Draft
The AFL draftee who wants to banish ‘toxic masculinity’
New Giant Ollie Hannaford was a top-20 pick in last week’s AFL draft, but he has grander goals than just the ones he kicks on the football field.
- by Marc McGowan
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Opinion
Letters
Our great, meritocratic game of footy’s shrinking talent pool
Readers discuss the number of AFL draftees plucked from private boys’ schools and argue it sells public school football talent short.
Inside the drama of draft night for new Hawk ‘Jason’ – and a swift lesson from James Sicily
Noah Mraz did not have to wait long for his first lesson as a Hawthorn footballer after experiencing a roller-coaster of emotions during the draft.
- by Marc McGowan
Opinion
Letters
Australia must sanction, not indulge Israel
Readers discuss the International Criminal Court’s issuing of a war crimes arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
‘It’s not often us – it’s the parents’: The staggering private school dominance of the AFL draft
We crunched the numbers and they paint a telling picture of just where the AFL’s draftees are coming from.
- by Marc McGowan
Analysis
AFL 2025
Like father, like son: Blues draft son of Cripps’ saviour alongside Camporeale twins
Family ties ran deep among the players selected at this week’s AFL draft, especially at Carlton.
- by Andrew Wu
Analysis
AFL 2024
Elite talent, depth and building for a flag: Analysing each club’s 2024 draft selections
Seventy-one players were drafted across the two nights of the 2024 draft. We look at each club’s haul and hear from recruiting and list managers to explain their strategies.
- by Marc McGowan and Peter Ryan
‘It was almost torture’: Tears turn to joy for draftees as Whitlock joins his twin in the big league
On a busy AFL draft night, one of the Whitlock twins finally got his moment. There’s two new Camporeales at Carlton after Ben and Lucas Camporeale were picked as father-sons and a Melbourne teen was overjoyed after Port Adelaide nabbed him.
- by Scott Spits
Every pick from the 2024 AFL draft
The full list of players from the 2024 AFL national draft as they were selected.
- by Roy Ward
You might not have heard of new Tiger Luke Trainor – but you’ve definitely heard of his grandfather
Not many footballers’ idols are 83-year-old men. But then, not many footballers’ grandfathers are among the greatest goalkickers Australian rules football has ever known.
- by Michael Gleeson
AFL draft first round as it happened: Tigers’ ‘Dusty-like’ pick; Blues like Jagga; Kangas make move on twin
AFL top-draft pick Sam Lalor has put his hand up for Dustin Martin’s famous No.4 jumper and taken early comparisons to the retired Richmond legend in his stride.
- by Scott Spits and Roy Ward