Fremantle were one of two teams to lead in every game during the 2026 AFL season, while Richmond, GWS, and Essendon trailed in every game they played this year.

The Manchester City scandal has been called the biggest in football history. How do their fans and supporters of other clubs handle it? It's all about "collective shame" and "moral uncoupling". @westsyduics @AustSoc @TASA_Sport @AcadSocSci @HumanitiesAU theconversation.com/anger-re…

After investing so much emotional energy in supporting a club, many fans struggle to manage public shame in overheated environments. @rowe_david @westernsydneyu theconversation.com/anger-re…

The Knights' new coach took his squad 100 metres underground into a coal mine to help his players better understand the region's working-class history. @DrAshMorgan @FlindersUniNews theconversation.com/from-roc…

Motor neurone disease is rare, but there is growing evidence playing contact sports may increase your risk. @alanpearcephd @Swinburne theconversation.com/with-a-f…

With another high profile athlete revealing his MND diagnosis, a familiar question returns: are there any links between repeated impacts to the brain and the risk of MND? theconversation.com/with-a-f…

What a mindset. Incredible positivity.

The long-standing UN secretary general could have done more to protect the world's most vulnerable people. @MurdochUni theconversation.com/after-a-…

Manchester City could be facing enormous sanctions for cheating – and the fallout may spread to its 13 teams around the world, from New York to Melbourne. @Uni_Newcastle theconversation.com/stripped…

What nearly was. Treacy. Lester. 100,023. #AFLGF

That is a bizarre Norm Smith result

Your heart just breaks for the dockers and their fans

Omg.

Following on from our piece for the @ConversationEDU, how often does the side leading at 3/4 time win an #AFLGF? Since 2000: Lead (pts) | All finals | Grand finals 1-10: 62% | 8 of 10 11-20: 86% | 5 of 5 21-30: 88% | 1 of 1 31+: 100% | 10 of 10 #AFLFreoLions

Channel 10's opener to its Grand Final coverage in 2002 is arguably the best encapsulation of the day and what it means to so many ❤️🏆

The old cliché about the Grand Final being the toughest test was true – for a while. @_HunterBennett_ @Joel__Garrett @Griffith_Uni theconversation.com/are-afl-…

Daicos is an unbackable favourite for the #BrownlowMedal, but the last 10+ winners have all been in the top 6 for a stat that Daicos is outside the top 20 for. Could Cripps etc be closer than expected? theconversation.com/what-you… #AFL @CollingwoodFC footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_p…

Predicted club leading vote getters for 2026 #Brownlow ADEL: I Rankine BRIS: W Ashcroft GWS: C Oliver RICH: T Taranto Full list here: lincolntracy.substack.com/p/…

Ray Chamberlain on @abcsport: he gets possession, the ball is not pinned, there’s an arm free, he’s got to make an attempt to get rid of it. The rule is reasonable time. He gave him a week in the context of this game. Umpires have also got to demonstrate courage. That’s what he’s paid to do, and he delivered

Adelaide’s season ended on Saturday night, losing to Brisbane in their semi-final clash by 53 points. It was their biggest loss of the season, and the only game this season where they didn't hold a lead. lincolntracy.substack.com/p/…