The AFL flag blueprint:Is your club in the premiership window?
Analysis
AFL 2025

The AFL flag blueprint:Is your club in the premiership window?

There’s a blueprint which history suggests is required to be in premiership contention next season. What does that look like,and where does your team sit? We take a look.

  • byJon Pierik

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Pick a winner:Who your team will target in the AFL draft

Pick a winner:Who your team will target in the AFL draft

We now know the ins and outs,the draft picks and the list spots that are available,so what will your club’s strategy be at the national draft and what players do they have their eyes on?

  • byMarc McGowan
Bombers and Hawks delist former top-10 picks;Power ironman signs on for a 19th season
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024

Bombers and Hawks delist former top-10 picks;Power ironman signs on for a 19th season

Port Adelaide veteran Travis Boak will play on for a 19th season in 2025,while Essendon’s clean out has continued with the club delisting a forward. West Coast and Hawthorn also cut players.

  • byMichael Gleeson,Jon Pierik andScott Spits
AFL trades as it happened:Houston a Magpie after tough talks;Former AFL coach joins Saints

AFL trades as it happened:Houston a Magpie after tough talks;Former AFL coach joins Saints

Keep up with all the action from the AFL’s trade period. Dan Houston becomes a Magpie after the deal that faltered last night was resurrected. Meanwhile,Liam Baker and Matthew Owies found their way to West Coast.

  • byScott Spits
Houston,we have lift-off:Magpies all-in on flag tilt after landing All-Australian

Houston,we have lift-off:Magpies all-in on flag tilt after landing All-Australian

Collingwood landed dual All-Australian Dan Houston in a huge trade involving Gold Coast and Port Adelaide that saw five players change clubs.

  • byPeter Ryan,Michael Gleeson,Marc McGowan andJake Niall
Masked Demon thrives in return from horror facial injury despite struggling to breathe through guard
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AFLW

Masked Demon thrives in return from horror facial injury despite struggling to breathe through guard

Olivia Purcell did not take a backward step in her comeback match,adding extra grunt to Melbourne’s midfield.

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Houston,we have a problem:Demons could cause hell in trade sweepstakes

Houston,we have a problem:Demons could cause hell in trade sweepstakes

The Demons have emerged as unlikely disruptors in which Victorian club Port Adelaide’s star defender Dan Houston ends up at by Wednesday night.

  • byMarc McGowan andPeter Ryan
Collingwood,Essendon in the thick of trade action with interstate clubs

Collingwood,Essendon in the thick of trade action with interstate clubs

Collingwood are aiming to secure dual All-Australian Dan Houston for a pick and a player in the hope they can retain a selection in the first round of this year’s draft.

  • byMichael Gleeson andPeter Ryan
‘We think we’re still a chance’:Roos won’t be brushed aside by Blues,Pies in the race for Dan Houston

‘We think we’re still a chance’:Roos won’t be brushed aside by Blues,Pies in the race for Dan Houston

The Kangaroos know they remain outsiders in the race to land the Power’s two-time All-Australian,but they also know they could offer a strong enough deal to satisfy Port Adelaide.

  • byPeter Ryan,Marc McGowan andMichael Gleeson
Let’s deal:How the biggest AFL trades get done

Let’s deal:How the biggest AFL trades get done

The figurative arm-wrestling between clubs has already begun as the AFL’s trade period prepares to officially start on Monday. We go inside the biggest deals – from Dan Houston to Shai Bolton,and Gold Coast’s coveted pick 13 – to see how they will get done.

  • byMarc McGowan,Michael Gleeson andJon Pierik
Money Talks:When will the bid come for Lions’ father-son Levi Ashcroft?
Money Talks
AFL 2024

Money Talks:When will the bid come for Lions’ father-son Levi Ashcroft?

Brisbane Lions father-son prospect Levi Ashcroft could become the second player to attract a bid at pick one of the national draft in November as clubs start to drill down on the draft pool.

  • byPeter Ryan