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Melbourne’s Cup day: Demons diehards ready for their day in the sun after drought-breaking flag
Melbourne supporters will finally get to see their heroes celebrate their drought breaking premiership live on Sunday in a celebration at the MCG.
- by Peter Ryan
De Goey hopes to meet with new coach McRae as court hearing looms
- by Peter Ryan and Jake Niall
Insight & Analysis
Why Richmond are well ahead of Geelong on rebuild road
Richmond and Geelong will enter 2022 attempting what the AFL’s draft and salary cap regime is designed to prevent: to contend for the premiership while simultaneously replenishing playing lists.
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
A blinder of a night for the AFL’s growth and new markets
Wednesday night’s draft was confirmation of the arrival in the game of Sudanese-Australians among the elite kids in the country.
Michael Gleeson
Sports columnist
The AFL rookie list is old, and the bid system is a farce
The AFL has done well to keep the competition going but with a return to normal on the horizon, the time has arrived to deal with a few issues around player movement.
Peter Ryan
Sports reporter
Latest in AFL
A small tax now: how the Hawks are paying out Clarkson’s contract
Hawthorn have taken a hit and paid a small tax to the AFL for exceeding the soft cap in the year coach Alastair Clarkson left but are confident his pay-out won’t affect their budget.
- by Jake Niall
The curious case of Nathan Fyfe: Freo favourite comes full circle
While he’s definitely not getting any younger, a shoulder infection and new haircut have combined to make Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe resemble the scrawny teenager who debuted for the Dockers back in 2010.
- by David Prestipino
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