Kevin Sheedy
How the ‘Baby Bomber’ who got thrown to the wolves became a hall-of-fame 400-gamer
Dustin Fletcher joined Gary Ablett jnr, Tim Evans, David Kantilla, John Worsfold, and Hayden Kennedy in the Australian Football Hall of Fame as West Australian Bill Walker was elevated to Legend status.
- Peter Ryan
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- AFL 2026
The what-ifs are plentiful for Essendon. But what if they’d hired Neale Daniher?
Much as the non-hiring of Damien Hardwick has become folkloric for frustrated Bomber fans, it is easily forgotten that another Essendon Person, or EP, was overlooked in the club’s coach search that settled on Matthew Knights.
- Jake Niall
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- AFL 2026
‘I can’t see anyone going for this job’: Simpson’s brutal call on Essendon process as Hird looms large
Premiership coaches Adam Simpson and John Longmire have given their thoughts on the Bombers coaching race.
- Jon Pierik, Sam McClure and Scott Spits
- Analysis
- AFL 2026
‘He plucked me from nowhere’: Lions premiership coach on Neale Daniher’s huge influence
The public life of Neale Daniher, who has died aged 65 after a fight against motor neurone disease, had three distinct phases: prospective champion, a celebrated coaching career and leading the Big Freeze. Remembering the man, his Daniher-isms and a transcendent national figure.
- Jake Niall
‘Neale’s famous words are play on’: Remembering Neale Daniher, 65, after courageous MND fight
A towering figure in the AFL, Daniher fought against motor neurone disease for more than a decade.
- Jake Niall, Jon Pierik, Bridget McArthur and Scott Spits
- Analysis
- AFL 2026
‘A complete, full review’: The Bombers powerbroker backing Brad Scott, but it’s not unconditional
Essendon is a club that shows little patience with outsiders. Just ask former coaches Matthew Knights, John Worsfold and Ben Rutten.
- Andrew Wu
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- Perth Bears
If Mal wants success in the west he must follow Sheedy’s blueprint
Mal Meninga needs to win over Western Australia. The first GWS Giants coach showed him how to be successful.
- Neil Breen
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- Anzac Day
How Kevin Sheedy’s 1977 miskick sparked a 30-year Anzac Day tradition
Kevin Sheedy was pottering in his garden and focusing on ways to promote the game when he had the brainwave that birthed a blockbuster.
- Scott Spits
- AFL Briefing
- AFL 2025
Bombers paid Sheedy six-figure sum for ambassadorial role
Essendon paid AFL Legend and four-time premiership coach Kevin Sheedy the overwhelming majority of $150,000 in ambassadorial payments in 2024 while he was a club director.
- Marc McGowan
A footy icon, and a dad: MCG rings with tales of Ron Barassi at memorial service
AFL great Ron Barassi has been remembered as a loving father, ultimate team man and a visionary with a wicked sense of humour at the AFL icon’s state memorial service.
- Jon Pierik