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Lyndale finishes sixth in Division 4, taps Jason Hamilton as new coach
The Southern Football Netball League club also crowned Rick Green its best and fairest after a season that ended short of September action.
Photo: Celco85 / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Saints land Brisbane premiership midfielder Sam Marshall in trade
St Kilda has sent its 2027 first-round draft pick to Brisbane to bring the 20-year-old back to Melbourne, where he once played for the Sandringham Dragons.
Photo: Flickerd / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)St Kilda trades Rowan Marshall to Geelong for first-round pick
The deal ends a two-year standoff that saw the ruckman boycott the club's best and fairest award while pushing for a move to Geelong.
Photo: Flickerd / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Callum Wilkie edges out Silvagni for second Trevor Barker Award
The St Kilda captain won the club's best and fairest by just five votes, as the Saints also handed out awards to Jack Silvagni, Max Hall and Hugo Garcia.
Photo: Flickerd / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Zach Merrett completes shock trade from Essendon to Hawthorn
The former Essendon captain signed a four-year deal with Hawthorn reportedly worth about $4 million, ending a saga that began during last year's trade period.
Photo: Flickerd / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Pendlebury joins Gold Coast in trade after 21 seasons at Collingwood
Collingwood received a reported late draft pick in return, with Pendlebury due to add a coaching role under Damien Hardwick after two seasons as a Gold Coast player.
Toby Greene signs three-year deal with Geelong as free agent
The three-time All-Australian departs Greater Western Sydney after 15 seasons and 282 games, with the Giants to receive a second-round compensation pick currently slated at pick No. 26.
Photo: Richard Munckton / Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0)Brisbane completes three-peat as Fremantle's Bolton wins Norm Smith Medal in defeat
Shai Bolton polled 10 votes from the Grand Final selection panel to claim the medal ahead of Brisbane's Dayne Zorko and Will Ashcroft, who tied for second with six votes each.
Photo: Jeanie Mackinder / Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0)Kylie Minogue soars above MCG in bedazzled finale to Grand Final show
More than 100,000 fans watched the singer perform hits including Padam Padam and Can't Get You Out of My Head, joined on stage by William Barton, G Flip and Dom Dolla.
Photo: Alexander Sheko / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)Lachie Neale cleared to play in Grand Final after suspension overturned
Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir questions the timing of the ruling that freed Neale to line up for Brisbane against Fremantle in Saturday's historic first Grand Final meeting between the clubs.
Photo: Somno / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Neale’s grand final reprieve: Appeal Board scraps ban as Lions star swaps suspension for $10,000 fine
Brisbane’s two-time Brownlow medallist will line up against his old club Fremantle at the MCG on Saturday after the Appeal Board ruled his 320-game clean record was “exemplary”.
Photo: Flickerd / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Kylie, a Lions three-peat bid and Freo’s history hunt: your guide to Saturday’s MCG grand final
Brisbane and Fremantle meet in a final for the first time, with Kylie Minogue on stage before the 2.30pm bounce and Seven broadcasting the match exclusively.