What Warner’s post-game antics really mean
Chad Warner’s future might still be up in the air, but his actions after Sydney’s win over Fremantle showed why the Swans remain confident that their superstar will stick around.
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Seconds too late: Dockers beaten by Swans, clock in a thriller
Fremantle lost by three points – or was it three seconds? – to a come-from-behind Swans side despite a Jye Amiss mark in range just seconds after the siren which could have put them in front.
The Bice is right: Mature-aged star wasting no time
Riley Bice has started behind the eight ball in his AFL career, and in his first game was the last on the ground as the sub. He tells Lachie McKirdy he’s making up for lost time.
AFL great ‘fearful for the game’ if Archer suspension upheld
A St Kilda legend says he is ‘fearful for the game’ if Jackson Archer is suspended for the horror collision with the Bulldogs’ Luke Cleary at Marvel Stadium.
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Retiring Swan at ‘peace’ with 2022 Grand Final disaster
When Callum Mills was under an injury cloud, Sam Reid was the first name that came to mind after the Swans’ last grand final appearance. Reid reflects on the disastrous 2022 decider.
Role Irish Lion ready to make most of
Brisbane Lions’ Irish player Conor McKenna will play whatever role is asked of him in Saturday’s AFL grand final.
Skipper ‘in tears’ after grand final heartbreak
Swans captain Callum Mills “trained 100 per cent” at the SCG on Wednesday and has now learned his fate for the grand final.
‘Let it go Ed’: McGuire, Heeney butt heads
Isaac Heeney struck a nerve with the former Collingwood president ahead of Saturday’s grand final against the Lions.
Katy Perry rocked by AFL grand final drama
Popstar Katy Perry is battling a number of dramas ahead of her highly anticipated appearance at this weekend’s AFL grand final.
Lion won’t suffer pain of missing out again
Another untimely injury wasn’t going to stop Lions defender Jack Payne missing the AFL grand final for the second consecutive year.
‘Won’t play’: Swans shock GF call on captain
The Sydney Swans captain was adamant he did enough at a closed training session on Wednesday to take his place in Saturday’s AFL grand final but that didn’t sway his coaches.
Fourth time lucky? Lloyd out to sink grand final hoodoo
Pia Lloyd has a favourite number, and it’s a big one for a two-year-old: her dad Jake’s 44. Ahead of his grand final, he tells LACHLAN MCKIRDY about family, freedom on the wing and aiming for redemption after three losses on footy’s biggest stage.
1899 rewind: When South and Fitzroy met in a grand final
Things were different the last time Sydney – then known as South Melbourne took on Brisbane – then Fitzroy for an AFL – then VFL premiership. Glenn McFarlane takes a look back 125 years at the 1899 grand final.
Where they started: Junior clubs who made 2024 AFL GF stars
The stars of this year’s AFL Grand Final started their football careers in six Australian states, the Northern Territory and Ireland. Find out where Sydney and Brisbane’s heroes hail from.
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