Welcome to our Round 4 and Round 5 aka Gather Round review episode! We start chatting about some AFLW fixture and salary cap news. We then cover Lance Collard's guilty finding for the use of a homophobic slur during a VFL match. Watch @pridecup’s Hayley Conway’s take on this here. Finally, we chat about the Round 4 games and catch up on the Gather Round fits and matches. 

In this week’s best on feed, Monica shares this TikTok from the Western Bulldogs and Marielle shares this reel from the AFL. 

This week’s sources are: 

• AFLW confirms big fixture shift for start of 2026 season by Sophie Welsh for afl.com.au 

• Historic first as AFLW gears up for inaugural International Rules game by Riley Beveridge for afl.com.au 

• Salary cap introduced to AFLW as League announces revamped team by Sarah Black for afl.com.au 

• Club Statement: Collard tribunal on saints.com.au 

• Lance Collard to learn fate over alleged homophobic slur after marathon AFL tribunal hearing on abc.net.au 

• Lance Collard’s extraordinary AFL disciplinary hearing sets new precedent by Marnie Vinall for abc.net.au 

• Club Statement: Collard tribunal on saints.com.au 

• The Daily Aus Instagram Post on Lance Collard’s Tribunal (includes Leigh Ryswyk’s quotes) 

• Daicos a late out for Brisbane clash on collingwoodfc.com.au 

• The verdict is in: Big Roo learns fate for serious misconduct on afl.com.au 

• AFL R4 match report: Roos come from clouds to win Good Friday epic by NMFC with Phoebe McWilliams, AFL.com.au on nmfc.com.au 

• How Suns’ midfield has responded to ‘blunt’ review of Demons smashing by Michael Whiting on afl.com.au 

• AFL Match report: Dogs down spirited Dons by Gemma Bastiani/AFL.com.au & Western Bulldogs Media on westernbulldogs.com.au 

• 7afl & Western Bulldog’s instagram post on Lachie McNeil playing 2 games in one day 

• Sam Docherty & Caroline Wilson chat Alexandra Merrett’s Tiktok on 3AW

• Damian Barrett & Craig Hutchison chat Alexandra Merrett’s Tiktok on The Sounding Board 

• footyonnine instagram post on the Hawthorn v Geelong margin

• Think Pink: How the Suns’ bold colour move turned to Gold by Riley Beveridge on afl.com.au 

• Ten clubs set to wear bespoke Gather Round gear on afl.com.au 

• afl instagram post on the number of days since Essendon’s last win

• afl instagram post on Christian Petracca & Simon Goodwin’s reunion in Adelaide 

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