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The six sporting comebacks as improbable as Brisbane's 2026 flag triumph
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October Power Rankings: Extended top 40 in the post-Combine rankings
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AFL Draft Combine 2026: Key takeaways, results, times from the weekend
The W Files: Saints under the pump (again) after scoring just one behind
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
The W Files: North's 'unbelieveable' response; Jesse back in form
2027 AFL PREDICTIONS
Way-too-early predictions: Our picks for 2027 premier, Brownlow, and more
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Michaels: Freo to keep contending despite awful GF loss
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Top Headlines
- ⇄ AFL trades, free agency tracker: latest moves
- AFLW R9: Team news, results, and more
- Saints end W drought as coach bows out
- Butters a Bulldog, Swan nominates Roos
- 'Didn't feel comfortable': Cat speaks on Saints exit
- 'Best person': Roos name Graham as coach
- Merrett moves to Hawks, Bombers avoid trade war
- Pies likely to hold De Goey; Pendlebury departs
- Blues open to offering role to Chris Fagan
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Pass or fail? Grading every AFL team's season based on preseason expectations
Make finals, win the flag, or avoid the bottom four ... we gave each team a pass mark coming into the 2026 season. So how did every club go?
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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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ESPN's Brownlow Medal predictor and tracker - every vote for 2026
The Brownlow Medal is the highest individual honour in the AFL. In 2026, ESPN is giving you an advantage with our one-of-a-kind predictor.
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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.
