AFL Round 9 Wrap – Best Round EVER, Pies Flag Favourites & Showdown Classic!
The AFL Today Show is here for all your Round 9 needs, wrapping up every single game with stats, banter and insights, with GWS winning game of the season against Geelong, clutch Collingwood, Jesse Hogan's insane accuracy and who are the locks for top four this season! The panel chat about the biggest AFL news, amazing moments, Tristan Xerri, Jamie Elliott and the Pies dominate, as well as highlighting the biggest & best moments of one of the best Rounds of footy of all time! Get around the AFL Today Show with panelists Alex Donnelly, Liam McAllion & Leo Mullaly as they talk out all things footy for the 2025 AFL season! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:19 Ladder Check 03:40 Fremantle v Collingwood 08:50 St Kilda v Carlton 12:45 Melbourne v Hawthorn 17:05 Essendon v Sydney 21:38 Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs 26:55 Port Adelaide v Adelaide 31:00 Richmond v West Coast 35:35 Geelong v GWS 41:00 North Melbourne v Brisbane 47:00 Tipping Results 47:22 Big Call Results 47:50 Best On Ground Of The Week 49:50 Full Credit - Best Team Of The Round 5032 Outro ð¨ð» AFL Today's Podcast Expert Panel: Alex Donnelly Liam 'Stats Guy' McAllion Leo Mullaly Subscribe for weekly AFL analysis, predictions, and fan discussions. Follow AFL Today's Social Media Channels. Instagram: instagram.com/afltodayau Tik Tok: tiktok.com/@afltoday X: twitter.com/AFLTodayAU Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0q6npn76SbJCIJNFTVZplv Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/afl-today-show/id1734901260 Be sure to check out our other shows: Cricket Today: @CricketTodayAU
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‘That's extraordinary': Go home AFL, you're drunk
Football commentators are up in arms over a series of controversial moments during Collingwood's win over the Demons at the MCG on Monday. An incredible confrontation between Melbourne captain Max Gawn and star defender Steven May attracted all the headlines after the traditional King's Birthday blockbuster, but it hasn't stopped the umpires from coming under fire. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer. Hawthorn legend Jason Dunstall was left staggered by the whistle-blowers after Collingwood was warded a free kick during an incident where Magpies captain Darcy Moore shoved Jake Melksham to take out the legs of teammate Jeremy Howe. Replays showed Moore had his hands on Melksham's back as the former Essendon player slid under Howe during a marking contest. The furious roar from the crowd said it all. You can watch the incident in the video player above. 'Oh you've got to be kidding me,' Dunstall said in commentary for Fox Footy. 'You got to be kidding me. He got pushed into him. It has to be Melksham's free kick. He just got pushed into Howell by Darcy Moore. That is extraordinary.' Fox Footy commentator Dwayne Russell said: 'That's how the fans saw it in the stands. That's how we all saw it, but the four (umpires) out there are the ones that count'. The decision was widely criticised by fans and commentators. One Melbourne fan wrote on X: 'The AFL has completely lost the plot. The umpiring is terrible. That free against Melksham WTF. And the MRO is a joke. 'I'm not usually a Twitter whinger but enough is enough.' It comes as former St Kilda coach Grant Thomas continued to publicly share his disappointment at the standard of umpiring this year. The 67-year-old said recently the standard of officiating is the worst he has seen. North Melbourne great David King said last month 2025 has been the worst season of officiating he has seen in the game. Kane Cornes also said last month: 'I feel like it's never been worse'. Thomas on Monday night was particularly unhappy with the handling of the special treatment Demons players gave to Collingwood star Nick Daicos. Ed Langdon was given the job of doing a hard tag on the Collingwood ball-winner — and his niggling tactics were clearly working. He held Daicos to just seven disposals in the first half. However, that changed dramatically in the second half when Langdon was penalised multiple times for holding and shoving Daicos during ball-ups. Thomas posted on X during the game: 'What the umpires are allowing Langford to get away with — at stoppages especially — is dreadful and sends a bad message to what's acceptable'. Fox Footy's Leigh Montagna described Langdon's actions as being a 'really old-school' tagger. Demons coach Simon Goodwin said his team had devised the tactic of using Langdon on Daicos weeks ago. The premiership coach was asked bluntly about the clear crackdown on Langdon's niggling tactics in the second half and said: 'It was certainly pretty clear post half-time, early especially, that they were watching some of the holding around the ball. 