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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 28/09/2026

Grand Final 2026 edition is up! This week in football: - Emlyn Breese dissects the grand final - Joe Cordy looks into the concentration of votes on the top handful of players Read here: buff.ly/jlUWHWn

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This Week in Football: Grand Final, 2026

The Grand Final, The Brownlow, the year that was

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 25/09/2026

Grand final preview is up! This week in finals: - Joe Cordy on Fremantle - Darragh Murray on Brisbane - Emlyn Breese on their list builds Read here: buff.ly/cnt6FBT

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This Week in Football: Grand Final Previews, 2026

The Big Dance, the Titanic Tango, the Sizable Samba

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 18/09/2026

Preliminary finals previews are up! This week in finals: - Joe Cordy on Sydney vs Fremantle - Sarah Hayes on Hawthorn vs Brisbane Read here: buff.ly/LPuChKG

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This Week in Football: Preliminary Finals Preview, 2026

The battles before the battle

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 13/09/2026

Semi Finals 2026 edition is up! This week in football: - Joe Cordy & Polly Burridge unpack the Swans QF win - Emlyn Breese takes a pulse check on how AFLW teams are tracking Read here: buff.ly/f0NzgZZ

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 10/09/2026

Semi Finals previews are up! We tricked Emlyn into doing one and he hated every minute of it. It's brilliant. This week in finals: - Jack Turner on Fremantle vs Geelong - Emlyn Breese on Brisbane vs Adelaide Read here: buff.ly/xzH4uz1

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This Week in Football: Semi Finals Preview 2026

Thank God its not in Melbourne

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 04/09/2026

Qualifying & Eliminations Finals Edition is up! This week in football: - Emlyn Breese on the perception of Wildcard's effect compared to the reality - Jack Turner on Geelong's "false man" defensive setup. Read here: buff.ly/xIEajHG #afl #aflfinals

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This Week In Football

This Week In Football is a collection of some of the best in football currently outside the walls of AFL clubs or broadcasters. Each week a curated grab bag from regular contributors and special…

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 03/09/2026

QF & EF previews are up! This week in finals: - Mim on Fremantle vs Hawthorn - Jack Turner on Geelong vs Carlton - Joe Cordy on Sydney vs Brisbane - Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo on Adelaide vs Footscray Read here: buff.ly/TqiflVs

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This Week in Football: Qualifying & Elimination Finals Preview

In depth preview for qualifying and elimination finals of the 2026 AFL season.

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 01/09/2026

North Melbourne's women's football program is the gold standard, but a super team was inevitable. Emlyn Breese explores how the pay structure creates this problem, and how to fix it, in Wildcard Finals edition of TWIF. Read here: buff.ly/OMYMGUw #aflw #afl #aflwomens #aussierules

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 28/08/2026

Wildcard edition is up! This week in football: - Emlyn Breese on the AFLW tiered contract system - Joe Cordy on close game ladder swings - Polly Burridge revisits double headers - Emlyn Breese on who defends the defenders? Read here: buff.ly/OMYMGUw

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This Week in Football: Wildcard Finals, 2026

Wide Gaps, Close Games, Double Headers and Defenders

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 28/08/2026

Wildcard Finals Previews are up! This Week in Finals: - Joe Cordy on Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood - Lincoln Tracy on Carlton vs Melbourne Read here: buff.ly/HmILxgp #afl #aflfinals #aussierules

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 25/08/2026

The AFL has a long and sordid history of sexual violence committed against women by its players, and enable dby its administration. Imogen Dunlevie writes about the latest sad chapter in this week's edition of TWIF. Read here: buff.ly/FhUCNV6

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 21/08/2026

Round 24 edition is up! This week in football: - Imogen Dunlevie on the AFL's duty to fans - Emlyn Breese on chaos and control in the AFLW - Joe Cordy on territory and space in the AFLM Read here: thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com/p/round-24-2...

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 21/08/2026

Final bump for Round 23 edition of TWIF. Features on the AFL's relationship with gambling, battles for territory in the AFLW, the admin's endless search for excitement, and a breakdown of the new Sydney Football competition. Read here: buff.ly/NIheySG #afl #aflw

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This Week in Football: Round 23, 2026

A collection of the best independent football writing available, Round 23 of the 2026 AFL Season edition. This week in football: Administration, Attack, A New Competition

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 18/07/2026

Round 19 edition is up! This week in football: - Double header from Emlyn Breese on scoring from the centre and tackling - Jack Turner on what Cairns is costing the Suns - Joe Cordy on the Essendon and Carlton coaching vacancies Link below 👇️

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 11/06/2026

Final plug for Round 13 edition! Joe Cordy on defending inside 50s, Emlyn Breese picks apart Melbourne's attack, and Cody Atkinson tries to figure out who teams can't live without. buff.ly/tSAL8aQ

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Round 13 2026

Attacking, Defending, Everything in Between

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 10/06/2026

Kysaiah Pickett is the most impactful midfielder per disposal so far in 2026, but his share of Melbourne's successful handball targets has dipped over the last month. Read more about Melbourne's attacking dip here: thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com/p/round-13-2...

