Reigning premiers Brisbane have joined the race to sign gun West Coast forward Oscar Allen. The Eagles co-captain will be out of contract at season’s end and club’s are queueing up for the 25-year-old. Several media outlets have reported the Lions’ interest in Allen, who will be a restricted free agent at the end of … Read more
A brutally honest Steven May has sunk the boot into Melbourne’s 2024 season. The Demons, who had finished in the top four the previous three seasons, including winning the 2021 premiership, were expected to challenge again last year. However, despite winning six of their first eight matches to sit comfortably in the top four at … Read more
West Coast young gun Reuben Ginbey has been charged by police after urinating in public at a music festival in WA on Saturday. The Eagles confirmed on Monday that Ginbey also failed to comply with police by not giving his personal details. Ginbey will appear in court later this month. “The club has advised the … Read more
Channel 7 sports presenter Abbey Holmes and husband Keegan Brooksby are “on cloud nine” after announcing they are expecting their first child together. Holmes found out she was pregnant just weeks after returning home from running the New York Marathon in November. The happy couple shared the news with friends and family over Christmas before … Read more
Brisbane Lions 2002 premiership player Aaron Shattock is fighting for life in hospital after being crushed by an excavator. The 44-year-old was driving the digger on the Gold Coast on Sunday when it rolled, trapping him underneath. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Aaron Shattock fighting for life. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today … Read more
Former GWS Giants winger and social media sensation Cooper Hamilton has signed with Carlton’s VFL team for 2025. Hamilton played eight AFL games across three years on the Giants’ list before being axed earlier this year. But it was for his presence on the Giants’ widely celebrated social media accounts for which the 21-year-old became … Read more
Premiership coach Chris Fagan will hope to lead the Brisbane Lions into an AFL dynasty after extending his contract until the end of the 2027 season. Brisbane confirmed Fagan’s new deal, which is set to take him beyond a decade in the role, on Thursday morning. It is just reward for delivering the club’s first … Read more
Collingwood have taken Gippsland Power midfielder-forward Ash Centra with the No.1 pick at the 2024 AFLW draft. Coming off a wooden spoon under first-year coach Sam Wright, the Magpies selected Centra in the first national draft in the women’s competition on Monday night. The former basketballer joins Collingwood as their second-ever No.1 pick. Know the … Read more
North Melbourne are grieving the loss of club legend, Barry Cheatley, who has died aged 85. It is the AFL club’s second tragedy this week, with life member Marj Aylett passing away peacefully after a short illness on Monday. Both are being remembered as key figures in the club during its dominant period in the … Read more
Fremantle have revealed they have prised Matilda Banfield from her chosen sport of hockey and signed her as a rookie for the 2025 and 2026 AFLW seasons. Banfield is considered a “Western Australian hockey gun” with the 19-year-old featuring in a number of Hockey Australia’s ‘Futures Squads’. She was also selected as a train-on for … Read more
