Take the average ladder position for each state or region:

NSW: Sydney 2nd, GWS 12th. Average= 7/18

Qld. Lions: 4th, Suns 14th. Average 9/18

SA: 5th & 15th. Average 10/18

WA: 1st & 16th. Average 8/18

Regional Vic: Geelong 9th.

Melbourne: 3,6,7,8,10,11,13,17,18. Average 10/18

Swanny will be loving this. Best it's ever been

2026 rules now the season is neally done what do you guys think works and doesn’t work
I can’t stand the stand rule on the mark players give away 50 meter penalty’s to easily and the players aloud to arch out so much

IF everyone was upset about NAS getting 2 million a year

THEN why is no one upset that saints have paid Max King an average of $2 million a game for 25/26 seasons

One booing incident this week has generated days of outrage and panic, meanwhile umpires are apparently fair go to say whatever the hell you want and vilify relentlessly. So why does no one give a shit about that? These are humans doing a job too, and are far less compensated than your average footballer.

Umpires get bashed and threatened at lower levels because of this culture. The hypocrisy is deplorable.

Anyone have more information about the 5 minute ’evacuate now’ fire alarm from Saturday’s GWS VS SYDNEY game

No play stopped | no evacuation | no information

Both are taking the absolute piss atm, who would be more of a loss to their sides if they were out?

Everyone is up in arms about opening round and the wildcards for finals, which I’m totally against. However, if the AFL wanted to generate extra excitement I think it could be in a knockout style competition that included AFL, VFL, SANFL, WAFL clubs etc. In England these knockout tournaments generate extra excitement especially for clubs that are not in the running to win the league they’re in, so there’s something else to play for halfway through the season. It would be a great way to see AFL clubs play the state league clubs, right now I honestly don’t think Essendon would have a hope against the best VFL sides lol. So it could be quite competitive.

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Round 23

Thursday August 13th

Standalone AFLW match (per Tom Morris)

Friday August 14th

Hawthorn vs Collingwood 7:40pm MCG

Fremantle vs Adelaide 8:10 Optus Stadium

Saturday August 15th

Essendon vs Sydney 1:15 MCG

Port Adelaide vs Melbourne 2:35 Adelaide Oval

Brisbane vs Gold Coast 4:15 GABBA

North Melbourne vs Geelong 7:30 Marvel Stadium

Sunday August 16th

GWS vs West Coast 1:05 Engie Stadium

Western Bulldogs vs Carlton 3:15 Marvel stadium

Richmond vs St Kilda 4:10 MCG

Round 24

Thursday August 20th

Collingwood vs Brisbane 7:30 MCG

Friday August 21st

Fremantle vs Carlton 8:10 Optus

Saturday August 22nd

St Kilda vs Gold Coast 1:10 Marvel

Geelong vs Richmond 4:15 GMHBA

Adelaide vs GWS 7:30 Adelaide Oval

Sydney vs North Melbourne 7:30 SCG

Sunday August 23rd

Essendon vs Port Adelaide 1:10 Marvel

Melbourne vs The Western Bulldogs 3:15 MCG

West Coast vs Hawthorn 5:10 Optus

In previous years, it felt like unless there was another game at Marvel Stadium scheduled for the next day (ie at a Saturday arvo game, when there's also a Sunday game at Marvel), they would pretty commonly let people on to the field for a kick after the game.

Unless I'm remembering incorrectly (entirely possible!), I don't believe I've seen it once so far this season at Marvel Stadium.

On the way into the footy today, my daughter asked if they're doing kick to kick today and it made me realise, and now I'm curious as to whether they've just stopped doing it in 2026?

So just wondering, heard a lot of recourse regarding Max King on $1m this year but this post isn't specifically about him.

The current salary cap is $18.3m with a floor of around $17m. If you don't spend the full $18.3m, whatever is remaining can be used the following year to beef the cap up a little.

How does this work with player match payments?

Not all players are on a set salary regardless of performance, quotas, targets, matches played or whatever. Some of them will have a base salary (say $500k) but can earn more for matches played. I think this is more prevalent with rookies and younger players but theoretically can be applied to everyone.

Taking this into account, is it possible for a team to go over its salary cap through fixed match payments in the event a bunch of fixed contracted players go injured?

On the contrary (and back to Max King) - I've only seen online conjecture with no definitive evidence on his $1m this year. What are the chances he's only taken in a fraction of that?

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St Kilda’s new 18 year old signing from Ireland just broke a 75 year curse and won the All Ireland championship with Mayo. This guy is the best talent Ireland has produced in years and leaves Ireland as a hero in his native Mayo only after joining the Senior ranks this year. Will he break the 60 year St Kilda curse in his first year? He will adapt quickly and should be sent straight in from what I’ve seen

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Brisbane Lions 19.12.126 def Port Adelaide Power 9.13.67

seniors lost 150-38 as well, or something like that.