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 09/06/2026

Who, if anyone, is good at football? How do you measure that? Comparing how your team play's with or without you is a good start, which is why Cody Atkinson's had a crack at it. Read more about on/off ratings, as well as other one-number metrics, here: buff.ly/tSAL8aQ

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 08/06/2026

GWS concede the lowest proportion of set kicks from opposition inside 50s, but get scored against at the highest rate in the league when they do face them. Read more on how team's defend inside-50s: thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com/p/round-13-2...

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 03/06/2026

Last plug for Round 12 edition! Pieces from Jack, Sean, Lincoln and Emlyn on coaching, defensive pressure and the Ewing Theory. thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com/p/round-12-2...

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Round 12 2026

Better off without you

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 29/05/2026

Round 12 2026 edition is up! Jack Turner: The Tragedy of Brad Scott Sean Lawson: The Ewing Theory in Footy Lincoln Tracy: Is Pressure a Mindset or Number for Carlton? Emlyn Breese: A Brief Study in Coaching Tenures thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com/p/round-12-2...

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 23/05/2026

Harley Reid Week edition is up! This week in football: - Sean Lawson on AFLW fixturing - Emlyn Breese on adjusting performances by strength of opposition - Joe Cordy on kicking inside 50 - Jack Turner on the Geelong & Brisbane rivalry thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com/p/round-11-2...

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Round 11 2026

It's Harley Reid Week

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 16/05/2026

Between Q2 18:43 and Q3 06:38 the Suns kicked seven unanswered goals, bringing them to equal first for runs of six or more goals, and further ahead in front for distinct games to produce such runs. Read more about which teams have gone on these runs: open.substack.com/pub/thisweek...

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 15/05/2026

Round 10 edition is up! This week in football: - Jack Turner on Jack Gunston - Lincoln Tracy on teams hitting a hot streak in games - Extra Time rant from Joe Cordy on identities #AFL #aussierules open.substack.com/pub/thisweek...

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Round 10 2026

Know who you are

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 14/05/2026

24-hour delay in this week's edition as life has come at all of us simultaneously, and you won't believe at what speed! Round 10 Edition will be up tomorrow approx. 4pm 🫡

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 12/05/2026

One more plug for last week's edition. Joe going for one of the all time lopsided chart:word ratio we've seen and Emlyn benchmarking clearances. thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com/p/round-9-20...

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 09/05/2026

Occurred to me that it's worth considering what Richmond's chances of a winless season were if they had started 0-8. It would still be less than 1 in 20. Read more on just how hard it is to go winless: buff.ly/PiDZeuK

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 07/05/2026

As well as our Round 9 edition make sure to check out Lincoln Tracy's piece from this week: Swans make history with dual victories over Demons open.substack.com/pub/lincolnt...

Side by side photos of Caiden Cleary in Swans VFL game and Malcolm Rosas Jnr in Swans AFL game

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 07/05/2026

Round nine edition is up! This week in football: - Joe Cordy on winless seasons - Emlyn Breese on winning clearances #AFL #aussierules #aussierules buff.ly/qijt3qS

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 04/05/2026

Final plug for Round 8 edition of This Week in Football. Two pieces looking at the hunt for success from the top and bottom of the ladder, a view of off-field governance, and more musings on community footy mascots. open.substack.com/pub/thisweek...

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Round 8 2026

The good teams, the bad teams, the ugly league

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 30/04/2026

This week in football: Lincoln Tracy on The Bad Teams @joecordy.bsky.social on evolution @credittodubois.com two-fer on journalism and the appeals board @arwon.bsky.social on even more mascots open.substack.com/pub/thisweek...

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Round 8 2026

The good teams, the bad teams, the ugly league

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This Week in Football @thisweekinaustralianfootball.substack.com · 26/04/2026

A good a week as any to start plugging TWIF on Bluesky as well. This week in football: @joecordy.bsky.social on the Appeals Board @thebackpocketau.bsky.social on queerness in football @credittodubois.com on untangling the results of the season so far open.substack.com/pub/thisweek...

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Round 7 2026

A new home for This Week in Football

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