Draft
- Money Talks
- AFL 2026
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
Latest
Watson alleges soft drink bottle thrown at Hawks
Hawthorn's Nick Watson says a Coke bottle was thrown at he and his teammates at the end of Thursday night's game at the MCG against Sydney.
- AFL Briefing
- AFL 2026
Expecting a free run at a top-10 pick for your club? Not so fast
A proposal to eliminate free agency compensation picks from the first 10 selections of the 2026 AFL national draft is in doubt.
- Sam McClure, Peter Ryan and Andrew Wu
‘This is on me, not the club’: Alastair Clarkson opens up on the Roos’ plight
In an expansive interview, the veteran four-time premiership coach outlines his goals for the struggling North Melbourne, and what would make him walk away.
- Jake Niall
- Exclusive
- AFL 2026
Not just Tasmania: Look out Collingwood, Victorian rivals are circling Daicos
Nick Daicos appears unwilling, for now, to sign the kind of long-term extension that could make him a Magpie for life.
- Sam McClure
Jagga Smith never had a scan as a junior. His first one in the AFL devastated him
Carlton’s young gun hits the MCG on Thursday for the first time in a Blues guernsey – his club under serious pressure and needing a win over the Tigers.
- Peter Ryan
- Analysis
- AFL 2026
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
- Analysis
- AFL 2026
‘Not going to be pushed around’: Can the Saints buy a stairway to heaven?
Whatever unfolds at St Kilda in 2026, the Saints have moved from off-Broadway to Times Square. They’ve raised the stakes dramatically.
- Jake Niall
Draft tensions rise as the choice of Luke Hodge’s son looms
Cooper Hodge, the son of the four-time Hawks premiership player, grew up in Brisbane developing his talent in the Lions academy. Both the Lions and Hawks have hosted him at training.
- Peter Ryan
Who has the best young guns in the AFL? Your club’s 22-and-unders ranked
The players born since the start of 2004 are not only stars of the future, many are already lighting up the competition.
- Marc McGowan