VFL
AFL Briefing
AFL 2025
Curnow to go under knife for ‘small clean-up’; Petracca injury review hits hurdle
The Carlton superstar will have surgery for a second time this off-season in another blow to his preparation for 2025. Meanwhile, an investigation into Melbourne’s response to Christian Petracca’s season-ending injuries hits a hurdle.
- by Andrew Wu and Jon Pierik
Latest
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
No Brownlow for Bont would be a ‘travesty’, says Treloar; AFL hires former Eagles boss; Dons suffer double injury blow
Adam Treloar says it would be a travesty if club great Marcus Bontempelli finishes his career without a Brownlow Medal. Meanwhile, the AFL has hired a former Eagles boss to fill a key role.
- by Jon Pierik, Jake Niall and Peter Ryan
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
The MRO case that’s united the greats; Darcy’s day out strengthens Dogs; Hird joins famous Melbourne club
Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge was confident Sam Darcy’s accuracy would turn, and his faith was rewarded against the Roos, while Brendan McCartney and James Hird are about to strengthen the coaching stocks of a VFL club.
- by Jon Pierik, Marc McGowan and Peter Ryan
Saints coy on Thomas meeting; Hird won’t coach; Round 24 confirmed
St Kilda are remaining tight-lipped about a meeting between the club’s head of player acquisition Graeme Allan and suspended former North Melbourne midfielder Tarryn Thomas.
- by Peter Ryan and Hannah Hammoud
Could James Hird end up coaching his son Tom at Port Melbourne? The club is asking
The former Essendon champion has become a constant figure at the VFL club watching his son Tom play, and powerbrokers are keen to put the question to him.
- by Peter Ryan
Swans star Parker suspended for six weeks after ugly VFL collision
The VFL tribunal found Luke Parker had failed in his duty of care in a challenge that left an opponent with facial fractures and concussion.
- by Malcolm Conn
Opinion
AFL 2024
I feel free! Why I am abandoning footy tipping this year
The false competitiveness of the office tipping contest is dead. Let’s enjoy the great game on its merits.
- by Stephen Brook
When Bridget Hustwaite met her boyfriend, people kept asking her one specific question
“So you’re a WAG now?” Often, it was accompanied by the assumption that this meant a new way of life.
- by Bridget Hustwaite
From leading goalkicker to Kerry Packer’s lieutenant: Ocker gave life a shot
Austin Robertson junior made his mark in two sports and two very different ways. He had a rich life and a wealth of stories and his name was synonymous with the World Series Cricket upheaval.
- by Greg Baum
The Scoop
AFL 2023
Demons hold all the aces in the Grundy game
The intriguing game of poker surrounding the future of Melbourne back-up ruckman Brodie Grundy has gone quiet. The Demons are saying nothing and doing nothing.
- by Sam McClure
AFL’s foray deeper into SA: What’s the ‘Brick Wall’ and where’s the ‘Dead Pocket’?
The Brick Wall and the Dead Pocket are about to have their cameos as the AFL goes deep into the game’s suburban and country roots in South Australia.
- by Roger Vaughan and Steve Larkin
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