AFL 2026

[Spargo]

So far this season Geelong is +44 for free kicks having had 4 games with a +9 or more differential.
They comfortably sit on top of the free kick table 102-58

[Lightning McQueen]

So far this season Geelong is +44 for free kicks having had 4 games with a +9 or more differential.
They comfortably sit on top of the free kick table 102-58

They must be the fairest players, considerably.

[wenchbarwer]

BOMBERS: Roll on 2027.

FTFY

[Lightning McQueen]

BOMBERS: Roll on 2027.

FTFY

Surely you're a chance for the supermarket trolley cup.

[Jimmy_041]

Back on about Xerri

Teenager charged over alleged assault of police officer on Adelaide’s on Hindley St
A night out at a club has turned into a court date for a teenager after he allegedly committed a disgusting act against a police officer on Adelaide’s premier party strip.

Natalie Vikhrov
April 12, 2026 - 8:33AM
The Messenger

A teenager has been arrested after allegedly spitting in the face of a police officer in Adelaide’s CBD overnight.

Officers were called to assist security staff with a patron at a Hindley St nightclub at around 1am.

The 18‑year‑old was allegedly causing a disturbance and when police escorted him from the area, the Seaford man allegedly turned and spat in the face of a police officer.

He was then arrested and charged with assaulting a prescribed emergency worker.

The man is set to face the Adelaide Magistrates Court on June 1.

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 20AA
20AA—Causing harm to, or assaulting, certain emergency workers etc

(3) A person who assaults a prescribed emergency worker acting in the course of official duties is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

[Jim05]

Jacob Farrow the Round 4 Rising Star nomination.
Had another very solid game and looks very promising

[locky801]

Jacob Farrow the Round 4 Rising Star nomination.
Had another very solid game and looks very promising

Not all doom and gloom at the Bombers, some good talent out there

[Booney]

Riley Beveridge reporting the AFL will march ahead with Father Son / NGA draft changed for the 2026 draft.

This will cost Port a first round pick. Fair bit of capital.

[Jim05]

Riley Beveridge reporting the AFL will march ahead with Father Son / NGA draft changed for the 2026 draft.

This will cost Port a first round pick. Fair bit of capital.

Potentially 2 top 10’s for Cochrane but more likely a top 10 and a pick in the 20’s. Still worth it
Might make it near on impossible to get all 3 lads the year after though

[Booney]

Riley Beveridge reporting the AFL will march ahead with Father Son / NGA draft changed for the 2026 draft.

This will cost Port a first round pick. Fair bit of capital.

Potentially 2 top 10’s for Cochrane but more likely a top 10 and a pick in the 20’s. Still worth it
Might make it near on impossible to get all 3 lads the year after though

They're making it no more than two picks in the same round though? Ie pick 1 is 3000 points so technically 12 (1286) and 18 (985) match pick one IF they keep the same index numbers.

[Jim05]

Riley Beveridge reporting the AFL will march ahead with Father Son / NGA draft changed for the 2026 draft.

This will cost Port a first round pick. Fair bit of capital.

Potentially 2 top 10’s for Cochrane but more likely a top 10 and a pick in the 20’s. Still worth it
Might make it near on impossible to get all 3 lads the year after though

They're making it no more than two picks in the same round though? Ie pick 1 is 3000 points so technically 12 (1286) and 18 (985) match pick one IF they keep the same index numbers.

Your maths is out.
1286 + 985 is only 2271
Currently you have pick 7 if the season ended today.
With pick 7 you would need to add pick 6 to match

[wenchbarwer]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1502838/tas ... u-mccreery



Whatever they're on in Tassie, I want some

[Booney]

Riley Beveridge reporting the AFL will march ahead with Father Son / NGA draft changed for the 2026 draft.

This will cost Port a first round pick. Fair bit of capital.

Potentially 2 top 10’s for Cochrane but more likely a top 10 and a pick in the 20’s. Still worth it
Might make it near on impossible to get all 3 lads the year after though

They're making it no more than two picks in the same round though? Ie pick 1 is 3000 points so technically 12 (1286) and 18 (985) match pick one IF they keep the same index numbers.

Your maths is out.
1286 + 985 is only 2271
Currently you have pick 7 if the season ended today.
With pick 7 you would need to add pick 6 to match

Oops.

3 + 18 ( I was working on 18 being the bottom / second pick we'd use )

[Jim05]

And this will be the whole problem with these changes. Every club knows Port will most likely need another top 10 pick so will charge well overs in a pick swap. Worst case scenario could be a player like Cochrane costing a club 3 or more first rounders and having to use all future draft capital. Teams near the bottom need a big points discount

[gadj1976]

And the forward planning we did for Cody Walker is now null and void too. What a cluster of an organisation. It was ok when it suited Brisbane - who were already top of the tree prior to the Ashcrofts being available, now for us, it changes. Excellent!

[Brodlach]

Has to be changed at some point and someone is going to be affected

[gadj1976]

Has to be changed at some point and someone is going to be affected

Cool, grandfather the current situation so clubs can plan accordingly. Give it 3-5 years minimum. Doing this last minute is sh1t.

[Booney]

Has to be changed at some point and someone is going to be affected

Indeed it was but not giving clubs notice is the issue. If they said upon Tasmania entering the competition the rules are changing clubs would have had 2 drafts to prepare.

[am Bays]

You blokes do know that the AFL is all about reactionary optics and nothing to do with fairness, no?

[Trader]

AIt was ok when it suited Brisbane - who were already top of the tree prior to the Ashcrofts being available, now for us, it changes. Excellent!

But wasn't the issue with the Ashcrofts that they were getting them for the points equivalent of like pick 8, rather than 1 or 2?
This was for two factors, 1) clubs weren't bidding on them at pick 1 and 2, and 2) there used to be a 20% discount for matching.

I think they should get rid of the discount and leave it at that. (then it's simply on the other clubs if they don't bid, then so be it).
In my opinion, it shouldn't really matter if you use 2 picks from round 1 or 8 picks from rounds 2-6. Provided it gets you to the required number of points then that should be fine.

Limiting it to two picks, really restricts the ability for clubs to plan effectively.

Imagine a club thinks a player is going to go in round 2, so they get their picks ready to go for that, then the player slips into round 3, and the club doesn't have any picks ready to go at that level, cause they traded pre-draft assuming they needed round 2 picks, not round 3 picks.

Even at the top end, say you think your man is going at 1, so you get picks 3 and 18 ready to go, knowing that's the 3000 points you need. But he doesn't go one, he goes at two. You now need to overpay, using up picks 3 and 18 anyway, as you don't have the right picks to match pick 2, rather than pick 1.

Going to be messy moving forward.