STATE Leagues around the country are in action for 2026, and we'll bring you a wrap of all the action.

Check out how your team fared in the VFL, WAFL and SANFL this weekend.

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State league affiliate: Adelaide (SANFL)
This weekend: No match

State league affiliate: Brisbane (VFL)
This weekend: Brisbane v Geelong at Brighton Homes Arena, Friday May 15, 12.05pm AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Brisbane's clash

Darragh Joyce made a solid return to the VFL after being dropped from the senior side as the Lions were thumped by 66 points by the Cats.

Joyce gathered 20 disposals - including 17 kicks - 10 marks and five tackles in an excellent all-round effort to remind Chris Fagan what he's capable of.

Luke Beecken again topped the disposal count for the Lions with 30 touches and seven marks, while fellow youngsters Shadeau Brain (18 disposals, six marks) and Luke Lloyd (18, seven marks) were also strong contributors.

Tom Doedee picked up 15 touches and Zane Zakostelsky had 14 as well as 17 hitouts as he looks to force his way back into the AFL team.

Reece Torrent (six), Archie Smith (five) and Ben Murphy (five) were quieter.

State league affiliate: Carlton (VFL)
This weekend: Carlton v Footscray at Ikon Park, Saturday May 16, 12.05pm AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Carlton's clash

Father-son prospect Cody Walker impressed in Carlton’s 20-point win over Footscray on Saturday, finishing with 19 disposals and a goal, giving Blues fans something to smile about after a tough week.

Small forward Talor Byrne (three goals, 1 disposals, seven marks) and former first-round selection Ashton Moir (four goals, 10, seven) led the scoring.

Veteran Blake Acres was his side’s busiest with 28 disposals, eight marks and a goal, Wade Derksen showed his wares in the air with 15 marks and 20 touches, with key defender Lewis Young also racking up the grabs with 10 and 22 disposals.

Former Docker ruckman Liam Reidy was huge in clearances with11, along with 23 hitouts and 15 touches, and was helped out by Hudson O’Keefe who kicked two goals from eight disposals and 12 hitouts.

Lachie Fogarty (14 disposals) and Matt Cottrell (14) each slotted one goal.

Ben Camporeale got amongst it with 20 disposals, Harry Charleston had 13, as did Campbell Chesser.

Cooper Lord (nine touches) left the game early with concussion.

State league affiliate: Collingwood (VFL)
This weekend: Sydney v Collingwood at Tramway Oval, Friday May 15, 2pm AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Collingwood's clash

Sam Swadling has put his hand up for senior selection with a monster game in Collingwood’s 52-point loss to Sydney.

Swadling, the No.37 pick in the 2025 Telstra AFL Draft, amassed 39 disposals and booted a goal despite the heavy loss.

An Under-18 All-Australian with Western Australia last year, Swadling has racked up 72 touches in the past two weeks and could be in contention for a call-up to face the Eagles in Scott Pendlebury’s milestone game next Saturday.

Last year’s Collingwood VFL best and fairest Harry Demattia collected 21 touches in the midfield, while another 2025 draftee Tyan Prindable finished with 24 disposals.

Noah Howes (13 touches, four intercepts) battled hard in defence up against Swans guns Joel Hamling and Hayden McLean, the big South Australian’s ball use a feature under pressure, while fellow defender Tew Jiath finished with 18 disposals and seven marks.

Athletic forward Zac McCarthy launched impressively at several marking contests to finish with 1.1, while untried ruck Iliro Smit kicked an impressive running goal to end the third term before finishing with a pair of majors and eight touches.

Small forward Jai Saxena also booted two goals, while Harvey Harrison laid seven tackles to go with his 12 disposals.

Jakob Ryan (12 touches) finished the game on the bench for the Pies as the carryover emergency.

State league affiliate: Essendon (VFL)
This weekend: No match

State league affiliate: Peel Thunder (WAFL)
This weekend: No match

State league affiliate: Geelong (VFL)
This weekend: Brisbane v Geelong at Brighton Homes Arena, Friday May 15, 12.05pm AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Geelong's clash

A pair of omitted Cats starred in Geelong's 66-point win over Brisbane on Friday afternoon.

After being dropped to face the Lions in the Grand Final rematch on Thursday night, midfielder Jack Bowes did his chances of an immediate recall no harm with a dominant outing at the lower level.

Bowes finished with 40 disposals, six marks, seven clearances, two goals and 10 score involvements.

