AFLW
Call for McClelland Trophy rethink; Where the Hawks went wrong; Grand final planning underway
What makes a champion? That’s the question being asked of the AFL’s all-club award as Hawthorn lament their heartbreaking loss to Port Adelaide and the AFLW starts planning where to play its grand final.
- by Roy Ward, Steve Barrett and Hannah Kennelly
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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
With kids calling AFL, Seven banks on news and sport to steady the ship
The network will run AFL content every night and offer a fresh news bulletin. Chris Brown gets a new comedy-travel show, but there’s not much in the way of original programming.
- by Thomas Mitchell and Calum Jaspan
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AFL 2024
Clash after siren as tempers flare in Hawks-Lions final
Hawks coach Daniel Webster was asked about the fiery post-match altercation, including whether comments had been directed at Hawthorn captain Emily Bates, and said: “something might have been there”.
- by Hannah Kennelly
Finals
AFL 2024
‘Playing for a million dollars, that’s pressure:’ Inside the Hawks’ stunning rise to AFLW flag contenders
Trailing Richmond in the last term of last week’s final AFLW home-and-away round, Hawthorn needed to avoid defeat to lock in a $1 million bounty for the club. But Hawthorn’s women’s players did not buckle under the pressure.
- by Scott Spits
Jas Garner on finals footy, family and pre-game superstitions
Jasmine Garner will bring her relaxed but competitive attitude to Friday’s qualifying final against Adelaide as North Melbourne aim for a maiden AFLW flag.
- by Hannah Kennelly
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
Umpire banned for wearing bin Laden costume; AFL probes crowd abuse
Umpire Leigh Haussen wore the costume at a function the day after the AFL grand final; as the league investigates crowd abuse of an AFLW player.
- by Marc McGowan and Hannah Kennelly
Updated
AFL 2024
Night or day? AFLW stars relaxed as grand final timeslot remains unconfirmed
Just weeks out from the decider, the AFL is yet to confirm whether the AFLW grand final will move to a night-time slot.
- by Hannah Kennelly
Daisy Pearce on Mario Kart, mindfulness and what she misses about Melbourne
Lauded by West Coast as “one of the biggest recruiting coups of their history”, Daisy Pearce discusses her first year as the Eagles’ AFLW senior coach and her move across the continent.
- by Hannah Kennelly
Blues get a fright before holding off gallant Pies; Dreamtime draw complicates AFLW finals equations
The Collingwood v Carlton clash at Victoria Park proved to be a thriller, while the Dreamtime match in Darwin ended in a draw, leaving a range of possibilities open in the final round of the AFLW season.
- by Hannah Kennelly
‘Strain on clubs’: Players call for review of AFLW’s condensed fixture
Carlton captain Kerryn Peterson said the AFLW’s condensed fixture was not “the way to go” and joined calls for a review into the season.
- by Hannah Kennelly
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