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Will Victorian hearts break again? The AFL’s biggest trade and free agency targets in 2026

Will Victorian hearts break again? The AFL’s biggest trade and free agency targets in 2026

From big-ticket targets to the players who might be squeezed out of their clubs, this is the mail on the footballers who will be hunted by teams in...

yesterday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc Mcgowan

Will Victorian hearts break again? The AFL’s biggest trade and free agency targets in 2026

Will Victorian hearts break again? The AFL’s biggest trade and free agency targets in 2026

From big-ticket targets to the players who might be squeezed out of their clubs, this is the mail on the footballers who will be hunted by teams in...

yesterday 10

The Age

Marc Mcgowan

Will Victorian hearts break again? The AFL’s biggest trade and free agency targets in 2026

Will Victorian hearts break again? The AFL’s biggest trade and free agency targets in 2026

From big-ticket targets to the players who might be squeezed out of their clubs, this is the mail on the footballers who will be hunted by teams in...

yesterday 10

WA Today

Marc Mcgowan

Will Victorian hearts break again? The AFL’s biggest trade and free agency targets in 2026

Will Victorian hearts break again? The AFL’s biggest trade and free agency targets in 2026

From big-ticket targets to the players who might be squeezed out of their clubs, this is the mail on the footballers who will be hunted by teams in...

yesterday 9

Brisbane Times

Marc Mcgowan

Tiley laughed off our question, but no one’s laughing after this embarrassing defeat

Let’s not beat around the bush: Alex de Minaur assumed Australia would not need him to beat Ecuador in the Davis Cup despite it being an away tie...

09.02.2026 8

WA Today

Marc McGowan

Tiley laughed off our question, but no one’s laughing after this embarrassing defeat

Let’s not beat around the bush: Alex de Minaur assumed Australia would not need him to beat Ecuador in the Davis Cup despite it being an away tie...

09.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan

Tiley laughed off our question, but no one’s laughing after this embarrassing defeat

Let’s not beat around the bush: Alex de Minaur assumed Australia would not need him to beat Ecuador in the Davis Cup despite it being an away tie...

09.02.2026 9

The Age

Marc McGowan

Tiley laughed off our question, but no one’s laughing after this embarrassing defeat

Let’s not beat around the bush: Alex de Minaur assumed Australia would not need him to beat Ecuador in the Davis Cup despite it being an away tie...

09.02.2026 9

Brisbane Times

Marc McGowan

The King of Melbourne: Is it time to give Novak Djokovic a statue?

Novak Djokovic has broken every tennis record that matters, and is a 10-time champion in Melbourne. But he also polarises fans.

29.01.2026 7

WA Today

Marc McGowan

The King of Melbourne: Is it time to give Novak Djokovic a statue?

Novak Djokovic has broken every tennis record that matters, and is a 10-time champion in Melbourne. But he also polarises fans.

29.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan

The King of Melbourne: Is it time to give Novak Djokovic a statue?

Novak Djokovic has broken every tennis record that matters, and is a 10-time champion in Melbourne. But he also polarises fans.

29.01.2026 10

The Age

Marc McGowan

The King of Melbourne: Is it time to give Novak Djokovic a statue?

Novak Djokovic has broken every tennis record that matters, and is a 10-time champion in Melbourne. But he also polarises fans.

29.01.2026 5

Brisbane Times

Marc McGowan

Demon lost another major quarter-final. He’s already thinking of how to get better

Alex de Minaur played bigger and more fearlessly than ever before, and broke world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz’s serve twice in the opening set. Yet, the...

28.01.2026 5

WA Today

Marc McGowan

Demon lost another major quarter-final. He’s already thinking of how to get better

Alex de Minaur played bigger and more fearlessly than ever before, and broke world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz’s serve twice in the opening set. Yet, the...

28.01.2026 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan

Demon lost another major quarter-final. He’s already thinking of how to get better

Alex de Minaur played bigger and more fearlessly than ever before, and broke world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz’s serve twice in the opening set. Yet, the...

