CARLTON’S banned trio Eddie Betts, Ryan Houlihan and Andrew Walker have been let off the hook with good behaviour on the training track and will resume training with the main group earlier than expected this Monday. Initially, their ban included training with Carlton’s VFL affiliate, the Northern Bullants until the start of the season. However, [...]
BENDIGO Bombers coach Shannon Grant is confident that its two pre-season recruits, former AFL players Jason Cloke and Hayden Skipworth, can help lift the team from the bottom of the VFL ladder this season. Grant, the former North Melbourne premiership player who controversially quit as coach of Frankston last season, said last year’s winless Bombers [...]
GOLD Coast coach Guy McKenna says he has no hesitation to play former NRL star Karmichael Hunt as soon as he returns from a six month stint with the French Rugby Union team in May. Hunt, who has taken a remarkable tri-code swing with ambitions to become a top-line AFL footballer, could make his VFL [...]
NEW Frankston coach Simon Goosey has one of the toughest tasks in football after a mass exodus of more than 30 players over the off-season. The Dolphins, who finished second last on the ladder last season, are struggling on and off the field but remain adamant they can remain in the VFL competition, despite registering [...]
WERRIBEE Tigers have identified former Hawk Mitch Thorp in a bid to help fill a large void up forward after the departures of two power forwards in the past two seasons. Thorp, the No.6 selection in the 2006 AFL draft, played just two AFL matches for Hawthorn and is keen on joining Werribee to help [...]
COBURG Tigers have snared former North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs midfielder Sam Power as a playing assistant coach in the VFL for 2010. The Tigers also confirmed that they were set to also sign former North Melbourne hard-nut Daniel Harris before he was selected by the Gold Coast as a mature age rookie with pick [...]