(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: In another frustration for Carlton, the Blues are set to lose small forward Eddie Betts for three matches in a serious match review panel setback

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Are we seeing the first signs of decline in the magnificent career of Chris Judd or at this stage of his football life can he only get himself up for the big games

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Richmond ruckman Ivan Maric has made a promising recovery from an ankle injury and is considered a chance to face Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Saints utility Arryn Siposs is relishing the opportunity to forge a goal-kicking partnership with St Kilda skipper Nick Riewoldt

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Eddie McGuire talked with the GWS football manager about the value of Collingwood players but says claims he offered Dane Swan are “a joke”

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Greater Western Sydney CEO David Matthews says the club is ‘obliged’ to consider luring Hawthorn superstar Lance Franklin to the Giants when he is out of contract at the end of

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Decorated Brisbane champion SIMON BLACK is set for his highly anticipated comeback in what could be his final AFL season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: North Melbourne coach BRAD SCOTT is insisting on a more four-quarter performance from his Kangaroos as they attempt to avoid slipping from finals contention just a month into the AFL season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna says Brisbane Lion DAYNE ZORKO is not good enough to be a Sun

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Essendon chairman David Evans says fresh allegations against his club, including the bombshell claim that Bombers coach James Hird had injected a WADA-blacklisted drug, are “extremely serious and very distressing”

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Cats forward STEVE JOHNSON is a chance to return against Carlton on Saturday night, while Jared Rivers has been ruled out for up to three more weeks

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Saints will be forced to reshuffle its backline, potentially for the next month, after fresh injuries to important defenders James Gwilt and SEAN

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: There was a time when Sydney’s TED RICHARDS thought he was going to have a very short career in the

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: JACK ZIEBELL admits North Melbourne needs to make major improvements in its use of the football if it’s going to be competitive against Geelong.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Swans know the key to their round two AFL match will be taming Gold Coast’s GARY ABLETT

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Hyped Gold Coast teenager JAEGER O’’MEARA will make his senior debut against St Kilda at Metricon Stadium on Saturday night

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Power elevated rookie KANE MITCHELL on Tuesday, but there’s no guarantee the 23-year-old Western Australian will play round one, or even remain on the senior list until season’s end

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Demons face tough decisions on million-dollar forwards Mitch Clark and CHRIS DAWES this week after they combined for just 100 minutes of football in the pre-season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Saints defender James Gwilt believes youngster ARRYN SIPOSS has what it takes to fill the void left by the departure of Brendon Goddard

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Collingwood’s DALE THOMAS could make a last-ditch bid for Round 1 selection if he returns in the VFL tomorrow night

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Lions’ young midfielders are set to benefit from the presence of recruit BRENT MOLONEY as the group sets out to challenge the AFL’s best in

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Hawthorn forward JACK GUNSTON says the 81-point win over North Melbourne on Saturday has given the Hawks a confidence boost heading into its Round 1 blockbuster against Geelong

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Demons wunderkind JACK VINEY remains a Round 1 lock, despite not playing since the first round of the NAB Cup

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Geelong has put Josh Cowan and Lincoln McCarthy on its long-term injury list, clearing the way for the Cats to promote Josh Walker and Mark Blicavs

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Hawks would not be compensated for the loss of LANCE FRANKLIN under proposed changes to the AFL’s free agency
rules

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: New Richmond captain TRENT COTCHIN has prepared himself to lead the club through an unlikely alliance with cricketer Simon Katich

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Star forward JACK RIEWOLDT doesn’t buy into the external hype surrounding the club’s 2013 chances but the Tasmanian has no doubt it is a season which could finally deliver

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Melbourne midfielder NATHAN JONES says no-one should expect Jimmy Toumpas and Jack Viney to dominate for a while yet

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Melbourne co-captain JACK TRENGOVE and goalkicking forward Mitch Clark remain in the mix to play in Melbourne’s opening match of the season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Carlton coach Mick Malthouse has offered BRYCE GIBBS a lead role – “ball-winning midfielder” – and he is delivering as many knew he always would

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Western Bulldogs great Brad Johnson says ADAM COONEY is back to his 2008 Brownlow Medal form

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Rory Taggert, DOM BARRY and Nathan Stark will play their first official match for the club, as the Demons take a young and largely inexperienced squad to face Port Adelaide

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Injury prone Carlton key forward JARRAD WAITE could miss the Blues’ opening-round blockbuster against Richmond

