Author: Sean

It’s always more impressive to go early in predicting an outcome than late – something that the media often struggles with when assessing the performance of public figures (including sporting teams). Commentary is often driven by change and controversy – by apparent rising fortunes or flagging days – whether the

For the entire (short) history of the AFLW competition, one of the prevailing narratives from the first round of play has been around scoring. Or more accurately, the feeling by internet manbabies has been that there is a lack of it: Staying at a total of 3 goals ,total goals

After a long, two and a half month slog of preseason, football finally returns for 2019 with the start of the third AFLW season. This season (dubbed AFLW 3.0 by AFL headquarters, something HPN will save you from here) sees two new sides join the competition – North Melbourne and

Every year at the AFL Draft throws up some surprises to draft obsessives and casual fans alike. Each year, some fancied young players slip through the cracks to later picks, while others get reached for by clubs earlier than popularly anticipated. Now that the dust is settled, the first glances

The future for several clubs will be written today, as the first day of the first two day AFL draft kicks off today. With a bumper crop projected this year, the 2018 draft could make a club with the right decisions, or break them with the wrong ones (let’s ignore

At HPN we watch the draft watchers. The draft experts who put their lists and mock drafts out there generally know their stuff, and collectively their wisdom tells us a lot about how a draft class is looking. Watching these professionals and enthusiasts collectively refine their views and get closer and

For the past three years, HPN has attempted to project the strength of each side’s schedule in the upcoming season. With the 2019 fixture being finally released into the wild by the AFL (after a couple of delays), the time has come to look at the projected Strength of Schedule for

The 2018 AFL Trade and Free Agency period is (mostly) done and dusted, and hopefully you’ve already read our article for ABC Grandstand on how everything broadly washed out. If not, check it out now, and send it to your closest friends/enemies/neutrals so they can get angry at it too!

There’s usually a few pick swaps during the bulk trade period, then several more at the death. Given picks can be traded up until draft night now, we thought these swaps might be held off til the player exchange deadline, but it turns out clubs are still doing a few of them.

With the departure of Lachie Neale comes a spot for a mature midfielder on the Fremantle list, and perhaps the move of Dylan Shiel required Essendon to shed a little salary. The move of Travis Colyer to the Dockers might satisfy both clubs needs, at a relatively low cost. Travis