COLLINGWOOD v SYDNEY SWANS Friday 24th May, 7:50pm, MCG Collingwood B: Nathan Brown, Ben Reid, Heritier O’Brien HB: Jordan Russell, Nick Maxwell, Marley Williams C: Steele Sidebottom, Dane Swan, Luke Ball HF: Jamie Elliott, Quinten Lynch, Brent Macaffer F: Ben Kennedy, Travis Cloke, Sam Dwyer Foll: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury, Jarryd Blair Int: Andrew Krakouer, Martin

Football Nation’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH gives us his take and his picks on all the games of Round 9.   Collingwood vs Sydney Friday 7:50 MCG Just when some people were prepared to concede Collingwood had perhaps slipped a little, what with its inconsistency and swag of injuries, the Pies came storming back with a committed

IT’S been a tough year and a rough week for the Essendon Football Club.  And it just took another bad turn with the club announcing today that their CEO, Ian Robson, has resigned from the club effective immediately. In a statement that Robson released via the club’s website he said that this is not the

WELCOME to the latest instalment of Football Nation’s unofficial AFL injury list as we approach Round 9 of the 2013 season. We continue to trawl the web, looking at each club’s website, the AFL site and the main news sites in order to put together our best guess for a league-wide report. It’s not perfect but then again what

Unsatisfied with Melbourne’s ridiculous parking prices, I stopped the car outside an old unit somewhere near Albert and Hoddle st. It was a fair walk to the Yarra to see the Moomba festival, but I didn’t mind. It was still better than giving in to the  absurd rates that Secure Parking charges despite having no guarantee or warranty that your

THE Essendon Football Club has released a statement confirming that utility Nathan Lovett-Murray is recovering in hospital this morning after receiving a knife wound during an altercation last night. He will require minor surgery to repair the damage and is expected to make a full recovery from the injury. According to the club Lovett-Murray, 30, was defending himself

ROUND 9 marks indigenous round for the AFL and the AFL has come a long way in 20 years since Nicky Winmar’s famous stance for his identity. On a cold autumn’s day in April 1993, Collingwood played St Kilda at a vocal Victoria Park. The day will be remembered for Nicky Winmar standing up for

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Pictured: Dylan Grimes’ horrendous run of injuries continues, with the Richmond defender set to miss up to eight more weeks in the

COLLINGWOOD has confirmed that midfielder Dale Thomas was likely to miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury, while Dayne Beams was now certain to miss until at least round 14 with a quad injury. As revealed by The Age on Sunday, Beams had suffered a setback to his recovery from a quad

WESTERN Bulldogs midfielder Jackson Macrae has been rewarded for his efforts against the Gold Coast Suns last weekend with the Round 8 Rising Star nomination. The 18 year old Macrae had 26 possessions and four tackles in the club’s losing perfromance against the Suns. “Jackson is a young person who understands he has talent, and has

YET another busy day today for the AFL’s Match Review Panel after the incidents came through thick and fast from the weekend’s games and especially the halftime melee that marred the Richmond vs Melbourne game. On the basis of their review the MRP have laid the following charges:   West Coast vs North Melbourne: After

THE ever growing injury list at the Fremantle Dockers has claimed another big name with news today that star forward Michael Walters will miss the next three to four weeks with an ankle injury. The gun forward injured his ankle during the third quarter of Fremantle’s draw with Sydney at the SCG on Saturday night.

WHILE the second expansion team, Greater Western Sydney, continued to struggle, the powers-that-be at the AFL can take some delight from the performance of the first true expansion team since 1995, Gold Coast.

