2+ hour, 33+ min ago   (752+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:40pm Cronulla chief executive Dino Mezzatesta fears the Sharks may never host an NRL final in their own backyard again, but says the NRL should implement a blanket finals policy that will ensure all clubs are treated the same. The…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1255+ words) September 12, 2026 — 6:30am For nearly four quarters, Collingwood captain Ruby Schleicher was on the verge of an unwanted statistical milestone. With just three minutes left in last weekend’s game against Carlton, her career-high personal tally of three goals and four behinds would…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (957+ words) September 9, 2026 — 4:34pm It is conceivable that Zak Butters will choose to play for Geelong, and that the Cats will not give up anything – not even their first draft choice – for one of the best four or five players in the competition....

6+ day, 8+ min ago   (349+ words) September 7, 2026 — 4:04pm Two nondescript bags stuffed with old footy guernseys and left outside St Vincent’s de Paul in Hampton might usually go unnoticed. Were it not for a line of eager footy fans outside the op-shop early on Monday, store manager…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1091+ words) September 6, 2026 — 7:39pm The Swans did, if not the impossible, then the highly unlikely. In some ways, winning the game was their least surprising achievement. Somehow, they made themselves likeable. Admirable even. That outcome seemed more implausible for the past three weeks…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (636+ words) September 3, 2026 — 6:46pm In the annals of coach sackings, North Melbourne’s public evisceration of Alastair Clarkson might rank as the least-merciful we have seen this century. North president Sonja Hood and Clarkson’s lieutenant and long-time friend Todd Viney did not spare Clarkson’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1552+ words) September 3, 2026 — 3:50pm I like former Hawthorn great and part-time troublemaker Don Scott, and I suspect he likes me. As with all legitimate eccentrics, he doesn’t see himself as eccentric at all. I have found him warm and generous. Others find him…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (819+ words) August 31, 2026 — 10:28am The AFL insists the wildcard round was the start of the finals, but there is no doubt the post-season is here once the calendar turns over to September. Four big finals are on the menu this week, and we…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (1461+ words) August 30, 2026 — 2:40pm The numbers will tell you wildcard weekend was a roaring success. For the AFL that is all that matters. As a case of theatre, the wildcard was box-office drama and the most compelling argument the AFL could have hoped…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1127+ words) August 30, 2026 — 5:00am The marathon Essendon coach search process that ended with Mark McVeigh’s anointment had elements of a reality television program, beginning, as it did, with James Hird putting his hand up on Footy Classified alongside his friend Eddie McGuire and…...