NRL fans got their Vegas moment last weekend, and now it’s AFL fans’ turn as the new season kicks off tonight at the (almost as glamorous…) Sydney Cricket Ground. The Sydney Swans v Melbourne Demons will play the first game of the opening round, which is being held entirely in NSW and Queensland in a bid to attract new fans. And that’s not the only change… It will be league CEO Andrew Dillon’s first season at the helm after Gillon McLachlan left at the end of the 2023 season. Collingwood are the reigning champions, but footyheads say the Brisbane Lions are a hot tip to take out this year’s title. 

And while we’re talking football… More details have come out about Sam Kerr’s stoush with a British cop. Reports say the star striker threw up in a taxi, and when the driver complained to police, she allegedly called one of the officers a “stupid white bastard”. Kerr’s lawyers are fighting to have the charge of racially harassing the police officer thrown out of court.