s biggest stars, but Collingwood are still lacking when it comes to the quality of their youth. See every club’s under-23 players and where they rank.

  • Marc McGowan
Geelong legend Mick Turner had an exceptional eye for picking AFL talent.

‘Unforgettable’: Footy mourns Geelong champion who discovered some of the game’s greats

Some of the biggest names in Australian rules football have paid tribute to Geelong great, Michael Turner.

  • Danny Russell
2024 was a massive year in sport.

Higher, faster, stronger ... smarter? Test your knowledge in the 2024 year in sport quiz

From the Demon, to Gout Gout, Oscar Piastri and Raygun, 2024 was a massive year in the world of sport. How closely have you been following events? Take our quiz to find out.

  • Greg Dundas
Then Brisbane Lions football player Aaron Shattock.

Former Brisbane Lions player in critical condition after being crushed by excavator

It was not known how long Aaron Shattock had been pinned under the digger when he was found on his property on Sunday afternoon.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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AFL makes substitute call for 2025; Melbourne’s concession on Petracca injury

The AFL has its say on the substitute and any rule changes for 2025 as the Demons make a concession on Christian Petracca’s season-ending injury.

  • Peter Ryan and Jon Pierik
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Gary Pert is leaving the CEO role at Melbourne but will continue as a consultant as the club looks to establish its new training and administration base.

Why not Waverley? Demons should take over Hawks’ nest

The Demons are pressing ahead with their plans to locate their club’s training and administration base at Caulfield, but there is a familiar alternative nearby.

  • Peter Ryan
Barry Carp was elected president of the Collingwood Football Club.

Magpies install new president, re-elect board, post $9m profit

Collingwood members opted for stability, endorsing the board’s recommended candidates and Barry Carp, the man anointed to assume the presidency from Jeff Browne.

  • Jake Niall
AFLW draft hopeful Grace Baba is waiting for the suspense to be over.

From soccer fields to AFLW dreams: Grace Baba’s draft journey

On Monday night at Marvel Stadium, 18-year-old Grace Baba will wait with bated breath for her name to be read aloud during the AFLW draft.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Ash Centra shapes as the likely No.1 pick at Monday’s AFLW draft.

What does each club need and who will they take? Your guide to the AFLW draft

Ash Centra will move from Sleepy Seaspray to the biggest football club in the land, with Collingwood poised to take her as the No.1 pick in the AFLW’s first unrestricted national draft on Monday night.

  • Peter Ryan

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