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• Sharpe juggles Best's try assist

  20-09-2026 08:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Fletcher Sharpe finally scores after Bradman Best's brilliant line break.
  
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• Lions confirm they will appeal Neale's grand final ban

  23-09-2026 04:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Lachie Neale has one last hope of playing in the grand final after the Brisbane Lions chose to appeal his one-match suspension.
  
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• Brisbane Lions confirm they will appeal Lachie Neale’s grand final ban

  23-09-2026 04:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Veteran Lion Dayne Zorko has described the AFL tribunal’s decision to uphold Lachie’s Neale’s one-match suspension as “disappointing” and now the club is taking the matter to an appeal.
  
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• Breaking: Lions confirm they will appeal Neale's grand final ban

  23-09-2026 04:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Lachie Neale has one last hope of playing in the grand final after the Brisbane Lions chose to appeal his one-match suspension.
  
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• Dolphins starting to feel salary cap squeeze

  23-09-2026 04:06 via theage.com.au
  
  After Selwyn Cobbo signed a monster new deal, the Dolphins focus will now turn to securing the futures of Herbie Farnworth, Jack Bostock and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow.
  
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• Dylan Lucas on his miracle comeback and how he became an NRL star

  23-09-2026 03:47 via theage.com.au
  
  Unwanted by the Dragons, late Knights coach Scott Dureau had a profound impact on the career of Dylan Lucas when he shifted to the Hunter as a teenager.
  
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• Daicos' beautiful tribute to 'best friend' Logan

  23-09-2026 02:40 via theage.com.au
  
  After Nick Daicos paid special tribute to his 'best friend' Logan on the Brownlow, Logan and his dad Shane spoke to Today about their bond.
  
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• Neale's dad 'worried for him' if ban keeps him from playing grand final

  23-09-2026 02:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Lachie Neale's father says the family is "worried" about the star Lion missing the AFL grand final at the end of a tumultuous year.
  
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• Neale's dad wants Lions to appeal grand final ban but says son is 'in two minds'

  23-09-2026 02:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Lachie Neale's father says his son "will be in two minds" about whether he appeals his AFL grand final ban because he does not want to be a distraction.
  
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• Neale ban ‘disappointing’, says Zorko, as Brisbane Lions weigh up appeal options

  23-09-2026 02:12 via theage.com.au
  
  Veteran Lion Dayne Zorko has described the AFL tribunal’s decision to uphold Lachie’s Neale’s one-match suspension as “disappointing” as Brisbane weigh up their appeal options ahead of Saturday’s grand final.
  
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• ‘Out on a high note’: Australian sprint great Rohan Browning retires

  23-09-2026 01:57 via theage.com.au
  
  Rohan Browning burst onto the world stage at the Tokyo Olympics in a stadium emptied by the COVID pandemic, but departs with Australian sprinting in a much healthier state.
  
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• 'Flying mullet' Browning announces athletics retirement

  23-09-2026 01:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Two-time Olympian Rohan Browning reflects on the moment that changed his life, as he calls time on his athletics career.
  
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• Suaalii shifted to wing as Kiss rolls dice for Boks

  23-09-2026 01:41 via theage.com.au
  
  Wallabies coach Les Kiss has pulled the trigger on a positional change for highly paid star Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii.
  
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• Mary Fowler's Man City score controversial goal with flare burning on pitch

  23-09-2026 01:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Bayern Munich players take issue as Manchester City scores a crucial goal in their Women's Champions League clash as a flare sends purple smoke billowing nearby.
  
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• Banned Swans to make first public appearance since Pullman Hotel scandal

  23-09-2026 01:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The five Sydney Swans players banned for breaching club standards return to Moore Park for the first time since the scandal occurred.
  
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• Tones and I offered NRL grand final show only three weeks ago

  23-09-2026 01:10 via theage.com.au
  
  The artist’s management said nothing was signed and she turned down the opportunity because of prior commitments in the United States.
  
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• Tones And I reveals why she turned down NRL grand final

  23-09-2026 00:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Tones And I has broken her silence after the NRL declared it will forego a grand final tradition of pre-match entertainment.
  
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• Tones And I breaks silence on NRL grand final pre-match fiasco

  23-09-2026 00:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Tones And I has broken her silence after the NRL declared it will forego a grand final tradition of pre-match entertainment.
  
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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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• Swans players to return to the club for first time since suspension

  23-09-2026 00:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, Riley Bice and James Jordon will be back at Swans HQ for the first time in five weeks for their end-of-season exit meetings.
  
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• Suspended Swans players to return to the club for first time since suspension

  23-09-2026 00:02 via theage.com.au
  
  Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, Riley Bice and James Jordon will be back at Swans HQ for the first time in five weeks for their end-of-season exit meetings.
  
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• Suspended Swans players to return to the club for exit meetings

  23-09-2026 00:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, Riley Bice and James Jordon will be back at Swans HQ for the first time in five weeks for their end-of-season exit meetings.
  
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• Why the AFL tribunal upheld Neale's grand final ban

  22-09-2026 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The tribunal says it had reason not to overturn Lachie Neale's appeal. Now the AFL world waits to hear whether the Lions will launch an appeal.
  
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• Scoop in September: How the AFL boss won the room with NFL backhander

  22-09-2026 21:51 via theage.com.au
  
  In a digital age, Brownlow voting is still a pen and paper job. No app. No encrypted portal. No biometric pass.
  
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• ‘There’s a big part of Spencer in me’: The secret sauce that makes Naufahu Whyte NRL’s No.1 prop

  22-09-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  The Roosters front-rower reckons he’s a mix of Spencer Leniu, Jared Warea-Hargreaves and Lindsay Collins. All of which adds up to one fearsome adversary.
  
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• Demons claim short-lived CEO lacked skills needed for the job and misled their board

  22-09-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  Weeks after former Melbourne FC chief Paul Guerra launched Federal Court action against the Demons, the club has hit back, lodging its statement of defence.
  
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• Lachie Neale out of grand final in sensational tribunal ruling

  22-09-2026 15:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Brisbane’s champion midfielder Lachie Neale remains suspended for the grand final against his former club Fremantle after the AFL tribunal rejected his “inconsistent” evidence in a landmark case.
  
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• Lachie Neale to miss grand final

  22-09-2026 14:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Lachie Neale fails in his bid to overturn the grand final ban.
  
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• Lachie Neale banned for grand final in sensational tribunal ruling

  22-09-2026 13:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The star Brisbane Lions midfielder needs to overturn or downgrade the one-match ban he got for striking Hawthorn’s Jack Ginnivan to play in Saturday’s grand final against his former club, Fremantle.
  
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• 'Come on': Eddie grows impatient at tribunal process

  22-09-2026 13:11 via theage.com.au
  
  Nine's Footy Classified panel discusses the long wait for a decision on Lachie Neale.
  
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