AFL News and Sporting News
AFL Teams – Round 22 – Swans Swing Axe
SYDNEY SWANS v COLLINGWOOD Friday August 9, 7.40pm at the SCG SWANS B: D. Rampe, T. McCartin, N. Blakey HB: O. Florent, H. Cunningham, M. Roberts C: C. Mills - C, Ch.Warner, E. Gulden HF: [...]
Andrew Gaff Retires – West Coast Eagles
West Coast Eagles veteran Andrew Gaff has announced his retirement from the AFL, bringing an end to a distinguished 14-season career. Gaff, known for his consistency and skill, will play two more games to reach [...]
Fremantle Dockers Face Uncertainty with Josh Treacy’s Injury Ahead of Crucial Geelong Clash
Fremantle Dockers' key forward Josh Treacy is in doubt for their upcoming match against Geelong due to a knee injury sustained during their recent game against Essendon. Treacy's injury, which occurred in the final quarter [...]
Tom Hawkins Announces AFL Retirement: Celebrating an Iconic 18-Season Career with Geelong Cats
Tom Hawkins, affectionately known as "Tomahawk," has announced his retirement from the AFL, marking the end of an illustrious 18-season career with the Geelong Cats. This decision comes amid a challenging season sidelined by a [...]
AFL Teams – Round 4, 2016
You can join in on our gameday threads all weekend for live footy chat. And check out your own club board gameday threads for supporter-only chat. West Coast Eagles v Richmond DS, 6:10pm AWST Friday, [...]
AFL Teams – Round 3, 2016
Port Adelaide v Essendon AO , 7:20pm ACST Friday, April 8, 2016 Port Adelaide B: Jack Hombsch, Tom Jonas, Jasper Pittard HB: Karl Amon, Jackson Trengove, Matthew Broadbent C: Jimmy Toumpas, Ollie Wines, Brad Ebert [...]
FantasyGames.com.au – Picks for the $1K Weekend Tournament
fantasygames.com.au is Australia’s place to play daily fantasy sports. With real cash prizes, unrivalled specials/promotions and the ultimate innovative platform, register and start playing daily fantasy today! For those that might find the Supercoach scoring [...]
The Fantasy Footy Watchlist
Just released: this free NAB Cup watchlist from fantasy footy veteran David Natoli, aka BigFooty's DaVe86. The Cheatafl online magazine returns for 2016 and is available for download for $3.99 from www.cheatafl.com. You will receive [...]
AFL 2016 Betting: Can Anyone Topple Hawthorn?
The 120th AFL season will get under way on March 24, 2016 and that means the players, the fans and the betting experts are getting ready for another explosive season. With Fremantle topping the league [...]
One is the loneliest number – Supermercado reviews draft night
If you ignore every advance in the field of entertainment since the introduction of talking pictures there’s nothing more exciting than a sporting draft. Other than a brief, farcical attempt by hapless Rugby Leaguists to [...]
Former Blue Watson still focused on AFL return
Despite being cut by the Carlton Blues at the end of last season, former first-round draft pick Matthew Watson has insisted he is determined to finally fulfil his potential and grab another AFL chance with both hands. The 23-year old [...]
The Fix(ture) is In – Supermercado tells you how to react
Supermercado reviews the 2016 AFL fixture. Like pro wrestling or a crooked 50’s gameshow everyone knows the AFL fixture is rigged, but there’s still a certain fascination in seeing the result. There’s probably an entire [...]
Trade Frenzy Fortnight – Supermercado passes judgment on every club
The business of swapping footballers used to be treated as a dirty game not fit to be seen or heard by ordinary supporters. If you were lucky a column next to the harness racing results [...]
AFL Trade Period Begins
Keep up with all the latest trades and fan reaction on the Trades board: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/forums/drafts-trading-free-agency.61/ All the key dates and confirmed player movements: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/trade-period-summary-thread.1114121/ Unsigned free agents as of today: Player / Team / Status [...]
The 2015 Axios Euro Cup is back!