In each of the Gold Coast’s first two seasons they won three games: against Richmond (twice), Port Adelaide, Brisbane, GWS and Carlton. In eight rounds this year, they’ve already won four – and have added St Kilda, Melbourne and now the Western Bulldogs to the list of teams they’ve beaten

AFTER losing their first seven games of 2013, South Fremantle joined the winners list for the first time this year with a 15 point victory over Peel Thunder at Fremantle Oval on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs lead at every change and despite a spirited effort from the Thunder were able to hold on and register

NOT only did North Adelaide win for the fifth time this season, to move clear in third spot on the SANFL ladder, it came from behind to beat a form team in the Eagles, to demonstrate its credentials as a legitimate premiership contender. The Roosters are finding ways to win, which is a trait traditionally

      Round 6 Results     Collingwood 18.12-120 def Geelong Cats 16.11-107 1:00 PM, Sat 18 May at Victoria Park GOALS Collingwood: J. Paine 5, T. Allan 3, A. Didak 3, P. Yagmoor , K. Martin , T. Broomhead , B. Moloney , B. Richmond , J. Hellier , C. Mooney Geelong Cats: M. Brown

Round 9 Results         Claremont 16.15 (111) def East Fremantle 9.15 (69) Sat, 18 May, 2:10 PM at Claremont Oval GOALS Claremont: 3 A.Hamp, M.Andrews, 2 N.Winmar, I.Richardson, 1 M.Davies, L.Smith, P.Mcginnity, J.Laurie, P.Medhurst, A.Foster East Fremantle: 3 R.Lester-smith, 2 J.Depane, 1 F.Macdougall, S.Henson, J.Schofield, B.Dalziell BEST Claremont: TBA East Fremantle: TBA   South Fremantle 14.15 (99) def Peel Thunder

        Round 7 Results   West Adelaide 11.11-77 def Port Adelaide 9.8-62 7:10 PM, Fri 17 May at City Mazda Stadium GOALS West Adelaide: R. Ferguson (c) 3, A. Fielke 2, T. Keough 2, P. Nelson , D. Webb , S. Green , B. Macreadie Port Adelaide: G. Johncock 3, J. Johansen 2, L.

THE Melbourne Football Club may not have won but they at least played well enough for fans and the media to ease up on the pressure that they have piled onto the club as Richmond notched their fifth win of the season with a 34-point victory in front of 39,148 fans at the MCG.

Indeed while the Demons walked off the field with a sense of having achieved something, the Tigers were less than enthusiastic about their own performance as they struggled to put away their surprisingly feisty opponent

CARLTON coach Mick Malthouse admits the Blues remain very much a work in progress after grinding their way to an 18-point win over a disappointing Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium.

Carlton won a scrappy game 16.13 (109) to 14.7 (91), with captain Marc Murphy kicking three goals playing mostly as a forward in his 150th match, Jeff Garlett snaring four and Heath Scotland slotting two majors in his 250th game

WEST Coast defender Mark Nicoski got through unscathed in his first game in 14 months for Subiaco reserves in the WAFL on Saturday. Eagles coach John Worsfold said there was no time line on his AFL return. “He obviously had an extremely serious injury that needed full-on surgery to reattach his hamstring,” West Coast coach

ADELAIDE’S 40-point win over St Kilda at AAMI Stadium on Sunday was an important one as it levelled its season at 4-4 after eight rounds.

The Crows, while not as dynamic as last week against the Giants, still managed to run the Saints off their legs. Tom Lynch kicked 10 goals last week for the Giants and against the Saints, he finished with 2-1 but perhaps may have enjoyed the win better given he was a former Saint

HAWTHORN coach Alastair Clarkson says the scoreboard “flattered” his team in its 83-point win over Greater Western Sydney at Aurora Stadium.

