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What every AFL club wants for Christmas
It's the most wonderful time of the year, and time is running out for AFL teams to get their last-minute requests for 2025 to Santa. Here's what our writers believe each club wants for Christmas.
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The 25 best AFL players since 2000
Who are the best AFL players to have pulled on the boots since 2000? To mark 25 years since the turn of the century, ESPN has attempted rank the 25 best players of the last 25 years.
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END-OF-YEAR REVIEW
The 20 biggest storylines of the 2024 AFL season
From Brisbane saluting in the Grand Final to Patrick Cripps' astonishing 45 Brownlow votes, there was no shortage of monster storylines in 2024. Here are the 20 biggest from another enthralling season.
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AUSTRALIA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ATHLETES
Bont? Daicos? Cripps? Who tops ESPN's 2024 Aussie Power Rankings?
It's that time of year again! Who are Australia's biggest, best, and most influential athletes for 2024? Taking into account onfield and offield influence, star power, potential, longevity, and talent, we've whittled the list down to a top 25.
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ESPN's 2025 crystal ball predictions for all major Australian codes
WAY-TOO-EARLY AFL TIERS
Teams whose stocks we're buying and selling for 2025
Contenders? Thereabouts? Or is your team kidding itself about its finals aspirations? With the trade and draft periods done, Jake Michaels has ranked every club four months out from the start of the 2025 AFL season.
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How Monique Conti transitions from Aussie Rules to basketball
AFLW GRAND FINAL
Sing it one and all: North's premiership breakthrough one for the whole club
North Melbourne became the first AFLW expansion side to salute in the Grand Final. And it's a win the Kangaroos hope will resonate through the whole club -- including the struggling men's program -- writes Sarah Burt.
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Horse has bolted: Longmire leaves Swans with an enviable legacy
Top Headlines
- Premiership coach signs Lions contract extension
- Not going anywhere: Young a Docker until 2033
- Blues' De Koning to make free agency call in 2025
- Izak Rankine vows to rebound for AFL flag push
- Bulldogs lock away young gun Darcy until 2029
- Magpies take Centra with No.1 pick in AFLW draft
- Harris to stay with Dees after trade falls over
- Pies unveil Charlie Gardiner as new footy boss
- AFLW star Garner wins best and fairest
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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.
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Pass or fail: How every club fared with their pass marks in 2024
Before the 2024 AFL season kicked off, ESPN's footy writers put their heads together to come up with every club's pass mark for the upcoming year. How did your team fare?
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Join ESPN's footy team for some of the best AFL and AFLW analysis and insight on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
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AFL trade and free agency grades - Every club's report card from a wild 2024 transfer period
And just like that the 2024 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:
