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Jake Niall is a Walkley award-winning sports journalist and chief AFL writer for The Age.

Magpies install new president, re-elect board, post $9m profit

Magpies install new president, re-elect board, post $9m profit

Collingwood members opted for stability, endorsing the board’s recommended candidates and Barry Carp, the man anointed to assume the presidency from Jeff Browne.

  • by Jake Niall

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Magpies land replacement for departed football boss, AFL pre-season fixture announced

Magpies land replacement for departed football boss, AFL pre-season fixture announced

See who your team plays in the AFL Community Series from February 25.

  • by Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall
Blues pokies revenue jumps by $350,000, legendary Collingwood recruiter departs
AFL Briefing
AFL 2025

Blues pokies revenue jumps by $350,000, legendary Collingwood recruiter departs

In today’s AFL briefing, a jump in pokies revenue at Carlton was offset by rising expenses in 2024. At Collingwood, Derek Hine’s departure continues a football department shake-up.

  • by Jake Niall and Jon Pierik
‘Twenty years of shortcuts’: Dons president faces board challenge, preaches stability
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AFL 2025

‘Twenty years of shortcuts’: Dons president faces board challenge, preaches stability

In an exclusive interview, president David Barham discusses Essendon’s history of “shortcuts”, the club’s shift to long-term list planning after a failed push for a flag, why he is the candidate to bring “alignment” to the club and more.

  • by Jake Niall
Why John Longmire left, and why rival clubs will keep calling him
Analysis
AFL 2025

Why John Longmire left, and why rival clubs will keep calling him

Longmire’s decision to quit with 12 months remaining on a contract worth more than $1 million is a measure of the pressures that AFL senior coaches endure.

  • by Jake Niall
Longmire quits as Swans coach. Next stop, Tasmania?
Updated
AFL 2025

Longmire quits as Swans coach. Next stop, Tasmania?

The Tasmania Devils do not enter the AFL competition until 2028, but the coaching job is an urgent appointment.

  • by Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Dan Walsh
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‘I thought, geez, this is a happy story’: Helen Garner on her footy book

‘I thought, geez, this is a happy story’: Helen Garner on her footy book

The acclaimed writer spent a season watching her grandson play football. The result is a story of love in the face of time’s passing.

  • by Jake Niall
‘I’ll be judged by the members’: Defiant Don Scott bids to join Hawks board
Updated
AFL 2024

‘I’ll be judged by the members’: Defiant Don Scott bids to join Hawks board

The two-time premiership captain who helped save Hawthorn from a merger with Melbourne has nominated to run for the Hawks’ board – but he has not followed the club’s usual route for board nominees.

  • by Jake Niall
The Hawks couldn’t win in the racism scandal. But they found an escape route
Opinion
AFL 2024

The Hawks couldn’t win in the racism scandal. But they found an escape route

Heartfelt encounters between officials and players/partners at the Human Rights Commission over claims of racism left Hawthorn alone fighting in their corner.

  • by Jake Niall
Hawthorn settle Federal Court case with Indigenous players
Updated
AFL 2024

Hawthorn settle Federal Court case with Indigenous players

The Hawks have settled their Federal Court case with Indigenous former players and their families, apologising for their experiences at the club and reaching a financial settlement.

  • by Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall
‘Choice is a great thing’: Hudson and Whateley to call Friday night football on Fox

‘Choice is a great thing’: Hudson and Whateley to call Friday night football on Fox

Viewers who subscribe to Foxtel will have a choice of callers for Friday night football in 2025 as the network announces its Friday night call team.

  • by Jake Niall and Peter Ryan

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