AFL

Jasper Scaife is set to be picked up by North with the top selection in next week’s mid-season draft.

The booming kick set to be top pick in the mid-season draft

Meet Jasper Scaife, the forward with a famous work ethic whose WAFL coach thinks has such a booming kick he could be a punter in the NFL if he doesn’t make it in Australian rules footy. Plus, check out the list of players who will undertake medical testing at clubs’ request ahead of next week’s mid-season draft.

by Marc McGowan

Jordan De Goey will miss this weekend’s game.

Updated

AFL 2024

First-class cricketer and son of an ex-Dockers gun to debut for Magpies as De Goey out with ‘fresh injury’

by Peter Ryan

Tarryn Thomas is serving an 18-match AFL suspension and was sacked by North Melbourne.

Updated

AFL 2024

Thomas to be barred from football if fresh charges are proven

by Carla Jaeger

St Kilda fans at the MCG for their side’s clash with Collingwood earlier this year.

Exclusive

AFL 2024

Saints seeking shared tenancy, Essendon-style, at the MCG

by Jake Niall

Harley Reid fends off Melbourne opponents Clayton Oliver and Christian Petracca.

Analysis

AFL 2024

The killer stat that shows Harley Reid really is the new Dusty

by Peter Ryan

Insight & Analysis

Footy’s shades of grey: How small decisions can decide big games

There were a number of contentious decisions by the umpires when games were on the line in round 10, and Luke Beveridge has made a masterstroke move at the Bulldogs.

Marc McGowan

Sports reporter

To those saying no to an NT team in the AFL, your arguments are a crock

It’s only fair that there will be an NT team in the AFL some day soon. And when you look at the reasons why, it adds up.

Greg Baum

Sports columnist

Footy’s great science experiment: Why Saints’ woes are not Max King’s fault

Max and Ben King might be identical twins, but the teams they play for look to be heading in opposite directions.

Michael Gleeson

Sports columnist

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Luke Parker incident has been sent to the tribunal for this incident at Kinetic Park Frankston on Friday night

AFL 2024

Parker bump sent straight to tribunal; Liberatore eyes return from concussion battle

Premiership Swan Luke Parker has been sent straight to the VFL tribunal. Meanwhile, Tom Liberatore is eyeing a return from his concussion scare but Jordan De Goey is racing to prove his fitness.

by Peter Ryan, Marc McGowan, Michael Gleeson and Greg Dundas

Opinion

Real Footy Podcast

‘Showed a lot of cracks’: The competition in season 2024 is closer than you think

This week on the Real Footy podcast, Mathew Stokes joins Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall to discuss what this round taught us about how even the competition is, St Kilda’s struggles and the Bombers’ top four bona fides.