And while the result was largely a comfortable one, the most important factor to come out of the round for the Hawks is that they are flying on top of the ladder after seven straight wins. After round one, the Hawks appeared to be questioning themselves after the round one loss to Geelong

THE Western Bulldogs, who have won just the one match for the season and that was in round one, are in desperate need of replenishing entering their nine clash against St Kilda on Saturday. After the disappointing loss to the Gold Coast Suns, the Bulldogs could look to Nathan Hrovat for a recall after he

ESSENDON’S father-son selection Joe Daniher is expected to be in the mix once again to make his AFL debut after another impressive outing for the the Bombers VFL team in in their 12-point loss to Port Melbourne on Saturday. Daniher kicked four goals and looked lively for much of the match and with Michael Hurley

HAWTHORN youngster Jed Anderson has made a successful return from a hamstring injury with three goals in the Box Hill Hawks’ 60-point win over the Casey Scorpions. Anderson has not played since round three when he was the AFL Rising Star nominee. Hawks development coach Damian Carroll said Anderson’s return from a hamstring injury was

COLLINGWOOD veteran Alan Didak continued to push for a senior recall after a dominant second half for the Pies in the VFL against Geelong on Saturday. Pies VFL coach Dale Tapping said Didak had shown that he’s ready to play AFL again and is ready to be called upon. “Didak has been pretty good at

WITHOUT doubt the biggest change has come about with Geelong’s first loss of the season.  In coming up just one goal short against Collingwood, the door was opened for Hawthorn to seize top spot on the ladder for the first time this year. Geelong hasn’t fallen far, after all they’ve only lost one game, and

IT’S ironic that it was Collingwood that was the first team of the season to beat the reigning premier Geelong by 13-points at Victoria Park on Saturday. It was only last year that the Pies also broke Port Melbourne’s famous winning streak that included its 2011 flag. But perhaps almost more ironic is the general

FORGOTTEN Hawthorn defender Will Langford, the son of former Hawthorn champion defender Chris, could be on the verge of finally making his AFL debut according to Hawks development coach Damian Carroll. Carroll said that Langford has improved out of sight and is a great story given the injury problems he has had to face in

ADELAIDE CROWS
vs
ST KILDA SAINTS
Sunday May 19, 4:10pm, AAMI Stadium

GAME OVER: ADELAIDE 12.15 (87) def ST KILDA 6.11 (47)

RICHMOND TIGERS
vs
MELBOURNE DEMONS
Sunday May 19, 3:20pm, MCG

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CARLTON BLUES
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PORT ADELAIDE
Sunday May 19, 1:10pm, Etihad Stadium

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FREMANTLE and Sydney played in this season’s first draw on Saturday night at the SCG despite the Dockers trailing by 27 points midway through the final term.

Fremantle had plenty of opportunities early in the game to hurt the Swans on the scoreboard but inaccurate kicking in front of goal cost the harbor side dearly

IN a game that even their most loyal followers thought would be beyond them, the Collingwood Football Club demonstrated a toughness and resilience that has silenced the chorus of naysayers.

In front of an MCG crowd of 66,768 the Magpies handed Geelong their first defeat of season and in doing so re-invigorated their 2013 campaign

IN a massive upset, the Brisbane Lions headed to Melbourne, expected by many, except their most ardent fans, to lose but instead they upset the number two placed side and came away with the points.

Simon Black started the match in his second game of the year after being the Sub last week against West Coast. He found plenty of the ball with 12 first term touches and all of them were silky and effective.

A SEVEN goal to one second term has placed the Northern Blues back on the winners list, recording a 44-point win over North Ballarat. The Blues were dominant after a tight opening quarter, and never looked back infront of a home crowd at Visy Park. Carlton ruckman Shaun Hampson recorded over 60 hitouts, feeding the

SYDNEY SWANS
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FREMANTLE
Saturday May 18, 7:40pm, SCG

GAME OVER: SYDNEY 11.4.70 drew with FREMANTLE

COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES
vs
GEELONG CATS
Saturday May 18, 7:40pm, MCG

GAME OVER: COLLINGWOOD 15.12.102 def GEELONG

GOLD COAST SUNS
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WESTERN BULLDOGS
Saturday May 18, 4:40pm, Metricon Stadium

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HAWTHORN HAWKS
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GWS GIANTS
Saturday May 18, 2:10pm, Aurora Stadium

GAME OVER: HAWTHORN 21.14.140 def GWS GIANTS

ESSENDON BOMBERS
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BRISBANE LIONS
Saturday May 18, 1:45pm, Etihad Stadium

GAME OVER: BRISBANE 14.12.96 def ESSENDON

WITH only seconds to spare, Nic Naitanui became the showstopper last night, as a thrilling after the siren goal stole the show from North Melbourne.

