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Noah Balta, Hayden Young, Aaron Naughton and Max King have some of the longest contracts in the AFL.

AFL introduces ‘Buddy Franklin rule’ to police clubs

There are now 27 AFL players with contracts that stretch to the end of 2030 or beyond, and the league has directed club boards and CEOs to have greater oversight and responsibility for deals of this length.

  • Jake Niall

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Francis Evans has impressed Carlton at training this pre-season as part of the VFL squad.

The AFL clubs with vacant list spots – and the contenders to fill them

About 80 players have been given an AFL lifeline in the pre-season supplemental selection period, but few have kicked on and one club has ignored the mechanism altogether.

  • Peter Ryan
The best under-23 players in the AFL, by club

Who has the best youngsters in the AFL? Your club’s under-23s ranked

Nick Daicos is one of the AFL’s biggest stars, but Collingwood are still lacking when it comes to the quality of their youth. See every club’s under-23 players and where they rank.

  • Marc McGowan
The Dockers will keep Woodside as a sponsor until 2027.

Dockers and Woodside ink two-year sponsorship extension

The deal comes after a concerted campaign of climate activists within the Dockers’ membership base to scrap the long-running partnership over concerns it was helping Woodside greenwash its image.

  • Hamish Hastie
Ashleigh Saint and Ella Boag of the Power celebrate on the siren.

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.

  • Roy Ward, Steve Barrett and Hannah Kennelly
Tilly Lucas-Rodd and Nat Grider exchange words after the siren in their qualifying final.

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”.

  • Hannah Kennelly
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Who is in the AFL premiership window for 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.

  • Jon Pierik
Top draft prospects (from left) Levi Ashcroft, Jagga Smith and Sid Draper.

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?

  • Marc McGowan
Darcy Vescio wearing the 2024 Carlton AFLW pride week guernsey.

‘Nothing to be afraid of’: Carlton veteran’s message on Pride round

Blues forward Darcy Vescio shows off Carlton’s pride round guernsey.

  • Hannah Hammoud
Adelaide’s Brodie Smith is expected to stay with the Crows, Shai Bolton looks likely to leave Richmond, and Jake Stringer is pushing for a longer term contract at Essendon.

Who’s going? Who’s staying? A club-by-club guide to the AFL trade period

We have gone through each club to see what they might get up to in this year’s AFL trade period, and which players remain without a deal for the 2025 season.

  • Peter Ryan and Marc McGowan

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