Also axed for Thursday night, Rhys Stanley impressed in the ruck, collecting 24 disposals and 28 hitouts to go with four clearances and eight score involvements in a strong all-round performance.

George Stevens was prolific with 35 disposals, eight clearances and a goal, with Mitch Knevitt also finding plenty of the football to finish with 31 disposals and a major.

Jed Bews (23 disposals, five marks), Nick Driscoll (22, seven) and Lennox Hofman (20, seven) were also prominent.

Up forward, Oll Wiltshire worked hard to finish with 16 disposals and a goal, although he could easily have had a bigger scoreboard impact after kicking 1.4.

Jesse Mellor also hit the scoreboard with a goal from eight touches.

Cillian Burke (17 disposals), Hunter Holmes (20), Joe Pike (16 hitouts, six disposals) and Jacob Molier (10 disposals) were other AFL-listed Cats in action.

State league affiliate: Gold Coast (VFL)
This weekend: Gold Coast v Frankston at People First Stadium, Saturday May 16, 11.05am AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Gold Coast's clash

Suns Academy draftee Beau Addinsall showed his wares in Gold Coast's 39-point loss to Frankston on Saturday afternoon, the first-round selection finishing with a team-high 29 disposals and equal team-highs in clearances (six) and tackles (four), as well kicking one goal.

Other 2025 Academy products Jai Murray (27 disposals, nine marks and six clearances), Dylan Patterson (17 touches) and Koby Coulson (17, two goals) also impressed.

Ben Jepson returned to the VFL after notching his second senior match last week and was strong with 18 disposals and nine marks, with fellow rookie Zak Evans looking good with 20 touches and one goal.

Charlie Ballard owned the air with 10 marks and 17 disposals, while Max Knobel owned the ball ups with 37 hitouts and half a dozen touches.

Caleb Graham had his fair share of the ball with 17 disposals, and Cooper Bell kicked two goals from eight touches.

Other AFL-listed Suns in action included Caleb Lewis (10 disposals, seven marks), Avery Thomas (13 disposals) and Asher Eastham (eight).

State league affiliate: GWS Giants (VFL)
This weekend: Sandringham v Greater Western Sydney at Trevor Barker Beach Oval, Sunday May 17, 1.05pm AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Greater Western Sydney's clash

For the fifth week in a row Jack Ough finished with 30+ disposals, gathering 34 along with a team-high nine tackles in Greater Western Sydney’s three-point win over Sandringham on Sunday.

Ollie Hannaford responded strongly to being dropped, kicking three goals from 24 disposals and five clearances.

Callum Brown also slotted three majors from 18 touches and 14 hitouts, while rookie Riley Hamilton kicked two goals from nine disposals.

Conor Stone (24 disposals) and Oskar Taylor (25) were also busy.

State league affiliate: Box Hill Hawks (VFL)
This weekend: Box Hill v Richmond at Box Hill City Oval, Saturday May 16, 10am AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Box Hill's clash

Jack Dalton was the hero as Box Hill came from behind to claim a thrilling one-point win over Richmond on Saturday.

The draftee kicked a long goal just before the siren after winning a free kick for holding the ball and finished with 22 disposals and three majors.

The Hawks kicked four of the last five goals of the game for a thrilling victory.

Oliver Greeves (31 disposals, seven clearances and a goal) and Flynn Perez (27 and a goal) also had good games.

Matt LeRay (21 disposals) and Cody Anderson (15 and three goals) also played important roles for the Hawks.

Bailey Macdonald finished with 22 disposals, Jaime Uhr-Henry dominated the ruck with 44 hitouts and Noah Mraz had 14 touches.

Luckless defender James Blanck suffered a suspected hamstring injury early in the clash.

State league affiliate: Casey Demons (VFL)
This weekend: St Kilda v Casey Demons at RSEA Park, Saturday May 16, 2.05pm AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Casey's clash

Veteran Tom McDonald was busy as Casey suffered a 48-point loss to St Kilda on Saturday.

McDonald found plenty of the ball with 33 disposals and eight marks in the Demons' heavy loss.

Young forwards Luker Kentfield and Thomas Matthews each kicked two goals, while Jack Henderson also booted two.

Draftee Xavier Taylor gathered 13 disposals and son of a gun Kalani White had nine touches and nine hitouts.

Oscar Berry (12 disposals) and Riley Onley (12) were also solid.

State league affiliate: North Melbourne (VFL)
This weekend: Port Melbourne v North Melbourne at ETU Stadium, Saturday May 16, 2.05pm AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from North Melbourne's clash

Tom Powell made his return from a groin injury in North Melbourne's 13-point loss to Port Melbourne on Saturday.