The win saved the Eagles from another gut-wrenching home ground loss after chalking up a poor 3-2 record this year.

Déjà vu came rushing back for Eagles fans, as the heroics of Leo Barry’s 2005 grand final-saving mark were quickly reversed – this time at the opposite end

WEST COAST EAGLES
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NORTH MELBOURNE
Friday May 17, 6:40pm, Patersons Stadium

WEST COAST 12.18.90 def NORTH MELBOURNE

Football Nation’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH gives us his take and his picks on the first games of Round 8.   West Coast vs North Melbourne Friday 8:40 Patersons Stadium Round eight kicks off with what is, on paper, a very interesting game. Both West Coast and North Melbourne are currently sitting outside the top eight with

              WEST COAST EAGLES v NORTH MELBOURNE Friday May 17, 6:40pm, Patersons Stadium West Coast B: Brennan, Glass, Schofield HB: Hurn, Mackenzie, Waters C: Rosa, S Selwood, Gaff HF: LeCras, Darling, Masten F: Hill, Kennedy, Kerr Foll: Naitanui, Priddis, Shuey I/C: Sheppard, Wellingham, Cox, A Selwood Emg: Brown, Dalziell,

WELCOME to the latest instalment of Football Nation’s unofficial AFL injury list as we approach Round 8 of the 2013 season. We continue to trawl the web, looking at each club’s website, the AFL site and the main news sites in order to put together our best guess for a league-wide report. It’s not perfect but then again what

(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

RICHMOND’S Nick Vlastuin, the club’s top pick of the 2012 National Draft, has been rewarded for hi efforts in Saturday’s victory over Port Adelaide with the Round 7 Rising Star nomination. Vlastuin’s efforts in the the Tigers’ 41 point win over the Power included 23 disposals, 11 marks and one goal. Vlastuin was the ninth

HAWTHORN has announced that they have signed a new deal with yet another star player not named Lance Franklin, after revealing this morning that Jarryd Roughead has agreed to a two year contract extension. With one year still remaining on his current contract, the new deal will see the Hawks forward remain with the club

ST KILDA and Carlton have produced another thriller in their annual Monday night clash, with the Saints victorious by nine points infront of 34,000 at Etihad Stadium.

The Blues had a horrid start to the match, losing Michael Jamison (shoulder), David Ellard (hamstring) and Chris Yarran (hamstring), on top of the late withdrawal of utility Andrew Carrazzo (calf) and the absent Jarrad Waite (suspension) and Bryce Gibbs (hamstring)

ST KILDA SAINTS
vs
CARLTON BLUES
Monday 13th May, 7:40pm, Etihad Stadium

GAME OVER: ST KILDA 11.11 (77) def CARLTON 9.14 (68)

IT was a busy day today for the AFL’s Match Review Panel and that was in spite of the fact that there is still one game to be played in Round 7. Following a review of the weekend’s games the MRP have laid the following charges: Geelong vs Essendon James Kelly, Geelong, has been charged

THE heat remains on embattled Melbourne coach Mark Neeld and while some key media personalities from Melbourne’s major newspapers the Herald Sun and The Age were calling for his head today, it appears likely that Neeld may well see out at least another week. The Demons’ hierarchy are reluctant to sack Neeld this week despite

SOUTH Australia continued its State League dominance on Saturday with a resounding 82-point victory over NEAFL at Richmond Oval, for its 12th win from its past 14 interstate games, dating back to 1996. The victory was hard earned after a spirited fightback by the NEAFL in the second quarter, with a dominant second half squashing

THE Herald Sun has published a story this morning in which it reveals that Gold Coast Suns defender Nathan Bock is being investigated by both the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) and the AFL for the possible use of banned peptides. Bock, 30, is alleged to have self administered the banned peptide CJC-1295 in December

AFTER losing Taylor Walker the question that hung over this Adelaide Crows team was who would step up and provide the team with it’s target in the forward line.

