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AFL 2024
Daniher walks away, but his biggest challenge now awaits: Explaining his retirement to Grandma
Lions premiership forward and ex-Bomber Joe Daniher has called time on his AFL career just days after winning a flag with Brisbane.
- by Marc McGowan, Michael Gleeson and Roy Ward
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Analysis
Trading and drafting
Destination Geelong: Smith requests trade as Cats also circle Oliver
Bailey Smith has requested a trade to Geelong, and now the question becomes: How can the Cats get the cream by landing both him and Clayton Oliver this trade period?
- by Michael Gleeson
Analysis
AFL 2024
The inside story: How word spread that Oliver was on the market again
In the lead-up to the grand final, amid myriad official AFL functions, word quickly spread within recruiting circles. Now the club has tried to shut down talk of a Clayton Oliver trade. That doesn’t mean the trade is shut down.
- by Michael Gleeson
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AFL 2024
New coach McQualter to lean on Hardwick style, Liam Baker chooses Eagles
Just moments after former Richmond assistant Andrew McQualter was announced as West Coast coach, it became clear that Tiger Liam Baker would nominate the Eagles as his preferred new home.
- by Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall
Four Points
AFL grand final
The investigation into how the Swans could be so dismal on grand final day must be unsparing
Sydney need to be forensic about what went wrong on grand final day. They need to have a frank conversation with John Longmire, and he needs to be frank with himself.
- by Michael Gleeson
The ‘absolutely crazy’ premiership story of how the Lions held the Fort
A fortnight ago, Darcy Fort was playing in the hail against Werribee. On Saturday afternoon at the MCG, he was showered in confetti, beer and plaudits.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘They come at you in waves’: The tactical moves that will decide the grand final
This former AFL coach knows how to beat the Brisbane Lions. He talks us through the key battles.
- by Michael Gleeson
Analysis
AFL grand final
‘He will have a bit of a point to prove’: This Saturday, the time is right for Brodie Grundy to deliver
The timing was right for Sydney to secure Grundy, and the timing has been right for Grundy, who not only finds himself at a club that wants his style, but faces an opposition that has lost its first-choice ruck.
- by Michael Gleeson
Four Points
AFL 2024
This was anything but a fumbled flag for the Cats
Hawthorn’s astonishing rise deflected attention from what Geelong have continued to do in quiet evolution. This is a radically different team to the premiers of two years ago.
- by Michael Gleeson
$50,000 deductions for grand final travel: AFL’s club cash plan explained
AFL clubs have had mixed reactions to the increase in the soft cap limiting spending on coaches, with several initially underwhelmed by changes.
- by Michael Gleeson and Andrew Stafford
Analysis
AFL 2024
The Dusty dilemma: The questions Gold Coast and Martin are asking
Dustin Martin is likely to land at the Suns – but once, a team asking if it wanted Dusty would have been a rhetorical question. It is not now.
- by Michael Gleeson
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