2009
17 years ago
Brisbane Broncos fullback Karmichael Hunt signed to switch codes and play for Gold Coast, a club that had not yet played a match.
The deal was reputed to be worth over $3 million.
Oddities
29 July
From the archive
- 1911
Several St Kilda players went on strike before a match to protest the committee banning a former player, and a current player's father, from the change rooms.
Oddities
- 1911
Royal Military College cadets played Home Affairs Department employees in the first recorded game of Australian football at a place only informally called Canberra.
The exhibition match was played before the city had a formal name.
Clubs
- 1981
The VFL formally accepted the proposal to shift South Melbourne to Sydney, clearing the way for the Swans to play there from 1982.
News of the proposal had broken on 2 July 1981.
Clubs
Matches
- 200620 years ago
St Kilda won by 103 points
AFL · Round 17 · MCG · crowd 43,250
- 1911
Carlton won by 114 points
VFL · Round 15 · Princes Park
Milestones
- 2016Jimmy Bartel
300th AFL game, Geelong v Western Bulldogs
Debuts
- 1911Roy Cazaly
St Kilda v Carlton, first of 198 VFL/AFL games
- 1905Bill Thomas
South Melbourne v Collingwood, first of 197 VFL/AFL games
- 1978Greg Burns
St Kilda v Melbourne, first of 169 VFL/AFL games
- 2018Kane Farrell
Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs, first of 127 VFL/AFL games so far
Born on this day
- 2005Brooke Barwick, still playing
Western Bulldogs, 9 games (2024-2025)
- 2004Abbygail Bushby, still playing
West Coast Eagles, 35 games (2022-2026)
- 2002Oliver Henry, still playing
Geelong, 109 games (2021-2026)
- 2000Connor Idun, still playing
GWS, 140 games (2019-2026)
- 1998Cheyenne Hammond, still playing
Port Adelaide, 70 games (2020-2026)
- 1993Chad Wingard
Port Adelaide, 218 games (2012-2023)
- 1982Michael Osborne
Hawthorn, 168 games (2001-2013)
- 1974Nick Holland
Hawthorn, 179 games (1994-2005)
- 1960Mark Kellett
Footscray, 155 games (1979-1990)
- 1953Merv Keane
Richmond, 238 games (1972-1984)
