AFL News and Sporting News
Brisbane Lions Edge Sydney Swans in Thrilling Season Opener
The Brisbane Lions staged a remarkable comeback to defeat the Sydney Swans by four points in a dramatic AFL season opener at the SCG. Despite trailing by six goals early, the Lions showcased their resilience, [...]
Western Bulldogs Hold Off North Melbourne in Season Opener
The Western Bulldogs kicked off their 2025 AFL campaign with a hard-fought 16-point victory over North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Despite a strong challenge from the Kangaroos, the Bulldogs held their nerve, delivering a well-rounded [...]
Adelaide Crows Dominate St Kilda in 63-Point Season Opener
The Adelaide Crows kicked off their AFL season in emphatic fashion, overpowering St Kilda with a dominant 63-point victory at Adelaide Oval. The home side set the tone early and never looked back, delivering a [...]
Sydney Swans’ Taylor Adams Suffers Hamstring Injury in Opening Round Loss to Hawthorn
The Sydney Swans faced a major setback in their 2025 AFL season opener, as veteran midfielder Taylor Adams suffered a hamstring injury during their 20-point loss to the Hawthorn Hawks. Adams, who had been looking [...]
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 [...]
Jarrod Berry to fight suspension at Tribunal tonight – AFL Semis
The AFL advises the Tribunal will sit tonight, Tuesday September 13, to determine the incident involving Jarrod Berry, Brisbane Lions. All other players accepted their sanctions from the Match Review of The AFL Finals Week Two matches. AFL [...]
MRO for Semi-Finals – AFL 2022
Brisbane v Melbourne Jarrod Berry (#7 Brisbane Lions) - charged with unreasonable or unnecessary contact to the eye region (first offence) - against Clayton Oliver (#13 Melbourne) in the 3rd quarter. This has been graded [...]
AFL Preliminary Finals Tickets
Week Three - 2022 Toyota AFL Finals Series Ticketing Release times Friday, 16 September First Preliminary Final, Geelong Cats vs. Brisbane Lions at the MCG, 7.50pm AEST Saturday, 17 September Second Preliminary Final, Sydney Swans v Collingwood [...]
AFL Statement – Passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Statement from AFL Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan The AFL is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We extend our sympathies to the Royal Family and the people of the United [...]
Joe Daniher out – AFL Semi-Finals Teams 2022
MELBOURNE v BRISBANE LIONS Friday September 9, 7:50pm at the MCG SECOND SEMI FINAL DEMONS https://twitter.com/melbournefc/status/1568031733563662336?s=20&t=5TOLD6XrGTmIeTaNpYurjQ B: C. Salem, S. May, H. Petty HB: A. Brayshaw, J. Lever, M. Hibberd C: T. Sparrow, C. Oliver, [...]
Mostly harmless – Finals Week 1 Match Reviews
Thursday - Lions v Richmond Offending Player Reportable Offence Victim Player Quarter Grading Sanction Early Plea Brisbane Lions vs Richmond – Thursday 1 September 2022 Nick Vlastuin #1 Richmond Tripping (Second Offence) Lincoln McCarthy #11 Brisbane [...]
AFLW Rd 3 – Indigenous rounds; local derbys
The full fixture for Round Three of the 2022 NAB AFLW Season Seven has been confirmed. The huge weekend of AFLW will see the Queensland clash between the Brisbane Lions and the Gold Coast SUNS [...]
Need a ticket to the AFL semi finals?
The AFL recently announced a price freeze on all tickets for all matches at all venues across Weeks One to Three of the 2022 Toyota AFL Finals Series with entry level reserved seat Week Two remaining [...]
AFL Teams – Week 1 – Qual and Elim Finals
SECOND QUALIFYING FINAL MELBOURNE v SYDNEY SWANS Friday September 2, 7:50pm at the MCG DEMONS B: T. Rivers, H. Petty, S. May HB: A. Brayshaw, J. Lever, M. Hibberd C: J. Hunt, C. Oliver, J. [...]
Goal or post?
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Depleted Lions face returning Dusty – Brisbane v Richmond Teams
Brisbane v Richmond Thursday, September 1, the Gabba 7:20pm BRISBANE https://twitter.com/brisbanelions/status/1565195241711452163?s=20&t=WC_GwSLgHYo61OPAZzbjZg B: D. Gardiner, D. McStay, D. Rich HB: B. Starcevich, H. Andrews, K. Coleman C: Z. Bailey, J. Berry, H. McCluggage HF: D. Zorko, [...]
What happens if a finals match is drawn?
The AFL have released their rules for drawn finals games: The following procedure shall apply in the event of a draw at the end of ordinary time: Six-minute break. Additional Time period of two x [...]