AFL News and Sporting News
AFL Community Mourns the Loss of Essendon VFL Coach Dale Tapping at 59
The Australian Football League (AFL) community is in mourning following the passing of Dale Tapping, the senior coach of Essendon’s Victorian Football League (VFL) team. Tapping, aged 59, passed away after a courageous battle with [...]
Aus vs SL : Australia Crushes Sri Lanka in Historic Test Victory – Records Broken & Key Takeaways
Australia Destroys Sri Lanka in Historic Test Win – Key Moments & Records Broken Australia has delivered one of its most dominant Test performances in recent history, crushing Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 [...]
AFL and WA Police Clear West Coast’s Liam Ryan of Wrong doing in Festival Altercation
West Coast Eagles forward Liam Ryan has been exonerated by both the AFL Integrity Unit and Western Australia Police following an investigation into a physical altercation that occurred on January 17, 2025, in Fremantle. The [...]
Alex Pearce: Fremantle’s Inspirational Leader Continues to Guide Dockers in 2025
Alex Pearce: Fremantle’s Inspirational Leader Continues to Guide Dockers in 2025 Fremantle Dockers captain Alex Pearce continues to make his mark in the AFL, leading the team with resilience, determination, and pride. Since being appointed [...]
AFL Praccy Matches Confirmed
The Australian Football League (AFL) has announced the details for the match simulation and practice matches, which will be free to attend for all footy fans, streamed on Kayo and Foxtel. All 18 clubs will [...]
Carlton’s AFLW Review complete
The Carlton Football Club has released the outcome of an independent review into its AFLW program. Read the full Club Statement >> The review was commissioned to identify barriers to on-field success and improve overall [...]
Hawthorn Extends Tassie Agreement Until 2025
Hawthorn Football Club and the Tasmanian Government have extended their agreement, ensuring the Hawks will continue playing in front of their Tasmanian fans until at least 2025. The deal includes playing four home matches each [...]
SUNS Midfielder Noah Anderson Commits with Four-Year Contract Extension
Gold Coast SUNS fans have reason to celebrate with star midfielder Noah Anderson signing a four-year contract extension. Anderson, who established himself as a rising star in 2022 with a career-best season, will continue to [...]
Bendigo Set to Host Essendon for 2023 AFL Community Camp
The Essendon Football Club is bringing their game to regional Victoria as they announce their visit to Bendigo for the 2023 AFL Community Camp. Scheduled for February 9-10, the Bombers will engage with the community [...]
AFL Community Camp Program Set to Return in 2023
After two years of virtual AFL Community Camps, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the program is set to return to its in-person format for the 2023 season. Over 700 AFL players will visit regional communities [...]
Geoff Walsh steps down as St Kilda Head of Football
Geoff Walsh is stepping down from his role as head of football at St Kilda Football Club due to family reasons. http://gty.im/1443134237 Walsh, who has previously held the same role at Collingwood and North Melbourne, [...]
Collingwood appoints new CEO
Collingwood Football Club is thrilled to announce the appointment of Craig Kelly as its new Chief Executive Officer. A former player of the Magpies, Craig played 122 games and kicked 43 goals as a defender [...]
‘Fakers’ the subject of rules changes for 2023
The Australian Football League (AFL) has announced changes to its rule interpretations for the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. The league aims to simplify the game for officiating, minimize delays, and reduce player exploitation of [...]
January transfer targets for some of the Premier League’s big guns
(Image via https://twitter.com/thespursweb) The time has arrived when Premier League teams look to replenish their squads following a wave of injuries and move on any deadwood as they strive to achieve their aims, be it [...]
Swans mourn the passing of Barry Round
The Sydney Swans, and the football world as a whole, is mourning the passing of Bloods Champion, Barry Round. We are joined in mourning by his local club Warragul, the Western Bulldogs, and Williamstown - [...]
Round 1 Fixture – AFL Season 2023
ROUND 1 FIXTURE Thursday, March 16 Richmond v Carlton, MCG, 7.20pm AEDT Friday, March 17 Geelong v Collingwood, MCG, 7.40pm AEDT Saturday, March 18 North Melbourne v West Coast, Marvel Stadium, 1.45pm AEDT Port Adelaide [...]
AFLW Tribunal – Players cop sanctions
Sanctions accepted: Tahlia Gillard, Melbourne has accepted a reprimand for Rough Conduct (Dangerous Tackle) against Teah Charlton, Adelaide Crows, during the fourth quarter of the AFLW Finals Week One match between Melbourne and the Adelaide Crows played at IKON [...]
AFL Investigation into allegations of racism at the Hawthorn Football Club
AFL Statement - Independent investigation The AFL has committed to running an independent investigation of allegations of racism referred to the AFL by the Hawthorn Football Club that provides a supportive and respectful process for those [...]
AFLW Match Review Panel – Tayla goes to the Tribunal
The AFL advises Melbourne's Tayla Harris has elected to challenge her charge through a written submission to the Tribunal with the outcome to be communicated tomorrow, Thursday November 3. All other players accepted their sanctions [...]
A guide to renting an apartment in Australia
Moving into a new apartment is both exciting and stressful, particularly if it’s your first time. Aside from actually finding your dream home, there’s a lot of documentation to organise, not to mention the logistics [...]
T20 Men’s World Cup – Australia 2022
The 2022 T20 World Cup gets underway in Australia on Sunday. Talk T20 World Cup in the forum >> Australia hope to defend the cup we won in the UAE in 2021. Can Australia become [...]
Leading into the deadline, here’s where AFL trades stand
With the player trading deadline at 7:30 AEDT tonight, the following paperwork had been formally lodged with the AFL as at 5pm, Tuesday October 11: 1. Hawthorn traded Jack Gunston to the Brisbane Lions for its [...]
All the AFL trades you can eat!
Keep up with the trade period in our super-duper live trades thread on the famous BigFooty Trade Hub. The AFL wishes to advise the following paperwork has been formally lodged with the league as part [...]
Grand Final Day 2022 – The Ultimate Info Guide. (Yes, you can stream it.)
Can I stream the Grand Final? You can watch the AFL Grand Final live in HD on the 7plus app on the following devices: Telstra TV Samsung Tizen (2016 and later) Fetch TV Apple TV [...]
Grand Final Teams 2022
Geelong v Sydney at the MCG, 2.30pm AEST GEELONG In: Nil Out: M.O'Connor (Medi-Sub) B: J.Kolodjashnij, S.De Koning, J.Bews HB: M.Duncan, T.Stewart, J.Henry C: M.Blicavs, J.Selwood, Z.Tuohy HF: B.Close, J.Cameron, I.Smith F: T.Stengle, T.Hawkins, G.Rohan FOLL: R.Stanley, [...]
MRP Prelims 2022
Geelong v Brisbane Jack Henry (#38, Geelong) reported for Forceful Front-On Contact against Zac Bailey (#33, Brisbane) in the second quarter. Graded as Careless Conduct, Low Impact, High Contact. Sanction is $3000 fine or $2000 [...]
Daniher returns – AFL Teams for the Prelim Finals
GEELONG CATS v BRISBANE LIONS Friday September 16, 7:50pm at the MCG CATS B: Z. Tuohy, S. De Koning, J. Bews HB: Z. Guthrie, J. Henry, T. Stewart C: I. Smith, J. Selwood, T. Atkins [...]