Coming back from their first September off in eight years, Hawthorn were one of many clubs that were hard to read in 2018, with pundits not game to tip consecutive bottom-ten finishes with master coach Alastair Clarkson at the helm.
Current skipper Taylor Walker and Rory Sloane will co-captain Adelaide, the first time the AFL club has split the key leadership role.
The preseason is well underway for the AFL clubs and players are preparing for the preseason matches and the start of the AFL season, and of course the greatest variation of AFL ever, AFL X.
2018 was a, well, memorable year for Australian sport.
The sun has risen on the year 2019 for the first time, so let’s take a look at some of the big questions that will be answered in the new AFL season.
It seems that with each passing year the Australian public becomes more and more invested in women’s sport.
For much of the 2018, the AFL season looked to be a one-horse race. But a finals series for the ages ensured football fans around the country got more than their fair share of drama and entertainment.
It’s telling of the unwatchability of the 2018’s AFLX competitions that despite having unveiled two Brownlow Medallists, a three-time Coleman Medallist and a three-time All Australian small forward, the AFL has received an almost universally negative response to news of their revamped AFLX 2019 competition.
Now that there’s been time for the dust to settle, The Roar’s resident draft nuts Maddy Friend and Josh Elliott have put their heads together to talk through all of the big topics from the 2018 AFL Draft.
At the beginning of each AFL season, every player across the competition hopes to improve their performances of the previous season and years prior.
Having added three powerful recruits to a squad that returned Essendon to finals football in 2017 – only to be unceremoniously shellacked by over ten goals – many expected the Bombers to finally take the next step and win a final in 2018.
The new year is upon us, which means the 2019 AFL season isn’t too far away.
For many people, the beginning of a new year represents a fresh start with goals and wishes in place that we wish to see happen.
Port Adelaide captain Travis Boak has announced that he will step aside as skip for the upcoming season
The Carlton Blues have secured midfielder Sam Walsh as the No.1 pick at the 2018 AFL Draft.
Even the G-Train couldn’t save it.
How about that celebratory jig at the end
Some trickery with the camera or did this actually happen? Either way Eddie Betts is still kicking freakish goals, even in Adelaide’s offseason.
“Grit, optimism, resilience and loyalty. These are the values we play by.” The Collingwood Football Club and CGU have stood by these core Australian values, and the club is now enjoying a resurgence as they head to the 2018 finals.
There are three minutes left in the grand final. Collingwood have been hanging on for dear life for an hour now, but a ticking clock has tightened their grip on the premiership.
There are three minutes left in the grand final. Collingwood have been hanging on for dear life for an hour now, but a ticking clock has tightened their grip on the premiership.
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