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: After providing Melbourne supporters with a thrill on Friday night some have speculated that the Demons should try to find a loophole that would allow Jesse Hogan to play in

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Michael Voss wants to win the NAB Cup and his Brisbane Lions are in a good position to do just that after round one of the pre-season competition

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Crows are ready to unleash Rory Sloane and Patrick Dangerfield in a practice match against the Dockers

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Carlton star ANDREW WALKER could become new Blues coach Mick Malthouse’s Mr Fix-It in 2013 as he looks to rebound from an injury-plagued campaign last year

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Rejuvenated Suns defender MAVERICK WELLER has moved to end speculation about his long-term future by declaring he wants to become a one-club player

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Swans speedster LEWIS JETTA is hoping to inspire Swans fans both on and off the field this season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Gun recruit Brent Moloney says Brisbane’s young midfield brigade is ready to join the AFL’s elite

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Tigers coach Damien Hardwick has quashed social media rumours surrounding DUSTIN MARTIN and denies the young midfielder is on the verge of being sacked

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Swans great MICHAEL O’LOUGHLIN wants to become the AFL’s first indigenous senior coach

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Suns defender SEB TAPE is confident his knee will recover fully and is focused on assisting recently recruited defenders Tom Murphy and Greg Broughton settle in to a strengthened and miserly backline

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: With the Swans ruck stocks going from strength to strength in last year’s trade period, premiership ruckman Mike Pyke says he is looking forward to some more healthy competition in

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Seventeen-year-old Gold Coast recruit Jack Martin has been given permission to play in the NAB Cup

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: A move further up the field could be the perfect stepping stone towards a debut for North Melbourne’s Majak Daw

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Shane Charter – the convicted drug trafficker who may have supplied former Essendon sports scientist Steve Dank with supplements at the centre of footy’s doping probe – has links to Bombers coach James Hird

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: New Carlton coach Mick Malthouse has played an early hand in Blues playing changes thrusting dashing play-maker Chris Yarran into midfield running duties in a practice match

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Saints veteran Lenny Hayes says it will take more than off-season heart surgery to keep him out of the AFL pre-season cup – and he hasn’t given up hope on extending his career past this year

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: After two failed knee reconstructions, Geelong forward Daniel Menzel has turned to LARS surgery in a bid to revive his career

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Six months after turning down a lucrative offer from Geelong, star midfielder Travis Boak has been appointed as the new Port Adelaide captain

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Suns have abolished their leadership group and have appointed Gary Ablett as the club’s skipper for the third consecutive season, with two deputies.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Saints defender James Gwilt says he is in a good space mentally and physically heading into the new AFL season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Matt de Boer has warned that competition for spots in the Dockers’ deepening midfield is hotting up, with pressure to perform increasing on even the club’s leading engine room lights as a group of young runners come through.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Crows fans may want to hold off on loading up on Taylor Walker for the Coleman Medal because of Adelaide’s determination to keep an unpredictable forward line this season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Speedster Chris Yarran has lifted the lid on the Blues’ recipe for success under new Carlton coach Mick Malthouse

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Andy Otten has trimmed down this pre-season with the aim of re-establishing his place in the Crows defence

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: West Coast will set no time frame for Nic Naitanui’s return from significant off-season groin surgery but are yet to rule him out of the club’s round one western derby showdown with Fremantle

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Geelong draftee Jackson Thurlow has emerged as a dark horse to make his debut in the Cats’ round one blockbuster against Hawthorn.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Blues are racing towards the season with a fully-fit big man division as they strive to ease the burden on their speedy small forwards this year

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Swans livewire Lewis Jetta is aiming to be fitter and even faster in season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Bombers assistant coach Matthew Egan believes key forward Michael Hurley will benefit from shedding some weight during the pre-season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Magpies hit the training track for the first time this year this morning with Dale Thomas sporting a moonboot.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The stoush over Chris Judd’s third-party deal with Visy may not be decided until a grievance tribunal is held next month

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Lachie Whitfield has set his sights on a round one debut with Greater Western Sydney but says he is far from being a walk-up start

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Greater Western Sydney’s Jeremy Cameron proved himself a Giant in more ways than one in

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Just how good a footballer was Shane Warne in his days with St Kilda’s Under 19s

