AFL 2024
AFL 2024 round 18 LIVE updates: Cats, Magpies trade goal bursts in stellar start at MCG
Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as Collingwood and Geelong battle it out at the MCG.
- by Roy Ward and Danny Russell
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Mills primed to repay Swans with a captain’s knock at the SCG
Isaac Heeney is unavailable to face North Melbourne on Saturday and the man replacing him, captain Callum Mills, will be motivated to repay Sydney’s faith in him.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Why a player suspended for seven matches this year is still eligible to win the Brownlow
Isaac Heeney can’t win the Brownlow after an off-ball incident with St Kilda’s Jimmy Webster. But, ironically, Webster – who was handed a seven-match ban earlier this year – is still eligible to win the coveted award.
- by Peter Ryan
Sore Carlton stars set to face Western Bulldogs
Carlton coach Michael Voss expects Charlie Curnow and Jacob Weitering to face the Western Bulldogs despite the Blues stars pulling up sore following the upset defeat to GWS.
- by Oliver Caffrey and Shayne Hope
‘A-grade forward’: The signs pointing to Caddy as a future star
The 193-centimetre 18-year-old showed the signs last weekend against Collingwood of what’s to come, according to Essendon legend and former star key forward Matthew Lloyd.
- by Marnie Vinall
Hawks coach backs Simpson to return; Swans defend ‘unlucky’ Heeney
Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell and Kangaroos counterpart Alastair Clarkson hope Adam Simpson finds a way back into the AFL system when the time is right.
Boost for Magpies as Elliott returns: AFL round 18 teams and tips
See the selected teams as they’re announced for round 18 and what the expert tipsters think.
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‘Pretty shattering’: Heeney out of Brownlow race, AFL throws out appeal
Isaac Heeney has been left disappointed by the AFL appeals board’s decision to uphold his ban. Heeney won’t face North Melbourne on Saturday and is now ineligible to win the Brownlow Medal.
- by Vince Rugari
The proposal that could overhaul AFL’s free agency compensation system
Greater transparency and the radical idea of tying compensation to the draft value index rather than the ladder position of the team that loses a key player are among submissions clubs have made to the AFL on the contentious free agency compensation system.
- by Peter Ryan
Dean Cox leads the race to replace Adam Simpson at West Coast
Momentum for Dean Cox to become West Coast’s next coach continues to build, but Sydney won’t want to let their heir apparent go without a fight.
- by Justin Chadwick, Joanna Guelas and Oliver Caffrey
‘Courageous’ former Eagle sues club, AFL and doctors over injuries
Brad Sheppard, who suffered serious concussions that forced his early retirement in 2021, alleges he suffered losses due to negligence or a breach of contract.
- by Daile Cross