The AFL has confirmed, following a meeting with club bosses on Monday, that AFL teams will be able to continue to match bids on father-son and Academy talents in 2026 and beyond, according to AFL ...

MELBOURNE, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The Australian Football League (AFL) will revive its "State of Origin" concept after a 27-year break, with a Western Australian (WA) representative team to host a ...

How can players such as Lincoln McCarthy, Dane Rampe and Jake Lloyd possibly be AFL rookies? The AFL Rookie Draft system has courted controversy in recent times with its functionality. Instead of ...

The AFL is introducing seven new rule changes ahead of the 2026 Toyota AFL Premiership season in a bid to crack down on dead time within games. A last disposal rule, new centre ball-up contest laws ...

Some of the AFL’s most contentious rules have been fine-tuned ahead of the 2026 season. The common theme throughout these changes is to reduce ‘dead time,’ in the hope that game times will be reduced ...

The AFL hopes of a raft of new rule changes will allow up to four minutes to be cut from increasingly longer games. A bid to streamline matches and cut time-wasting are behind seven law ...

Lyon said Gawn stood to benefit greatly from rucks being prevented from crossing the centre line to engage their opponent at ball-ups in 2026, with the rule change to be tested for the first time in ...