ROUND ONE of the 2025 AFL season saw a dream fulfilled. Sam Lalor, the first overall pick in the 2024 national draft, made his debut for Richmond in front of a crowd of more than 80,000 at the MCG. It’s the kind of situation every young footballer hopes to one day...
LEGENDARY AMERICAN FOOTBALL coach Vince Lombardi, for whom the Super Bowl trophy is named, once said that “Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder and give more than anyone else.” In sport, victory comes at a price. Jy Simpkin, captain of the North...
BAILEY SMITH nearly had his promising AFL career derailed by an ACL injury sustained during a training session in December of 2023. Now, the star midfielder has revealed his recovery was even tougher than originally thought.At the 2025 AFL Awards night, where Smith...
WHEN MEN’S HEALTH visits Sydney Swans HQ, a high-performance training facility within the Moore Park sporting precinct, the team has three games left in the 2025 home-and-away season and virtually no shot at cracking the top eight. Still, the atmosphere is not one of...
BRENDAN FEVOLA WAS once the AFL’s most electrifying showman. A freakish goal-kicker, a headline magnet if there ever was one, and a man who embodied the larrikin spirit of early 2000s footy culture. But behind the countless goals, handful of Coleman medals and the...
We sat down with Richmond young gun Sam Lalor to take stock of his rookie season and understand why he guarantees he’ll never have another wardrobe malfunction
Since becoming captain at North Melbourne, Jy Simpkin has transitioned from a roaming midfielder to a half-forward flank, revamped his mental strategy and gone to great lengths to become a better leader. None of it has brought the Kangaroos much closer to playing finals footy. What it has done is instil a sense of hunger at the club, make Simpkin a better man and, for the first time in his career, give him reason to believe his all-consuming pursuit of glory will soon pay off
At AFL Awards night, the Geelong Cats superstar lifted the lid on his time spent in a mental facility while recovering from a torn ACL
The Sydney Swans' season may be all but over, but Brodie Grundy is still giving 100 per cent every week
The retired footballer opens up about his struggles with mental health throughout his AFL career, what he would tell his younger self to do differently, and why he’s getting behind the Family Roast
After a quiet 2023 the Sydney Swans forward is fresh off his first full preseason in a decade. As he tells Men’s Health, now is the time for he and his teammates to fill the void left by you know who and make a premiership run. For Heeney, that could mean making the leap from star to superstar.
With the season opener set to kick off at the SCG on Thursday night, it’s time to catch up on everything that’s been going on in Aussie Rules. Consider this your go-to guide to the 2024 AFL season.
As concerns grow over the impact of concussions and other head injuries on players’ physical and mental wellbeing, the AFL could need to make a change to protect their athletes.
The Greater Western Sydney Giants have revealed that rookie midfielder Jason Gillbee swapped out all of his water intake for milk three years ago. Allow us to explain why that’s a bad idea.
For Melbourne Demons star Christian Petracca, the pursuit of victory starts in the off-season and continues in virtually every spare moment between games. That said, the midfielder strives for something higher than superlative match fitness – to be fit and healthy for life.
'I attended the 2022 Toyota AFL grand final, and this is how it all went down in full detail.'
