Richmond Tigers
AFL Briefing
AFL 2025
Bombers paid Sheedy six-figure sum for ambassadorial role
Essendon paid AFL Legend and four-time premiership coach Kevin Sheedy the overwhelming majority of $150,000 in ambassadorial payments in 2024 while he was a club director.
- by Marc McGowan
Latest
‘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.
- by Marc McGowan
You might not have heard of new Tiger Luke Trainor – but you’ve definitely heard of his grandfather
Not many footballers’ idols are 83-year-old men. But then, not many footballers’ grandfathers are among the greatest goalkickers Australian rules football has ever known.
- by Michael Gleeson
AFL draft first round as it happened: Tigers’ ‘Dusty-like’ pick; Blues like Jagga; Kangas make move on twin
AFL top-draft pick Sam Lalor has put his hand up for Dustin Martin’s famous No.4 jumper and taken early comparisons to the retired Richmond legend in his stride.
- by Scott Spits and Roy Ward
Toce’s legacy: How the beloved late Tigers recruiter earmarked the draft’s top pick
The late Chris Toce convinced Richmond’s list boss that Dustin Martin clone Sam Lalor was the best prospect in this year’s AFL draft.
- by Marc McGowan
Analysis
Draft
Demons future-proof for life after Petracca and Oliver; Saints take a punt on x-factor talents
The draft decisions of Melbourne and St Kilda will be closely analysed over the next 12 months as they look to revive their fortunes in 2025.
- by Peter Ryan
One sleep to go: The latest mail on who your club will pick in this year’s AFL draft
The best and brightest prospects in the land will learn their fate on Wednesday and Thursday in the AFL draft. We’ve studied the form and the needs of the clubs to devise our final phantom draft for the first round.
- by Marc McGowan
Opinion
AFL 2025
The fix-ture is in: Why handicapping teams flies in the face of AFL’s integrity
The fixture should not be another lever for equalisation. The premiership race should be run at even weights, like the Derby – not weighted in the manner of the Melbourne Cup.
- by Jake Niall
AFL Briefing
AFL 2025
Clayton Oliver returns early for Melbourne pre-season training
Oliver, 27, joined several senior teammates including vice captain Jack Viney and utility Harrison Petty – along with Melbourne’s first-to-fourth-year players at Gosch’s Paddock on Friday.
- by Jon Pierik and Hannah Kennelly
Analysis
AFL 2025
The good, the bad and who you play twice: Club-by-club look at the 2025 fixture
We have broken down next year’s AFL fixture to reveal the good and the bad for your club, including who your team plays twice and how many top-four and bottom-four games are on the agenda.
- by Andrew Wu, Marc McGowan and Michael Gleeson
Updated
AFL 2025
See the full 2025 fixture: AFL banks on Blues, Magpies, as Dreamtime at the ’G moves to Friday night
The full 2025 AFL fixture has been released, and the league is banking on Carlton and Collingwood being big drawcards.
- by Peter Ryan and Jon Pierik
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