Lace up your boots, pull on your guernsey and get ready to hit the field running with these Brownlow-worthy AFL short stories!

A collection of AFL-themed short stories written by some of Australia’s sportiest children’s authors, including:

Michael Wagner (Why I Love Footy and Maxx Rumble series)

Tony Wilson (The Selwood Boys series)

Nicole Hayes (Footy Girl's Guide to the Stars Of 2017 and The Whole of My World)

Adrian Beck (Kick it to Nick series with Shane Crawford)

Michael Panckridge (Big Bash League series)

Sherryl Clark (Ellyse Perry series)

Patrick Loughlin (Billy Slater, Glenn Maxwell and Football High series)

Meredith Costain (Dance Academy series)

Shivaun Plozza (Frankie and Tin Heart)

David Lawrence (Fox Swift and Ball Stars series)

George Ivanoff (You Choose series)