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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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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
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
Tom Stewart.

‘You can’t risk it’: Stewart warned to stop bumping as Scott defends his star; Hinkley’s Power stun Giants

Geelong took down the Gold Coast but Tom Stewart’s bump on Noah Anderson has raised eyebrows. At the MCG, Sydney strangled Richmond for a badly needed 44-point win. The Power also scored a vital win over the Giants.

  • Scott Spits, Roy Ward and Andrew Wu
Bomber Darcy Parish is pushing to play his first game since round 10.

AFL teams and round 13 tips: Parish back for Dons, Silvagni returns for Blues

All the ins and outs for AFL round 13. Darcy Parish has been named for his first game at Essendon this year. The teams for Melbourne v Collingwood will be released on Sunday.

Making a splash: Whether it be on the field, or his actions off it, Bailey Smith has been a prominent figure in season 2025.

F-bombs, chickens and swims with Gary Ablett: This is the real Bailey Smith

The Geelong superstar is a bundle of contradictions. And he’s the Brownlow favourite. We look behind the mullet and ripped abs.

  • Jon Pierik
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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
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 01: Harley Reid of the Eagles kicks on goal during the round 12 AFL match between West Coast Eagles and Geelong Cats at Optus Stadium, on June 01, 2025, in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

‘I thought we had them’: West Coast puts up fight against the Cats

West Coast coach Andrew McQualter saw plenty of positives despite the late blowout during Sunday’s game at Optus Stadium, and said the team had even managed to “spook” the Cats.

  • Justin Chadwick
Swans boss Tom Harley takes Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for a tour through club HQ.

Now that the bloodletting has begun, this is who Andrew Dillon must hire as his No.2

A dual premiership captain looms as the long-term successor for which the game is crying out.

  • Caroline Wilson
Bailey Smith of the Geelong Cats.

‘A bad spiral’: Bailey Smith opens up on the panic attacks, mental health struggles that led him to seek help

One of the most marketable stars in the game said he had struggled with his mental health since he was a teenager, but it had taken him a long time to seek the support he needed.  

  • Peter Ryan

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