GWS Giants
Contentious free-agency compo system delivers big win for Saints
The St Kilda defender will play for Hawthorn next year, while Collingwood, Melbourne and Gold Coast have also made free agency signings.
- by Michael Gleeson, Marc McGowan and Russell Bennett
Latest
Money Talks
AFL 2024
Money Talks: When will the bid come for Lions’ father-son Levi Ashcroft?
Brisbane Lions father-son prospect Levi Ashcroft could become the second player to attract a bid at pick one of the national draft in November as clubs start to drill down on the draft pool.
- by Peter Ryan
The two clubs that will shape trade period fortunes of Melbourne teams
Port Adelaide contracted back-to-back All-Australian Dan Houston’s wish to return to Melbourne is the biggest potential deal this year.
- by Marc McGowan
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Brownlow Medal
45 votes and 12 BOGs: Cripps shatters record in dominant Brownlow win
Defying predictions of a tight count, and counter-intuitively to a season in which so little separated so many – and so often – Carlton superstar Patrick Cripps strolled away with his second Brownlow Medal.
- by Greg Baum
Money Talks
AFL 2024
Houston remains on Victorian radars; Owies waits on Blues
Back-to-back All-Australian defender Dan Houston remains a live trade target for Victorian clubs as Carlton forward Matt Owies prepares for an extended wait to discover his fate.
- by Peter Ryan and Marc McGowan
Analysis
Brisbane Lions
The four crucial moments behind Giants’ heartbreaking collapse
A week after a tight loss to the Swans, the Giants were up by 44 points against Brisbane – but got rolled by a stunning Lions comeback. So what happened?
- by Jonathan Drennan
‘He was shaking’: Brisbane’s famous finals win from 44 points down that the coach will never forget
In a crazy finals result which propels Brisbane to the final four, spearhead Joe Daniher slotted the final two goals as the Lions came from the clouds to stun GWS Giants by five points.
- by Jon Pierik, Jonathan Drennan and Andrew Stafford
Giants’ hearts broken for second week in a row after Brisbane fightback
It was the same city and the same heartbreak for the GWS Giants as they crashed out of the premiership race.
- by Jonathan Drennan
The 12-hour trip to watch a former Bombers star win a premiership
On a day when a number of country leagues celebrated their season finales, former Essendon cult figure Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti helped Imperials rocket to a flag.
- by Marnie Vinall
‘Walking on thin ice, you might as well dance’: Where Lions failed and must change v Giants
As a Brisbane star races to prove his fitness, we break down where the Lions went wrong last time they played the Giants, and where they must redeem themselves.
- by Nick Wright
‘Not where we want to be’: AFL booming in Swans territory, but it’s a different story out west
The Giants may be flying high in the finals, but the AFL admits that it still has significant work to do on attracting fans and participants in western Sydney.
- by Vince Rugari and Jonathan Drennan
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