With six Home and Away rounds remaining in the VFL, nine sides remain in contention for finals. Coburg can still mathematically make the eight though that appears unlikely. Most interest centres on Port Melbourne’s quest for back-to-back premierships and who the likely challengers may be. Casey Scorpions Currently 1st, 11 Wins 2 Losses Remaining Games: Bye, Frankston

Anyone who follows me on Twitter (@TheAFLGuru) knows that I take SuperCoach pretty darn seriously. The past few months have seen me pour hours, if not days of research into finding a team that could potentially help me snag $50,000 come September

THE number a player is drafted at is not always a true indicator of their ability or a reflection of what will happen in future years. Ben Carbonaro looks at what has become of players who were top 30 picks five years ago. For too long, recruiters and football fans have salivated over the players

IT is with great sadness that we write of the passing of AFL and Melbourne Football Club legend Jim Stynes has passed away. Stynes, (23 April 1966 – 20 March 2012) passed away at 8.20am this morning after a long battle with with brain cancer. He was just 45 years old and is survived by

ONLY last year they signed a five year $1.23 billion broadcast agreement, now the future of that deal and the AFL’s ability to make money on broadcasting

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Fremantle: Former Fremantle coach Mark Harvey, still reeling from his surprise sacking last September, said he had still not come to terms with the decision

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Collingwood: Troubled Collingwood forward Andrew Krakouer has made a surprise return to training in a massive boost to the injury-ravaged Magpies

West Coast: West Coast’s small forwards shone, but it wasn’t Josh Hill who starred as the Eagles defeated Essendon by 21 points in the NAB Cup at Patersons Stadium

THE MAGPIES won their NAB Cup games against the Western Bulldogs and newcomers the GWS Giants last night but in so doing look to have lost Brent Macaffer for the season

BEHIND-THE-PLAY incident that left North Melbourne’s Leigh Adams concussed could see Richmond’s Reece Conca facing a suspension of up to five weeks

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Richmond: Tigers spearhead Jack Riewoldt says he has his “body language” issues in check, admitting he was out of line at times during the 2011 season

The Australian has reported that star Eagles forward Mark LeCras is now likely to be out for the entire 2012 season after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee at training yesterday. LeCras was a key contributor to the Eagles fourth place finish last season and losing the 25 year old sharp shooter

We won’t comment on how quickly the new season has come upon us, we’ll just enjoy the fact and, more importantly, tonight’s games.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Western Bulldogs: Goal-kicking powerhouse and former Western Bulldog Barry Hall is returning to Whitten Oval in a new role, the club announced today

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Melbourne: Aaron Davey will play in Melbourne’s first intra-club hitout on Friday, with a “back to the future” role as a small forward looming

COLLINGWOOD president Eddie McGuire has for the first time publicly conceded that the departure of former coach Mick Malthouse may have been premature

Amongst all of the usual pre-season discussion, an issue that is usually embedded in post-season football talk – the contentious priority pick – has returned to the surface of football discussion. Guest Writer Alex Kingham takes us through the debate and controversy

Adelaide: Jason Porplyzia’s much-awaited comeback to the Crows attack – and perhaps midfield – is on hold due to yet another injury.

IN RESPONSE to what may or may not be the temporary win by Optus to rebroadcast recorded games to their mobile customers, Telstra yesterday announced their new pricing plan for the upcoming AFL season.  For just $50 football fans will be able to watch every game in every round. The new pricing policy is part

Hawthorn: Punters continue their love affair with Hawthorn as Sam Mitchell and Cyril Rioli firm as favourites for this year’s Brownlow Medal

(DAILY ONE LINERS) St Kilda: Lenny Hayes’s comeback from a knee reconstruction is building momentum, with the veteran midfielder showing encouraging signs in today’s intra-club match at Seaford

IT LOOKS like a challenging year for the Magpies is going to become that much more interesting. After coaching the Pies in 286 games, including four premiership appearances and one victory, Mick Malthouse was never going to just walk away and be silent as Nathan Buckley took over the team that he built. He’s just not wired that way

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Western Bulldogs: The Brian Lake story has taken another positive turn, with confirmation he will play in the Western Bulldogs’ intra-club match at Whitten Oval on Saturday.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Fremantle: Captain Matthew Pavlich is delighted with the way his side has embraced new coach Ross Lyon’s attitude and tactics as they edge closer to the new AFL season

CHIEF executive Eugene Arocca and chief of football Donald McDonald are tight-lipped about the specifics of Daw’s actions but have left the door open for his return to the club

THE FUTURE of tantalizing North Melbourne prospect Majak Daw has been thrown into further disarray after it was announced today that the club had suspended him indefinetly for “missing rehabilitation sessions and acting contrary to the club’s culture and professional expectations.”