After handing the GWS Giants a 135 point loss, the Crows would seem to have found the answer to that question with Tom Lynch having a career day with a 10 goal performance.

Lynch, 22, was traded from St Kilda to Adelaide after the end of the 2011 season as part of a three-way deal with Richmond, which saw Ivan Maric go to the Tigers, and with the Saints getting the Crows’ second-round draft pick

MICHAEL Walters lit up Patersons Stadium with four goals on Saturday night as Fremantle defeated Collingwood by 27 points.

The Dockers got off to the best possible start- kicking the first five goals of the game overwhelming the Magpies early

GOLD Coast’s first win at the MCG was a phenomenal one against Melbourne by 60-points. It may well have huge ramifications for coach Mark Neeld and even the president Don McLardy on Monday but right now the Suns have their second win of the season and are in a good place

CARLTON ruckman Matthew Kreuzer is no certainty to line up against the Saints in Monday night football after being sidelined for the past three matches with a broken thumb, Kreuzer was named in the teams on Thursday night but is no guarantee of line-up according to coach Mick Malthouse. “We’ll see how he comes up

MARK Neeld is not the only AFL coach in jeopardy with Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss also facing the axe according to former coach Leigh Matthews. The question for Brisbane folk is can the Lions beat any of the following Essendon, Carlton, Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong and Hawthorn and fellow struggler Gold Coast? Because that is

DIRECTLY after its 135-point shellacking to the hands of Adelaide, Greater Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy has criticised Melbourne-based AFL clubs for not having the “guts” to trade some of their experienced players for draft picks. It is understood that the Giants were after players in the ilk of Collingwood’s Dale Thomas, Carlton’s Matthew Kreuzer

COLLINGWOOD faces a season-defining fortnight after its disappointing 27-point loss to Fremantle on Saturday night. The Pies face Geelong and reigning premier Sydney over the next two weeks and at 4-3, it is forecast that it may very well be 4-5, heading into round 10. Coach Nathan Buckley questioned after the match whether his team

THERE are murmurings from senior media officials that Mark Neeld’s tenure as coach of Melbourne could be up as early as Monday with Melbourne set to lose to the Gold Coast Suns. Neeld, who has been under increasing pressure since its start to the season, has struggled to help some of the key Melbourne brigade

HAWTHORN’S forward line appears to be working overtime to prevent any conscious reliability on Lance Franklin this season. Despite Franklin’s goal-less fortnight prior to the win against the Swans on Saturday night, coach Alastair Clarkson said he was happy with Franklin’s output up forward which allowed for other goalkicking contributors. Jarryd Roughead, David Hale, Jack

NORTH Melbourne midfielder Andrew Swallow is confident of lining up against West Coast next week despite injuring his knee against the Western Bulldogs on Saturday. The Roos skipper will have scans on Monday to determine the extent of the damage, but he said on Sunday that he believes there was no structural damage. “It’s not

NORTH Melbourne coach Brad Scott said he is in awe of Majak Daw after his break-out performance against the Western Bulldogs and won’t deny the hype ahead of the Daw and Nic Nat show against West Coast next week. “I’ve got no problem with the inevitable hype and excitement,” Scott said. “We’ve just got to

VICTORIA’S 17-point loss to Western Australia in Northam on Saturday was the first time the Vics lost to WA since 1991. Frankston coach Simon Goosey, who was an assistant to head coach Gary Ayres, said Victoria was disappointed in the end result, knowing that it led the match for most of the day. “It was disappointing.

THE Western Bulldogs continue to languish in the bottom four after another spirited but ultimately unsuccessful outing against North Melbourne on Saturday evening.

