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    GETTABLE: Chad's big choice, gun free agent makes call, door 'wide open' for massive move

    Riley Beveridge and Cal Twomey discuss 2025 pre-agents, answer your questions and more on Gettable

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  • EVERY CLUB

    Don't stop believing: Your club's best rags to riches story

    Our reporters look at the current players to have had an unusual journey to the big time

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  • PODCAST

    LISTEN: Rating the 2021 draft crop, pressure rising on Longmuir

    Join Damian Barrett, Josh Gabelich, Nat Edwards and Sarah Olle for AFL Daily Round Table

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  • How Lachie Schultz bounced back from frustrating first year as a Pie

    The former Docker's debut season in black and white didn't pan out as he hoped, but he had to move on

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Latest News

  1. LISTEN: Rating the 2021 draft crop, pressure rising on Longmuir

    Join Damian Barrett, Josh Gabelich, Nat Edwards and Sarah Olle for AFL Daily Round Table

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  2. How Lachie Schultz bounced back from frustrating first year as a Pie

    The former Docker's debut season in black and white didn't pan out as he hoped, but he had to move on

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  3. Hokball, history-makers and heroics: Best AFLW matches of 2024

    Heroic individual performances, team efforts and the Hollywood Hawks - 2024 was full of memorable matches. Sarah Black nominates her 10 best of the year

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  4. Don't stop believing: Your club's best rags to riches story

    Our reporters look at the current players to have had an unusual journey to the big time

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  5. R3 preview: Saturday night blockbusters, crunch WA derby looms

    Saturday night features two huge early-season blockbusters, while Carlton and Melbourne are among the teams searching for their first points

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  6. Medical room: The full AFL injury list, R3

    Who's struggling, who's a test, check out the players from your list who are a little sore

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  7. Fantasy
    Fantasy

    Fantasy stocktake: Who to buy and sell ahead of R3

    Roy explores all the Fantasy trade options ahead of round three

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  8. Buddy hopes Hawks can go all the way, praises 'pretty cool' Wizard

    Lance Franklin is hoping to see the high-flying Hawks go all the way in 2025

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  9. Opinion
    Opinion

    BARRETT: Longmuir must give 'vanilla' Freo a licence to thrill

    Justin Longmuir's pre-season description of his Dockers could come back to haunt him, writes Damian Barrett

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  10. Lions' Gabba future decided as Queensland confirms stadium plan

    The Queensland government has confirmed its stadium plan for the 2032 Olympics

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  11. Analysis
    Analysis

    All set: The pre-planned plays starting to gain traction

    Nathan Schmook takes a closer look at set plays, and whether they could become more prevalent for clubs

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  12. Raining Cats and Lions: Wild weather tipped for rescheduled Gabba clash

    A wet and wild history of Brisbane and Geelong clashes is forecast to continue this week

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  13. 'It's pretty cool': Durable Pie closes on long-standing record

    Magpies midfielder Jack Crisp is closing in on a long-standing record

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  14. Giants recruit, star goalkicker in frame for Hawks blockbuster

    The Giants are set for a huge boost for their meeting against the Hawks

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  15. Boiling point: Lion's plea to AFL over early-season games

    Lachie Neale urges the AFL to not schedule games in the early afternoon early in the season

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  16. 'I love that my coach loves me': Gawn defends Goodwin

    Max Gawn has spoken about Simon Goodwin's comments on Sunday

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Fantasy News
  1. Fantasy
    Fantasy

    Fantasy stocktake: Who to buy and sell ahead of R3

    Roy explores all the Fantasy trade options ahead of round three

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  2. Fantasy
    Fantasy

    LISTEN: Priority trades, tag flags, R3 targets

    Calvin, Roy and Warnie discuss the early curveballs

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  3. Fantasy
    Fantasy

    Fantasy ready R2: Top five captains, trade targets, draft tips, more

    Round one is in the bag and whether it was successful or not… there’s still a long way to go

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  4. Fantasy
    Fantasy

    LISTEN: Trade targets, captains, latest news

    The Traders bring you all the round two teams and latest Fantasy news

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Injury Latest

  1. Power blow: Recruit to miss 'extended period' with knee injury

    Power recruit Jack Lukosius has learned the severity of his knee injury

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  2. 'Very concerning': Teammate backs Lions to help concussed defender

    Brisbane's Hugh McCluggage on Brandon Starcevich's injury, and on good news for other hurt Lions

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  3. Suns lose crucial defensive pillar to ACL injury

    A knee injury against West Coast has ended Charlie Ballard's season just as it started

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  4. Lion to undergo radical surgery in bold September bid

    After a second ACL injury in ten months, Lincoln McCarthy is rolling the dice on a non-traditional treatment in a bold bid to be back playing in September

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AFLW News

  1. Hokball, history-makers and heroics: Best AFLW matches of 2024

    Heroic individual performances, team efforts and the Hollywood Hawks - 2024 was full of memorable matches. Sarah Black nominates her 10 best of the year

    AFLW

  2. AFLW Pocket Profile: Lucy Cronin

    She's taken on some of the AFLW's most dangerous forwards, but there's one surprising thing Lucy Cronin is afraid of

    AFLW

  3. Why this Freo supporter feels right at home at West Coast

    Ella Roberts grew up a Fremantle supporter but has resisted the pull of returning to the Dockers

    AFLW

  4. 'What would Grandma say?': Dogs' female footy history stretches back to 1947

    Before there was the AFLW, there were exhibition matches. Before the eh

    AFLW

Trade and Contracts

  1. Rule tweak to help Swans, Pie to wait, clubs target basketballer

    Check out all the latest trade news from around the League

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  2. Key Cat re-signs, cyclone creates MSD issue, another father-son for Blues?