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Magpies star Alan Didak and Roos rookie Majak Daw will both miss the NAB Cup

(DAILY ONE LINERS) West Coast: Norm Smith Medallist Andrew Embley has suffered a pre-season setback, injuring his shoulder during a match simulation drill at West Coast training on Friday

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Hawthorn: The Hawks continue to be impressed by the recovery of key big man Jarryd Roughead ahead of the 2012 season.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Collingwood: New assistant Rodney Eade has declared that the Magpies are completely focused on a successful 2012 and refusing to dwell on the heartbreaking grand final loss

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Geelong: Three time premiership defender David Wojcinski is battling an on-going foot injury that could delay his start to the new AFL season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Richmond: Tigers star Jack Riewoldt is set to resume full training after a summer of restricted duties

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Collingwood: Just weeks out from his coaching debut, Nathan Buckley has revealed the void from failing to win a premiership as a player still eats at him and won’t be sated even if he leads the Magpies to a flag in his new role

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Western Bulldogs: In news that will be of great relief to the Western Bulldogs faithful, Adam Cooney will be up and
about for the start of next month’s NAB Cup

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Fremantle: After the AFL introduces free agency transfers for players later this year, will Lance Franklin be a
Docker?

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Hawthorn: Cyril Rioli may spend more time in the midfield next season if he is able to continue what Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson describes as his best pre-season

Collingwood: Collingwoodfc.com.au has published the best tweets and pictures posted by the Collingwood players over the course of season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Geelong: Cats star Joel Selwood is predicting a tough month of training when the players return to the track today

(DAILY ONE LINERS) West Coast: Midfielder Daniel Kerr has had another injury setback which will restrict his pre-season training program

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Port Adelaide: The Power have officially pulled out of the race to sign former Collingwood defender Leon Davis.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Gold Coast: They are calling it the “Suns’ Way”. It is the code the Gold Coast wants to live by and former Sydney skipper Brett Kirk, architect of Sydney’s famous “Bloods” culture, has been hired to help set it in stone

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Geelong: Premiership captain Cameron Ling has won the Madden Medal, awarded to the retiring AFL player judged to have best combined on-field excellence with off-field development.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Carlton: Blues captain Chris Judd will miss a month of pre-season training after being booked for shoulder surgery.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Gold Coast: The Suns have released 19-year-old Rex Liddy from his contract after the North Queensland product indicated a desire to cease his AFL career.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Western Bulldogs: A hyped challenge to the Bulldogs board has amounted to nothing, with board vacancies set to be filled unopposed.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) North Melbourne: Tired of meaningless talk, North Melbourne coach Brad Scott says it’s time for the Kangaroos to ”put up or shut up” in 2012.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) A club by club at the major news from last night’s draft

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Western Bulldogs: Coach Brendon McCartney says Adam Cooney’s exclusion from the leadership group will allow him to focus on getting his injured body right for 2012.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Hawthorn: Despite having the pain of his side’s heartbreaking preliminary final loss still etched in the memory, Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson said he returned for the club’s first day of pre-season today full of optimism

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Geelong: In the Cats’ official membership drive launched online on Monday morning, Joel Selwood, the superstar club champion and All-Australian was front and centre in both the main images – adding more fuel to the speculation that he will take over from retired skipper Cameron Ling

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Essendon: Key forward Scott Gumbleton has undergone surgery for ongoing back and hamstring problems but will be fit to play in season 2012, according to coach James Hird

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Collingwood: The Collingwood Football Club may have lost the grand final to Geelong, but financially the Magpies have declared an operating profit of $3,841,436.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Collingwood: President Eddie McGuire says he will declare war on Greater Western Sydney if it chases vice-captain Scott Pendlebury when he comes out of contract at the end of next season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Port Adelaide: Power skipper Dom Cassisi has backed his club’s shock pursuit of former Collingwood star Leon Davis

