How teams source their players is always hotly debated, but this mechanism is working just fine so the AFL should not give in ...

As Jeremy McGovern sat crying in a meeting with his coach Adam Simpson before the 2014 AFL season, few would have predicted the career he would have. What happened next is testament to hard work, ...

A WA team with the likes of Chad Warner, Shai Bolton, Jesse Hogan, Patrick Cripps and Kozzy Pickett could come up against a Victorian team stacked with Matt Rowell, Nick Daicos, Jeremy Cameron and ...

Indigenous champions Michael Long and Stephen Michael have called on the AFL industry to do more to promote and support First Nations talent amid a sharp decline in numbers at the top level.

Adam Goodes ahead of the AFL Indigenous Round in 2013. The Herald Sun reported this week that Goodes was still a long way from a return to football despite the AFL’s overtures.

Football talent boss Hartley, like Hardwick, remains passionate regarding the benefits of a strong Indigenous culture within a football club, not to mention the benefits for a team’s performance.

The 2025 Toyota AFL Indigenous All Stars game officially launched on Friday night with a special function at WA Museum Boola Bardip, celebrating the cultural and footballing contributions of ...

WA Football will hold key meetings with the AFL this week as it attempts to secure a $3 million grant to implement the findings of its talent review and address a dramatic decline in Indigenous ...

Nationally, the number of Indigenous players on AFL lists has dropped from 87 in 2020 to 63 in 2025. Without a specific strategy to address the downturn, WA Football would risk a talent shortfall ...