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Stirling Coates started out as an AFL crowd contributor, and is now the producer of the Game of Codes podcast.
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Reigning premiers Richmond have been rewarded for their dominant 2019 season, with the AFL handing the Tigers a league-leading six Friday night clashes – as well as two Thursday nighters – in 2020.
After an uneventful opening week to the 2019 AFL trade period, Day 8 saw the dam wall break as a flurry of trades got completed ahead of tomorrow’s 7:30pm (AEDT) deadline.
With the trades set to finally get done thick and fast on Day 8 of the 2019 AFL trade period, keep it locked on The Roar as we present all the latest news and rumours on the penultimate day of action.
While the fourth day of the 2019 AFL trade period may not have had a large number of trades, we did see one of the biggest birds fly the nest with Tim Kelly finalising his long-awaited move to West Coast on Wednesday.
All eyes will be on Tim Kelly on Day 4 of the 2019 AFL trade period, as the West Coast Eagles reportedly close in on a deal to prize him away from Geelong.
Essendon and Collingwood have dropped a bombshell late on the third day of the AFL trade period, with The Age’s Sam McClure and Michael Gleeson reporting the parties may be working out a trade for Mason Cox.
The third day of the 2019 AFL trade period gets underway at 9am (AEDT) this morning, with plenty of deals begging to be done.
The 2019 AFL trade period officially begins today, while the second day of free agency also gets underway. Join me from 9am (AEDT) as we cover all the latest news and rumours in the player movement space.
One of the worst-kept secrets in the AFL world has finally been rubber-stamped, with wantaway Geelong superstar Tim Kelly nominating the West Coast Eagles as the club of choice in his request to return home to Western Australia.
A five-goal to zero blitz in the second quarter has proved the difference-maker in a very lop-sided grand final, as Richmond scored their second premiership in three seasons with a dominant 89-point over the GWS Giants.
Richmond have officially named VFL decider best-on-ground Marlion Pickett in their side to take on the Giants in this Saturday’s AFL grand final..
Well, we’re finally here.
Star Greater Western Sydney midfielder Stephen Coniglio has ruled himself out of this Saturday’s AFL grand final after failing to overcome a knee injury that’s kept him sidelined since Round 17.
The NRL Finals Week 3 teams are in, with South Sydney naming James Roberts despite the centre being under an injury cloud with a thumb injury.
Last week it was just three more weekends of AFL football, this week it’s just three more matches!
Greater Western Sydney’s chances of winning their first preliminary final have been dealt a further blow, with star half-back flanker Lachie Whitfield ruled out of Saturday’s game with Collingwood.
The NRL Finals Week 2 teams are in, with South Sydney enjoying some fantastic news at the selection table ahead of their do-or-die semi-final with Manly.
Following a Six Nations grand slam and a near-flawless 2018, Wales briefly reached no.1 on the World Rugby rankings and looked like the team to beat this World Cup.
The AFL coaching carousel has claimed another victim, with embattled Adelaide coach Don Pyke today resigning with two years left on his contract.
We’ve got just three more weekends of football in 2019, with the end of the season approaching faster than any of us would like.
Interesting point. Makes you wonder whether the AFL should consider putting more of the out-of-market matches (Tasmania, NT etc.) on Thursday nights.
Tigers, Pies and Cats to hog the limelight as AFL unveils 2020 fixture
I’m with Paul on this one. A lot of people have forgotten that, by the time of the merger, the Brisbane Bears were actually very much on their own two feet and really only did it to get themselves a presence in Melbourne.
The reason their deal got over the line with the clubs instead of North Melbourne’s merger was they rejected some of the AFL’s proposed concessions.
Tigers, Pies and Cats to hog the limelight as AFL unveils 2020 fixture
I think Pickett’s the more like-for-like replacement for Graham. I would’ve picked McIntosh if Broad didn’t recover in time.
CONFIRMED: Pickett in line for shock grand final debut
Ando polled 13 neutral supporters in the 3AW offices this morning.
Kate was the ONLY person supporting Richmond on Saturday.
Neutral supporters, who will you be cheering?
— 3AW Breakfast (@RossAndJohn) September 25, 2019
The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Grand final winner, margin, Norm Smith and more
I’d be interested to know how much of Sydney’s average hit-out stat fell away given they had no fit ruckmen on the list for their last seven games of the season. As other commenters have noticed, I do think you’ve forgotten about Sam Naismith in this assessment.
Adding Joe Daniher won't solve Sydney's biggest issues, but it may be a turning point
Callum Sinclair is way better than Mike Pyke and Darren Jolly did a superb job carrying the Swans in the ruck after Adam Goodes left that position.
Adding Joe Daniher won't solve Sydney's biggest issues, but it may be a turning point
GWS’ preliminary final win is the fourth game I can remember (Port, Sydney, Brisbane) where they’ve absorbed a ridiculous amount of forward pressure in the final quarter to escape with a win by less than a goal.