St Kilda: Defender Sean Dempster feels like a new man, a change he says is sweeping across the Saints

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Greater Western Sydney: Star code-hopper Israel Folau believes his AFL crash course is about to kick into overdrive with the arrival of several old hands at Greater Western Sydney

Western Bulldogs: Physical benchmarks continue to be set in pre-season 2012 for the Western Bulldogs, with the playing group tackling a 3.2km time trial around Princes Park early yesterday morning

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Hawthorn: In an interview with hawthornfc.com.au, Leigh Matthews spoke about his strong alignment with Hawthorn Football Club despite having experienced 25 years away from, or in opposition to, the Club.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Adelaide: The Crows look set to join fellow power club Collingwood in embarking on high-altitude training, but there won’t be a plane or suitcase in sight

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Greater Western Sydney: Kevin Sheedy writes that “the GWS Giants will have an unprecedented opportunity to secure some of Australia’s best young talent at the national draft on November 24, where our list management team will have access to 11 of the first 14 picks.”

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Richmond: Star Richmond spearhead, Jack Riewoldt, has his sights sets on boosting the potency in his forward line partnership with tall teammate Ty Vickery in 2012.

DEAN Laidley will begin work at St Kilda this week as St Kilda’s new midfield coach to inject some experience to the coaching panel. The former North Melbourne coach won the role and although it hasn’t been titled a director of coaching role, Laidley will certainly provide leadership in the coaches box for Scott Watters.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Brisbane: Sacked Fremantle coach Mark Harvey has been appointed as a senior assistant by the Brisbane Lions.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Geelong: Brad Ottens yesterday became the fourth Geelong veteran to pull up stumps on his career, following flag-winning skipper Cameron Ling, and a pair who just missed out on a third flag, Darren Milburn and Cameron Mooney

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Collingwood: The Magpies have officially accepted that Leon Davis will not play for the club again, stating that the two-time All-Australian “has announced his retirement from playing at Collingwood”.

DAILY ONE LINERS: Brisbane:The Lions have avoided a potential painful split by re-signing veteran Simon Black. The 32-year-old Lions midfielder was among a group of four players the club re-signed today. The others being James Polkinghorne, Pearce Hanley and Niall McKeever.

DAILY ONE LINERS: New St Kilda coach Scott Watters says he wants re-energised star Nick Riewoldt to continue as captain.

MELBOURNE: Australia coach Rodney Eade names Melbourne Demons skipper Brad Green to captain against Ireland

GEELONG: Cats midfielder James Kelly says he’d relish the chance to captain Australia in the International Rules Series against Ireland, set to kick off on Friday night

BRISBANE: The Lions are locked in another unsavoury stand-off with a club legend after telling superstar Simon Black they would only offer him a one-year deal because they feared “being burned”

SYDNEY SWANS: Defender Heath Grundy has spoken about his frustrations of missing out on the Swans finals campaign with a bout of glandular fever

ESSENDON: The club will put its players through the toughest pre-season of their careers, believing its emerging squad can be pushed even more this summer

RICHMOND: As well as unveiling a new logo, the Tigers have finalised their pre-NAB AFL Draft playing squad by delisting Ben Nason, Mitch Farmer and Troy Taylor

GEELONG:The career of Mark Blake remains in limbo after the Cats failed to broker a trade for the premiership ruckman yesterday

HAWTHORN: Forward Jordan Lisle has joined Brisbane in exchange for pick 29 in the national draft

ST KILDA: The Saints gave GWS pick No.20 for exciting VFL player Ahmed Saad

COLLINGWOOD: The Magpies continue to shore up their out-of-contract stars, securing forward Chris Dawes on a new two-year deal

ST KILDA: Just weeks after being appointed caretaker coach following Ross Lyon’s shock departure, club legend Robert Harvey may now turn his back on the club after failing to make the Saints’ senior coaching shortlist

WEST COAST: Star ruckman Nic Naitanui has undergone surgery to repair a torn pectoral muscle

Brisbane: The Lions are likely to bargain heavily with early draft picks in a determined bid to secure home-sick Adelaide forward Kurt Tippett

Geelong: The Cats will today lodge the paperwork to allow them to bid on former Leopold and Geelong Falcons midfielder Jed Bews when the father-son draft is held on Monday morning

Fremantle: West Coast Eagles legend Peter Sumich has defected to the Dockers saying that he’s “always felt like he belonged (there)”.

