McRae’s new ‘blueprint’ priming Pies for flag assault
It’s official. The Pies are back as true premiership contenders. It starts with Nick Daicos, but there’s one new wrinkle to the 2023 flag winners, one that will scare the rest of the league.
It’s official. The Pies are back as true premiership contenders. It starts with Nick Daicos, but there’s one new wrinkle to the 2023 flag winners, one that will scare the rest of the league.
Nick Daicos dominated at the Gabba, but it might be his teammate that has SuperCoaches more excited after another strong performance in the Pies’ big win.
When it comes to football, teams will always do what they can to try and win. Josh Barnes writes, Adem Yze has done his job by picking Noah Balta. The issue is, he shouldn’t have been able to.
Former AFL player agent Ricky Nixon has been charged after allegedly making a threatening social media comment towards police, with charges including a threat to kill.
Dylan Shiel has been a whipping boy at Essendon since moving across. He opens up on the toll that takes, how he manages it and where the Bombers – and he – are travelling.
The Bombers took a calculated risk over the off-season, and it could mean Sam Draper walks for nothing in 2025. But will he be the only ruckman potentially on the move?
Noah Balta is officially back despite a quickly-approaching date in court and Simon Goodwin has hit back at the selection table as pressure mounts at the Dees.
As a senior staff member at Carlton comes under investigation for a “management matter,” it can be revealed the same staffer was probed for a separate indiscretion.
North Melbourne is an irrelevant football club whose supporters are sick of waiting for the worm to turn. Garry Lyon is staking a line in the sand over Good Friday, asking if not now, then when?
Former Olympian Nova Peris says Jason Dunstall’s comments about Willie Rioli Sr during his Hall of Fame elevation last year ‘cut so deep’ as his son continues to grieve.
Anyone with a social media account has probably seen Daniel Gorringe – and his now blue hair – on their feeds. Here’s how – he and other footy content creators are taking over.
Just how bad is West Coast? According to Champion Data, historically bad. And it’s got club legends fearing the worst about what 2025 could bring.
It’s been blue, there’s been a lobster, it’s even barked — so what has Dogs defender Rory Lobb got in store with his latest and greatest hair transformation? Well, it’s all for a great cause.
Does Collingwood have a system that can topple Brisbane? Mick McGuane writes, there is a path for Craig McRae’s side to head into the Lion’s den and knock off the premiers.
Don’t call them the ‘comeback king’ Lions now, they’ve done it for a year, writes Callum Dick. The last 12 months, Brisbane has become a perfect test case in handling crisis on and off-field.
The pressure is well and truly on at Melbourne, and before heading overseas, incoming Demons president Steven Smith has met with the face of his club to discuss the disaster at the Dees.
Jordan De Goey is officially in for the 2023 GF rematch, but the Pies won’t have one of their key targets up forward when they face the Lions at the Gabba.
Most of our experts are off Hawthorn this weekend when they face an in-form Geelong, while elsewhere an upset might be on the cards. See the round 6 tips here.
Leigh Matthews says Chris Fagan deserves more credit for wooing the ready-made stars, but does admit the Lions have a key advantage on the rest of the AFL that isn’t really “fair.”
Sam Draper is happy in Melbourne and not looking to head back to South Australia … but Bombers fans shouldn’t relax, with Victorian clubs coming hard for the out of contract big man.
The clouds could be lifting for the Blues after a tough start, but one club has the softest fixture, after the easiest opening five rounds. JOSH BARNES reveals who the fixture is favouring.
Barossa Park’s first AFL match was a raging success – and everything premier Peter Malinauskas imagined. Matt Turner and Ruby Stewart recap an historic day in Adelaide.
Richmond coach Adem Yze says Noah Balta has served his sentence from a footballing perspective, with an impending call on his AFL selection looming.
Callan Ward admits he hasn’t been winded like he was against St Kilda in a decade, but it hasn’t dampened the ‘burning desire’ to hunt GWS’ first premiership.
After re-imagining football in the south of the state, the boss of the SFL has revealed what has pleased him most about the first few weeks of the season.
Andrew Dillon is set to lose yet another seasoned executive from league headquarters, with Brian Walsh announcing his resignation. JAY CLARK has the details.
Ken Hinkley has unloaded on trolls after Willie Rioli faced a torrent of racial abuse on social media after an Instagram post, calling the attacks a ‘disgrace’. See his full comments here.
The numbers have been crunched, and the verdict is in — one club stands head and shoulders above the rest in the AFL Power Index. And it’s not who you would expect.
One of the Brisbane Lions’ best rising talents has opened up on his debut season and contract extension as he battles to fight his way back into the premiership winning team.
Geelong coach Chris Scott has addressed the fine handed down to star Bailey Smith for flipping a bird to a fan and the Cats use of late changes saying he “doesn’t care” what people think.