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Young guns and established stars alike will look to hit the ground running in season 2025.

Sign a star, break a curse, play finals: Your club’s 2025 wishlist

What your club needs to get right to ensure they have a happy and prosperous 2025.

  • Michael Gleeson, Scott Spits, Jon Pierik and Marc McGowan

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Hawthorn legend Don Scott has not been elected to Hawthorn’s board.

Hawthorn legend Don Scott fails in board bid

Hawthorn great Don Scott’s push to join the club’s board has fallen short as members re-elected existing directors Ian Silk and Tim Shearer in results announced at the club’s AGM on Thursday night.

  • Peter Ryan
Melbourne Demons star Tayla Harris.

One of AFLW’s biggest names wanted out of Melbourne. Here’s why her wish was denied

This star forward – one of the most recognisable figures in the competition – now has to decide whether to accept the Demons’ offer, or take her chances in the AFLW draft with no guarantee she would end up at her club of choice.

  • Peter Ryan
Four-time premiership Hawk Chris Langford in his playing days.

Langford, Dipper, Platten: Hawks greats among 50 to sign open letter as board battle heats up

Four-time premiership Hawk Chris Langford warned that not voting for the incumbents would allow agitators to take the club back to “dark places”.

  • Peter Ryan and Jon Pierik
Noah Mraz was drafted by Hawthorn on Thursday night.

Inside the drama of draft night for new Hawk ‘Jason’ – and a swift lesson from James Sicily

Noah Mraz did not have to wait long for his first lesson as a Hawthorn footballer after experiencing a roller-coaster of emotions during the draft.

  • Marc McGowan
Richmond’s first-round draftees in 2024.

‘It’s not often us – it’s the parents’: The staggering private school dominance of the AFL draft

We crunched the numbers and they paint a telling picture of just where the AFL’s draftees are coming from.

  • Marc McGowan
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Hawthorn legend Don Scott.

‘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.

  • Jake Niall
Hawthorn have endured two years of turbulence.

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.

  • Jake Niall
Hawthorn’s base at Waverley Park.

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.

  • Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall
Indigenous Western Bulldogs star Jamarra Ugle-Hagan.

Reality bites as crisis in the number of Indigenous AFL players gathers pace

The number of Indigenous players on AFL lists will continue its alarming decline in 2025 as few players are considered for selection in the national draft.

  • Peter Ryan

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