AFL News and Sporting News
Essendon Football Club Partners with PUMA
The Essendon Football Club has announced a new four-year partnership with global sportswear giant PUMA. Under the agreement, PUMA becomes the Official Apparel Partner of Essendon's AFL team and the Official Footwear Partner for both [...]
Kevin Sheehan’s 2024 Telstra AFL Draft top prospects: Midfielders
Press Release::AFL Talent Ambassador Kevin Sheehan has released profiles on the top midfielders in the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft pool.The group includes some of the most highly-touted players in this year’s Draft crop.Ten members of [...]
Alex Keath Leaving the Western Bulldogs
Alex Keath, the former Western Bulldogs defender, has officially announced his retirement from AFL after a career spanning 109 games across two clubs, Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs. The 32-year-old's journey in professional sports is [...]
AFL Trade : Collingwood Dumps Nathan Kreuger, Josh Eyre and Jack Bytel
Collingwood has made a significant move in its post-season list management by delisting three players, including injury-plagued tall Nathan Kreuger. Kreuger, 25, managed only 13 senior games over three seasons due to a string of [...]
Collingwood and Essendon – A rivalry for the ages
The Collingwood and Essendon rivalry is one of the most famous in the AFL. Over their storied history the two have played each other an amazing 238 times with Collingwood leading the ledger 131-103. Three [...]
Anatomy of a Rumour in a Fake News World
Let's be honest, we don't mind a good rumour here at BigFooty, but last week's shenanigans got us thinking, how on earth does one of these things get started? And how does it do the [...]
Incredible blow outs mark round 21
Brisbane v Gold Coast a sellout. Amazing scenes as Bombers fans rage. What did you like, learn and hate in round 21? Post now -> DateHome v Away TeamsResultVenueCrowd Fri 9 Aug 7:50pmGWS v Hawthorn4.5 29 – 13.7 [...]
Essendon Injury Nightmare – AFL Teams, Rd 21
Lions no changes, of course. GWS GIANTS v HAWTHORN UNSW , 7:50pm AEST Friday, August 9, 2019 GWS GIANTS B: ZaC: Williams, Lachlan Keeffe, Heath Shaw HB: Adam Kennedy, Nick Haynes, Phil Davis C: Lachie [...]
Interestometer Round 21 – It’s about the Big Footy fans this week!
It's rounds like this where I wonder if the season IS too long. Yet again a glance at the fixture doesn't engender much enthusiasm from an impartial point of view. So this week I thought [...]
Whack whackity whack – 7 AFL players fined for round 20 scuffles
No suspensions but 7 players stumping up $13,500 worth of fines. MRO talk on BigFooty Forum -> This more than covers the cost of the score review team for the season, so that's sorted. James [...]
All the round 20 matches ranked!
Gotta be honest, when I looked at this week's fixtures it didn't get me excited. No real rivalries, only one clash that could directly impact the eight. So let's rank the matches from 1-9 in [...]
Dockers 5 changes; Roo out – AFL Teams Round 20, 2019
NORTH MELBOURNE v HAWTHORN MRVL , 7:50pm AEST Friday, August 2, 2019 NORTH MELBOURNE B: Marley Williams, Scott D. Thompson, Sam Durdin HB: Jamie Macmillan, Robbie Tarrant, Jasper Pittard C: Trent Dumont, Jack Ziebell, Jared [...]
Blicavs staging, Thomas late and high, Bruce digging knees – MRO round 19
A quick roundup of the match review results for round 20, 2019. Marc Blicavs - $1000 for staging Blicavs is the first player to be fined for staging in 2019. "Next season this should be [...]
$2m bonus for Cox Plate 2019 winner designed to attract overseas stars
Photo by Celticshk, CC BY-SA 3.0The Moonee Valley Racing Club is set for a glittering field of overseas entrants to the 2019 Cox Plate The Moonee Valley Racing Club has announced an additional $2m potential bonus to [...]
The Brownlow Medal race
The Brownlow Medal race is one of the most open in recent history with no clear frontrunner emerging to take home the coveted award. Geelong’s Tim Kelly has been the favourite for the majority of [...]
The results! Round 19, AFL
A weekend of surprises! Dons scrape through, Blues triumph over slow Crows, Lions drop a spot. Post your round 19 Liked, Learnt and Hated in the forum. DateHome v Away TeamsResultVenueCrowd Fri 26 Jul 7:50pmCollingwood v Richmond66-98MCG78722 Sat 27 [...]
