AFL thread

[HappyGuus]

I don't think that's fair HG

You're right, there will probably be another announcement during the Cup Is it too early for the fixture again?

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

You're right, there will probably be another announcement during the Cup Is it too early for the fixture again?

No need. The MCG will be packed to the gills with punters who don't even know what a World Cup is.

 

[SocceroosFan84]

No need. The MCG will be packed to the gills with punters who don't even know what a World Cup is.

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It's going to be a shitshow around Flinders Street station that day with people packing in Fed Square and the MCG.

 

[SocceroosFan84]

Essendon president Andrew Welsh has spoken with James Hird for the first time since the 2000 premiership captain declared his interest in the senior coaching job.

Essendon makes first contact with Hird over senior coaching job

Welsh and Hird have touched base in recent days.

www.sen.com.au

 

[SocceroosFan84]

AFL great responds after ‘disappointing’ warning allegation

‘I would like to know why they didn’t act on it.’

7news.com.au

 

[ashtongate]

AFL great responds after ‘disappointing’ warning allegation

‘I would like to know why they didn’t act on it.’

7news.com.au

AFL refusing to acknowledge the risk to players for fear that it will damage their precious "brand".

 

[SocceroosFan84]

On a winter's night at a suburban ground in St Albans, in Melbourne's west, a group of footy club presidents and officials is gathering to talk about the brain health of their players.

Addressing them is the FIFTHQTR Foundation, an independent group led by former Carlton star Ken Hunter, dedicated to the welfare of former players at both the community and elite level.

'We don't fully understand': The footy risk few parents grasp

Contact is an essential part of footy, but there is growing evidence it can also be a grave threat to the health and welfare of its players. Experts say the AFL should be acting now to protect current and future players.

www.abc.net.au

 

[SocceroosFan84]

 

[BA81]

Thought about putting this in the "Can you smell the fear?" thread as it's pseudo-related to that, but here's Rohan Connolly putting the provincialism of the AFL/the way it operates into context w/football and modern Australia:

World Cup a reminder that AFL needs inclusion | Footyology

footyology.com.au

 

[SocceroosFan84]

A magistrate has found former AFL great Neil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar guilty of assaulting a woman in northern Victoria last year.

The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the Bendigo Magistrates' Court in May she was "fearful" for her life during the incident in May 2025 at Cohuna

Former AFL great Nicky Winmar found guilty of assaulting woman

The woman previously told the court she was "fearful" for her life on the night of the incident last year.

www.abc.net.au

 

[BA81]

A magistrate has found former AFL great Neil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar guilty of assaulting a woman in northern Victoria last year.

The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the Bendigo Magistrates' Court in May she was "fearful" for her life during the incident in May 2025 at Cohuna

Former AFL great Nicky Winmar found guilty of assaulting woman

The woman previously told the court she was "fearful" for her life on the night of the incident last year.

www.abc.net.au

Liked watching Nicky play back in the day, and applauded his public anti-racism stances; true pity that it seems he wasn't entirely without character-flaws.

 

[SocceroosFan84]

AFL Commission removes Winmar from Hall of Fame

AFL Commission removes Winmar from Hall of Fame; police’s verdict on star’s car accident on way to training — Daily

Disgraced icon booted from Hall of Fame; police’s verdict on star’s car accident — Daily

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[SocceroosFan84]

Oh dear!

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/gold-coast-suns-release-statement-as-mac-andrew-and-jamarra-uglehagan-deny-wrongdoing-in-viral-video/news-story/cdf56ee1e1f0050ff55ea4538008fa95