But it is fair to say that most will remember the game for Majak Daw’s efforts. The former Sudanese refugee kicked 6.4 to light up Etihad Stadium in a performance that won’t soon be forgotten

MELBOURNE DEMONS
vs
GOLD COAST SUNS
Sunday 12th May, 4:40pm, MCG

GOLD COAST 16.17.113 def MELBOURNE 7.12 (54)

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY GIANTS
vs
ADELAIDE CROWS
Sunday 12th May, 1:10pm, Skoda Stadium

GAME OVER: ADELAIDE 29.13 (187) def GWS GIANTS 7.10 (52)

FREMANTLE managed their first win over Collingwood since the 2008 but have paid the price with yet another injury after ruckman Jon Griffin suffered what is feared to be a ruptured ACL. Griffen, 27, injured his knee mid-way through the first quarter of the game against the Magpies at Patersons Stadium last night during a

IN what was a classic crossroads game for Richmond, the Tigers reversed their three-game losing streak with a much needed road win over Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium yesterday afternoon.

The Tigers had begun the season with three straight wins before dropping the last three and had settled into their all too familiar ninth place spot on the ladder and a narrow loss to Fremantle two weeks ago almost demonstrating how in spit of improvements the club was not quite there yet

HAWTHORN has overcome its tough start to its season with a 6-1 record after its 37-point win over Sydney at the MCG on Saturday night.

The Hawks horror draw included all of the other seven finallists from last season – and they only lost by a slim margin to Geelong in the opening round

THE effort was there but the Brisbane Lions came up short today in an entertaining game against West Coast at the Gabba.

Both teams are down on form in 2013 and it was the visitors who controlled the early tempo of the game with Josh Kennedy kicking the opening goal. The Lions needed to improve their first quarter efforts after being blown out of games early this season and they were able to do just that, trailing by just 8 points at the first break

FREMANTLE DOCKERS
vs
COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES
Saturday 11th May, 5:40pm, Patersons Stadium

GAME OVER: FREMANTLE 15.10.100 def COLLINGWOOD

HAWTHORN HAWKS
vs
SYDNEY SWANS
Saturday 11th May, 7:40pm, MCG

GAME OVER: HAWTHORN 18.11 (119) def SYDNEY 12.10 (82)

WESTERN BULLDOGS
vs
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS
Saturday 11th May, 4:40pm, Etihad Stadium

GAME OVER: NORTH MELBOURNE 22.19 (151) def WESTERN BULLDOGS 15.7 (97)

BRISBANE LIONS
vs
WEST COAST EAGLES
Saturday 11th May, 2:10pm, Gabba

GAME OVER: WEST COAST 17.6 (108) def BRISBANE 12.10 (82)

PORT ADELAIDE POWER
vs
RICHMOND TIGERS
Saturday 11th May, 1:15pm, AAMI Stadium
GAME OVER: RICHMOND 18.6 (114) def PORT ADELAIDE 10.13 (73)

AFTER taking care of business against Essednon, Geelong now face the prospect of being without Taylor Hunt after the Cats tagger went down with a right shoulder injury in the first quarter of last night’s blockbuster at Etihad Stadium. Hunt collided with Essendon’s Jake Melsham along the boundary line in the opening minutes of play when the two players were

IN front of a packed Etihad Stadium, Geelong has put on a third quarter clinic to runaway 28 point winners against a bewildered Essendon. The two undefeated teams fought furiously, until a rampant Cats made a wasteful Bombers pay, winning 17.11 (113) to 11.19 (85).

After the Cats started the game slow out of the blocks and trailed by 21 points in the second quarter, they switched on after that and made the Bombers rue their chances.

