1929
97 years ago
Gordon Coventry kicked 16 goals against Hawthorn, and his brother Syd added one, giving the siblings a combined 17 goals, still the most by a pair of brothers.
Records
27 July
From the archive
- 201610 years ago
Each of the eight AFL Women's clubs announced its two marquee signings, months before the October draft that would fill out the inaugural lists.
Women's football
Matches
- 2013
Geelong won by 101 points
AFL · Round 18 · Simonds Stadium · crowd 26,833
- 2013
North Melbourne won by 122 points
AFL · Round 18 · Etihad Stadium · crowd 16,962
Milestones
- 2019Heath Shaw
300th AFL game, GWS v Port Adelaide
Debuts
- 1996Joel Bowden
Richmond v Hawthorn, first of 265 VFL/AFL games
- 2013Brodie Grundy
Collingwood v GWS, first of 265 VFL/AFL games so far
- 1997James McDonald
Melbourne v Collingwood, first of 264 VFL/AFL games
- 1946Roy Wright
Richmond v St Kilda, first of 195 VFL/AFL games
- 2007Will Schofield
West Coast v Western Bulldogs, first of 194 VFL/AFL games
- 1991Matthew Croft
Footscray v Fitzroy, first of 186 VFL/AFL games
- 2007Josh Hill
Western Bulldogs v West Coast, first of 173 VFL/AFL games
- 1963Kevin Hall
Carlton v Fitzroy, first of 169 VFL/AFL games
- 2020Brad Close
Geelong v Fremantle, first of 145 VFL/AFL games so far
Born on this day
- 2007Sam Cumming, still playing
Richmond, 14 games (2026)
- 2007Jai Saxena, still playing
Collingwood
- 2006Jayden Nguyen, still playing
Essendon, 10 games (2025-2026)
- 2005Will Graham, still playing
Gold Coast, 37 games (2024-2026)
- 1986Ryan Griffen
Western Bulldogs, 257 games (2005-2018)
- 1933Ted Whitten snr
Footscray, 321 games (1951-1970)
- 1911Percy Beames
Melbourne, 213 games (1931-1944)