Not to take anything away from the incredible effort of the back six, but I don’t know how that will hold up against the manic forward pressure of the Tigers. Port and Sydney have inexperienced small forwards, Brisbane have inexperienced key forwards and the Pies were missing Jordan de Goey.
I tipped the Giants in this one, but I’m struggling to make the case for them in the decider.
Five talking points from Collingwood Magpies vs GWS Giants AFL preliminary final
Hawkins accounts for 24% of Geelong’s marks inside 50 – next best is Gary Rohan at 9.2%.
I agree the Cats are very capable of dominating at the coalface, winning the clearances and just playing keepings-off (like the Pies did in Round 2), but I see it all falling apart when they send it forward.
The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Preliminary finals
“they won’t have ever experienced anything like 90,000 people all baying for their blood” – that’s exactly what they experienced in the 2017 prelim against Richmond?
AFL preliminary finals: can the underdogs rise up?
Apparently a lot of players are fed up with Camporeale too. I think a full-scale cleanout is coming up.
Don Pyke quits Adelaide Crows
You’ve been Crameri’d Nolzie! If there’s seafood on offer, go for it so you’ve got an excuse to hide in the bathroom for the second half.
The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals
Actually there was a pretty bad jumper clash when the Cats and Kangaroos played back in Round 22. North were somehow allowed to wear their bounding Kangaroo away kit with white shorts against Geelong’s normal home kit and it looked terrible. If North had worn their normal home uniform there would’ve been no issues.
I’ll concede Geelong shouldn’t have to wear white shorts at home – I reckon there’s no clash if both teams wear coloured shorts – but all this talk of Collingwood having to create a special third kit (potentially not even using club colours) because one team uses a totally different uniform template to the rest of the league seems a bit silly.
Friday's jumper clash was a long time coming
Yes, but Geelong are the only team in the AFL who wear white as their primary colour and are one of only three teams whose shorts are a different colour to the main colour of their top. Unfortunately, when you’re that much of an outlier, that combination means they’re going to have to match their shorts to their shirts sometimes to make differentiation between teams easier.
Friday's jumper clash was a long time coming
If Collingwood wear black shorts and Geelong wear white, there’s no clash. North and Collingwood don’t clash at all IMO. Now that North wear primarily blue, Collingwood’s clash is just fine against them.
Friday's jumper clash was a long time coming
It’s a fair point, but the Bulldogs had been a top four side for much of 2016 and only slid towards the end thanks to some key injuries.
Essendon have been middle-of-the-road all season and only snuck into the eight because Port Adelaide bottled their chances.
West Coast Eagles vs Essendon Bombers: AFL elimination final forecast
The VFL would be the superior competition, but national expansion is what has made the AFL what it is today. The annual value of TV rights increased from $600,000 to $17 million between 1980 and 1992 – the period that NSW, QLD, SA and WA all got teams.
The VFL was always in front of the SANFL, WAFL etc, but people forget how close those leagues actually were before the VFL branched out.
2019 AFL finals series: Week 1 preview
I think Brodie Grundy is staying with the Pies or going to South Australia. That said, Port seem sorted in the ruck division and I wouldn’t be going anywhere near Adelaide given the state of their list right now.
With Coniglio off the market, where do the dominoes fall?
The esteemed author of A World in Conflict: The Global Battle for Rugby Supremacy – a must-read for rugby fans!
With the Bledisloe Tests both poles apart, what did we really learn?
Hey guys. Because The Roar started as a rugby site originally, a leftover of that time is if one of the editors forgets to manually tick which sport an article is about, it defaults to union when published.
That’s what happened here – we can assure you nobody in the office has their codes crossed!
How I learned to relax and admire the Roosters
Great price Adrian. However next week, for the sake of my impulsive appetite, would you mind comparing defenders to salads? Or ruckmen to fruit smoothies?
Who is your favourite fast-food footballer?
Would’ve picked them if it was at Marvel, but they play horribly at the MCG so I can’t put too much stock in the home ground advantage.
The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Round 19
Hey Roarers, you may have noticed over the last few weeks we made a transition to a colour-coded table for tipping. Have you liked the changes? Disliked them? Couldn’t care less?
Keen to grab some feedback. Thanks in advance!
The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Round 16
It’s a fair point, but we only have five minutes to cover each topic so we can’t get to everything, unfortunately. There’s every chance the Bulldogs and/or Saints will get a good mention if they string some wins together over the next three weeks but, for now, we thought they were the least likely of the six-win pack to get in.
The AFL finals race has been blown wide open: Who sneaks in?
San Francisco has glorious weather and would certainly be a lot more temperate but, from memory, the only decently-sized venues in the city are quite aways from the main population base.
GWS plans for US game moving forward
To be fair, this would more be down to all the smaller Vic clubs begging the AFL to let them ‘host’ the Pies rather than the AFL electing to exempt them from the trip.
Tigers, Pies and Cats to hog the limelight as AFL unveils 2020 fixture