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AFL tiers: A clear flag favourite; 'silly season' winners and losers
Who are the 2027 flag favourites? Who are the legitimate contenders? And who should already be booking September holidays? It's our way-too-early edition of AFL tiers.
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Every AFL club's trade and free agency period graded
DRAFT LATEST
First-round Phantom Draft: An early look at who goes where, when bids will come
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'I'm a competitor': Cody Walker primed and ready for the next step
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North Melbourne knows Blakey's price. The full cost remains unknown
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The W Files: Finals fixture dilemma; the eye-popping Port Adelaide stat
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The six sporting comebacks as improbable as Brisbane's 2026 flag triumph
FAGAN CALLS TIME
AFL overreactions: Brisbane can't win the 2027 flag without Chris Fagan and Lachie Neale
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RANKING THE GRAND FINALS
Top 10 Grand Finals since 2000: Where does 2026 rank?
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AFL DRAFT
'They'd follow me knowing I kick goals': NGA-tied Khaled El Souki is in first-round contention
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September Power Rankings: An extended top 35, plus current player comparisons
Top Headlines
- 'Tough decision': Pies skipper to exit AFLW club
- Saints add firepower with 'Package' deal
- Blues defender cops ban, drink driving charge
- AFL warns players ahead of hair tests for drugs
- AFL stadium builder named, cost could blow out
- All AFL players traded before the deadline
- Young Crow left in lurch as deadline passes
- Swan 'sorry' as Roos seal blockbuster trade
- Butters mulled making AFL exit public in-season
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2026 AFL Draft indicative order: every club, every pick
The AFL offseason is a time for hope. Here's the latest 2026 AFL national draft indicative order, taking into account completed pick swaps and trades.
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AFL trade and free agency grades - Every club's report card from the 2026 transfer period
The 2026 AFL trade and free agency period is over. Some teams improved, some stagnated, and others, well, got worse. Here's how every team fared over the last two weeks.
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ESPN's All-Australian team for 2026: Final 23 named -- who gets snubbed?
Who would pick up an AFL All-Australian blazer if our three footy writers, Jake Michaels, Matt Walsh, and Jarryd Barca had their way? Here's ESPN's final All-Australian team.
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Listen to our AFL podcast - the ESPN Footy Podcast with Champion Data
Join ESPN's footy team for some of the best AFL analysis and insight on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
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Remembering Neale Daniher: The football figure who became Australia's inspiration
There have been more decorated footballers. More successful coaches. But it's difficult to think of too many figures in Australian sport who have left a greater impression on people, or whose influence stretched so far beyond the game itself.
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'It's a scam': What the AFL and city of Adelaide won't tell you about Gather Round
Everyone loves to rave about Gather Round. But unless you're in the financial 1%, this weekend-long football festival just isn't meant for you.
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We're misty-optically: Paying tribute to Dennis Cometti, a footy commentary icon
It's inevitably the witticisms which first spring first to mind when think of Dennis Cometti, but, more broadly, he was Australian football's greatest ever caller and will be sorely missed, writes Rohan Connolly.
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Ranking every AFL after-the-siren winning goal since 2000
Since the turn of the millennium, there have been 33 after-the-siren goals kicked which have won the game. We've ranked them -- taking into account shot difficulty, context of the match, conditions, and more to determine which clutch kick rules them all.
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AFL player record holders, statistical leaders, and more
Who has played the most AFL games? Who has kicked the most AFL goals? Here are the league leaders in history for all the stats that matter.
