Whether he’s on a wave or about to unleash on his deadly left boot, Fremantle defender Hayden Young knows he’s in the zone when things start happening in slow motion. Young has become a key cog in Fremantle’s impressive defensive set-up this year, with his pin-point kicking proving a crucial weapon. Hayden Young has become a key part of Fremantle’s […]

The Seven Network and Foxtel will announce that they have retained the AFL broadcast rights beyond 2024 after agreeing to a fresh deal on Tuesday. A senior media industry source confirmed to The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald that the deal would run for seven years and was a significant increase on the previous deal, which was worth $946 […]

Saving the NRL’s fittest man from himself shapes as a key pillar of Parramatta’s bid to ride their finals momentum into Friday’s western Sydney stoush against Penrith. Captain Clint Gutherson’s status as rugby league’s road runner – often clocking around 10 kilometres a game, according to Telstra Tracker GPS data – has been a feature for much of Brad Arthur’s […]

Parramatta Eels 22 bt Melbourne Storm 14 Parramatta have fired a warning shot to the NRL’s premiership contenders and set up a qualifying final showdown with Penrith after leaving the Melbourne Storm in unfamiliar territory for week one of the finals. Only once since 2011 have Melbourne finished outside the top four, and now they will look to do what […]

Rivalries from one end of Sydney to the other, with player poaching and venue squabbles added to an already volatile mix. A 30-year friendship between one pair of old mentors is put on hold, while two of the game’s best new coaches collide thanks to remarkable 2022 turnarounds. The NRL finals are upon us, full of sugar, spice and all […]

Collingwood midfielder Jordan De Goey had scans on Sunday morning after hurting his shoulder in the second quarter of Saturday’s qualifying final loss to Geelong. De Goey went to the rooms during the quarter but re-emerged to be among the Magpies’ best players, kicking two goals in the final quarter to nearly lift Collingwood into a preliminary final. Jordan De […]

Geelong have defied their finals reputation and are into a preliminary final after beating Collingwood at the MCG on Saturday in a thrilling match that went down the wire in front of more than 91,000 fans. It was goal for goal in the final quarter, and you would have missed a lead change should you have blinked – including scores […]

Last year’s Norm Smith medallist Christian Petracca suffered a hairline fracture of the fibula and a contusion in his leg (a corkie) when he clashed with Lance Franklin in the first quarter of Friday night’s qualifying final. He played out the game before scans revealed the fracture however the Demons say he is in more danger of missing next week’s […]

It was the soul-crushing five-point loss to West Coast in the 2018 grand final that led Collingwood fan Luke Caruana to create his social media fan account, “Swoop Luke”. Caruana, who has 13,000 followers on Instagram (one of the largest AFL footy fan accounts), also uploads weekly videos on his YouTube page providing commentary on matches and predictions, including for […]