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After a furious 2021 season, featuring a drought breaking premiership for Melbourne, attention of fans of the other 17 clubs turns firmly to the second season – the offseason. The ink is barely dry on the pages detailing the season, but preparations for 2022 are firmly underway. Already there have

This week, HPN has taken a look at the AFL Preliminary Finals for the ABC (The key factors for Melbourne, Geelong, Port Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs heading into the AFL preliminary finals), and doubled down for The Breakdown. The Breakdown largely looks at a prototype of a Advanced Stats

This week, HPN looked at three of the most improved players in the league on the ABC. Those three players were chosen for a variety of reasons, including their impact on their sides, their journeys to their current highpoint and the fact that it wasn’t a return to form, but

This week on the ABC, HPN had a look at what makes Christian Petracca great and whether it was wise to sign Petracca to such a long contract. It’s a good piece, and well worth a read. As is normally the case, there’s some overflow information that didn’t make it

Adelaide. Brisbane. Facing off in the AFLW Grand Final. Stop us if you’ve heard that one before. In the AFLW’s short history the Crows and Lions have made three grand finals each. No other side has made more than one. Of course, Adelaide has two premierships to show for it,

With the regular season of the AFLW in the books (along with week one of the finals), thought turns to who deserved nods in the All-Australian team. While most analysts take a primarily subjective view on these honours, HPN has taken a more data-driven view, based on Player Approximate Value

HPN on ABC This week on ABC, HPN looked at how the battle of tall forwards and defenders has changed over the past few decades. It’s worth a read! The above video looks at Darcy Moore’s opponents against Carlton last week. It’s clear from watching the game, and the vision

Over at the ABC today, HPN has contributed its AFL men’s season preview for the national broadcaster. Of course, there’s some stuff that is best kept for the dark backalleys of private websites. That’s right, it’s HPN AFL Men’s preview time. After dark.* *may not be after dark in your

There’s a million ways to win a game of football, but only three broad ways to win the ball. The potential of football is only truly unlocked when a team gains control of the ball. Without the ball, you can’t score. As HPN has written in the past, football is