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Sam Lalor, was the AFL’s No.1 draft pick in 2024.

Crouching Tiger, hidden talent: Why Richmond used the No.1 pick on a kid known for smashing sixes

His cricket contemporaries are presently touring with the Australian Test team, while Sam Lalor is sweating through his first proper footy pre-season.

  • Jake Niall

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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
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AFLW draft 2024: Every pick from the first AFLW national draft

The AFLW’s brave new world of a national draft where players could end up anywhere in the country had an immediate impact. See every pick.

  • Scott Spits
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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The AFL draftee who wants to banish ‘toxic masculinity’

New Giant Ollie Hannaford was a top-20 pick in last week’s AFL draft, but he has grander goals than just the ones he kicks on the football field.

  • Marc McGowan
Noah Mraz was drafted by Hawthorn on Thursday night.

Inside the drama of draft night for new Hawk ‘Jason’ – and a swift lesson from James Sicily

Noah Mraz did not have to wait long for his first lesson as a Hawthorn footballer after experiencing a roller-coaster of emotions during the draft.

  • Marc McGowan
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Richmond’s first-round draftees in 2024.

‘It’s not often us – it’s the parents’: The staggering private school dominance of the AFL draft

We crunched the numbers and they paint a telling picture of just where the AFL’s draftees are coming from.

  • Marc McGowan
Carlton draftee Harry O’Farrell (centre) and his brothers Jack and Ned are all Carlton supporters.

Like father, like son: Blues draft son of Cripps’ saviour alongside Camporeale twins

Family ties ran deep among the players selected at this week’s AFL draft, especially at Carlton.

  • Andrew Wu
Levi Ashcroft, Jagga Smith, Sam Lalor, Finn O’Sullivan, Sid Draper.

Elite talent, depth and building for a flag: Analysing each club’s 2024 draft selections

Seventy-one players were drafted across the two nights of the 2024 draft. We look at each club’s haul and hear from recruiting and list managers to explain their strategies.

  • Marc McGowan and Peter Ryan
Matt Whitlock is embraced by his father after being drafted to North Melbourne, as his twin brother Jack Whitlock is overcome with emotion.

‘It was almost torture’: Tears turn to joy for draftees as Whitlock joins his twin in the big league

On a busy AFL draft night, one of the Whitlock twins finally got his moment. There’s two new Camporeales at Carlton after Ben and Lucas Camporeale were picked as father-sons and a Melbourne teen was overjoyed after Port Adelaide nabbed him.

  • Scott Spits

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