CODE Sports: Your ultimate AFL news companion
The AFL season is in full swing. Here’s why a subscription to Australia’s new in-depth sports site - full of great storytelling, plus live scores and stats - is your ultimate footy companion.
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CODE Sports is as passionate about telling the best footy stories as you are about your club.
That’s why the AFL season 2022 is unlike any before it, following the launch of Australia’s new dedicated in-depth sports journalism site and app, offering unparalleled coverage of the biggest codes in the country and sports around the world.
CODE Sports takes sport lovers beyond the wins and losses and into the coach’s box, the corridors of power, the locker room - into the reasons why your club is flying or sinking.
It’s sports journalism on a new level: great storytelling on a brilliant new customisable app with a 4.5 star rating.
And that’s just the start, with top-shelf features on the biggest athletes and contests around the globe including the UFC, the NBA, the Premier League, the IPL and the NFL.
Plus, exclusive in-depth coverage about the other big code in Australia - the NRL.
And CODE Sports has all the content you’ll ever need around Australia’s biggest fantasy game, SuperCoach - how to play guides, expert tips every round on players to pick and avoid, as well as SuperCoach Plus access to your live scores and stats.
Subscribe today. We are offering an incredible introductory price to get to know the quality of our coverage. Details here.
It’s then only $10.99 a month - or starting at $8.99 a month on a 12-month plan - so you get coverage every round to the finals, into trades and the draft.
Here’s what you get with a subscription to CODE Sports:
* Exclusive stories giving you perspectives that go beyond the game from our award-winning stable of journalists including Daniel Cherny and Linda Pearce
* Full access to the stories - from news breaking to insight - from the Herald Sun’s award-winning AFL team including Mark Robinson, Jon Ralph, Mick Warner and Sam Landsberger
* All content from CODE Sports’ growing list of contributors, including West Coast premiership player Will Schofield based in Perth delivering unparalleled access to Eagles and Dockers news
* All stories from contributors across a range of sports, including Ash Barty and Steve Smith
* Global sports news, analysis and features from The Times of London, FOX SPORTS, The Wall Street Journal and more
* Aussie sports news and features from The Australian, Daily Telegraph, The Courier-Mail and The Advertiser
* Full access to SuperCoach Plus for the best stats, analysis, tips and more (valued at $24.95 a year)
* Live scores and stats in our match centres
* Uninterrupted reading across the CODE Sports website and app, both customisable so you can follow your favourite codes you love most
* Exclusive subscriber emails from the editor
* Our weekly podcast CODE Words
And there’s no commitment. You can cancel anytime* (T&Cs apply, see CODE Sports for more).
Get your first 2 months for $1 today to unlock the stories of sport.
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