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With the AFL unveiling their full fixtures for next season, here are the blockbuster match-ups you will not want to miss.

England’s Ashes hopes are already in disarray with Mark Wood injured and their B team fleecing their first-choice bowlers for nearly 400 runs in a day at Lilac Hill Park.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: It’s not the curator’s responsibility to make a Test match drag out - that’s the players’ job.

‘I think we’re both very uncomfortable speaking about it.’

AFL’s 2026 fixture has revealed Brisbane and Geelong's grand final rematch will headline Sir Doug Nicholls Round at the Gabba in May.

England’s star quicks have blown out the cobwebs in a lacklustre start to their lone Ashes practice match at Lilac Hill Park.

Melbourne will have home-ground advantage when they face premiers Brisbane in a grand-final rematch in round three, while a new team misses Magic Round in 2026.

Josh Hazlewood’s injury scare may open the door for Beau Webster to line up alongside Cameron Green in the first Ashes Test, with Steve Smith open to the possibility of playing both all-rounders.

AFL minor premiers Adelaide will open their 2026 campaign with a grudge match against Collingwood at the MCG, although there will be one very notable absentee.

Steve Smith has indicated he'd rather face England's speedsters this Ashes rather than James Anderson and Stuart Broad, given Australia's lively pitches.

AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon stands firm on case-by-case player stand-downs after players’ association labels Bruhn decision ‘premature and disproportionate’.

Alex de Minaur will get the chance to beat some of the world’s biggest stars after the United Cup entrants were locked in for next year’s event.

Family and friends are receiving support as they deal with the shock loss of the much-loved schoolboy champion.

Just days after Dallas Cowboys star Marshawn Kneeland died, a heartbreaking revelation has surfaced.

Oscar Piastri will have to show "character" after his recent F1 disappointments, says his manager, former Australian F1 ace Mark Webber.