GEELONG CATS
vs
ESSENDON BOMBERS
Friday 10th May, 7:50pm, Etihad Stadium

GAME OVER: GEELONG 17.11 (113) def ESSENDON 11.19 (85)

Football Nation’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH gives us his take and his picks on the first games of Round 7.   Geelong vs Essendon Friday 7:50 Etihad Stadium There is always hype when two unbeaten teams meet two months into a season. But rarely has there seemed to be as much hype as there is for this

FORMER Carlton captain Chris Judd has signed a contract extension that will add one year to his current deal and keep him with the club through to the end of the 2014 season. And Carlton fans can be hopeful that they will see him playing for them beyond that. Judd, 29, joined Carlton after the 2007

GEELONG CATS v ESSENDON Friday 10th May, 7:50pm, Etihad Stadium Geelong B: Andrew Mackie, Tom Lonergan, Corey Enright HB: Cameron Guthrie, Harry Taylor, Taylor Hunt C: Mitch Duncan, Jimmy Bartel, Steven Motlop HF: Allen Christensen, Steve Johnson, Billie Smedts F: Mathew Stokes, Tom Hawkins, James Podsiadly Foll: Trent West, Joel Selwood, James Kelly Int: George

THE Essendon Football Club has announced that Dyson Heppell has agreed to a two year contract extension with the club. Heppell, 20, won the Ron Evans Medal in 2011 as the NAB Rising Star award winner for that season and has been a star midfielder for the Bombers ever since they selected him with the 8th pick

(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

IN thrilling scenes at Trevor Barker Beach Oval, Sandringham defeated the Northern Blues by 13 points, after trailing by as much as 38 points at the 20 minute mark in the third quarter.

The Zebras put on a clinic since that moment, including seven goals in a row

WELCOME to the latest instalment of Football Nation’s unofficial AFL injury list as we approach Round 7 of the 2013 season. We continue to trawl the web, looking at each club’s website, the AFL site and the main news sites in order to put together our best guess for a league-wide report. It’s not perfect but then again what

THE other night I filled a couple of spare hours watching Kirk Jones’ 2012 ‘comedy’ “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”. A ‘heartfelt’ film about a group of couples who take different stances on the challenges of impending parenthood. Why? Good question. It was shocking. As a male I am contractually obliged to say “It didn’t have

(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

SLICK Hawthorn small forward Bradley Hill has received the round six AFL NAB Rising Star nomination. The 19 year old impressed in just his 11th match as a pro. He collected 17 disposals and kicked two goals in what was yet another impressive performance from the speedster this year. Hill played the last five games

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

ST KILDA battler Justin Koschitzke can accept two matches upon an early guilty plea for striking Collingwood young gun Jamie Elliot. The incident occurred during the second quarter during Friday night’s clash. The original sanction was 3 matches (325 demerit points) but an early guilty plea will reduce the sanction by 25%. Returning Carlton forward

CLAREMONT and Perth had the game of the round in the WAFL this week with the Tigers keeping their unbeaten season intact thanks to a five point victory over the Demons on Saturday afternoon at Claremont Oval. The Tigers led at every change and were able to hold off Perth who are having a much

CONSIGNED to one of the toughest opponents in the SANFL this season, North Adelaide triumphed by 21-point against Norwood at Prospect, but dropped one place on the premiership table! Sitting third before the weekend, with a huge five-plus percentage advantage over the fourth-placed Eagles, North fell a spot on the table after Woodville West Torrens

THE Tasmanian under 18′s have suffered a 59 point loss to the Eastern Ranges in their first game this year as part of their lead up to the 2013 NAB National Championships. In very cold conditions the match started out as a scrappy affair with Eastern eventually settling their nerves better and setting up a

IF they didn’t have bad luck the Demons would have no luck at all.

The Melbourne Football Club has revealed that co-captain Jack Grimes is set to miss up to eight weeks of football after breaking his collarbone in this afternoon’s 61-point loss to Carlton at the

        Round 5 Results   Geelong Cats 21.14-140 def Werribee Tigers 12.13-85 11:00 AM, Sat 4 May at Simonds Stadium GOALS Geelong Cats: N. Vardy 6, G. Burbury 6, S. Kersten 4, J. Caddy 2, D. McFarlane 2, J. Schroder Werribee Tigers:  B. Warren 2, S. Clouston 2, R. Castello , T. McGenniss