Oct 28, 2009
WA will host two first-round NAB Cup games ahead of the 2010 pre-season after West Coast and Fremantle were both drawn to begin their pre-season campaigns at Subiaco Oval. West Coast open the NAB Cup challenge against Essendon on Friday, February 12, while Fremantle host Melbourne in a twilight fixture a week-and-a-half later. Wins for both WA sides could potentially…
Oct 27, 2009
By Mr Dandalooa Recently-elected Joondalup mayor Troy Pickard reckons the state could do with another AFL team and he wants to meet league boss Andrew Demetriou to push his case for Joondalup to be the next home to a club. While it could be 10 years or more before the state gets another team, Pickard believes going north would…
Oct 26, 2009
SYDNEY Swans coach Paul Roos said he expected likely new recruit Daniel Bradshaw to make a smooth transition to the club through the NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft. Bradshaw's manager Colin Young told the Swans that the 30-year-old wanted to play for them after deciding to not finish his career at Carlton. The dual premiership player turned down a new contract…
Oct 21, 2009
By Mr Dandalooa This week, AFL boss Andrew Demetriou raised the prospect of a 20-team competition after revealing Tasmania and either Western Australia or north Queensland could be granted licences to play. That would bring the total AFL sides to 20. In a time when professional sporting clubs in Australia are struggling, especially in WA, with the NBL almost…
Oct 21, 2009
US basketball veteran Charles Barkley has criticised AFL players on a recent interview aired on ESPN radio. The controversial NBA All-Star said he visited Australia in 2009 and watched an AFL game, but admitted he was not overawed by the game. “I don’t want to insult the Australians (but) I’m like, ‘These guys are some damn idiots’,” he said. “Nobody…
Oct 19, 2009
RECENTLY retired North Melbourne premiership great Shannon Grant was named the 2010 coach of Essendon’s reserve side, the Bendigo Bombers. Grant (32) spent the last year coaching Frankston in the VFL, but decided earlier this month to leave. Essendon football manager Paul Hamilton said Grant had a good football brain, and was a hard worker, whose recent playing experience was…
Oct 16, 2009
By Mr Dandalooa There is a growing chorus of people urging the introduction of a video umpire following a raft of umpire errors last season irking AFL spectators. In the this year’s grand final, the grand stage of football excellence, a kick by Geelong's Tom Hawkins clearly deflected off the post but was ruled by the goal umpire standing…
Oct 14, 2009
A PLAN by the AFL could mark the end of players staging free kicks by the start of the 2010 season. Players caught staging free kicks could face fines for misconduct under a new proposal put before clubs as part of an AFL review of the tribunal. Football operations manager Adrian Anderson contacted all 16 clubs to get feedback on…
Oct 12, 2009
Adelaide Crows W: None. L: None. Draft picks: 13, 29, 45, 61, 77 The only team to not trade during trade week Brisbane Lions W: Brendon Fevola (Carlton), Xavier Clarke (St Kilda), Brent Staker (West Coast), Amon Buchanan (Sydney), Andrew Raines (Richmond), Pick 27 (Carlton), Pick 47 (Sydney) L: Lachie Henderson (Carlton), Bradd Dalziell (West Coast), Pick 12…
Oct 7, 2009
WAYWARD Carlton forward Brendan Fevola is still no closer to finding a new home, as the third day of Trade Week continues. General Football Operations Manager Steven Icke confirmed a deal to move the reigning Coleman Medallist, who has two years remaining on his contract was far off. "At this stage there has been no further development. We still haven't…
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