Kim Jong Un?
Shocking figuring yet again.
Two good games at the same time.
Blues keep getting "blockbuster" time slots.
I suppose Carlton arr popular because people like to watch a car crash in slow motion?
Watching Gunston put on another clinic last night got me thinking how many 34yo have won the Coleman.
3 of the top 4 in the 2025 Coleman were aged over 30.
Cameron (1st), Gunston (2nd) and Elliott (4th).
This is a pretty handy team. The fwd line is unstoppable.
Pearce Collins Vlaustin...
Oh well this is hilarious!
The push into China was such a great success that half of China are now Port Power and Saints fans!
Having already conquered the middle kingdom dragon it's now time to conquer the Land of Indus - sometimes known as the Subcontinent.
Good luck Dylan!
(Or - it's...
Is the honeymoon over? 14 years in to the experiment.
Average home crowds this season 12,000.
Hogan, Whitfield, Greene, Kelly, Coniglio all 30.
AFLW side on the bottom .
Tassie coming in.
We all know the "membership" numbers are fake and pumped up by the cheap kayo offer
Publicly they will...
Not in the starting line-up for Adelaide at the moment
Proven himself capable as a solid tall defender.
Would be in demand . Especially by the Bulldogs.
I don't want to parrot Kane Cornes but here we are.
Seems like there are a few long term contracts that have gone sour..
I'll make a start but please feel free to add suggestions and I'll update the OP.
1. Clayton Oliver > 2030
2. Noah Balta > 2032
3. Luke Davies Uniacke > 2032
4. Tim Kelly...
Good article in today's AFR detailing the AFL over reliance on gambling revenue and their cynical and rank hypocrisy when they support causes like "Carlton respects".
Behind a pathway so apologies...
Not sure if main thread worthy but a pretty significant career and personality.
Hangs them up a year early due to concussion after a 12 year career.
Was pretty much impassable for a few years around the Premiership year.
Eagles great forced to retire after latest concussion -...
Surprised we haven't had more rumours but something doesn't smell right at the Blues.
McKay and Hollands both out for personal reasons.
This seems fairly unusual
Is there more to this or just a coincidence?
Also seems the whole Sayers/Bupa scandal has been forgotten.
As if the AFL doesn't have enough meaningless medals already and isn't already corporatised to the max.
We now have some monstrosity called the "Richard Pratt medal" I assume for whenever Collingwood play Carlton? Named after some bloke because he was rich?
WTF?
This guy was involved in...
Which players are either over rated, over paid, or regularly not putting in the effort in the two hours a week that matter, game day.
I'll start
Ben McKay (is he the most over paid player in AFL/VFL history?)
JUH
Dylan Shiel
Andrew McGrath
Jade Gresham
Lachie Fogarty
Mitch McGovern
Isaac...
https://www.foxsports.com.au/more-sports/afl-2024-ranking-the-best-25-players-aged-under-25-for-the-2025-season-stats-analysis-opinion-latest-news/news-story/c30f729854378d341bd42b93a5ce40be
Has to be one of the worst "lists" I've seen in some time.
Matt Rowell is nowhere near Will Ashcroft...
Maybe Jeff Kenneth was right.
Clarkson's last few years at the Hawks he showed a fair bit of of incompetence.
Yes ha had a three-peat but he had onfield coaches Hodge and Lewis and Fagan there to keep him in check.
Has his time been and gone? Is he really a "genius"? Or just lucky?
He seems...
So apparently Noah Answerth did a "cry baby" gesture to Harrison Petty.
Not sure I have much sympathy for Petty personally but I'm sure there will be a wide range of views on this.
Most folk probably won't care either way and may consider this incident.... ummm... rather petty...
North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has been handed a $20,000 fine and suspended two-match ban until the end of the 2025 season by the AFL for his fiery exchange with St Kilda players...
https://www.zerohanger.com/introduce-a-sin-bin-to-afl-says-malthouse-5074/
So Im only talking about where an on the spot review shows an absolutely blatant act of thuggery and where a player is taken out of a game.
I'm thinking of incidents like Simpkin, Andrew Brayshaw and Brent Saker.
Who are the top ten players under 21 currently,?
I'll have a try
Nick Daicos
Harry Sheezel
Mitch Owens.
Will Ashcroft
Josh Rachelle
Jason Horne Francis
Nasiah Wanganeen Milera
Jye Amiss
Finn Callaghan
Jake Soligo
Emerging
Matteus Phillipou
Jacob Van Rooyen
George Wardlaw
We hear a lot about the mummas' boys of the AFL.
The "go home factor" and the "flight risks". The JHFs and the Archie Perkins. The "Qld one day and home the next" Josh Shaches. And of course Ollie "Bellarine Dream" Henry
But what about the blokes who never go home. The road warriors. The true...
Officially the worst season ever for WA footy since the AFL expansion.
Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles set to combine for worst WA footy season since AFL expansion
Under 18s also rubbish in 2023 National Champs.
Lost to Allies by 88 and Vic Metro by 81.
What is happening?
Footy...
Feels like a watershed moment with the Allies winning the under 18 champs.
Along with the Suns and Lions reserves sides are we witnessing the emergence of Qld as legit AFL breeding ground?
The AFL would be quietly stoked that their investment is nearing some fruit finally.
Is this sustainable...