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Top 10 Grand Finals since 2000: Where does 2026 rank?
There are Grand Finals you remember for who won them, and there are Grand Finals you remember almost frame by frame. The mark, the goal, the smother, the bounce which went the wrong way. Here are the top 10 since 2000, according to Rohan Connolly.
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AFL DRAFT
'They'd follow me knowing I kick goals': NGA-tied Khaled El Souki is in first-round contention
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September Power Rankings: An extended top 35, plus current player comparisons
The W Files: North's 'unbelieveable' response; Jesse back in form
2027 AFL PREDICTIONS
Way-too-early predictions: Our picks for 2027 premier, Brownlow, and more
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Michaels: Freo to keep contending despite awful GF loss
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GF - Dockers vs Lions
Brisbane Lions produce stuff of football immortality to claim three-peat
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AFL Grand Final player ratings: Every Fremantle and Brisbane player graded
WHOSE STOCKS ROSE, WHOSE FELL?
Grand Final Stocks: Morris the hero; Wharfie Time backfires disastrously
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FREMANTLE HEARTBREAK
Justin Longmuir's message to 'devastated' Dockers
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Voss: Critical moments haunted Dockers will 'replay in their heads'
LIONS, DOCKERS ASSESSED
UPDATED: Pass or fail? Grading every team's season
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BROWNLOW MEDAL
'A relief': Collingwood star Nick Daicos wins 2026 Brownlow Medal
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ESPN's Brownlow Medal predictor: did we get it right?
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- Pearce 'thankfully' avoids surgery on Achilles
- Fagan honoured as Lions coach mulls next move
- Why Lions are set to dominate after star's exit
- Coaches votes stir controversy over Norm Smith
- Bombers land premiership coach for key role
- ⇄ AFL trades, free agency tracker: latest news
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Pass or fail? Grading every AFL team's season based on preseason expectations
Make finals, win the flag, or avoid the bottom four ... we gave each team a pass mark coming into the 2026 season. So how did every club go?
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ESPN's All-Australian team for 2026: Final 23 named -- who gets snubbed?
Who would pick up an AFL All-Australian blazer if our three footy writers, Jake Michaels, Matt Walsh, and Jarryd Barca had their way? Here's ESPN's final All-Australian team.
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Listen to our AFL podcast - the ESPN Footy Podcast with Champion Data
Join ESPN's footy team for some of the best AFL analysis and insight on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
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ESPN's Brownlow Medal predictor and tracker - every vote for 2026
The Brownlow Medal is the highest individual honour in the AFL. In 2026, ESPN is giving you an advantage with our one-of-a-kind predictor.
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Remembering Neale Daniher: The football figure who became Australia's inspiration
There have been more decorated footballers. More successful coaches. But it's difficult to think of too many figures in Australian sport who have left a greater impression on people, or whose influence stretched so far beyond the game itself.
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'It's a scam': What the AFL and city of Adelaide won't tell you about Gather Round
Everyone loves to rave about Gather Round. But unless you're in the financial 1%, this weekend-long football festival just isn't meant for you.
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We're misty-optically: Paying tribute to Dennis Cometti, a footy commentary icon
It's inevitably the witticisms which first spring first to mind when think of Dennis Cometti, but, more broadly, he was Australian football's greatest ever caller and will be sorely missed, writes Rohan Connolly.
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Ranking every AFL after-the-siren winning goal since 2000
Since the turn of the millennium, there have been 33 after-the-siren goals kicked which have won the game. We've ranked them -- taking into account shot difficulty, context of the match, conditions, and more to determine which clutch kick rules them all.
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AFL player record holders, statistical leaders, and more
Who has played the most AFL games? Who has kicked the most AFL goals? Here are the league leaders in history for all the stats that matter.