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Nathan Buckley has hit out at suggestions of an emerging drug culture in the AFL, and admitted he had spoken to his star midfielder Dane Swan about claims he was a bad influence on his Magpie teammates.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The AFL has bowed to the pulling power of soccer powerhouse Manchester United, rescheduling a Greater Western Sydney match to avoid a head-to-head clash.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Alice Springs’ speedster Dominic Barry feels a sense of belonging at Melbourne after completing a gruelling training venture in the Top End on Saturday

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Indigenous educator Gerard Neesham says AFL clubs should keep faith with talented Aboriginals, pointing to Sydney star Lewis Jetta as the poster boy for second chances

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Suns captain Gary Ablett believes the Suns can meet their goal of a premiership within the next three years

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Most AFL players like to get away from the game during their off-season break, but not Geelong’s Steven Motlop

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: AFL heavyweight Collingwood looks poised to offer a playing lifeline to Western Australian Sandover medallist Kane Mitchell

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Hawks draftee Tim O’Brien has spoken on his first week at the Club, citing Jarryd Roughead as a great source of knowledge.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Brisbane’s superstar midfielder Simon Black is approaching the 2013 season as though it could be his last

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: David Mundy’s return to pre-season training has provided a boost for his Fremantle teammates, who know how valuable the stoppage specialist could be in 2013 after an uninterrupted summer

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Nathan Buckley is brimming with confidence about the health of his playing list after the AFL club’s busy trade period.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: With the success of the Sydney Swans, it seems the days of footballers behaving badly may finally be coming to an end

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Frank Costa and Cameron Mooney say Gary Ablett could finish his career back at Geelong if Gold Coast does not make finals by the end of

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: The Tigers hope Dylan Grimes will be available for Round 1 next season after surgery on his cursed hamstring

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Liam Jurrah remains on Port Adelaide’s radar, with the former Demon expected to train with the club for the first time next week

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Tim Membrey became the biggest slider of the draft when he was still available for the Sydney Swans to snap him up at pick No.46.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Star West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui will miss the start of the club’s AFL pre-season campaign after deciding to undergo surgery to fix a niggling groin complaint

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: It might still only be November, but Port Adelaide’s new defensive coach Matthew Nicks is already impressed with the club’s latest recruits, most notably ex-Bomber ANGUS MONFRIES.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Young gun Trent Cotchin is the early favourite to win next year’s Brownlow Medal but punters believe the club will yet again miss the top eight in season

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Most players would be happy with 300-plus games and two premierships, but Sydney Swans veteran Jude Bolton isn’t satisfied

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Collingwood is set to welcome highly-respected former Adelaide recruiting manager Matthew Rendell to its scouting ranks

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Speedy Richmond utility Matthew White is determined to nail a permanent place in the Tigers’ line-in 2013, following a frustrating season this year

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: North Melbourne chairman James Brayshaw says the club will continue to look for the best possible candidate for the vacant CEO position after being knocked back by Brian Cook on Wednesday

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Geelong hopes to have star midfielder Jimmy Bartel back in its main training group in the lead-up to the Christmas break.

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Port Adelaide: New coach Ken Hinkley has refused to lock Dom Cassisi in as captain for 2013, claiming every player on the list has a chance over the pre-season to show leadership material

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Collingwood: Magpies premiership captain Tony Shaw says midfielder Scott Pendlebury is ready to succeed Nick Maxwell as
skipper

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Carlton: Coach Mick Malthouse has challenged former number one draft pick Bryce Gibbs to elevate his game to a new level in the midfield in

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Collingwood: First it was Scott Pendlebury. Then it was Travis Cloke. Now, according to Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley, it will be Dale Thomas

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Essendon: Bombers coach James Hird wants his players to increase their aerobic capacity for 2013 but says the club won’t be significantly altering its program towards reducing the number of soft-tissue injuries

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Western Bulldogs: Former New York Jet and Geelong powerhouse Ben Graham has been linked with a possible move to the Western Bulldogs as an assistant coach

(DAILY ONE LINERS) St Kilda: The Saints have finally given up on waiting for Raphael Clarke to cement a senior spot, cutting him after 85 games in nine AFL seasons

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Sydney Swans: The Swans have re-signed Mike Pyke and Craig Bird for a further two seasons, the AFL premiers have announced

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Port Adelaide: John Butcher says he likes the idea of combining with troubled forward Liam Jurrah next season in the Power’s forward line