AFL 2025

[Brodlach]

Harley Reid staying at the Eagles until end of 2028

What sort of coin has been mentioned?

With incentives, up to $2 million

[PatowalongaPirate]

Silvagni leaving Carlton.

[Booney]

De Koning and Silvagni out of Princess Park.

[Armchair expert]

Just fold the joint

absolute rabble

[Jim05]

A Silvagni playing for Collingwood

[amber_fluid]

A Silvagni playing for Collingwood

Worlds gone mad

[cracka]

Harley Reid staying at the Eagles until end of 2028

Now that the speculation is over he can concentrate on trying to get the footy a bit more rather than fighting

[Corona Man]

Harley Reid staying at the Eagles until end of 2028

Now that the speculation is over he can concentrate on trying to get the footy a bit more rather than fighting

Getting fit may want to be a consideration.

[Armchair expert]

Harley and Dougie Cochrane will lead West Coast into the finals in 2028

[Jim05]

Harley and Dougie Cochrane will lead West Coast into the finals in 2028

Depends if Ports request is approved

[Booney]

"I played in the AFL for 10 years, and I'm a bisexual man": Former West Coast player Mitch Brown has become the first openly bisexual man in the AFL's 129-year history


In 129 years of AFL, no male player, past or present, has ever publicly identified as gay or bisexual.

Today, that changes with former West Coast player Mitch Brown, who played 94 games for the Eagles from 2007-2016.

Here's his story, told exclusively to TDA.

The DM
It was a direct message to TDA’s Instagram that broke more than a century of silence in Australian football.

"Hey Sam, I played in the AFL for 10 years for the West Coast Eagles, and I'm a bisexual man."

The message came from Mitch Brown, a former West Coast defender who had watched TDA's coverage of recent homophobic incidents in the AFL.

"It wasn't so much hours [of contemplation]. It was a moment in time for me, and it was seconds," Brown told TDA.

"I had this feeling of peace, but more importantly, comfort and confidence."

Mitch Brown
Brown and his identical twin brother Nathan were born in Ballarat, Victoria.

Both twins were drafted to the AFL in 2006: Mitch to West Coast with pick 16, Nathan to Collingwood at pick 10.

Aged 17, Brown flew across the country to Perth, moving in with a host family and entering what he describes as a "hyper-masculine environment."

His decade-long career was marked by resilience through injuries, including two ACL reconstructions that cost him entire seasons. In 2012, he won West Coast's Chris Mainwaring Medal, an award given across sporting codes to the individual who makes the most outstanding contribution to a club, both on and off the field.

Brown played 94 games for the Eagles before being delisted in 2016.

https://thedailyaus.com.au/sport/first- ... 26-08-2025

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[wenchbarwer]

Harley and Dougie Cochrane will lead West Coast into the finals in 2028

Depends if Ports request is approved

Be funny if it does, then they go ahead with this rumour of no father/son or academy picks in the first round

[Armchair expert]

Harley and Dougie Cochrane will lead West Coast into the finals in 2028

Depends if Ports request is approved

Be funny if it does, then they go ahead with this rumour of no father/son or academy picks in the first round

That is what is happening

[wenchbarwer]

Good on Mitch.

It really shouldn't matter these days what your sexual orientation is, but at least this is a step in the right direction.

[Jim05]

Harley and Dougie Cochrane will lead West Coast into the finals in 2028

Depends if Ports request is approved

Be funny if it does, then they go ahead with this rumour of no father/son or academy picks in the first round

I think they are looking at it for 2028.
I can’t see it happening though, the VIC, SA and WA clubs will burn the place down

[gadj1976]

I still don't understand why players don't handball and then shepherd.

They seem to be happy to hand it off, then watch their opponent peel off from behind them, run past them and tackle the player they've just given the ball to.

[whufc]

I still don't understand why players don't handball and then shepherd.

They seem to be happy to hand it off, then watch their opponent peel off from behind them, run past them and tackle the player they've just given the ball to.

The evolution of shepherding haha.

As a kid it was the wide arms like an aeroplane shepherd.

Then when you got to seniors it was the bump/hip and shoulder take the body out.

Well you can't bump anymore so they might have to go back to the aeroplane shepherd.

[Booney]

How can the AFL coordinate the cancellation of Snoop with the return of Rankine to Adelaide?

[Lightning McQueen]

I still don't understand why players don't handball and then shepherd.

They seem to be happy to hand it off, then watch their opponent peel off from behind them, run past them and tackle the player they've just given the ball to.

Because they develop athletes instead of footballers and there's no chapion data points for an effective shephard.

[tigerpie]

Good on Mitch.

It really shouldn't matter these days what your sexual orientation is, but at least this is a step in the right direction.

Why are we even discussing the topic?
Nobody cares about your sexual preference and it's nobody's business.