AFL

With five home-and-away rounds to go, the race for the AFL’s top eight is heating up in season 2024.

Analysis

The run home: Where the contenders stand in the race for the AFL top eight

While the Swans appear to have top spot locked up, the race for the top eight is well and truly on as we head into the home stretch of the AFL season. Where will your team finish?

by Jon Pierik

Essendon suffered a “gutting” loss to Adelaide.

AFL Briefing

Silver lining to Dons’ ‘gutting’ defeat, according to Scott; Dees dismiss talk of Oliver friction

by Andrew Wu

James Hird while working as an assistant coach for GWS.

Could James Hird end up coaching his son Tom at Port Melbourne? The club is asking

by Peter Ryan

Dan Houston (left) celebrates a Port win with Zak Butters this season.

The roadblock to All-Australian defender’s potential return to Victoria

by Marc McGowan

Why the Hawks aren’t worried about Ginnivan and the ‘rascal pack’; Blues hit with another injury blow

by Jon Pierik and Andrew Wu

Insight & Analysis

How Jack Ginnivan is having his cake and eating it too

Jack Ginnivan departed Collingwood with a premiership medal around his neck, leaving behind a club whose finals hopes are in disarray and that is now going through the bleakest period of Craig McRae’s celebrated tenure.

Andrew Wu

Sports Writer

Hotshot Hawks prove they’re prime-time talent, even if Pies are not the scalp they once were

Sam Mitchell’s entertainers are taking football in a different direction. His main challenger for coach-of-the-year honours might be the coach of another team that started the season slowly. Meanwhile, the Bombers are wobbling and the AFL needs to get fair dinkum on the real issues of player safety.

Peter Ryan

Sports reporter

Could this be the night the Dons blew their finals hopes?

For the second year in a row, a finals flame that burned so brightly for much of the season is threatening to be extinguished.

Andrew Wu

Sports Writer

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Tom Papley is helped from the Gabba after suffering an ankle injury last Sunday.

AFL 2024

Swans searching for answers to cover injured Papley’s goal kicking

Swans coach John Longmire admits there are no easy solutions to covering the loss of injured Tom Papley’s impact around goal.

by Malcolm Conn

Blues ruckman Tom De Koning played a significant role in Carlton’s tough win over North Melbourne.

AFL Briefing

AFL 2024

De Koning out for home-and-away season; Swans dealt a bitter blow; clubs sent a ‘please explain’

Carlton’s tough win over North Melbourne has come at a cost, with a fractured foot to sideline star ruckman Tom De Koning until the end of the home-and-away season. Meanwhile, the Swans are battling their own injury issues.