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AFL Round-Up: Geelong play the hits to crush Sydney and bring the curtain down on 2022 season

Geelong are premiers again, their dominant grand final victory over Sydney an anti-climactic but emotionally fitting end to a 2022 season that has captivated footy fans. We digest the last Saturday in September.

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AFL urged to do more to stamp out 'systemic racism', following harrowing Hawthorn racism claims

The AFL is being urged to do much more to stamp out what one academic calls "systemic racism", including Indigenous quotas for club staff, Indigenous programs for players and a league-wide review.

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Brisbane Lions stand behind senior coach Chris Fagan amid Hawthorn inquiry

Club’s chairman says AFL investigation into allegations of misconduct at Hawthorn Football Club will provide ‘procedural fairness’

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Brisbane Lions chair Andrew Wellington backs Chris Fagan ahead of Hawthorn investigation

Brisbane Lions chairman Andrew Wellington has thrown his support behind senior coach Chris Fagan, who is preparing to be a part of an investigation into allegations of racism at Hawthorn.

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Afternoon timeslot an AFL ratings disaster

Record-low television ratings for the AFL grand final are set to reignite debate about a later timeslot for the season decider.

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Geelong's faithful gather to bask in Cats' AFL grand final victory after night of celebration

The city of Geelong is basking in the glow of the Cats' AFL premiership victory, as the team's raucous celebrations — including wresting a premiership medal back from a cow — roll on.

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Joel Selwood needed this AFL flag, and few deserve it more than he

The Geelong captain entered the MCG carrying Gary Ablett Jnr’s son and exited it handing his boots to the Auskick boy

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Doubts over Franklin for AFL farewell year

Sydney veteran Lance Franklin's impressive season ended on a sour note in a poor AFL grand final display, after he announced he will play on for one more year.

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Swans' Warner stars in grand final defeat

Sydney young gun Chad Warner says he has no plans of watching a replay of the AFL grand final, despite his starring role for the losing team.

AAP

Sydney's tough grand final loss puts onus on Swans to bounce back fast amid echoes of Port Adelaide in 2007

Sydney's awful grand final performance has echoes of another big grand final demolition by Geelong that derailed a promising young side 15 years ago. Andrew McGarry takes a look at the Swans' grand final horribilis and what happens next for Sydney.

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Concerns Macquarie Point stadium plans could push out proposed Aboriginal reconciliation park

Reconciliation Tasmania is concerned the government's decision to choose Macquarie Point as its preferred stadium location could shunt aside a proposed Aboriginal reconciliation and truth-telling park, but MONA, the original designer of the idea, sees it as an opportunity to redesign the park concept.

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Star Cameron enjoys Cats' AFL premiership

Star Geelong forward Jeremy Cameron wrestled a cow to reclaim his AFL premiership medal following some late-night antics on his property.

AAP

Racism allegations at Hawthorn AFL club shocked some but the ugly truths of the AFL mirror our society

We already know the ugly truths of the AFL. This is the game where a senior club official once said Aboriginal people were welcome if they acted like white people. And now as we wait for the latest investigation into allegations about the Hawthorn club, the AFL must do more…

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Grand final hurt to drive AFL Swans

Sydney are reeling after their 81-point AFL grand final loss to Geelong but Callum Mills and Dane Rampe are confident the hurt can drive them forward.

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Cats' young brigade to maintain AFL hunger

Geelong coach Chris Scott doesn't expect motivation to be an issue when the Cats open their AFL premiership defence next season.

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Geelong flag defies some AFL logic: Scott

Geelong coach Chris Scott says his club's latest premiership defies some widely held AFL beliefs.

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Swans 'buggered up' grand final: Longmire

Sydney coach John Longmire says there was no element his club got right in their horror 81-point AFL grand final loss to Geelong.

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Joel Selwood completes his Geelong odyssey, becoming a premiership captain and an AFL legend

Joel Selwood's future will become a hot topic in the wake of Geelong's premiership success, but this giant of the AFL has earned the right to savour the present.

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Irish pair Zach Tuohy and Mark O’Connor make history as Geelong storm to AFL title

Tuohy and O'Connor are only the second and third Irishmen to win a Grand Final after Tadhg Kennelly achieved the feat with the Swans in 2015

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AFL grand final 2022: The five moments that stole the spotlight as Geelong claims 10th flag

The Cats have won their tenth premiership and left the MCG in tears of joy. Check out the five moments that stole the grand final spotlight.

ABC News

Geelong erupts in celebration as Cats win 2022 AFL grand final over Sydney Swans

Cats supporters fill the streets of Geelong and Melbourne to celebrate their team's decisive victory in the 2022 AFL grand final.

The Guardian - AU

Technical glitch: frustrated AFL fans served episodes of Border Security instead of grand final

Seven West Media says the issue was unique to certain web and mobile platforms for which it does not have broadcast rights

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Me-OWCH: The Geelong Cats Just Destroyed The Sydney Swans To Win The AFL Grand Final

The most intense moment of the game was the half time show.

The Guardian - AU

Geelong eviscerate Sydney by 81 points in AFL grand final win for the ages

This decider, on return to a full house of 100,024 at the MCG after a two-year hiatus, was a famous victory for the ages

AAP

Cat Smith is oldest Norm Smith medallist

Geelong's 33-year-old wingman Isaac Smith has become the oldest winner of the Norm Smith medal for best-afield in an AFL grand final.

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