    Check out all the latest trade news from around the League

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  3. Saints offering De Koning 'millions more' than Carlton

    The race for the Blues ruck is heating up and he's got at least two lucrative offers in front of him, Cal Twomey tells Gettable in its return for 2025

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  4. Bulldogs in the hunt for star Sun

    Finals will lift Gold Coast's chances of re-signing Matt Rowell, but he has plenty of suitors

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Things We Learned

  1. Eight things we learned: Hawthorn's depth is scary

    Hawthorn's depth is scary, Geelong has some weak spots plus more round two lessons

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    opinion
  2. Opinion
    Opinion

    Nine things we learned: No concerns for post-Hawkins Cats

    The post-Hawkins Cats still look dangerous up forward plus more round one lessons

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    opinion
  3. Opinion
    Opinion

    Nine things we learned: This could be the positional move of 2024

    St Kilda's season has been one of 'what ifs?', a young Lion could take them one step further plus more round 24 lessons

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    opinion
  4. Opinion
    Opinion

    Nine things we learned: Swans veteran must be in their best 22

    Darcy Wilson is having a stellar season, a young Bulldog could be their finals wildcard, plus more round 23 lessons

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    opinion

Footy Feed

We bring you the latest news, analysis and opinion on all the big breaking stories from the No.1 news team in footy.

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Tribunal and MRP

  1. MATCH REVIEW: Lobb learns fate for Magpie strike

    The match review findings for Friday night's game between Footscray and Collingwood are in

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  2. Roos won't appeal Archer ban due to 'remote' chance of success

    North Melbourne has decided not to appeal Jackson Archer's ban

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  3. Updated
    Updated

    Verdicts are in: Young Roo, Tigers forward, Hawks defender learn fates

    Jackson Archer, Tom Lynch and Jack Scrimshaw faced the Tribunal on Tuesday

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  4. MATCH REVIEW: Big Demon banned for dangerous tackle

    The Match Review findings from Sunday's round one games are in

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Draft

  1. KB's grandson, son of Cats great and family ties of 2025 draft

    Callum Twomey looks at the bloodlines that are shaping the 2025 Telstra AFL Draft

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  2. 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships schedule announced

    The AFL has released the schedule for the 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships

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    under-18s

  3. LISTEN TO GETTABLE: The 10 names to watch in this year's draft pool

    Join Cal Twomey and Riley Beveridge for Gettable

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  4. Pacific Island talent part of possible NGA changes

    The League is weighing up expanding Next Gen Academy changes to include Pacific island countries such as Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and Papua New Guinea

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VFL News

  1. Primus lauds newest rivalry

    Another chapter in the burgeoning rivalry between Southport and Werribee was written in Round 1, with the Sharks exacting Grand Final revenge in Matthew Primus' first game at the helm

    VFL

  2. LISTEN: State of Play - Episode 2

    Southport Sharks coach Matthew Primus is this week's special guest on State of Play

    VFL

  3. REVIEW: Smithy's VFL Round 1

    Hawks hold on; Bulldogs show their bite; Demons-Roos share points

    VFL

  4. Around the state leagues: Veteran Cat shines, young Dee stars, Saint impresses

    Check out all the best players from this weekend's VFL action

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VFLW News

  1. 2025 rebel VFLW practice match schedule

    The 2025 rebel VFLW practice match schedule

    VFLW

  2. LISTEN: State of Play - Episode 1

    State of Play, the official podcast of the VFL and VFLW, is back in 2025!

    VFL

  3. 2025 VFL & VFLW Club Memberships

    Sign up as VFL and VFLW club member in 2025

    VFL

  4. North Melbourne partners with Werribee across VFLW and NGA programs

    North Melbourne and Werribee have announced a new partnership across their VFLW and Next Generation Academy (NGA) programs.

    VFLW

Sliding Doors
  1. Opinion
    Opinion

    IF big Maxxy is still the best ruck in the game ... THEN

    Sliding Doors is back for 2025 .. and Damo's got a full head of steam after a long, hot summer

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    opinion
  2. Opinion
    Opinion

    IF Nick Daicos is the best kick in the comp ... THEN

    Sliding Doors is back for 2025 .. and Damo's got a full head of steam after a long, hot summer

    AFL
    opinion
  3. Opinion
    Opinion

    IF Caddy & Kako sounds like a US TV law firm ... THEN

    Sliding Doors is back for 2025 .. and Damo's got a full head of steam after a long, hot summer

    AFL
    opinion
  4. Opinion
    Opinion

    IF the Pies' off-field problems are growing larger by the day ... THEN

    The Trade Period is over but Sliding Doors is still in top form ... and Damo's got plenty to say

    AFL
    opinion

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