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Analysis
AFL 2024
The votes are in, the winner decided. Footy’s best decade is...
A dozen experts voted on the decade they thought was the pinnacle beginning with the 1970s, through to today.
- by Jon Pierik
Four Points
AFL 2024
Ignore their ladder positions, here’s why the Roos and Pies just played out the best game of 2024
- by Michael Gleeson
Dusty’s 300th
AFL 2024
Almost a time warp to Tiger glory days as 92,311 converge for Dusty
- by Andrew Wu
Insight & Analysis
Footy was better then ... but was it? AFL greats have their say
We asked champions which decade of footy was the greatest. Next, our experts vote on the best spectacle, skills, tactics, toughness and fan experience. Today, you have your say.
Jon Pierik
Sports journalist for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
The nine upstarts who have muscled into the mid-year All-Australian side
There are the automatic picks, the regulars, and then there are the selections which will raise eyebrows - some of whom I do not expect to be in the All-Australian team at season’s end.
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
The shirtfront Brayden Maynard didn’t see coming
As a kid, Magpie Brayden Maynard was so excited by footy that he sometimes peed his pants. At 200 games, he’s still excited. But it shows in a different way.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
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Tasmania Devils executive director Kath McCann was the brainchild behind the club’s $10 memberships, which have already attracted 195,000 members.
- by Caroline Wilson
Bulldogs rise to occasion as Bont’s stunner floors Freo
Marcus Bontempelli has shrugged off illness and produced another masterful display to lead the Western Bulldogs to a 67-point hammering of Fremantle.
Opinion
AFL 2024
Take it from a long-suffering fan, the Demons’ dynasty looks over before it began
- by James Massola
Dusty’s 300th
AFL 2024
Almost a time warp to Tiger glory days as 92,311 converge for Dusty
- by Andrew Wu
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AFL 2024
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