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The battle with misinformation affecting the AFL.

AFL stars are being targeted by ‘AI slop’. There’s a sinister motive behind it

Often derided as “AI Slop”, misinformation is featuring increasingly on Facebook feeds. It’s often the game’s big names, usually with fanciful and wild claims attached to them, being used to pull you in.

  • Scott Spits

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Collingwood rolled out their biggest gun in their pitch for Port Adelaide superstar Zak Butters.

Dogs, Cats still the frontrunners, but Daicos joins Pies’ chase for Butters

The Magpies and Tigers – both viewed as trailing the Western Bulldogs and Geelong, in the race for Butters – have held face-to-face meetings with the Port Adelaide superstar.

  • Jake Niall
Australian football’s under-18 championships start this weekend, showcasing the brightest prospects in the game, including Ethan Matthews, Harry Van Hattum, Cody Walker and Dougie Cochrane.

The Bombers and Tigers will be keeping an eye on these young guns ahead of the draft

Recruiters will be out in force to try to unearth the AFL’s next stars when the under-18 championships begin this weekend across the country.

  • Marc McGowan
Gold Coast ruckman Max Knobel.

‘I will accept the repercussions’: Suns ruckman cops four-game ban for homophobic slur

The son of a former Lions, Saints and Richmond big man said he has to take responsibility for his actions in an incident in the VFL, which he admitted were “unacceptable”.

  • Sam McClure, Danny Russell and Jon Pierik
Billy Frampton calls to the bench for Brody Mihocek.

Frampton free to play despite tackle that left Mihocek with a fractured neck

Collingwood defender Billy Frampton is free to play after the tribunal ruled his tackle on Brody Mihocek was not considered unreasonable.

  • Scott Spits and Hannah Kennelly
Ben King, Jed Walter and Joel Amartey are three key forwards kicking goals and out of contract at season’s end.

The big men set to cash in with the Hawks, Magpies and Bombers circling

Hawthorn, Collingwood and Essendon are after key forwards and seven of the best remain out of contract. But where are they likely to be in 2027?

  • Peter Ryan
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Collingwood and Melbourne players pause in memory of Neale Daniher

Queensland couple donates $40 million to fight MND as Daniher’s legacy inspires at MCG

Former Melbourne coach Neale Daniher committed the last 13 years of his life to finding a cure for the disease he called the beast. His efforts inspired many in the football world and beyond.

  • Bridget McArthur
Kozzie Pickett celebrates the match winning goal.

Late theatrics as Pickett plays on to seal Melbourne win; Mihocek taken to hospital

Collingwood went into the final quarter with the lead, but it was the Demons who snatched a late victory in a classic King’s Birthday clash. Earlier, Andy Lee, Amy Shark and the Governor-General Sam Mostyn tackled the slide at the Big Freeze.

  • Hannah Kennelly and Jake Niall
Brody Mihocek was caught in a tackle by former teammate Billy Frampton.

Mihocek temporarily lost feeling in limbs after scary tackle accident

The King’s Birthday game stopped for more than eight minutes as Mihocek was carefully moved onto a stretcher and taken from the field in a neck brace during his first game against his old side.

  • Michael Gleeson
Winning with feeling: Melbourne’s Harvey Langford.

Pickett’s goal sealed the game, but the symbolic moment was when a Demon swooped on Daicos

In a game of amazing feats and egregious mistakes, the signature moment belonged to a young Melbourne midfielder Harvey Langford.

  • Jake Niall