28.01.2026 8

The Age

Marc McGowan

Demon lost another major quarter-final. He’s already thinking of how to get better

Alex de Minaur played bigger and more fearlessly than ever before, and broke world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz’s serve twice in the opening set. Yet, the...

28.01.2026 9

Brisbane Times

Marc McGowan

Reckon Demon doesn’t have the weapons to beat the best? Think again

No matter what Alex de Minaur achieves, there are always critics ready to place limits on him. That needs to stop.

26.01.2026 10

WA Today

Marc McGowan

Reckon Demon doesn’t have the weapons to beat the best? Think again

No matter what Alex de Minaur achieves, there are always critics ready to place limits on him. That needs to stop.

26.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan

Reckon Demon doesn’t have the weapons to beat the best? Think again

No matter what Alex de Minaur achieves, there are always critics ready to place limits on him. That needs to stop.

26.01.2026 10

The Age

Marc McGowan

Reckon Demon doesn’t have the weapons to beat the best? Think again

No matter what Alex de Minaur achieves, there are always critics ready to place limits on him. That needs to stop.

26.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Marc McGowan

‘You’re not in trouble, you’re done’: What it’s like to face the Australian Open champion

James Duckworth agreed post-match to offer insights to this masthead about what it is like to go toe-to-toe with Jannik Sinner.

22.01.2026 10

WA Today

Marc McGowan

‘You’re not in trouble, you’re done’: What it’s like to face the Australian Open champion

James Duckworth agreed post-match to offer insights to this masthead about what it is like to go toe-to-toe with Jannik Sinner.

22.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan

‘You’re not in trouble, you’re done’: What it’s like to face the Australian Open champion

James Duckworth agreed post-match to offer insights to this masthead about what it is like to go toe-to-toe with Jannik Sinner.

22.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Marc McGowan

‘You’re not in trouble, you’re done’: What it’s like to face the Australian Open champion

James Duckworth agreed post-match to offer insights to this masthead about what it is like to go toe-to-toe with Jannik Sinner.

22.01.2026 10

The Age

Marc McGowan

Listen up, Australia: Demon is the world No.6. Show him some respect

Why do we love the underdog stories, but pot our world No.6? It’s time to put down your keyboards, Australian warriors. You don’t know how good...

22.01.2026 10

WA Today

Marc McGowan

Listen up, Australia: Demon is the world No.6. Show him some respect

Why do we love the underdog stories, but pot our world No.6? It’s time to put down your keyboards, Australian warriors. You don’t know how good...

22.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan

Listen up, Australia: Demon is the world No.6. Show him some respect

Why do we love the underdog stories, but pot our world No.6? It’s time to put down your keyboards, Australian warriors. You don’t know how good...

22.01.2026 10

The Age

Marc McGowan

Listen up, Australia: Demon is the world No.6. Show him some respect

Why do we love the underdog stories, but pot our world No.6? It’s time to put down your keyboards, Australian warriors. You don’t know how good...

22.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Marc McGowan

The eight AFL draftees primed to make an instant impact in 2026

Every club hopes to find a draft gem who can improve their fortunes immediately. We have identified which of this year’s draftees could do exactly...

02.12.2025 10

WA Today

Marc McGowan

The eight AFL draftees primed to make an instant impact in 2026

Every club hopes to find a draft gem who can improve their fortunes immediately. We have identified which of this year’s draftees could do exactly...

02.12.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan

The eight AFL draftees primed to make an instant impact in 2026

Every club hopes to find a draft gem who can improve their fortunes immediately. We have identified which of this year’s draftees could do exactly...

02.12.2025 20

The Age

Marc McGowan

The eight AFL draftees primed to make an instant impact in 2026

Every club hopes to find a draft gem who can improve their fortunes immediately. We have identified which of this year’s draftees could do exactly...

02.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Marc McGowan

The second-chance saloon: How one club’s trash becomes another’s treasure

Many delisted AFL players are on the lookout for new teams this off-season – but how has your club fared in the recycled market in the past?

