Sam Edmund

1 week ago | sen.com.au | Sam Edmund

Rival interest is growing in Sydney utility Ollie Florent, who remains on the outer at the Swans. Florent played 130 consecutive games under former coach John Longmire, but was dropped after the Round 11 loss to Melbourne and is yet to be recalled. He was the sub in the Round 10 win over Carlton the week prior. It is unclear whether Florent would entertain a trade home to Victoria, but multiple clubs have made enquiries.

2 weeks ago | sen.com.au | Sam Edmund

Kysaiah Pickett has signed a whopping nine-year $12 million contract to stay at Melbourne. The Demons are refusing to comment, but the club will announce the deal this morning. Pickett becomes the longest contracted player in the AFL through to 2034–a big relief for the Dees.

2 weeks ago | sen.com.au | Sam Edmund

Luke Beveridge has formally agreed to a new contract that the Western Bulldogs will announce later this afternoon. Beveridge last Wednesday put pen to paper on a two-year extension taking him through until the end of the 2027 season. The Bulldogs players have just been informed of the news at Whitten Oval. Beveridge, who engineered the 2016 premiership and broke a 62-year flag drought, this year surpassed club legend Ted Whitten as the Dogs’ longest-serving coach.

4 weeks ago | sen.com.au | Sam Edmund

The ruck carousel spins most years, as we know. If you're going to be reborn as a player, it would probably be as a ruck. Not only is it going to revolve this trade period, we're likely to get some big names on the carousel seats. There's two ruckmen on either side of the country who are going to set it all in motion. Tom De Koning here in Melbourne is increasingly likely to leave now. That's not an earth-shattering statement.

1 month ago | sen.com.au | Sam Edmund

The AFL remains supremely confident the Tasmania Devils and its Macquarie Point Stadium will both go ahead despite a cost blowout detailed in Tasmanian parliament. The Tasmanian Government today confirmed the stadium would cost $945 million – up from the original estimate of $715 million. It comes only two months after the government criticised a Tasmanian Planning Commission report which stated the roofed stadium would cost $992 million and had been grossly under-costed.