AFL News and Sporting News
The Evolution of AFL Powerhouses: Brisbane Lions and GWS Giants
The Brisbane Lions and Greater Western Sydney Giants (GWS Giants) offer a captivating narrative within the Australian Football League (AFL). Both clubs, despite their different origins and timelines, have made significant impacts on the league, [...]
AFL Confirms Grand Final Start Time
The AFL has confirmed that the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final will kick off at its traditional time of 2:30pm AEST on Saturday, September 28, at the MCG. AFL Chief Executive Officer Andrew Dillon announced [...]
AFL Teams – Round 21, 2024 – Magpies and Blues bring on the big guns; Dees shuffle, Dogs hold firm
BULLDOGS v MELBOURNE Friday August 2, 7:15pm at Marvel Stadium BULLDOGS B: T. Duryea, B. Khamis, N. Coffield HB: L. Bramble, R. Lobb, B. Dale C: L. Vandermeer, E. Richards, B. Williams HF: A. Treloar, [...]
All 65 Players Invited to the 2024 AFL Draft Combine
The AFL has released a list of 65 players invited to attend the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft Combine. This three-day event will take place in Melbourne from Friday, October 4 to Sunday, October 6, following [...]
Getting the Fantasy Footy edge
DaVe86 shares his Fantasy Footy tips. Have you ever wondered why certain fantasy coaches always seem to crack the top 100 every year? Regardless of which form of the game you play (Dream Team, AFL [...]
AFL Rich List: Your club’s finances rated.
AFL finances are an often murky and misunderstood area. We hope to shed some light on them for you by ranking the AFL clubs in terms of revenue. 1. Collingwood Ownership structure: Membership, Limited by [...]
The Race for Champions League Football
As the race heats up for the champions league spots, we have a look at the contenders and their run to the finish line.ARSENAL - (currently 3rd)A - QPRH - West HamA - NewcastleH - LiverpoolA [...]
Essendon: THE REPLACEMENTS
Essendon’s army of replacements have begun to filter into the True Value Solar Centre in recent days to join in training at the club, ahead of the upcoming NAB Challenge Series. With the clubs first [...]
Carlton’s 5 Important Players
With the 2015 Premiership season near and the Pre-Season NAB Challenge games fast-approaching, Alex Docherty takes a look at the 5 players who are the most crucial to your club's immediate or future success. Today [...]
36Gladiators – Fight or flight, Hird’s dilemma
James Hird has a big choice to make in the next few weeks. Having come this far with his challenge against the legality of the ASADA/AFL joint investigation into the supplement program at Essendon - [...]
Adelaide Crows’ 5 Important Players
With the 2015 Premiership season near and the Pre-Season NAB Challenge games fast-approaching, Alex Docherty takes a look at the 5 players who are the most crucial to your club's immediate or future success. The [...]
Brisbane Lions’ 5 Important Players
With the 2015 Premiership season near and the Pre-Season NAB Challenge games fast-approaching, Alex Docherty takes a look at the 5 players who are the most crucial to your club's immediate or future success. Today [...]
Time for Tinkler to eject from the Jets
There must be something about unpopular businessmen and clubs named ‘Newcastle.’ The latest victim is the A League club Newcastle Jets, who seem to be falling from bad to worse at breakneck speed. Unfortunately for [...]
36 Gladiators – Rumours and rumours of war
The rumour mill. Good mail. The juice. So and so reckons. Don’t tell anyone, but I heard the higher-ups saying. In conflict, as in football, rumours abound. This does not mean that the rumours are [...]
The AFL making it up as it goes along again
If there is one thing the AFL does better than any other sport in the world, it is making up rules on the spot to solve a short term problem, which then require a ridiculously [...]
The Essendon Tribunal hearing – a summary from a legal perspective
The AFL Tribunal’s hearing into the supplements charges against 34 past and present Essendon footballers, which started back in December, continues this week with the players’ representatives outlining their defences. It is the latest step [...]
AFL Fantasy prices and positions – Threepeat heroes or injury riddled zeroes?
The Hawks have provided Fantasy gold over the years, as befits one of the sides that has been one of the power teams of the competition for many seasons. Hodge, Mitchell, Lewis and others who [...]
AFL Fantasy prices and positions – Buddy and friends
As befits a team that has been premier, grand finallist or thereabouts in recent years, the Swans have provided many a quality Fantasy player. They also have a nice habit of providing a young player [...]
AFL Fantasy prices and positions – To Sel and back again?
Geelong have provided the backbone of many a Fantasy team over the years. Stevie J, Joel Selwood, Bimmy Jartel, various Coreys, all have been regular and sustained performers. But can the old stagers keep performing? [...]
Saints injury list shortens as Dunstan returns
St Kilda's sizeable injury list continued to shorten following Luke Dunstan's return to full training after the shoulder injury that kept him out for a final stages of last season. On the back of a [...]
AFL Fantasy prices and positions – the Fyfe and Freo conundrum
Are Freo are a flag threat? Conventional wisdom says the boys from the west have one last shot in the locker, but I'm not so sure, I think they've been overtaken by a few teams [...]
AFL Fantasy prices and positions – Port laden with quality but at a price
Port Adelaide are tipped by many to go a long way onfield this year and common sense, and recent history, suggests this will be matched by Fantasy performances. The issue is that unlike last year, [...]
AFL Fantasy prices and positions – Boom time never ends at North
Like the proverbial fine wine, Brent "Boomer" Harvey appears to be getting better with age. Last year was his best on pure numbers and the pocket battleship appears to be in prime physical condition. The [...]
AFL Fantasy prices and positions – Tigers of old, or new blood?
The Tigers eh? You could, if you wanted, have innumerable Tigers in your team and it would, on paper, seem a wise decision: Martin, Cotchin, Deledio, Ellis, Rance etc etc. None of the key Tigers [...]
DreamTeam prices and positions: Bombs away for Goddard and Zaka
Essendon are a very interesting one. Obviously there is the elephant in the ro ... nah I'll come out and say it ... the infraction notices that have been handed to 34 of their players, [...]
36 Gladiators – Hirded against the beach, awaiting the final assault
And LO! after the peace of the Christmas ceasefire, the bloody saga of the Great ASADA/Essendon War will soon grind back into motion, dominating front pages and reaping yet more victims. Even a dedicated student [...]
DreamTeam prices and positions – Waters a lock and the ruck duo dilemma
West Coast are still rebuilding under Adam Simpson but are not going the full bounce along the bottom for a few years to collect high picks route. The fanbase and wider club culture is simply [...]
DreamTeam prices and positions: Danger money worth the risk
The Crows are a funny one. "Good, but not great," as George Bush Snr says approvingly of his own memoirs in The Simpsons, just like his presidency and the Crows haven't been bad over recent [...]
DreamTeam prices and positions: Look past the big names at Collingwood
Nathan Buckley is doing his best to prepare the baying faithful for a season where a premiership is, shall we say, unlikely. The "quiet rebuild" of Collingwood continues apace and this means plenty of potential [...]