FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in Round 23 of the AFL. He also provides some helpful hints for last-minute changes to your Dream Team or Supercoach Teams. Fremantle vs Collingwood, Friday 8:40, Patersons Stadium Desperate times for Fremantle, with its finals hopes all but dashed after an inexplicable 98-point loss to [...]
NORTH Melbourne will weigh up what value out-of-favour ruckman Hamish McIntosh is to the team in the remaining month of the season but those from the outside such as former coach Dean Laidley believe McIntosh is likely to be traded. McIntosh will resume in the VFL from general soreness this week in a bid to [...]
NORTH Melbourne forward Ben Warren kicked six goals for the Werribee Tigers – including the match-winner – to hold off the fast-finishing Cats, 15.13 (103) to 12.20 (92) on Sunday. Geelong had hit the lead through Mitch Brown’s goal in the final term. “Just for us going into the bye next week and consolidating our [...]
VERSATILE North Melbourne recruit Cameron Pederson is likely to earn a senior recall against Sydney on Saturday after an eight-goal haul for Werribee in the VFL on the weekend. Pederson was taken as a rookie by the Kangaroos over the pre-season after making an impressive in the VFL at the Box Hill Hawks in consecutive [...]
DESPITE North Melbourne having just the one win for the season so far, coach Brad Scott says he still won’t be using injuries as an excuse leading into an important clash against Melbourne on Saturday. Scott believes the Demons have just as many injury concerns and believes the game will be won on merit for [...]
MAJAK Daw played his best game of football “by a mile” for the Werribee Tigers at Victoria Park on Saturday according to coach Paul Satterley. He also concluded the game with perhaps goal of the year in the VFL as he took four bounces through the midfield running into an open goal from around 40m [...]
NORTH Melbourne’s sudanese talent Majak Daw has been named in Sunday’s NAB Cup clash against Geelong and the Western Bulldogs. Daw, from Wyndham Vale in Melbourne’s West, has developed his game and gained some physical power since being snared in the 2009 AFL rookie draft by the Roos. He played sparingly in the ruck for VFL [...]
THE Werribee Tigers have signed former North Melbourne forward Leigh Harding after he retired from the Kangaroos at the end of last season after a decade. Tigers coach Paul Satterely said he was looking forward to adding Harding, who played 141 games and kicked 157 goals at the Roos, to the Tigers line-up. “His experience, leadership [...]
GREATER Western Sydney have plunged up to $900,000 at North Melbourne young gun Andrew Swallow to join its new team in 2012. The stakes for Swallow are likely to heat up next year as there is already speculation that Swallow has signed with the new club. His younger brother David, who starred for the Gold [...]
NORTH Melbourne used a second round draft selection on Cameron Richardson, a player aligned to the Kangaroos via VFL feeder team North Ballarat. Richardson was pre-listed by Gold Coast in which on traded Richardson for a secound round selection. It is seen as a steal by the Suns but a rich choice by the Roos. Richardson [...]
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