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2007 AFL Grand Final
2007 AFL Grand Final: Geelong beat Port Adelaide 24.19 (163) to 6.8 (44) by 119 points at the MCG on 29 September 2007, the largest VFL/AFL Grand Final margin, ending Geelong's 44-year drought.
2010 AFL Grand Final
2010 AFL Grand Final: Collingwood v St Kilda, drawn 68-68 on 25 September 2010, the third and last drawn VFL/AFL decider; Collingwood won the 2 October replay 108-52 for its 15th premiership.
2013 AFL draft
2013 AFL draft (2013 NAB AFL Draft), national player draft held on the Gold Coast, November 21, 2013. GWS took Tom Boyd and Josh Kelly with picks 1 and 2; Adelaide and Essendon were pick-sanctioned; Cripps and Bontempelli became stars.
2014 AFL draft
2014 NAB AFL Draft, the AFL national draft held November 27, 2014 on the Gold Coast; St Kilda took Paddy McCartin at pick 1, and it was the first draft under the points-based father-son and academy bidding system.
2015 AFL draft
2015 NAB AFL Draft, held November 24, 2015 in Adelaide; Jacob Weitering went No. 1 to Carlton. First draft under the points-based father-son/academy bidding system and future-pick trading; GWS matched four academy bids.
2015 AFL season
2015 AFL season: 119th Australian Football League season, 23 rounds from April 2. Hawthorn beat West Coast 16.11 (107) to 8.13 (61) for a third straight premiership; Nat Fyfe won the Brownlow with 31 votes.
2016 AFL draft
2016 AFL draft (2016 NAB AFL Draft): national draft held 25 November 2016 at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion. Essendon took Andrew McGrath at No.1, GWS took Tim Taranto, Brisbane took Hugh McCluggage; points-based academy and father-son bidding reshaped the order.
2016 AFL Grand Final
2016 AFL Grand Final: Western Bulldogs beat Sydney Swans 13.11 (89) to 10.7 (67) at the MCG on 1 October 2016, ending a 62-year premiership drought; Jason Johannisen won the Norm Smith Medal.
2016 AFL season
2016 AFL season, the 120th Australian Football League season, ran 24 March to 1 October 2016; the Western Bulldogs beat the Sydney Swans in the Grand Final for the premiership.
2017 AFL draft
2017 AFL draft: the NAB AFL Draft held 24 November 2017, also called the 2017 national draft; 78 players picked, Cameron Rayner to Brisbane at No.1, Andrew Brayshaw to Fremantle at No.2, run under the points-based father-son and academy bidding system.
2017 AFL season
2017 AFL season: the Australian Football League premiership year won by Richmond, which beat minor premiers Adelaide 108-60 in the Grand Final, ending a 37-year drought; Dustin Martin won Brownlow, Norm Smith and a flag; inaugural AFLW season also launched.
2018 AFL draft
2018 AFL draft (2018 NAB AFL Draft), held 22 November 2018 at Marvel Stadium: 78 players selected; Sam Walsh to Carlton at No.1; Gold Coast took Lukosius, Rankine, Ben King; first draft with live pick trading; six father-son selections.
2018 AFL season
2018 AFL season, the 122nd Australian Football League season (22 March to 29 September 2018). Richmond topped the ladder; West Coast beat Collingwood 11.13 (79) to 11.8 (74) before 100,022 at the MCG; record attendance 7,595,165.
2019 AFL draft
The 2019 AFL draft, held in Melbourne on November 27 and 28, 2019, saw Gold Coast select midfielders Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson with the first two picks.
2019 AFL season
2019 AFL season, the league's 123rd, won by Richmond over GWS Giants by 89 points in the Grand Final; Geelong minor premier, Nat Fyfe Brownlow, Jeremy Cameron Coleman, record 6.95m home-and-away attendance.
2020 AFL draft
2020 AFL draft, the NAB AFL National Draft of 9 December 2020: Western Bulldogs took Jamarra Ugle-Hagan first overall after matching Adelaide's bid; Riley Thilthorpe went pick 2; 61 of 88 picks used.
2024 AFL Grand Final
2024 AFL Grand Final: Brisbane Lions beat Sydney Swans 18.12 (120) to 9.6 (60) by 60 points at the MCG on 28 September 2024, crowd 100,013, Will Ashcroft Norm Smith medallist, Brisbane's first flag since 2003.
2024 AFL season
2024 AFL season, the 128th Australian Football League premiership season; Brisbane Lions beat Sydney by 60 points in the Grand Final; first Opening Round, record 8,289,788 attendance, Cripps won Brownlow with 45 votes.
2024 Brownlow Medal
2024 Brownlow Medal: Carlton captain Patrick Cripps won with a record 45 votes, ahead of Nick Daicos (38), at Crown Palladium on 23 September 2024; his second medal, prompting later umpire statistics access changes.
2025 AFL draft
2025 Telstra AFL Draft, held at Marvel Stadium November 19-20, 2025; 60 players selected, Willem Duursma No. 1 to West Coast; marked by nine first-round bids on academy and father-son prospects, prompting 2026 bidding rule changes.
2025 AFL Grand Final
2025 AFL Grand Final: Brisbane Lions beat Geelong Cats 18.14 (122) to 11.9 (75) by 47 points at the MCG on 27 September 2025, crowd 100,022, for back-to-back premierships; Will Ashcroft won a second straight Norm Smith Medal.
2025 AFL season
2025 AFL season, the 129th Australian Football League season: Brisbane Lions beat Geelong by 47 points in the Grand Final for back-to-back premierships; Adelaide won the minor premiership; Matt Rowell won the Brownlow; record 1,363,437 club members.
2025 AFL Women's draft
2025 Telstra AFLW Draft, held December 15, 2025 at Marvel Stadium; 60 players drafted, Olivia Wolmarans No.1 to Richmond, Chloe Bown pick 5 to Adelaide, heavy Gold Coast and Sydney academy bid matching.
2025 AFL Women's season
2025 AFL Women's season (AFLW), tenth season of elite Australian women's rules football, 14 August to 29 November 2025; 12 rounds, North Melbourne beat Brisbane by 40 points for a first back-to-back premiership.
2025 Brownlow Medal
2025 Brownlow Medal: Gold Coast Suns midfielder Matt Rowell won the AFL's fairest-and-best award with 39 votes on 22 September 2025, beating Nick Daicos (32) and Bailey Smith (29), amid a round 20 voting controversy.
2026 AFL season
The 2026 AFL season was the 130th season of the Australian Football League, won by the Brisbane Lions, who beat Fremantle in the Grand Final for a third straight premiership.
2026 AFL Women's season
2026 AFL Women's season (2026 NAB AFLW season), 11th AFLW season: 18 clubs, 12 rounds from 9 August, Grand Final Friday 27 November; North Melbourne two-time reigning premier, highest-scoring season on record.
2026 All-Australian team
2026 All-Australian team: AFL team of the year, 23 players named 25 August 2026 at the AFL Awards from a 46-player squad. Max Gawn captain with a record ninth blazer; Fremantle five selections; nine debutants.
AFL Coaches Association awards
AFL Coaches Association awards: annual AFL honors including the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year (5-4-3-2-1 coach votes per game, 2026 winner Nick Daicos), Allan Jeans Senior Coach of the Year, Gary Ayres Award, and Neale Daniher Lifetime Achievement Award.
AFL Grand Final
AFL Grand Final, the annual Australian rules football decider of the AFL (formerly VFL) season, played at the MCG since 1902 except 1991, 2020, and 2021; record crowd 121,696 in 1970; extra time replaced replays in 2016.