'I'm not sure what transpired at half-time, but obviously the free kicks were pretty evident early in the third quarter. 'I don't know what transpires in those breaks with the umpires and what they discuss, but hopefully they do it for every player.' Collingwood coach Craig McRae congratulated Langdon on his performance. 'He did a great job,' McRae told AFL 360. 'It's challenging because it's all contest and it's hard to get space. Nick's biggest weapon is when he's running – and Langdon is an elite runner. But we didn't really get the ball into open spaces to allow Nick to be at his best. 'There comes a time when you've just got to do your job and we thought Nick fought it out pretty well in the second half.' Daicos was clearly unsettled by the added physicality Langdon and Demons players dealt out and the Brownlow medal fancy at times let his frustrations show. McRae was honest in his appraisal of the Daicos brothers, Josh and Nick, in his side's thrilling one-point win over Melbourne. 'If one Daicos doesn't get you, the second one will. It's a nice duo, isn't it,' he declared with a smile in his post-match press conference. Josh was named the best player on the ground to take home the Neale Daniher Trophy as his younger brother faced one of the toughest tags in his short career. Daicos found more of the footy in the second half and eventually finished with 19 disposals and a goal. Josh finished as the leading disposal winner on the ground with 34 touches including 545 metres gained.
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High-flying Magpies won't shift AFL finals focus
Craig McRae's focus on simply qualifying for the AFL finals won't shift despite Collingwood surging six points clear on top of the ladder ahead of their mid-season bye. The Magpies head to a well-earned break with an enviable 11-2 record, having claimed a fifth-straight win in an epic King's Birthday clash with Melbourne. McRae's men could hardly be in a better position in a campaign that started with accusations they were too old and too slow after a first-up thumping from GWS. But the 2023 premiership coach won't be tempted to alter his ambitions heading into the second half of the season. "We're in this phase of qualifying and there's no other thing we're doing at the moment," McRae said after his side's 11.6 (72) to 10.11 (71) victory over Melbourne. "There's no bigger outcome than just getting enough wins to play finals. "We're all in the same (boat) and today was a really good result because the opposition were very, very good." McRae conceded the win over Melbourne wasn't overly pretty after watching his side cough up a 20-point third-quarter lead. The Demons hit the front briefly in the final term, when they finally began to take advantage of their ascendancy at the coalface. Dan McStay's late goal put Collingwood back in front before Dees duo Max Gawn and Koltyn Tholstrup missed chances to snatch the game away in the dying stages. "They're probably in there thinking they let one slip because all the numbers suggest they dominated phases of the game, particularly the contest," McRae said. "The contest was enormous but we found a way to win and that's what we do at the moment." Collingwood can further press their claims for an important top-two finish with three straight games against bottom-half teams - St Kilda, West Coast and Carlton - on return from the bye. Brayden Maynard (foot) could come back against the Saints, with Jordan De Goey (achilles) and Lachie Schultz (hamstring) also set to play roles in the second half of the season. The biggest flashpoint of Monday's match perhaps came after the final siren, when Demons duo Max Gawn and Steven May clashed. With less than a minute left, Gawn's miscued kick after a mark in the back pocket went straight to Collingwood's Will Hoskin-Elliott to confirm the result. May angrily approached Gawn on the final siren. The captain also made his feelings clear before pushing May away. "Two competitors, frustrated - two leaders (who) have an incredibly strong relationship, obviously disappointed with the outcome," said Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin. Craig McRae's focus on simply qualifying for the AFL finals won't shift despite Collingwood surging six points clear on top of the ladder ahead of their mid-season bye. The Magpies head to a well-earned break with an enviable 11-2 record, having claimed a fifth-straight win in an epic King's Birthday clash with Melbourne. McRae's men could hardly be in a better position in a campaign that started with