Despite their incredible 2022 season, Collingwood will miss out on many of the AFL’s primetime Thursday and Friday slots to accommodate their annual Anzac Day clash against Essendon, which falls on a Tuesday. The Pies feature only three times in the league’s popular Thursday and Friday matches in the first half of the season, playing twice on a Friday night […]

The AFL has released the fixture for its inaugural “Gather Round”, to be held in South Australia next year, with the 18 clubs scheduled to play matches across three venues. Adelaide Oval, Norwood and Mount Barker in the Adelaide Hills will all host games, as football is concentrated in the state for a festival of footy. Adelaide Oval will host […]

Hawthorn have reached a final settlement with Alastair Clarkson, paying the four-time premiership coach the $450,000 that he was still owed for his last contract. Sources familiar with the arrangement said Clarkson had been paid the outstanding amount – the second tranche of his 2022 contract to coach the club – in mid-November, as scheduled. The Clarkson camp had been […]

Richmond small forward Maurice Rioli jnr has inherited the Tigers’ No. 10 jumper from triple premiership player Shane Edwards, continuing the jumper’s Indigenous link. Rioli, whose father Maurice Rioli played 118 games for the Tigers, previously wore the No. 49 in 17 games over the past two years, 15 last season, where he kicked 14 goals and came to be […]

West Coast Eagles executive and former football head Craig Vozzo will be the new chief executive at Essendon. In a coup for the club after Andrew Thorburn’s very short time in the role, the Bombers have secured the highly respected Vozzo for the top job. Vozzo’s appointment will be good news for president David Barham, (right) and important support for […]

Sydney Swans made cheeky bids for two academy players with successive picks on night one then backed it up by selecting a Hawthorn academy product – and landing the player before the Hawks had a chance to match the bid. Sydney chose Cooper Vickery, a small defender tied to the Hawks though the next-generation academy, at pick 27. Clubs cannot […]

Sometimes you need an opportunity. Sometimes you also need someone to put in the right word to the right person to get that opportunity. Joe Richards, a 23-year-old teacher at a special education school in Wangaratta playing country footy, finally got both. After some persistent prodding from a former player, Derek Hine (pictured) selected Joe Richards.Credit:AFL Photos After five years […]

Key posts 6.21pmSydney’s bold draft play and how GWS stared them down 6.17pmMore trades to come? Demons open to Giant move 6.16pmEvery pick from the 2022 AFL national draft 1 of 1 Sydney’s bold draft play and how GWS stared them down Sydney warned the Giants before placing their shock bid on academy prospect Harry Rowston on Monday night, hoping […]

Key points Melbourne reveal interest in Giants’ pick at start of second round. The Demons tried unsuccessfully to score Essendon’s top-five selection. GWS could keep their second-round pick but will weigh up offers. Melbourne look set to be one of the suitors for Greater Western Sydney’s coveted pick at the start of round two after drafting a second key forward […]