IRELAND'S latest two AFL offerings slipped into Melbourne under the cover of darkness in the early hours of Sunday morning. Teenagers Cillian McDaid and Stefan Okunbor are in Australia for a battery ...

Other notables to have found plenty of the Sherrin include Brownlow medallist John Platten ... Mitchell has posted just one stat sheet with less than 30 touches (27). He currently leads the AFL in ...

The company that makes the Sherrin football is working on new designs intended to help Aussie Rules players. Russell Athletic managing director Chris Lambert told RSN radio on Wednesday that it is ...

The AFL is in danger of succumbing to a Sherrin shortage on the eve of finals. The 15+ workers who manufacture the AFL's official ball are threatening to go on strike over a pay dispute worth a ...

The use of 'smart' footballs in AFL games has moved a step closer after the completion ... impact characteristics and ball performance between the Sherrin standard football and the Sherrin Smart ball.

The subtle shift accelerated when the AFL introduced a rule in 2012 directing the iconic red Sherrin be used for games that began before 3pm, and the yellow Sherrin for those that started after that ...

Star West Coast forward Liam Ryan would love to see the AFL's Indigenous All Stars match ... designed the All Stars jersey and the match-day Sherrin, while former Docker Roger Hayden played ...

Get your 14-day free trial & start streaming instantly > “Less than a week from today, the AFL is back in Australia, Aussie rules football!”, he said to cheers, before holding up a Sherrin and ...