Interestometer Round 19 – It’s all about the Pies and Tigers
Whoops! How could I almost forget this week's Interestometer? Not a lot on offer this week with lots of clashes with teams either well outside the eight or between top eight and bottom eight sides. [...]
Eddie Betts dropped; 4 Magpies out – Rd 19, 2019
AFL Teams round 19, 2019. COLLINGWOOD v RICHMOND MCG , 7:50pm AEST Friday, July 26, 2019 COLLINGWOOD B: Brayden Maynard, Jordan Roughead, Jeremy Howe HB: Isaac Quaynor, Matthew Scharenberg, Jack Crisp C: Tom Phillips, Scott [...]
The Run Home 2019 – Big Footy’s Fearless Predictions
It's about now, with five rounds to play, that we'll start hearing the phrase "mathematically" possible a lot. In reality the top eight looks set in stone but it's time to strap in as we [...]
Saints, Hawks, and Giants surprise; Pies in peril — AFL results round 18, 2019
All the match results from AFL round 18. Post your Liked, Learned, Hated for round 18 >> DateHome v AwayResultVenueCrowd Fri 19 Jul 7:20pmAdelaide v Essendon10.15 (75) – 15.6 (96)Adelaide Oval47735 Sat 20 Jul 1:45pmRichmond v Port Adelaide15.11 (101) – 9.9 [...]
Fyfe Out while Dons and Pies struggle with injuries – AFL Teams Rd 18, 2019
Adelaide v Essendon Adelaide Oval, Friday, July 19, 7.20pm ACST ADELAIDE CROWS B: Luke Brown, Alex Keath, Kyle Hartigan HB: Paul Seedsman, Daniel Talia, Brodie Smith C: Riley Knight, Hugh Greenwood, Wayne Milera HF: Tom [...]
Interestometer Round 18 – Couple of juicy clashes as finals race hots up
Hi there and welcome to another week of the Interestometer, where we run our critical eye over the upcoming round of matches and in our humble opinion, decide which are worth flicking the box on [...]
AFL Round 17 Results – Can the Lions keep it up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKStrIHilc Round 17 AFL Game Results DateHome v Away TeamsResultVenueCrowd Fri 12 Jul 6:10pmWest Coast v Collingwood77-78Optus Stadium56251 Sat 13 Jul 1:45pmSydney v Carlton62-69SCG32570 Sat 13 Jul 2:10pmHawthorn v Fremantle84-53UTAS Stadium13006 Sat 13 Jul 4:35pmEssendon v North Melbourne86-81Marvel Stadium45682 Sat 13 Jul 7:25pmGold Coast v Adelaide56-151Metricon Stadium8741 Sat 13 Jul 7:25pmGeelong v St [...]
Pies shuffle the deckchairs; Riewoldt back for Tigers; Cripps in for Blues
All your Round 17 team talk on the forum > WEST COAST EAGLES v COLLINGWOOD OS , 6:10pm AWST Friday, July 12, 2019 WEST COAST EAGLES B: Shannon Hurn, Tom Barrass, Tom Cole HB: Brad [...]
Collingwood midfield ace Beams taking “indefinite” break from AFL
One of the midfield stars of the Collingwood Magpies has taken to social media to confirm his decision to take “indefinite” leave from the AFL to focus on his battle with mental health. 29-year-old Dayne [...]
Round 17 Interestometer
OK, so Round 15 was supposed to be a bore fest, turned into a rippa. Last weekend was supposed to be a ripping week of footy and turned into a bunch of thrashings. Could we [...]
Big changes for the Showdown, Sandilands back for Freo – Rd 16 teams
AFL teams for round 16, 2019 HAWTHORN v COLLINGWOOD MCG , 7:50pm AEST Friday, July 5, 2019 HAWTHORN B Tim O'Brien, James Frawley, Shaun Burgoyne HB Conor Nash, James Sicily, Blake Hardwick C Ricky Henderson, [...]
Round 16 Interestometer – Glued to the Box!
Yeah OK, we were wrong! Last week's expected yawn fest turned into a rippa of a round of footy with plenty of thrilling matches and a few upsets that would have satisfied footy fans across [...]
Score Review Madness Must Stop
Fair to say it hasn't been a good year for the AFL. Crowd violence, overbearing security, inconsistent tribunal decisions (seriously what are they smoking), the lack of consistent umpiring, ridiculous knee jerk rule changes … [...]