The midfielder had 24 disposals, seven tackles and five clearances in the Roos' loss at ETU Stadium.

Callum Coleman-Jones (18 disposals, 26 hitouts and five clearances) had a good game in the ruck and Bailey Scott (16, seven tackles) worked hard.

First-year small forward Lachy Dovaston kicked two goals from his 13 disposals.

Cooper Harvey (23 disposals), Matt Whitlock (10 and two goals) and young ruck Taylor Goad (11, 19 hitouts) were also good.

Hugo Mikunda had 14 touches, Aidan Corr finished with 12 and Brayden George kicked three majors.

State league affiliate: Port Adelaide Magpies (SANFL)
This weekend: No match

State league affiliate: Richmond (VFL)
This weekend: Box Hill v Richmond at Box Hill City Oval, Saturday May 16, 10am AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Richmond's clash

Injuries have hit Richmond hard and the Tigers had no AFL-listed players feature in a one-point loss to Box Hill on Saturday.

The Tigers conceded four of the last five goals to fall just short of what would have been an upset win.

An AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft prospect, Mutaz El Nour had another solid game with 19 disposals and 10 marks.

State league affiliate: St Kilda (VFL)
This weekend: St Kilda v Casey Demons at RSEA Park, Saturday May 16, 2.05pm AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from St Kilda's clash

St Kilda veteran Mason Wood responded to his shock omission from the senior side with a stellar showing in the Saints’ 48-point VFL win over Casey.

The 32-year-old was a clear best on ground for the Saints with three goals, 26 disposals, nine marks and four clearances.

Alex Dodson dominated in the ruck with 43 hitouts - Casey as a team only managed 23 in total - to go with four clearances and 18 disposals.

Versatile tall Isaac Keeler kicked a goal while supporting Dodson in the ruck, while second-year defender Toby Travaglia had 22 disposals and took seven marks.

Revitalised in a new role off half-back, Lance Collard had 24 touches despite an injury scare in the third quarter, while midfielder Paddy Dow kicked a goal and had 18 disposals.

Playing limited game time ahead of being emergencies for Sunday’s AFL game, second-year midfielder Hugh Boxshall had 10 disposals while Angus Hastie had 17.

Defender James Barrat took 10 marks to go with his 15 disposals.

State league affiliate: Sydney (VFL)
This weekend: Sydney v Collingwood at Tramway Oval, Friday May 15, 2pm AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Sydney's clash

There's no shortage of firepower at Sydney with defender-turned-forward Joel Hamling starring in front of goal in the Swans' 52-point win over Collingwood.

The former Western Bulldogs premiership-winning backman slotted five goals from 13 disposals and nine marks - five of them contested, with Caiden Cleary (25 touches) and Hayden McLean the only other senior-listed players to kick multiple majors with two each.

Corey Warner was busy with 27 disposals and six tackles along with one goal, Tom Hanily had 24 touches and seven tackles, and Patrick Snell had 21 and eight.

Big man Peter Ladhams has been dominating in the state league lately, racking up huge numbers on a regular basis, so his 18 disposals and 30 hitouts was almost a quiet return.

2025 draftees Harry Kyle (26 touches) and Jevan Phillipou (20, one goal) impressed, although Phillipou could have had a much bigger day had he not been off-target with four behinds.

Academy product Noah Chamberlain finished with 13 disposals, while Jesse Dattoli had 18 including seven clearances.

State league affiliate: West Coast (WAFL)
This weekend: No match

State league affiliate: Footscray (VFL)
This weekend: Carlton v Footscray at Ikon Park, Saturday May 16, 12.05pm AEST

MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Footscray's clash

Veteran Adam Treloar kept himself in senior discussions with a serviceable 20-disposals and five clearances in Footscray’s 20-point loss to Carlton on Saturday afternoon.

Luke Cleary was the Bulldogs’ busiest with 25 disposals and one goal, while Luke Kennedy also slotted a major from his 18 touches.

Tall father-son duo Will Darcy (11 disposals) and Jordan Croft (eight) were the only other senior-listed Dogs to kick goals with one each.

Lachie Carmichael was busy with 18 touches and seven marks, Lachie Jaques had 19 disposals, and Harvey Gallagher 14.

Ruckman Lachlan Smith finished with 25 hitouts and 10 touches – all handballs.

Ryan Gardner (10 disposals) and Josh Dolan (10) were the only other senior Bulldogs in action.