Key points All clubs have met the AFL’s requirement to make two first-round picks in a four-year period. The league introduced the rule to protect clubs once future trading was given the green light. Thirteen AFL clubs traded a total of 31 future picks last year, with 2023 results to determine them. No AFL club will be shackled with trade […]

Not that long ago, Ivan Cleary had an urge to ask his son Nathan what kept him hungry for success. At just 25, Nathan has already won two NRL premierships with the Panthers, featured in three Origin series wins for NSW and, most recently, collected a World Cup with the Kangaroos. Add to that more individual honours than most players […]

The All Stars clash has lost one of its biggest drawcards after Josh Addo-Carr pulled out of the pre-season event. Addo-Carr, who captained the Indigenous team last year, has withdrawn in a bid to be fresh for the upcoming season. The Canterbury star has come off a gruelling 2023 campaign that included 23 NRL games and five matches for the […]

Of all the opinions in the debate about whether Tom Trbojevic should move positions – or perhaps even clubs – the one that matters most comes from 16,000km away. Speaking from his home in Philadelphia, reconditioning specialist to the stars Bill Knowles has run the rule over Trbojevic’s gammy hammys and reckons the Manly fullback should stay put. “No, I […]

In today’s AFL Briefing, your daily wrap of footy news: Mason Redman keen to put his hand up for the Essendon captaincy should the opportunity arise. Another departure from the Blues following the review of their AFLW program. Port Adelaide forward Jeremy Finlayson is set to undergo syndesmosis surgery. Redman keen on leadership Jackson Graham Essendon’s Mason Redman says he […]

St George Illawarra have pulled out of discussions with former Melbourne and Brisbane halfback Brodie Croft about the prospect of joining the Dragons as a replacement for the suspended Junior Amone. St George Illawarra are seeking salary cap dispensation from the NRL to bring a playmaker to the club after head office triggered the automatic no-fault stand down policy against […]

Peter Moore wants one thing for his son Darcy as captain of Collingwood that he never had leading the club – longevity. Peter Moore was Collingwood captain in 1981 and 1982 before political turmoil saw him quit the club and move to Melbourne, where he won a second Brownlow Medal to go with the one he won at the Magpies […]

Only a year ago, Lachlan Miller would have been content just to play one NRL game. Now he’s replacing Kalyn Ponga as the Newcastle No.1. “If you asked me 12 months ago where I thought I would be, I wouldn’t say here,” Miller told the Herald. “I was happy just to play one game in the NRL, and from there […]

Key points There are six 2021 first-round draftees yet to extend their contract beyond this year. Seventeen of the top-20 picks from that draft played at least once at AFL level in 2022.  Hawthorn’s Josh Ward, the No.7 pick in 2021, re-signed for two more years in January. Top-three selections Sam Darcy and Finn Callaghan headline six 2021 first-round draft […]

North Melbourne are meeting to formulate a response to allegations of violence towards women levelled against midfielder Tarryn Thomas. The 22-year-old is already facing one charge of threatening to distribute an intimate image, and News Corp reports that other women have made complaints to the AFL that have been referred to police. Tarryn Thomas is facing a police charge and […]