AFL News and Sporting News
Saints Secure Harry Boyd as Final List Addition for 2025
South Australian ruckman Harry Boyd has officially joined St Kilda’s playing list for the 2025 AFL season through the pre-season Supplemental Selection Period (SSP). The 26-year-old brings an impressive resume built across multiple state-league competitions, [...]
Carlton President Luke Sayers Resigns Amid Scandal
Luke Sayers, president of the Carlton Football Club, has stepped down following a scandal involving a lewd image posted from his social media account. The incident occurred on January 8, 2025, when a graphic image [...]
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan’s Immediate Playing Future with the Western Bulldogs is Uncertain
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, a rising star for the Western Bulldogs, faces uncertainty regarding his playing future as reports emerge of his intermittent attendance at pre-season training sessions since December 2024. The 20-year-old forward, who had a [...]
Abbie Chatfield Confronts Harassment and Former AFL Player’s Comments
Media personality has called out harassment and online abuse after a troubling incident at the Australian Open and subsequent comments by former AFL player Jed Lamb. The situation has sparked widespread debate about gendered harassment [...]
The young guns set to compete with Matt Rowell for the 2021 AFL Rising Star Award
Gold Coast young gun Matt Rowell was the short-priced favourite to claim the 2020 AFL Rising Star Award within the opening month of last season before sustaining a season-ending shoulder injury in Round 5. The [...]
Free scoring Man City are back, and they mean business
The 2020/21 English Premier League season was always going to be a crucial one for experienced manager Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City recruits. Surrendering their hard-earned title to rivals Liverpool last term without as [...]
The biggest sports of the US and Australia compared
When it comes to nations of sport lovers, one thing is for certain: both Americans and Australians love nothing more than a good game. But what is in question is exactly which games it is [...]
Collingwood report on racism: A fan shares his thoughts.
Original post: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/collingwood-football-club-is-guilty-of-systemic-racism-review-finds.1254152/post-68650316 Just some random thoughts on all this, some provoked by comments in the thread. Firstly a demographic point - that a large proportion of footballers are drawn from rural and private school [...]
Collingwood: Isaac Quaynor Expected to Enjoy a Breakthrough Season in 2021
There have been many young players who have been tipped for big things in 2021, however, it could be the year that Collingwood's Isaac Quaynor finally becomes a household name in the AFL. The 20-year [...]
Will We See Further Night-Time AFL Grand Finals?
As the first night-time AFL Grand Final drew to a close, there was a pervading sense that this was something of a watershed moment. Was this to be the start of a new trend or [...]
Top 5 Australian Players
Australia has birthed many amazing players thus far, for the sporting football world, that is no doubt. With players featuring across the board of the Premier League with particular legends from decades ago, we have [...]
The delisted AFL players who deserve a lifeline
AFL clubs had prepared for extensive list cuts and delistings following the impacts of 2020. In an off-season like no other, dozens of promising players both young and old find themselves on the outer of [...]
Analysing the top five 2021 premiership contenders
West Coast Two years on from their premiership glory, the Eagles have taken a couple of steps back despite having a list just as worthy - if not better - for an additional premiership cup [...]
AFL Trade and Draft: info, talk, and news
BigFooty has all of your AFL 2020 trade and draft period news and talk: 🗓️Calendar Emoji Important Dates ✅Completed Moves Emoji Completed Trades and FA Moves 🔀Draft Order Emoji LIVE Draft Order ❓FAQ Emoji FAQ's [...]
What’s Going on With Manchester United?
What’s going on over at Old Trafford? From collapsing mid-fielders to a boss in the hot seat, what’s going on in Manchester?. Manchester United is 2-1-2 in the EPL at the time of writing this [...]
AFL Grand Final 2020 Teams
You can find all the Grand Final details here: https://www.bigfooty.com/2020/10/afl-grand-final-2020-all-the-details/ RICHMOND v GEELONG CATS Saturday October 24, 7:30pm AEDT/6:30 AEST at the Gabba TIGERS B: David Astbury, Dylan Grimes, Noah Balta HB: Liam Baker, Nick [...]