The football season in Australia may be over, but the International footy continues with various nationals and international tournaments being played overseas over the next few weeks. The USAFL Nationals are coming, as are the [...]
Footy fans dissect the Grand Final
Hawthorn 16.11.107 def West Coast Eagles 8.13.61 Join in on our Main Board autopsy thread. Hawks fans gather on the Hawks Board Eagles fans commiserate on the West Coast Eagles Board
Grand Final Week – Hawthorn v West Coast – The great road trip begins!
Shout out to all the Eagles fans embarking on the 50 hour road trip from WA to Melbourne. Stay safe. Hawthorn Football Club vs West Coast Eagles Saturday, 3rd October, 2015 Buy & Sell Tickets [...]
AFL Semi Finals, 2015 – Vale Tony Abbott.
With footy news drowned out by leadership challenges, its time to get back to talking about the game in earnest and for many hours during your work day. Friday, Sept 18, 7:50 Hawthorn v Adelaide [...]
YOU GET A PRIORITY PICK! AND YOU GET A PRIORITY PICK! AND YOU AND YOU! – AFL Finals week 1 pre-match talk
(Thanks Beng.) With players returning rested and suntanned, this weeks matches should be well worth watching. Check out the Official Sanctioned Original BigFooty.com Podcast. If you are looking for expert tips, go no further than [...]
Big names in doubt for finals
Finals time is here and it promises to be one of the most competitive runs to the premiership in years. However, several key players are in doubt for this year’s final series, making punters think [...]
Drink, drive, tank for picks… bloody idiot. – AFL Fan Wrap-Up, Round 23
Amid calls for Luke Hodge to be crucified for drink driving or given a sainthood for his services to puff-piece interviews and "whataguy" montages, the season ends for all but the top eight teams. Carlton [...]
Why aren’t WE playing on Friday night? – Pre-match Threads, AFL Round 23
Deep sigh of relief that Carlton aren't playing on Friday night. Followed by annoyance that your team isn't playing on Friday either. And just what are the AFL's rules on resting players before finals? Is [...]
Hardcore footy talk you can’t miss – AFL Pre-match Threads Round 22
That's right, this is totally hardcore footy pre-match talk that no hardcore footy fan can afford to miss! If you miss out, you will be exposed as a footy fraud and nobody will like you! [...]
Agoraphobia Cup a huge success for Carlton and Melbourne – AFL Fan Wrap-up, Round 21
"Every empty seat is a silent tribute to brave sufferers of this illness." Don't you just love the birth of a new AFL TraditionTM? Friday, August 21 Hawthorn 13.8.86 def by Port Adelaide 16.12.108 "Please [...]
Who is our coach this week? – AFL Round 21 Pre-match Talk
BigFooty members talk about the upcoming matches. Game day threads will appear on the AFL board before each match. The Official Podcast returns after a short hiatus. Includes blow-up dolls and legally actionable comments. Friday, [...]
Fremantle boosted by returning stars
AFL table toppers Fremantle have been handed a huge boost heading into the final few weeks of the season with the news that Matthew Pavlich and David Mundy have both been passed fit to play [...]
Hird sacked; AFL TV rights at $2.5 b; Tribunal sits
Three big stories today: James Hird Sacked AFL TV Rights announcement Tribunal: Who bit who? Update: Silvagni 4 weeks.
At least we’re not Essendon… er… Carlton… ummm… Melbourne. – Fan wrap-up, AFL round 21
A weekend of disappointing efforts at the tail end of the season. And a new record! The Bulldogs scored the highest winning margin with a goal-less quarter. Friday, August 14 Sydney Swans 13.9.87 def Collingwood [...]
Nothing illegal has been proven. But who let us get away with it? – Round 20 AFL Pre-match
All the club board preview and pre-match threads. While you're here, post your nominations for Sure Thing, Most at Stake, and Doomsday Scenario for round 20 in the Weekend Forecast thread. Revisit Bomber Thompson's linguistic [...]