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AFLW Round 9: News, tips, results & more
The 2025 AFLW season is well underway! Stay abreast of all the Round 9 fixtures, expert tips, news, results and reaction as they come to hand.
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Collingwood
Australian Football League
'I can put that to bed': Daicos on trade rumours
Collingwood superstar Nick Daicos has put to bed any hint of a suggestion he could be tempted into a trade move, amid reports rival AFL clubs have asked questions about luring him away.
Top Headlines
- I want to be GWS captain: Cadman's 'master plan'
- Injury-plagued Saints star to have more surgery
- 'Callous' rapist Silvagni jailed for six years
- List, draft concessions for AFLW Devils revealed
- Dons announce new captain as CEO calls it quits
- McRae re-signs with Pies for another two seasons
- Tigers snap up forward with top AFLW draft pick
- Butters unfazed by future as new Port era begins
- Magpies staffer quits after preseason incident
North Melbourne
Australian Football League
Roos consider making play for 'shattered' Giant
North Melbourne could offer a "shattered" Leek Aleer a lifeline after St Kilda dramatically pulled their offer for the GWS defender.
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Blues shut down Cats' trade advance for Curnow
Carlton have rejected Geelong's offer of three first-round AFL draft picks for disgruntled Blues spearhead Charlie Curnow.
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Suns: Humphrey trade 'not going to happen'
Gold Coast will put Jamarra Ugle-Hagan through a medical examination in a step towards recruiting the troubled star, while standing firm on rejecting Bailey Humphrey's desire for a trade.
Collingwood
Australian Football League
McRae wants changes to Brownlow and Pies voting
Craig McRae has doubled down on his "16 possessions" comment, saying he'd like improvements to the AFL's Brownlow voting and Collingwood's best-and-fairest format.
Geelong Cats
Australian Football League
Cats fined for third-party deals after AFL audit
Geelong have been hit with a $77,500 fine and face more stringent AFL scrutiny after an investigation into their controversial third-party deals.
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Why AFLW's holding the ball crackdown is hurting the fabric of the game
The AFLW's strict holding the ball interpretations are seeing players second-guess themselves at the contest. It's a perturbing trend, and one that feels detrimental to the very fabric of the sport, Sarah Burt writes.
Australian Football League
AFL Draft 2025: Bolters, sliders in post-combine power rankings
With the AFL Draft combine wrapped up and more intel for clubs to go by, ESPN releases its October power rankings featuring the top 40 junior prospects from around the country in 2025.
Top Headlines
- I want to be GWS captain: Cadman's 'master plan'
- Injury-plagued Saints star to have more surgery
- 'Callous' rapist Silvagni jailed for six years
- List, draft concessions for AFLW Devils revealed
- Dons announce new captain as CEO calls it quits
- McRae re-signs with Pies for another two seasons
- Tigers snap up forward with top AFLW draft pick
- Butters unfazed by future as new Port era begins
- Magpies staffer quits after preseason incident
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Way-too-early AFL Draft Power Rankings: The top 10 for 2026
Twelve months out from the 2026 AFL Draft, this is ESPN's way-too-early top 10 prospects to track.
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Every AFL club's best and fairest winner for season 2025
The 2025 AFL season might be done and dusted on the field, but now it's time to crown each club's best and fairest winner. So, who was your team's top performer of the year?
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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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The AFL's best at everything: Picking the top players at 61 different skills
Best kick on the run? Most elusive player? Boundary line specialist? Best swingman? We named the AFL's standout in 61 specific skills.
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'Exactly what we need': How Aussie Rules helped make ESPN a live sport juggernaut
When ESPN was a fledgling station without any meaningful TV rights, it needed content. Enter Aussie Rules football and the VFL, and a partnership which left a lasting impact on both league and broadcaster, writes Shannon Gill.
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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.