Carlton: The Blues remains confident it will retain key forward Jarrad Waite despite debate over contract terms.

Football Nation’s daily feature of providing our readers with a quick update of news from around the league with our Daily One Liners. One item per team posted daily from Monday through to Friday to keep you informed about the latest news from each club

Football Nation’s daily feature of providing our readers with a quick update of news from around the league with our Daily One Liners. One item per team posted daily from Monday through to Friday to keep you informed about the latest news from each club

Football Nation’s daily feature of providing our readers with a quick update of news from around the league with our Daily One Liners. One item per team posted daily from Monday through to Friday to keep you informed about the latest news from each club

Football Nation’s daily feature of providing our readers with a quick update of news from around the league with our Daily One Liners. One item per team posted daily from Monday through to Friday to keep you informed about the latest news from each club

Football Nation’s daily feature of providing our readers with a quick update of news from around the league with our Daily One Liners. One item per team posted daily from Monday through to Friday to keep you informed about the latest news from each club

Football Nation’s daily feature of providing our readers with a quick update of news from around the league with our Daily One Liners. One item per team posted daily from Monday through to Friday to keep you informed about the latest news from each club

AFL – Round 11 The Bombers ($1.22) are fresh off the bye and should be ready to fire on Friday night against the Demons ($4.50). We can expect a spirited showing from the Dees after their apparent ‘bruise free’ style against the Blues. They’ll be keen to disprove that opinion. The Pies ($1.20) are hot

Geelong ($3.00) and Collingwood ($1.41) clash on Friday night to determine top spot. It’s still early in the season but both clubs will be keen to see where the other is at, with an eye to the finals. Some injury concerns at Collingwood possibly have them under-priced, whereas the Cats look to be vastly improved

Hawthorn ($1.18) are coming off the bye and will be too strong for Port Adelaide ($4.90) on Friday night, however the Power will be keen to show some spirit which has been questioned in recent weeks. The Bulldogs ($1.75) meet the Swans ($2.10) in Canberra and have a good record there. They were shown up

Well footy fans, the FootballNation market research is in. Our research was simple: which footy team has the most ‘Likes’ on Facebook, making them the most popluar on Facebook.com. The results will surprise you. The list in order of most ‘Likes’ on Facebook; 1 Collingwood 120,313 2 Essendon 111,590 3 Adelaide 66,529 4 Carlton 65,312

BRISBANE Lions forward will miss up to eight weeks with multiple facial fractures sustained during Saturday night’s loss to Fremantle at the Gabba. Brown will undergo surgery early this week and further updates relating to his health and potential return dates to training and playing will be made available to the media at that point.

CARLTON will go in as strong favourites against Richmond in the season opener at the MCG on Thursday night. The Blues are at $1.33 to topple the Tigers, which Richmond is at $3 according to Sportingbet. Even moreso, Collingwood appears to be the certainty of the round at $1.06 to beat Port Adelaide with the

HAWTHORN appears to be the genuine improver amongst the finalists of last season – and a lot of it still has to do with its premiership in 2008. Yes, it is three years ago but it is the flag that most pundits thought came early. It has had two stifled and somewhat wasted seasons –

A DECISION on which VFL club sacked Brisbane Lions forward Brendan Fevola will be at this season will be made this week. His management, Velocity Sports, confirmed Fevola is finishing his “last program” at a Brisbane rehabilition clinic where he has been dealing with depression and alcohol issues. “He’s looking forward to be able of

GOLD Coast coach Guy McKenna says the Suns will be mighty competitive in the AFL this season despite a disappointing performance against West Coast in the second round of the NAB Cup on Sunday. The Suns went down to the Eagles by 37-points at Patersons Stadium. “I think with any young group we’re going to

GEELONG’S Steve Johnson and Joel Selwood led the way in the Cats dominance against North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs in the NAB Cup triple header on Sunday. The Cats, who had been the last three grand finals before last year, made a statement that they clearly want to remain in the top echelon of

ESSENDON fans will get the first insight into new coach James Hird and his techniques in tonight’s NAB Cup matches against St Kilda and the Brisbane Lions. The Bombers – along with the Lions and the Saints – will field a relatively inexperienced line-up with the likes of their first round draft pick Dyson Heppell making