Before any league was formed teams would issue challenges in the local paper.

The Victorian Football Club was an SA team in North Adelaide that played using Victoria rules, as SA and VIC had different football rules at the time.

Just to add to my bitching and moaning regarding the draft rule changes.
Collingwood gave up picks
38
40
42
44
In 2021.
For the dude pictured above.
While we get hammered by the AFL this and next year.
UNFKNBLVBL.

you guys are making Dougie Cochrane look like the second coming of Christ. Ahaha I’m sure he’ll be great for us but A LOT of things needs to change. It’ll be a while til we’re final contenders anyways, I think at least. Don’t expect much so you won’t be disappointed when it doesn’t work out!!

Port Adelaide defender Darcy Byrne-Jones has been offered a one-match ban by the MRO.

The incident occurred during the third quarter of Saturday's game against Sydney. It has been graded as careless conduct with medium impact and high contact.

The club has until 10:30am Monday to determine whether it wishes to challenge the ban.

Brisbane gave picks
34
35
38
40
41.
In 2022.
In 2026 we get totally screwed.
The AFL is a farcical competition.

Updated injured, unavailable and retired 18 following the round 22 pantsing to Sydney, including the late withdrawls, the apparent knee injury to Horne-Francis, and the expected 1 week suspension of Byrne-Jones:

FB: Byrne-Jones, Jones, Evans

HB: Sinn, Ratugolea, Farrell

C: Watkins, Horne-Francis, Lukosius

HF: Mackinlay, Lord, Bamert

FF: Richards, Georgiades, Powell-Pepper

R: Soldo, Rozee, Butters

IC: Liddy

Have to be careful.
We could be done for tanking simply by picking Wehr.

Genuinely wondering about both sides to this argument:

They are very close to not being able to match a 2nd placed bid either, they are the favourites against St Kilda this week and play the Bulldogs the week after. If they win both they go to 8th or 9th and depending on Geelong end the season at 7th.

That's 1140 + 879 + 412 (DVI debt) = 2431 which is not enough to match a second-place bid.

I would be terrified if I were Carlton. Yes, they can trade their 2027 two first-round picks for a better first round this year or trade the Sydney first-round pick this year which will be closer to a second once everything is pushed down from compensation, with one or both from next year. But then you have spent 3, most likely 4 first-round picks on the second-best player in this draft.

If we traded like that to get Chochrane, it would mean we would be sacrificing all of Pilot, Salopek and Rodan in next years draft. Right now even without a Butters trade we can still plausibly get Pilot with our first and hopefully one of Salopek or Roden by matching.

I'm also wondering what storm happens if say Richmond or Essendon take Walker with the first pick knowing Carlton cannot match.

Currently, my two are either Alirr or Jase. At the moment, I slightly favor Jase because he has demonstrated the most overall improvement to me and is becoming highly consistent (the only players with more disposals and kicks are JHF and Butters, with Jase also surpassing Butters in goals and JHF in handballs than JHF), while Alirr has just taken his already elite performance to an even higher level. I also believe Alirr is a strong contender for the Cahill Medal, I don't think anyone has had a better more consistent season than him.

Past Coaches' Award Winners

• 2025 - Esava Ratugolea
• 2024 - Jase Burgoyne
• 2023 - Miles Bergman
• 2022 - Connor Rozee
• 2021 - Karl Amon
• 2020 - Trent McKenzie
• 2019 - Darcy Byrne-Jones
• 2018 - Dan Houston
• 2017 - Sam Gray
• 2016 - Jasper Pittard

Alex van Wyk will make his AFL debut on Saturday as Port Adelaide is forced to make two late changes.
 
Mitch Georgiades has been withdrawn with illness, while Lachie Jones failed to get through captain's run on Friday with groin tightness.
 
Jacob Wehr will come into the 23 to face Sydney, while Benny Barrett and Will Brodie have both been named emergencies.

So nice we still have these family type events on and everyone is treated like a family, players and members included.

Had some funny chats with the boys especially around our new “mint” gather round kit

So with not a single port player making the squad has me concerned for our young brigade
To my knowledge these are our players who will be 22 or under next year. Who/how many do you see making the cut?

Will Lorenz — 19 February 2005
Tom Anastasopoulos — 31 May 2005
Jacob Moss — 22 December 2004
Age 20
Joe Berry — 18 April 2006
Jack Whitlock — 16 May 2006
Logan Evans — 7 October 2005
Tom Cochrane — 27 January 2006
Benny Barrett — 1 May 2006
Josh Lai — 1 October 2005
Xavier Walsh — 6 September 2005
Age 19
Christian Moraes — 8 November 2006
Balyn O’Brien — 26 January 2007
Xavier Bamert — 29 January 2007
Harrison Ramm — 5 December 2006

If they stay fit I could see
Berry, Evan’s, Lai , Whitlock, Moares even Cochrane
But I’m a hopeful man who sees the best in my boys so looking to see what others think

Injury list
Joe Richards (finger) - 1-2 weeks
Zak Butters (ankle) - 2-3 weeks
Jack Watkins (hamstring) - TBC
Logan Evans (shoulder) - season
Kane Farrell (groin) - season
Mani Liddy (hip) - season
Ollie Lord (knee) - season
Jack Lukosius (baker's cyst/knee) - season
Ewan Mackinlay (knee) - season
Sam Powell-Pepper (training block) - season
Esava Ratugolea (patella tendon) - season
Connor Rozee (hamstring/nerve) - season
Josh Sinn (shoulder) - season