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• Banned Swans five returning to SCG

  23-09-2026 00:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The five suspended Swans players are returning to the club weeks after they were stood down.
  
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• Freedmans hope for more bittersweet success with late bloomer

  24-09-2026 04:21 via theage.com.au
  
  Magnatear has hit career-best form for Will and Richard Freedman at age seven, and the training team now hope he can keep it going for rich spring targets.
  
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• Why South Sydney are happy to wait until March to discuss new deal for Latrell

  24-09-2026 04:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The Rabbitohs are prepared for Latrell Mitchell to become a free agent on November 1 as they wait to see how their star recovers from a serious back injury.
  
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• Sometimes the great game of AFL is about much more than footy

  24-09-2026 04:10 via theage.com.au
  
  The CoHealth Kangaroos are a team designed for players who don't fit into mainstream footy.
  
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• Matildas name three uncapped players in squad for October friendlies

  24-09-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Matildas coach Joe Montemurro names three uncapped players in his squad of 26 for October's friendlies against Germany and Haiti.
  
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• From Kylie to Lachie, everything you need to know for the AFL grand final

  24-09-2026 03:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The Brisbane Lions and Fremantle are preparing for an historic AFL finale at the MCG on Saturday. Here's everything you need to know.
  
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• Corban and her son started playing league in the same year. Now they’ve both called time

  24-09-2026 03:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Corban Baxter was 20-years-old when she picked up the footy alongside her four-year-old son. Now they’re 32 and 15, and it’s time for the next chapter in their lives.
  
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• ‘Love-hate’: Struggling Piastri returns to scene of heartbreak and triumph

  24-09-2026 03:33 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend, where Australian Oscar Piastri has had both the best and worst races of his career.
  
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• Curtis backs improved Modella to fill void in spring mares features

  24-09-2026 03:20 via theage.com.au
  
  Lee Curtis says his stable aimed too high with Modella in previous campaigns, but she is now ready for elite company after a sharp return.
  
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• Inside the mind of an AFL finals umpire when everyone else is losing theirs

  24-09-2026 03:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Players will try to con them. They will be yelled at, and might even have things thrown at them. But the four field umpires picked for Saturday’s grand final will come back to three things - courage, judgment and process.
  
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• Golden start in focus for Lees in chase of special group 1 win

  24-09-2026 02:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Kris Lees is confident Under Focus is group 1 material, if he can get back to nailing the start.
  
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• Wharfie Time and Lions songs get green light for grand final

  24-09-2026 02:27 via smh.com.au
  
  In a departure from grand final tradition, both clubs will be allowed to whip up their fans with music and activations at the MCG.
  
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• Joey stunned by Rabbitohs' offer to Walker

  24-09-2026 01:35 via theage.com.au
  
  Andrew Johns "can't believe" South Sydney has only been offered $300,000 a year to Cody Walker to play in 2027.
  
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• Joey explains what prelim means to Knights fans

  24-09-2026 01:35 via theage.com.au
  
  Newcastle legend Andrew Johns explains what making an NRL preliminary final means to Knights fans.
  
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• 'That's why Taliban is scared': Cyclist's incredible journey to silver

  24-09-2026 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Fariba Hashimi wins Asian Games silver in the cycling, five years after escaping Afghanistan for Italy.
  
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• From disaster to destiny, it's taken a decade to rebuild the Dockers

  24-09-2026 00:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Fremantle was the AFL's minor premier in 2015 but won just four games the following season. After hitting the reset button, the Dockers are now on the cusp of winning their first-ever flag 10 years later.
  
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• Football is full of sliding doors moments. Just ask the Fremantle Dockers

  24-09-2026 00:53 via abc.net.au
  
  It's taken a decade to rebuild the Dockers after they crashed and burned in 2016, a year after finishing top of the ladder, but clever recruiting has them on the cusp of winning their inaugural AFL flag.
  
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• Waller reacts to V'landys quitting

  23-09-2026 23:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Leading Sydney horse trainer Chris Waller reacts to Peter V'landys stepping down as Racing NSW boss.
  
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• V'landys steps down as Racing NSW boss to secure firmer grip on NRL

  23-09-2026 23:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Peter V'landys moves one step closer to becoming the NRL's executive chairman after stepping down from Racing NSW.
  
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• Gidley says Knights can upset Panthers

  23-09-2026 23:24 via theage.com.au
  
  Newcastle legend Kurt Gidley says the Knights can upset the Panthers and reach a first NRL grand final in 25 years.
  
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• Scoop in September: What Welsh and his Bombers really think about the Merrett situation

  23-09-2026 21:48 via theage.com.au
  
  Andrew Welsh has revisited the events of last year, when Zach Merrett explored a move away from Essendon and Hawthorn loomed large as his new home.
  
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• Why Conor McKenna’s magic acts are no luck of the Irish

  23-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Conor McKenna has produced two of the more freakish goals of the season, the Brisbane Lion – and former Gaelic football star – showing why he has the skills to light up Saturday’s grand final.
  
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• Cleary and Walker will wage a war in their own heads. But only one might survive

  23-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The NRL’s two best No.7s are playing grand final qualifiers under injury clouds. And it could just be the Panthers champion who comes unstuck.
  
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• 'Wharfie time' given green light for grand final

  23-09-2026 13:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The Fremantle Dockers have been given the green light to use 'wharfie time' at the 2026 AFL grand final.
  
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• Watch: The colossal hits that set the tone for a new NRL force

  23-09-2026 12:18 via theage.com.au
  
  It was a Dolphins hit that did more than rattle Brandon Smith’s rib cage; it signalled the juggernaut club was getting ready to emerge.
  
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• Talk with Mal that got Sexton to the Bears

  23-09-2026 12:14 via theage.com.au
  
  Toby Sexton reveals the conversation he had with soon-to-be coach Mal Meninga that convinced him to return to the NRL.
  
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• ‘No bad blood’: Winnington makes shock move away from Boxall to train with sprint king McEvoy

  23-09-2026 11:30 via theage.com.au
  
  Olympic silver medallist Elijah Winnington has left supercoach Dean Boxall to embark on a vastly different training program inspired by Cam McEvoy’s remarkable reinvention.
  
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• ‘It’s up to the clubs’: AFL CEO says there’s risk in trading for besieged Swans

  23-09-2026 11:00 via theage.com.au
  
  In a wide-ranging interview with this masthead, Andrew Dillon spoke on the Pullman saga, the umpiring in the Hawks’ preliminary final loss, and the potential of the AFL being aired on Netflix.
  
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• NRL Tips - Finals Week 3

  23-09-2026 10:16 via theage.com.au
  
  Before the round of footy gets underway, catch the tips from Brad Fittler and Andrew Johns.
  
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• Banned Swans return to club

  23-09-2026 09:49 via theage.com.au
  
  Isaac Heeney, James Jordon and Nick Blakey arrive at Sydney Swans HQ to address the playing group for the first time since their sanctions.
  
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