accusations they were too old and too slow after a first-up thumping from GWS. But the 2023 premiership coach won't be tempted to alter his ambitions heading into the second half of the season. "We're in this phase of qualifying and there's no other thing we're doing at the moment," McRae said after his side's 11.6 (72) to 10.11 (71) victory over Melbourne. "There's no bigger outcome than just getting enough wins to play finals. "We're all in the same (boat) and today was a really good result because the opposition were very, very good." McRae conceded the win over Melbourne wasn't overly pretty after watching his side cough up a 20-point third-quarter lead. The Demons hit the front briefly in the final term, when they finally began to take advantage of their ascendancy at the coalface. Dan McStay's late goal put Collingwood back in front before Dees duo Max Gawn and Koltyn Tholstrup missed chances to snatch the game away in the dying stages. "They're probably in there thinking they let one slip because all the numbers suggest they dominated phases of the game, particularly the contest," McRae said. "The contest was enormous but we found a way to win and that's what we do at the moment." Collingwood can further press their claims for an important top-two finish with three straight games against bottom-half teams - St Kilda, West Coast and Carlton - on return from the bye. Brayden Maynard (foot) could come back against the Saints, with Jordan De Goey (achilles) and Lachie Schultz (hamstring) also set to play roles in the second half of the season. The biggest flashpoint of Monday's match perhaps came after the final siren, when Demons duo Max Gawn and Steven May clashed. With less than a minute left, Gawn's miscued kick after a mark in the back pocket went straight to Collingwood's Will Hoskin-Elliott to confirm the result. May angrily approached Gawn on the final siren. The captain also made his feelings clear before pushing May away. "Two competitors, frustrated - two leaders (who) have an incredibly strong relationship, obviously disappointed with the outcome," said Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin. Craig McRae's focus on simply qualifying for the AFL finals won't shift despite Collingwood surging six points clear on top of the ladder ahead of their mid-season bye. The Magpies head to a well-earned break with an enviable 11-2 record, having claimed a fifth-straight win in an epic King's Birthday clash with Melbourne. McRae's men could hardly be in a better position in a campaign that started with accusations they were too old and too slow after a first-up thumping from GWS. But the 2023 premiership coach won't be tempted to alter his ambitions heading into the second half of the season. "We're in this phase of qualifying and there's no other thing we're doing at the moment," McRae said after his side's 11.6 (72) to 10.11 (71) victory over Melbourne. "There's no bigger outcome than just getting enough wins to play finals. "We're all in the same (boat) and today was a really good result because the opposition were very, very good." McRae conceded the win over Melbourne wasn't overly pretty after watching his side cough up a 20-point third-quarter lead. The Demons hit the front briefly in the final term, when they finally began to take advantage of their ascendancy at the coalface. Dan McStay's late goal put Collingwood back in front before Dees duo Max Gawn and Koltyn Tholstrup missed chances to snatch the game away in the dying stages. "They're probably in there thinking they let one slip because all the numbers suggest they dominated phases of the game, particularly the contest," McRae said. "The contest was enormous but we found a way to win and that's what we do at the moment." Collingwood can further press their claims for an important top-two finish with three straight games against bottom-half teams - St Kilda, West Coast and Carlton - on return from the bye. Brayden Maynard (foot) could come back against the Saints, with Jordan De Goey (achilles) and Lachie Schultz (hamstring) also set to play roles in the second half of the season. The biggest flashpoint of Monday's match perhaps came after the final siren, when Demons duo Max Gawn and Steven May clashed. With less than a minute left, Gawn's miscued kick after a mark in the back pocket went straight to Collingwood's Will Hoskin-Elliott to confirm the result. May angrily approached Gawn on the final siren. The captain also made his feelings clear before pushing May away. "Two competitors, frustrated - two leaders (who) have an incredibly strong relationship, obviously disappointed with the outcome," said Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin.
