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AFL Stocks: Pull your head in Patty, big-money man's worst game ever
Patrick Voss needs to pull his head in after copping a misconduct fine, and a big-money star had the worst game of his career by far! Plus, the crazy Ben King stat you have to see to believe. Here's whose stocks are up and down after Round 2.
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Cut the hysteria about the state of the game and let the season settle
The first quarter of Thursday night's game between Hawthorn and Sydney lit up social media. 'Game's gone', was the premise. But all fans had to do was wait a quarter, and there's an important lesson there somewhere, writes Rohan Connolly.
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AFL learns not to bite the hand that feeds it; no more 'exceptional circumstances'
This week's Six Points features an important lesson for the AFL, Sydney's correct Errol Gulden call, the less-than-perfect record of Scott Pendlebury, and Patrick Cripps' claim to being the league's worst shot for goal.
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Is Patrick Cripps the worst shot for goal in the AFL?
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Michaels: AFL must 'fall on its sword', scrap Opening Round
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AFL overreactions: Disaster?! The Swans just lost their most important player
Is the Swans' season under threat after Errol Gulden's serious shoulder injury? Are the Dogs top four locks? In the AFL overreactions this week, we judge the biggest takeaways as legitimate or irrational.
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IWD: Fairer, safer and more equitable sporting culture for women? Not just yet
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We're misty, optically: Paying tribute to Dennis Cometti, a footy icon
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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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The 50 best AFL players heading into season 2026
It's that time of year when ESPN's Jake Michaels counts down his 50 best players in the AFL. Spoiler alert: two-time Brownlow medalist Patrick Cripps has made the cut.
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Hold your horses: AFL's Origin revival was real, but its long-term future is not
AFL Origin's return was a clear success, but one brilliant night is not enough to prove it's truly back for good.
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Ranking every AFL after-the-siren winning goal since 2000
Since the turn of the millennium, there have been 32 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.
