Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And with superstars wherever you look, Penrith in ominous touch and Brisbane leading a chasing pack that’s closing fast, we run through each week one finals clash and look at […]
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The 2023 NRL awards: The good, bad and ugly of a drama-packed season
By Michael Chammas Mitchell Moses, Kalyn Ponga, Reece Walsh and Latrell MitchellCredit: Getty Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The NRL regular season has come to an end. The Herald looks back at all the defining moments throughout the year to determine which players […]
Suit one day, footy the next: How Angus Brayshaw balanced up for flag tilt
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Once a week, Melbourne midfielder Angus Brayshaw puts on a suit. He strides through the city to the Evans and Partners office in Collins Street to put in a day’s work in the financial world. Five years after […]
A podcaster, a star Blue and a retired major general: First of our top 50 AFL influencers revealed
By Chloe Saltau Credit: Marija Ercegovac Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Footy is changing. League supremo Gillon McLachlan will ride into the sunset the day after the AFL grand final. The men’s finals series will feature a galaxy of emerging stars. The AFLW […]
From bad boy to dux: Toby Greene’s elevation to AFL All-Australian captain
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Collingwood’s Daicos brothers, Nick and Josh, have begun a potential September to remember for the Magpies with selection in this year’s All Australian team, as Toby Greene completed his transition from bad boy to dux of the class. […]
‘Bells and whistles’: North captain Kearney hits back at Daisy over car comments
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Amid all the fanfare, tears and champagne of last year’s Melbourne premiership, there was a moment North Melbourne captain Emma Kearney wishes had received more scrutiny. After Demons captain Daisy Pearce finally sealed her premiership dream, the AFLW […]
NRL’s Vegas venture to be a game of inches … just one million fewer than usual
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Al Pacino, in that virtuoso Any Given Sunday performance, speaks about the inches on the NFL field that make all the difference. The ones you climb out of hell to claim. The ones you are willing to die […]
Selling fast: No reserved MCC tickets left for Pies, Dees qualifying final
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Reserved MCC tickets for next week’s blockbuster qualifying final between Collingwood and Melbourne sold out within an hour on Tuesday. Tickets for the Thursday night game went on sale at 9am via Ticketek, but by 9.27am the Melbourne […]
Simpson to remain as West Coast coach in 2024
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The West Coast board has unanimously backed Adam Simpson to continue as the Eagles’ coach in 2024 after a meeting on Monday afternoon. The decision to honour Simpson’s contract, which expires at the end of 2025, was made […]
‘Real season’: Your early form guide to week one of the 2023 AFL finals series
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The marathon that is the AFL home-and-away campaign is over, and it’s now down to what Ross Lyon says is the “real season” when an eagerly anticipated finals series begins on Thursday week. The AFL finalised the schedule […]