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Footy’s big names: Five of the 2025 inductees to the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

AFLW icons join Hall of Fame with touching speeches; Night of nights for Lyon, Riewoldt and Hodge

Erin Phillips has paid an emotional tribute to her father Greg as she joined him in the Australian Football Hall Of Fame. Phillips and Daisy Pearce are the first AFLW players to be inducted, joining trailblazer Debbie Lee.

  • Scott Spits

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A dejected group of Tigers trudge off the MCG after Saturday’s disappointing performance against Sydney.

Sub-standard Tigers feel the pain, but one loss shouldn’t overshadow their progress

Despite a lacklustre effort against the Swans, the larger sample size suggests there’s plenty for Tigers fans to be encouraged by this season.

  • Marc McGowan
Max Gawn cuts a forlorn figure after the final siren.

‘High standards’: Gawn puts clash with Steven May down to competitive instinct

The Melbourne skipper was quick to address questions about the fiery incident between him and a fellow Demons veteran after their team’s heartbreaking loss.

  • Michael Gleeson
Nick Daicos was tagged by Ed Langdon but still had an influence.

How Collingwood won the moments that mattered most

At three-quarter time, the Demons trailed by seven points, having willed themselves back from a deficit that peaked at 20 points. Could they surge to victory?

  • Jake Niall
Neale Daniher and his family complete a lap of honour at the MCG before Monday’s Big freeze match between Melbourne (the team he used to coach) and Collingwood.

How AI technology gave Neale Daniher his voice back

For more than a decade, footy fans have watched MND gradually compromise Neale Daniher’s ability to communicate. But for this year’s Big Freeze match, the footy legend has his own voice back. Here’s how the remarkable technology works and how he tells it what he wants to say.

  • Brittany Busch
Melbourne captain Max Gawn relishes the chance to catch up with Neale Daniher before the annual Big Freeze match on the King’s birthday public holiday.

Max Gawn says Neale Daniher’s inspiration is taking the ‘me’ out of Melbourne

The Melbourne skipper says the Australian of the Year never fails to captivate and inspire the Demons with his annual locker-room speech.

  • Michael Gleeson
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Max Gawn of the Demons leads his team out onto the field

Gawn is modern footy’s ruck benchmark, but says this man has him covered in one key area

Gawn puts himself behind the ball, where the opposition either kick it to him, or he forces them to go the long way home around him. So too does Collingwood’s Darcy Cameron.

  • Michael Gleeson
Collingwood teammates Bobby Hill and Jamie Elliott have a tight bond.

‘What just happened?’: Media-shy Magpie on the topic he’ll gladly discuss – Bobby Hill

Bobby Hill started as a Giant, had cancer, won a Norm Smith Medal, then mark of the year. His forward line mate Jamie Elliott is in awe of Hill as he plays his 100th game.

  • Michael Gleeson
Adelaide’s Jordan Dawson, Collingwood’s Nick Daicos and Geelong’s Jeremy Cameron.

Out with the young and in with the old: A mid-year All-Australian team with a difference

Seven players aged 30-plus make this mid-year 22, as the AFL follows the trend of tennis and American team sports, in which 35 really is the new 30.

  • Jake Niall
From left: The Brisbane Lions’ Conor McKenna, Collingwood’s Oleg Markov, St Kilda’s Liam Henry and Essendon’s Jayden Laverde.

Footy’s forgotten men: The player at your club who could be looking elsewhere for 2026

The mid-point of the AFL season has arrived, and some footballers have had fewer playing opportunities than others. We look at what that means for a player at each club.

  • Marc McGowan

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