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'Extensive experience': Cats land new AFLW coach
Geelong's AFLW program has received a massive boost, securing Mick Stinear as their new coach.
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Former Bombers skipper joins Collingwood coaches
Ex-Essendon captain Dyson Heppell has joined AFL rivals Collingwood as a development coach.
Top Headlines
- I want to be GWS captain: Cadman's 'master plan'
- Injury-plagued Saints star to have more surgery
- 'Callous' rapist Silvagni jailed for six years
- List, draft concessions for AFLW Devils revealed
- Dons announce new captain as CEO calls it quits
- McRae re-signs with Pies for another two seasons
- Tigers snap up forward with top AFLW draft pick
- Butters unfazed by future as new Port era begins
- Magpies staffer quits after preseason incident
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Larkey to take over from Simpkin as Roos captain
Nick Larkey will be the next North Melbourne captain in the wake of Jy Simpkin's unsuccessful bid for an AFL trade.
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Dockers secure Zanker in bumper AFLW trade
Key forward Eden Zanker has joined coach Mick Stinear as major departures from AFLW power club Melbourne.
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Divisive Tasmania AFL stadium gets green light
A contentious AFL stadium appears likely to pass parliament after a crucial independent declared she would support the project.
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Premier nervous ahead of Tassie stadium vote
Plans for a Tasmanian AFL team sit on a knife-edge ahead of a do-or-die parliamentary vote on a divisive stadium proposal.
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AFL premiership stars speak in footy fraud case
AFL premiership players are witnesses in a court case involving allegedly fraudulent signed footballs.
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New Cat Buckley still dreams of AFL coaching job
The desire to return to senior coaching still drives Nathan Buckley and motivated him to take up an assistant role at AFL grand finalists Geelong.
Top Headlines
- I want to be GWS captain: Cadman's 'master plan'
- Injury-plagued Saints star to have more surgery
- 'Callous' rapist Silvagni jailed for six years
- List, draft concessions for AFLW Devils revealed
- Dons announce new captain as CEO calls it quits
- McRae re-signs with Pies for another two seasons
- Tigers snap up forward with top AFLW draft pick
- Butters unfazed by future as new Port era begins
- Magpies staffer quits after preseason incident
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Way-too-early AFL Draft Power Rankings: The top 10 for 2026
Twelve months out from the 2026 AFL Draft, this is ESPN's way-too-early top 10 prospects to track.
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Join ESPN's footy team for some of the best AFL and AFLW analysis and insight on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
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Every AFL club's best and fairest winner for season 2025
The 2025 AFL season might be done and dusted on the field, but now it's time to crown each club's best and fairest winner. So, who was your team's top performer of the year?
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Ranking every AFL after-the-siren winning goal since 2000
Since the turn of the millennium, there have been 32 after-the-siren goals kicked which have won the game. We've ranked them -- taking into account shot difficulty, context of the match, conditions, and more to determine which clutch kick rules them all.
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The AFL's best at everything: Picking the top players at 61 different skills
Best kick on the run? Most elusive player? Boundary line specialist? Best swingman? We named the AFL's standout in 61 specific skills.
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'Exactly what we need': How Aussie Rules helped make ESPN a live sport juggernaut
When ESPN was a fledgling station without any meaningful TV rights, it needed content. Enter Aussie Rules football and the VFL, and a partnership which left a lasting impact on both league and broadcaster, writes Shannon Gill.
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AFL player record holders, statistical leaders, and more
Who has played the most AFL games? Who has kicked the most AFL goals? Here are the league leaders in history for all the stats that matter.
