All that big talk from Welsh about “standing firm as a club” just to roll over on DAY ONE of the next trade period and accept 500 points less in total draft capital before you even factor in one of those picks now lands in a compromised Tassie draft. Meanwhile, Merrett stayed and just won ANOTHER Best & Fairest in a team that finished dead last. What a masterclass. Well played, Dons. 👏😂 #AFL #AFLTrades #Essendon #Hawthorn #HFC #HawthornFC

Josh Treacy missing from the goal square trying to torp it 80m into the grandstand, then Wharfie Time being played only to fire Brisbane up into 2 goals from their next 6 touches… That will go down as one of the most haunting sequences in Grand Final history. Brisbane have gotten away with murder in back to back weeks. #AFL #Brisbane #Fremantle #AFLGF

💛🤎 Thank you North Melbourne. You are the gift that keeps on giving 😂 Passed on Watson for Duursma, watched Watson become a generational superstar, then tried to make up for it by drafting his reject clone Lachie Dovaston who’s too busy egging people 💀 #AFL #HFC #HawthornFC

Watching a team actively play for a draw just to scrape into a wildcard round, in a league where more than half the teams now make finals was genuinely one of the most sickening watches 😂 #AFL #AFLBluesDogs #Carlton #WesternBulldogs

First time in history the same two clubs have drawn twice back to back in the same season. Both games had the SAME player taking a shot after the siren. 93–93 the first time. 92–92 the second. You genuinely couldn’t script it. Insane. 🤯 #AFL #Hawthorn #Collingwood #HFC #HawthornFC #CollingwoodFC #MCG

✅ At least holding Zach Merrett ransom kept some leadership around the team to ensure Essendon didn’t lose by 100 today! Moral Victory 💪 #HawthornFC #Hawthorn #HFC #Essendon #EssendonFC

Have you ever seen a player check out like this before? It genuinely looks like he's intentionally tanking his own trade value. I've never seen anything like it 👀 #AFL #Essendon #Hawthorn

✅ Tristan Xerri looks much better tonight. Although, of course it had to come against another ruck who's also been battling under the new rules 😂 #AFL #SuperCoach

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🌍 Harry Sheezel is on another fkn planet right now and is breaking the forward line. Fantasy PIG 🐽 One of the best SuperCoach forwards we've ever been lucky enough to own. #AFL #SuperCoach

Hawthorn entered the 2026 season as a genuine premiership fancy 🟤🟡 
They didn't debut a single player all season in 2025 because the list looked complete and only needed a few finishing touches.
 Fast forward to 2026, and they've now debuted their 7th player! 🤯
 The injury carnage combined with failing to use their cap space last offseason can't be overstated. 
It's now or never for the Hawks this offseason⏳ 
They've at least had a genuine look at the club's future before some tough list decisions arrive over the next few years 👀 
#AFL #Hawthorn #HFC #HawthornFC

If you haven’t watched the Saints V Essendon game, all you need to know is 3 seperate St Kilda players are on 90+ SuperCoach points at half time. An embarrassing football club 😂 #AFL #SuperCoach

✅ Shopping at Aldi for F5 and F6 the last two weeks going down a treat! #AFL #SuperCoach

Lachie Ash 🤝 Guaranteed close late game scaling #AFL #SuperCoach

Noah Anderson 👑 *Round 7 and 8 he was underdone from the surgery #AFL #SuperCoach

🤔 What does Noah Anderson have to do to score SuperCoach points tonight? Solve world hunger? 🔥 He’s been absolutely unbelievable in a loss tonight. Single handily kept them in it. #AFL #SuperCoach

❌ Josh Weddle is likely to see some time on the sidelines after that high bump now Rioli is out with a jaw injury. ✅ Bodie Ryan or Flynn Perez to get a reprieve. They’re like cockroaches, they just keep coming back #AFL #SuperCoach