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Marc McGowan

Marc McGowan

Marc McGowan is a sports reporter for The Age

Los Angeles Rams punter Ethan Evans.

A final at Marvel? NFL match could force 15-year first for AFL

The regular season game between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers will take place on Friday, September 11, 2026 – which could cause a disruption to the AFL’s semi-final plans if more than one Victorian team hosts a match that weekend.

  • Billie Eder, Marc McGowan and Daniella White

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Hawthorn co-captain Jai Newcombe.

Risk versus reward: Rating the best and worst long-term deals across the AFL

We dive into the risks clubs take when they sign players to long-term deals, and how often the risk actually pays off.

  • Peter Ryan and Marc McGowan
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‘Messiah’ hopes for Wanganeen-Milera ‘not realistic’; Swans blow with Gulden out for months

St Kilda legend Nick Riewoldt has cautioned pundits to temper expectations on Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera. In tough news for the Sydney Swans, Errol Gulden needs surgery on his shoulder and will miss four months of football.

  • Peter Ryan, Jon Pierik, Jonathan Drennan, Scott Spits and Marc McGowan
Spring in their step: Jacob van Rooyen and Max Gawn.

King-sized win: New-look Demons on song, edge St Kilda’s rich recruits

Melbourne’s Steven King era is off to a perfect start, consigning St Kilda and their band of rich recruits to a second consecutive defeat at the MCG on Sunday.

  • Marc McGowan
Finding Craig Tiley’s replacement is Tennis Australia’s No.1 priority.

‘We’ve created a monster’: Former Australian Open boss reveals vision to replace ‘one-off’ Tiley

Paul McNamee was the Australian Open’s boss before Craig Tiley, and has strong views on what should happen now Tennis Australia’s CEO has resigned.

  • Marc McGowan
Ben King is poised to break Victorian hearts all over again.

Will Victorian hearts break again? The AFL’s biggest trade and free agency targets in 2026

From big-ticket targets to the players who might be squeezed out of their clubs, this is the mail on the footballers who will be hunted by teams in 2026.

  • Marc McGowan and Peter Ryan
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Nick Daicos.

Daicos had 41 touches, but Magpie teammate’s job on ‘Nas’ was the talk of opening night at the ’G

Too old? Collingwood laughed off that label in a tight win over star-studded St Kilda in front of 82,528 people at the MCG, a record home-and-away crowd for the Saints.

  • Marc McGowan
Magpies coach Craig McRae

Big-game Magpies outlast big-spending Saints in prime-time MCG blockbuster

The Pies outlasted St Kilda’s ferocious comeback attempt to start the season with a 12-point win without captain Darcy Moore and fellow injured star defender Jeremy Howe.

  • Jon Pierik and Marc McGowan
No.1 draft pick Travis Bazzana and Team Australia are preparing to face the might of Japan.

Ohtani could be baseball’s GOAT. This is the Australian star about to take him on

Australia’s first-ever Major League Baseball No.1 draft pick and his countrymen are plotting a titanic upset against Shohei Ohtani – the biggest name in the sport – in his home country, Japan.

  • Marc McGowan
Craig Tiley announced on Wednesday that he will leave Tennis Australia.

‘You’ve got two jobs’: The priorities for Tiley’s successor at Tennis Australia

Tiley will remain in his current role for the next few months and be part of the process to find his successor.

  • Marc McGowan and Scott Spits