3 d. ago Player ratings: The Aussie with a perfect 10 and the Englishman who embodies Bazball without brains

The second Test at the Gabba delivered many moments that will go down in Ashes history. We rate every Australian and English player from an unforgettable match.

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4 d. ago When will the Australia/US critical minerals deal bear fruit? Let’s ask a player

We signed a deal with the US two months ago. But very few projects are under way.

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2 w. ago England after dark: When Stokes is half the player and half the squad hasn’t played

The tourists have their reasons for brushing a day-night warm-up before the second Test. But their pink-ball numbers are nothing short of alarming.

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2 w. ago Player ratings: From the two match winners, to the Englishman whose nightmare came true

The Perth Ashes Test was gripping from start to finish, but it didn’t even last for two days. We rate every Australian and English player from an unforgettable match.

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2 w. ago From Gold Coast’s golden academy, to the club that didn’t pick at all: Analysing every club’s 2025 draft

All up, 60 footballers found an AFL home in the most compromised national draft in history. We look at each club’s haul and hear from recruiting and list managers to explain their strategies.

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2 w. ago From the player who cried in his room thinking his dream was over, to sons and brothers of guns: Every pick of the AFL draft

The Cats have snared the younger brother of one of their stars. See all the picks from second night of the 2025 AFL Draft, and what the players had to say on the biggest night of their careers so far.

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3 w. ago Duursma heads west with pick No.1 as the ‘bolter’ who had to be smuggled into Marvel steals the show

The first night of the 2025 AFL draft is done and dusted, and as expected, Willem Duursma was taken at pick No.1 by the West Coast Eagles. But one of the storylines of the night belongs to Melbourne.

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3 w. ago AFL Draft 2025 LIVE updates: Willem Duursma heads west, Dees stun with early ‘bolter’, Dons fortunes turn big

The first night of the 2025 AFL draft is under way with dozens of hopefuls learning their fate tonight. Follow all the action live.

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3 w. ago AFL Draft 2025 LIVE updates: Willem Duursma heads out west with pick No.1, clubs fend off academy, father

The first night of the 2025 AFL draft is under way with dozens of hopefuls learning their fate tonight. Follow all the action live.

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3 w. ago AFL Draft 2025 LIVE updates: Willem Duursma expected to go first to West Coast Eagles as countdown to draft begins

The 2025 AFL draft is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable in years. Follow every pick as it happens.

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3 w. ago When this draft hopeful started to get noticed, things fell apart. This is how he got back on track

Draft prospect Sam Grlj has ridden an emotional rollercoaster in his draft year, but he sought advice and learned to ride the ups and downs and now his dream career awaits.

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3 w. ago From teens to titans: How 16 of the AFL’s biggest names looked in their draft year

Some are unrecognisable, others haven’t changed a bit. We revisited these stars to see what they looked like and what was said about them as AFL wannabes.

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3 w. ago This former Test player could coach Australia. He has quit his state to join the franchise circuit

Adam Voges, a frontrunner to replace Andrew McDonald as Australian head coach when his contract expires in 2027, has quit his job as Western Australia’s head coach to take up new roles on the Twenty20 franchise circuit.

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3 w. ago A legendary NFL boss says AFL clubs must follow these eight commandments for success

He built a Super Bowl-winning team. This is his advice for AFL teams ahead of Wednesday and Thursday’s national draft.

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3 w. ago The draft is a day away. Here’s who your club is set to pick

Here’s our final forecast of how the first 30 picks at this week’s AFL draft will play out.

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3 w. ago How Tigers, past and present, will shape the top of the AFL draft

Richmond have declared they’ll go against the grain and make multiple bids for players early in this week’s draft, while many of the other major players on draft night have previous connections to the club.

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3 w. ago The football factory 1700km from Melbourne’s eastern suburbs

A Gold Coast sporting academy is preparing to take over the AFL. We break down the six young draft hopefuls to emerge.

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3 w. ago Why this year’s compromised AFL draft is so difficult to predict

There are many reasons why predicting this year’s AFL draft is so tough - and it goes beyond the academy and father-son players scattered throughout.

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3 w. ago Meet the AFL prospect with the best kick in this year’s draft class

Josh Lindsay works as hard at his craft as any of his draft peers, and is poised to be a first-round pick in this year’s draft.

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3 w. ago Footballers across Australia are about to have their draft dreams realised. Here’s how you can join them

The journey to the big-time is longer for some than others, but it requires talent, dedication, planning, decision-making, luck and resilience.

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