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The coaching race between the Bombers, Devils and Blues has heated right up.

Don’t believe the memes: Why Gale couldn’t care less about rival coach searches

Tasmania Devils CEO Brendon Gale is confident the right person for the job will be all-in on the Apple Isle.

  • Bridget McArthur

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Ugle-Hagan of the Gold Coast Suns.

‘You always get it’: Jamarra Ugle-Hagan on constant racial abuse

Jamarra Ugle-Hagan tells this masthead how he copes with the constant racial abuse online – by ignoring it, and also that it was just as well he went to Gold Coast, not a club like Collingwood, given the attention he garners.

  • Jake Niall, Peter Ryan, Hannah Kennelly and Scott Spits
Worri Yallock women’s footy team.

Spat on, heckled, treated differently: The issue forcing players out of local footy

An investigation into grassroots football culture has looked into the treatment of women’s footy teams. Many women claim they’ve experienced inequitable treatment, harassment and inappropriate behaviour – and now they’re leaving.

  • Hannah Kennelly
North Melbourne AFLW player Libby Birch was taunted with a cry-baby gesture by her former Melbourne teammate Eden Zanker in the 2025 preliminary final. (Source: Seven)
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North Melbourne AFLW player Libby Birch was taunted with a cry-baby gesture by her former Melbourne teammate Eden Zanker in the 2025 preliminary final. (Source: Seven)

Kyneton Women’s Football Club, now known as the Wedge-Tailed Eagles.

AFL Victoria drops investigation into ‘gender weirdness’ comment

The alleged message followed a long dispute between the Kyneton women’s team and the Riddell District Football Netball League, after the women’s side defected from Kyneton Football Netball Club last year.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Former Essendon footballer Dyson Heppell

Dyson Heppell went out for beers with teammates. What he did next was ‘bizarre behaviour’

Former Essendon captain Dyson Heppell, AFLW champion Erin Phillips and netballer Amy Parmenter describe their experiences with disordered eating.

  • Hannah Kennelly
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Lauren Arnell and her wife Lexie Edwards with their daughter Marlie.

Lauren stepped down from one of footy’s biggest jobs to be present for her family. She stands by her choice

The former Port Adelaide AFLW coach worries her decision to step away will be perceived as an admission that women “can’t do all the things”. It’s not.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Kyneton Women’s football team have been granted an option to play in the 2026 season.

Abusive messages, a name change and a 12-month fight: Why this football team’s victory was ‘bittersweet’

The president of the women’s football club that on Tuesday won a long battle to take the field in 2026 said she would go to police after she was sent abusive messages by the former vice-president of a major country league.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Australia’s biggest sporting names feature in our quiz.

Test your 2025 sport smarts: From Piastri’s rise to Postecoglou’s demise and Melham’s double delight

How closely were you following Australian sport in 2025? Our Year In Sport quiz will separate the contenders from the pretenders. How many questions can you answer correctly?

  • Greg Dundas
Georja Davies, Alannah Welsh, Ava Usher, Sunny Lappin and Dekota Baron were all taken early in the draft by the Suns.

‘I’m built for this’: Their fathers conquered the AFL. Now it’s the daughters’ turn

Two women whose fathers both became AFL household names now hope to forge their own paths to greatness after being snapped up by Queensland teams.

  • Nick Wright