Sydney captain Callum Mills has praised the side's big off-season recruit, Charlie Curnow, saying Ollie Florent and Will Hayward had to move aside.
Sebastian Tan
West Coast’s entire squad was back on the track at Mineral Resources Park on Monday morning. Here’s who stood out in maximal aerobic speed testing.
Mitchell Woodcock
Mason Cox is officially a Docker as the premiership ruckman hailed Fremantle's list as the ‘best in the competition’.
Jake Santa Maria
Richmond have shown faith in their direction under Adem Yze, extending their head coach's contract until the end of the 2028 AFL season.
Anna Harrington
The Gold Coast Suns have secured women's football legend Erin Phillips from the AFL for an important role in their AFLW program.
Essendon star Zach Merrett has broken his silence following his failed trade request to Hawthorn, admitting he lost love for the Bombers.
Oliver Caffrey
Defending premiers North Melbourne and two-time premiers Brisbane fended off hefty blows to book a third-straight AFLW decider, having split the previous two.
Murray Wenzel
The Brisbane Lions will meet North Melbourne in the AFLW decider for a third straight season after a crushing 35-point preliminary final defeat of Carlton.
Adam Sweid hasn’t stepped into Fremantle’s headquarters, yet he already knows he wants to be more than just a good footballer.
Mick Stinear has yet to decide about his AFLW future with Melbourne in the aftermath of finals heartbreak, as Geelong and Sydney look for a new coach.
Joanna Guelas
North Melbourne have punched their ticket to an AFLW grand final after Blaithin Bogue played a starring role in a sensational comeback win over Melbourne.
Tobyn Murray credits a decision to move from the midfield and become a dynamic and dangerous forward as the catalyst for him to emerge as the draft shock of 2025.
Willem Duursma and Cooper Duff-Tytler have both declared they’re in it for the long haul at West Coast after being taken with the club’s first two picks in the AFL Draft.
New Fremantle category B rookies Toby Whan and Ryda Luke are eager to embrace their opportunity on an AFL list after a nervous wait for confirmation they would be staying in WA.
Ben Smith
Fred Rodriguez has gone from feeling ‘empty’ after being overlooked in the national draft to determined to show clubs what they missed out on after landing at West Coast.
Adelaide couldn't satisfy Brisbane in their AFL trade negotiations for Callum Ah Chee, but have finally landed their target through the pre-season draft.
Shayne Hope
Fremantle have rounded out their draft by adding livewire Swan Districts forward Leon Kickett through the rookie draft.
West Coast have snapped up South Fremantle midfielder Fred Rodriguez with the first pick in the rookie draft after he was unlucky to not be picked on Thursday night.
The first to fall in a historic winning streak, Melbourne are looking to end defending premiers North Melbourne's reign and reach another AFLW grand final.
Gaelic football star Erone Fitzpatrick heeded Zach Tuohy's advice on a unique road from Ireland to an AFLW preliminary final, weathering a big setback en route.
The Western Bulldogs have high hopes for father-son recruit Will Darcy, who joins brother Sam at the club where their father Luke once starred.
After being drafted by reigning premiers Brisbane with pick 43 of the AFL draft, Cody Curtin said his brother Dan — a rising star with Adelaide — was just as excited as he was.
Josh Kempton
Fremantle has convinced Collingwood premiership ruckman Mason Cox to reignite his career out west after meeting with the American on Thursday.
Hunter Holmes will join his older brother Max at Geelong, one of several familiar family names to feature on night two of the AFL draft.
Roger Vaughan