27.11.2025 10

WA Today

Marc McGowan

The second-chance saloon: How one club’s trash becomes another’s treasure

Many delisted AFL players are on the lookout for new teams this off-season – but how has your club fared in the recycled market in the past?

27.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan

The second-chance saloon: How one club’s trash becomes another’s treasure

Many delisted AFL players are on the lookout for new teams this off-season – but how has your club fared in the recycled market in the past?

27.11.2025 8

The Age

Marc McGowan

The second-chance saloon: How one club’s trash becomes another’s treasure

Many delisted AFL players are on the lookout for new teams this off-season – but how has your club fared in the recycled market in the past?

27.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Marc McGowan

From Gold Coast’s golden academy, to the club that didn’t pick at all: Analysing every club’s 2025 draft

All up, 60 footballers found an AFL home in the most compromised national draft in history. We look at each club’s haul and hear from recruiting and...

20.11.2025 10

WA Today

Marc McGowan

From Gold Coast’s golden academy, to the club that didn’t pick at all: Analysing every club’s 2025 draft

All up, 60 footballers found an AFL home in the most compromised national draft in history. We look at each club’s haul and hear from recruiting and...

20.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan

From Gold Coast’s golden academy, to the club that didn’t pick at all: Analysing every club’s 2025 draft

All up, 60 footballers found an AFL home in the most compromised national draft in history. We look at each club’s haul and hear from recruiting and...

20.11.2025 10

The Age

Marc McGowan

From Gold Coast’s golden academy, to the club that didn’t pick at all: Analysing every club’s 2025 draft

All up, 60 footballers found an AFL home in the most compromised national draft in history. We look at each club’s haul and hear from recruiting and...

20.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Marc McGowan

Why this year’s compromised AFL draft is so difficult to predict

There are many reasons why predicting this year’s AFL draft is so tough - and it goes beyond the academy and father-son players scattered throughout.

16.11.2025 10

WA Today

Marc McGowan

Why this year’s compromised AFL draft is so difficult to predict

There are many reasons why predicting this year’s AFL draft is so tough - and it goes beyond the academy and father-son players scattered throughout.

16.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan

Why this year’s compromised AFL draft is so difficult to predict

There are many reasons why predicting this year’s AFL draft is so tough - and it goes beyond the academy and father-son players scattered throughout.

16.11.2025 8

The Age

Marc McGowan

Why this year’s compromised AFL draft is so difficult to predict

There are many reasons why predicting this year’s AFL draft is so tough - and it goes beyond the academy and father-son players scattered throughout.

16.11.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Marc McGowan

Don’t get angry at Nick Kyrgios. Just enjoy the show while you can

Nick Kyrgios said that even if he is on court competitively in January, his expectations would be in check. That is the best way for everyone to treat...

06.11.2025 9

WA Today

Marc McGowan

Don’t get angry at Nick Kyrgios. Just enjoy the show while you can

Nick Kyrgios said that even if he is on court competitively in January, his expectations would be in check. That is the best way for everyone to treat...

06.11.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan

Don’t get angry at Nick Kyrgios. Just enjoy the show while you can

Nick Kyrgios said that even if he is on court competitively in January, his expectations would be in check. That is the best way for everyone to treat...

06.11.2025 10

The Age

Marc McGowan

Don’t get angry at Nick Kyrgios. Just enjoy the show while you can

Nick Kyrgios said that even if he is on court competitively in January, his expectations would be in check. That is the best way for everyone to treat...

06.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Marc McGowan

Why being able to trade two years into the future skyrocketed AFL stars’ value

This was the first trade period where AFL clubs could venture two years into the future to mine their draft capital, and those picks underpinned some...

17.10.2025 7

WA Today

Marc McGowan

Why being able to trade two years into the future skyrocketed AFL stars’ value

This was the first trade period where AFL clubs could venture two years into the future to mine their draft capital, and those picks underpinned some...

17.10.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Marc McGowan