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A big call to make: Your club’s free agents for 2024
Hugh McCluggage, Jack Martin, Andrew McGrath, Tim English and Dustin Martin. What do they have in common? They are all part of the AFL’s 2024 free agency class.
- by Marc McGowan
Insight & Analysis
The draft has become farcical and needs major surgery
The mechanism for distributing players is unnecessarily complicated and failing to fulfil its basic mission. It is neither fair nor a system that genuinely equalises as it once did.
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
Everyone feels wronged: Why Hawthorn can’t move on
Not even the promise of a new home and the arrival of an exciting group of draftees this week could save the Hawks from another blow-up related to the club’s cultural safety review.
Michael Gleeson
Sports columnist
Merch bonanza: Where the money goes from Magpies’ record flag windfall
Collingwood have already broken records for AFL merchandise sales but aren’t pocketing the bulk of the money.
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
Latest in AFL
Marvel-less: Bombers’ bid for extra MCG games
Essendon are looking to play more home games at the MCG from 2025 onwards, with their agreement to play seven home games at Marvel Stadium finishing at the end of 2024.
- by Peter Ryan
Carlton’s connector, on and off field: How Adam Saad makes a difference
The dashing Blues’ half-back-flanker helps youngsters off the field and is a pivotal link man at a club aiming for a premiership in 2024.
- by Jon Pierik
Analysis
NRL 2024
Why V’landys has turned Las Vegas into the new battleground for NRL and AFL
- by Andrew Webster
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Melbourne’s Clayton Oliver to face court over driving charge
- by Jake Niall, Lachlan Abbott and Scott Spits