AFL Best and Fairest Awards – All the votes, all the clubs.
Votes in brackets. Adelaide Crows Malcolm Blight Medal 1. Reilly O’Brien (81) 2. Rory Laird (80) 3. Luke Brown (76) 4. Matt Crouch (72) 5. Ben Keays (65) 6. Brodie Smith (61) 7. Shane McAdam [...]
AFL Grand Final 2020 – All the details.
The times, the entertainment, the Norm Smith predictions.
Preliminary Finals Teams – AFL Finals 2020 – No change for Geelong.
Port Adelaide Power v Richmond Tigers Friday 16 October 2020 - 7:20 PM (CST) - ADELAIDE OVAL The TigerCast Prelim Episode https://www.spreaker.com/user/bigfooty.com/bigfooty-tigercast-prelim-port Live call from 7:30 Friday: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/afl-2020-first-preliminary-final-port-v-tigers-fri-october-16th-7-50pm-aedt-7-20pm-aest-ao-bf-tigercast-live-call-link-in-op.1249564/ Port Adelaide B: Ryan Burton, Trent McKenzie, [...]
Preliminary Finals 2020
It’s that time of year. We are down to the last four and there are only two weekends left in the season. It’s been a strange and truncated season, the likes of which we haven’t [...]
AFL Teams – Semi Finals 2020 – Lynch returns, Mabior out; Saints 3 changes
RICHMOND v ST KILDA Friday October 9, 7:50pm at Metricon Stadium TIGERS https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1314103065419501568 B: D. Astbury, D. Grimes, N. Balta HB: L. Baker, N. Vlastuin, B. Houli C: K. McIntosh, J. Graham, M. Pickett HF: [...]
Manchester United set for a testing season
For a manager of a club as big as Manchester United, it is never easy to see opposition managers get all sorts of backing in the transfer window. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has so far only [...]
Everton flying high
Following a 4-1 win over West Ham United in the Carabao Cup, Everton are inching closer to perhaps finally ending a really long wait for a bit of silverware - a feat attracting all sorts [...]
AFL Teams Round 18, 2020 – Updated daily.
NORTH MELBOURNE v WEST COAST EAGLES Thursday September 17, 7.10pm at Metricon Stadium KANGAROOS B: E. Vickers-Willis, R. Tarrant, F. Perez HB: S. Atley, B. McKay, L. McDonald C: B. Scott, J. Simpkin, J. Polec [...]
Is Ken Hinkley Right to Call Out His Veterans?
Across the globe, few industries are more ruthless than sports. Because of the sector’s physical demands, age and injuries can unquestionably impact career longevity and selection processes. Recently, this issue has come to the forefront [...]
AFL Teams, Round 17 2020 – Updated daily.
ST KILDA v WEST COAST EAGLES Thursday September 10, 7.10pm at the Gabba SAINTS B: J. Geary, D. Howard, N. Coffield HB: H. Clark, C. Wilkie, B. Long C: J. Battle, S. Ross, J. Billings [...]
Where does Donny van de Beek fit in at Manchester United?
After at least a month of inactivity and watching the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City strengthen their ranks, it appears that Manchester United have woken up and are slowly starting to make moves in [...]
Leeds and Bielsa set to thrill
Finally! After a 16-year hiatus or a 16-year spell in the wilderness, or whatever you may term it, Leeds United are back in the Premier League. This is where the Lilywhites belong. They might not [...]
AFL Teams – Round 16, 2020
NORTH MELBOURNE v PORT ADELAIDE Saturday September 5 7:40pm at Metricon Stadium KANGAROOS B: J. Walker, R. Tarrant, F. Perez HB: S. Atley, B. McKay, L. McDonald C: T. Dumont, J. Simpkin, J. Polec HF: [...]