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The fix-ture is in: Why handicapping teams flies in the face of AFL’s integrity
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

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See the full 2025 fixture: AFL banks on Blues, Magpies, as Dreamtime at the ’G moves to Friday night
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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
The AFL draft is just weeks away. Here’s where the top-40 prospects could land

The AFL draft is just weeks away. Here’s where the top-40 prospects could land

The draft is rapidly approaching and the 2024 class has recruiters salivating over its depth of talent and variety. We rank the top-40 players.

  • by Marc McGowan
A tough nut, a cult figure and a champion: Your club’s key 2025 free agents

A tough nut, a cult figure and a champion: Your club’s key 2025 free agents

Coveted would-be free agent Cam Rayner’s six-year extension at reigning premiers Brisbane has dramatically changed the player movement landscape for 2025.

  • by Marc McGowan
Seasoning the cricket season
Opinion
Column 8

Seasoning the cricket season

To prevent a bland contest.

The AFL flag blueprint: Is your club in the premiership window?
Analysis
AFL 2025

The AFL flag blueprint: Is your club in the premiership window?

There’s a blueprint which history suggests is required to be in premiership contention next season. What does that look like, and where does your team sit? We take a look.

  • by Jon Pierik
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Pick a winner: Who your team will target in the AFL draft

Pick a winner: Who your team will target in the AFL draft

We now know the ins and outs, the draft picks and the list spots that are available, so what will your club’s strategy be at the national draft and what players do they have their eyes on?

  • by Marc McGowan
Can the wounded Swans recover? Four experts give their thoughts

Can the wounded Swans recover? Four experts give their thoughts

After so much hope, the Swans’ season ended in bitter disappointment with a resounding grand final defeat against Brisbane.

  • by Jonathan Drennan
Revealed: The teams that will run hot in 2025 – and those that will not
Opinion
NRL 2024

Revealed: The teams that will run hot in 2025 – and those that will not

Among our football codes, there are three teams that do have a right to confidence, and three that should listen to their pessimists.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Bombers into top eight; Swan stuns with three goals in seven minutes
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Bombers into top eight; Swan stuns with three goals in seven minutes

Sydney’s Irish import Paris McCarthy kicked three goals in seven minutes but it wasn’t enough as Geelong held on in a thriller, while the Bombers have entered the top eight.

  • by Roy Ward, Hannah Hammoud and AAP
Hallmark not Hellfire: Too many Mr Nice Guys at the Swans

Hallmark not Hellfire: Too many Mr Nice Guys at the Swans

When things started going south in the AFL grand final, there was no battle-scared old bastard to hold the others to account.

  • by Peter FitzSimons

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