I have no issues with the Geelong mad Monday celebrations. I think it’s a bit of fun and a reminder you can still celebrate a season without the ultimate glory.
Baileys outfit might have been slightly inappropriate but I know it comes with no malice. I am sure I remember he saying kind words to the community and even posted photos celebrating his LGTB+ fans.
I don’t think the outfits were an issue. But I think some of the Instagram stories that Bailey Smith posted is what caused some controversy and created headlines and headaches for the Cats.
Both Geelong and Brisbane held their best and fairest awards tonight. Max Holmes won the Cats’ award (Carji Greeves Medal) while three-time premiership player Josh Dunkley took out the Lions’ B&F (Merrett-Murray Medal).
Lions coach Chris Fagan revealed at the function that premiership defender Brandon Starcevich would be leaving the club and join West Coast. It followed teammate Callum Ah Chee informing the club he wanted to be traded to Adelaide for the 2026 season.
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Richmond this week announced Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motors as its joint major partner, replacing Jeep.
Shame it wasn’t Chery - their “Tiggo” would be a perfect sponsor combo for the Tigers.
Caroline Wilson written her response:
Part of her opinion:
Geelong’s response after the club’s annual post-season dress-up – once a fun and largely original diversion from the brutal realities of competitive sport – was to release a generic apology after 48 hours of argy-bargy with head office. No individual put their name to the statement which declared costumes would be banned forthwith.
Frankly, it was a pathetic response which completely missed the point. Even allowing for the Anti-Defamation Commission’s condemnation of the three players who turned up as Kneecap; the real point, of course, was Smith.
Yes! Why would you pick anything else?
ok so Tasmania is allowed in the VFL in 2026, and then all of a sudden, this happens
WTF 
I wonder if they could have worked out an arrangement with the VFLW Darebin team to share some resources to try and strengthen both - against the attempts from the AFL to make it just a reserves comp.
Frankston came back after a season out, so I wouldn’t count them entirely gone - but they are one of the few exceptions.
Wasn’t this Andy Maher’s club?
Cox was sentenced to 10 years and six months, backdated to October 2024.
He will be eligible for parole after serving eight years and six months.
He has been disqualified from holding a driver’s licence for four years after release.
Champion Data’s game-changing optical tracking technology to revolutionise AFL
Champion Data will move into “the next frontier” of data and analysis by introducing optical tracking technology for the 2026 AFL season.
In a bold move described as a game-changer for players, coaches, clubs and footy fans, the AFL’s official stats partner will use multiple cameras to accurately detect where the ball is at all times on the ground, unlocking a range of never-before-recorded measurements.
Champion Data secretly trialled the system at the MCG and Marvel Stadium during the 2025 season and is working to have it in place for the AFL’s Opening Round next year.
It will retain its manual data analysts on game days, as it has since Champion Data’s inaugural 1999 season, but it will also have a dedicated AI team to help elevate its data to the next level.
The data would be available to within a second and within an accuracy of 10cm.
The new measurements which could be used for the first time include kicking analysis, marking skills, defensive and offensive setups, decision-making, the time and space used by players, time spent ahead of and behind the ball, as well as the number of contests attended.
It could also be used in injury prevention strategies for clubs.
St Kilda were named employer of choice at the 2025 Blind Australian of the Year Awards in Brisbane last night.
Heading to Carlton it looks.
I wouldn’t want my club to touch him mad if they did my membership would be cancelled
Really? I hope not. Especially with us having a great program with Carlton Respects. I feel like that would be going directly against those values
Essendon RE: Zach Merrett 
Commiserations Hawthorn 
It will be awkward tho. Also 4 first round picks would of been WAY overs
