CARLTON’S Jeremy Laidler has been transformed from a defender to a forward and is slowly adjusting to the move according to Blues development coach Luke Webster. Laidler is one of new coach Mick Malthouse’s projects in attempting to play players in different positions. Malthouse has already notably changed the games of Andrew Walker (from forward

Geelong Cats
vs
Carlton Blues

WHEN: Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 7:40pm EST
WHERE: Etihad Stadium (VIC)

Collingwood Magpies
vs
Carlton Blues

WHEN: Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 3:20pm AEDT
WHERE: MCG (VIC)
Final Score: COLLINGWOOD 17.15 (117) def CARLTON 15.10 (100)

Collingwood Magpies
vs
Carlton Blues

WHEN: Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 3:20pm AEDT
WHERE: MCG (VIC)
LAST TIME: Round 15, 2012, CARLTON 12.13 (85) def COLLINGWOOD 8.14 (62) at the

Carlton Blues
vs
Richmond Tigers

WHEN: Thursday March 28, 2013 at 7:45pm AEDT
WHERE: MCG (VIC)

THERE is so much hype around Carlton since Mick Malthouse took over the reins and a NAB Cup final appearance (albeit a loss) has done nothing to abate it. In spite of this we can expect to see a much hungrier line-up this year

JOIN Football Nation for our live blog of the NAB Cup Final to be played between Carlton and Brisbane at Etihad Stadium tonight at 7:45pm AEDT.     Our Live Blog for this year’s NAB Cup is over, thank you for joining us! GAME OVER: BRISBANE 0.16.13 (109) def CARLTON  2.7.9 (69) The winner of the

Carlton Blues
vs
Brisbane Lions

WHERE: Etihad Stadium, VIC
WHEN: Friday, March 15, 7.45pm

Adelaide Crows
vs
Carlton Blues

WHERE: AAMI Stadium, SA
WHEN: Friday, March 8, 8.10pm

CARLTON kicked into gear last night with a commanding performance that would’ve impressed new coach Mick Malthouse and fans alike against a shocked Fremantle last night

Carlton Blues
vs
Fremantle Dockers

WHEN: Saturday, February 25, 7.40pm EDT
WHERE: Etihad Stadium,

            Greater Western Sydney Giants vs Carlton Blues vs Sydney Swans   WHEN: Sun 24 Feb 2013, from 4:40pm EDT WHERE: Blacktown ISP, NSW GAMES: GWS Giants v Carlton (4:40pm EDT) Sydney v Carlton (5:45pm EDT) GWS Giants v Sydney (6:50pm EDT)   CARLTON 1. Andrew Walker, 3.Marc Murphy, 4. Bryce Gibbs,

THE biggest personnel change for the Blues won’t kick any goals, take a mark or win a single contested possession this year but his presence will be felt everywhere.

(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: 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.

AS we approach the 2012 AFL Draft on November 22, Football Nation guest writer Ben Woods takes a look at the players that have made it into the AFL after playing in the TAC Cup competition. The Calder Cannons are set to make a big impact on the 2012 Draft with a number of players

FOOTBALL Nation’s weekly look at the injuries and injury status from every club in the

CARLTON’S cancer victim Sam Rowe won’t play a VFL senior match for the rest of this season but has instead looked to gain fitness elsewhere by taking part in Sydney’s City2Surf Fun Run on the weekend. Rowe told the Carlton website that his rehabilitation – in which he was diagnosed with testicular cancer – was

FOOTBALL Nation’s weekly look at the injuries and injury status from every club in the

FOOTBALL Nation’s weekly look at the injuries and injury status from every club in the

FOOTBALL Nation’s weekly look at the injuries and injury status from every club in the

After a long wait at the tribunal last night the news was bad for North Melbourne and its followers last night after Jack Ziebell was suspended for four matches on a rough conduct charge. But the post-penalty Twitter outrage over the penalty has added to the Roos’ problems The story begins with a penalty that

Football Nation’s weekly look at the injuries and injury status from every club in the

Football Nation’s weekly look at the injuries and injury status from every club in the

A BRUTAL weekend for Richmond with a loss to Adelaide, three players set to miss time and fourth (who didn’t even play) set to miss the rest of the season. Here are the headline injuries from Round 14 last weekend: Nathan van Berlo (Adelaide) – The Crows skipper was subbed off at the halftime break

THE bye week round are over but they have not passed without a number of high profile players going down each week.  The worst result had to be for Carlton who, even though they weren’t playing, lost one of their stars for the rest of the season. Here are the headline injuries from last weekend:

THE news just keeps getting worse for Carlton. Once again it’s injuries. Once again it’s Jeremy Laidler. The club has today announced that the key, and arguably best, defender for the club will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on his left knee. It was the same knee that Laidler injured back in

IT has been a forgettable couple of months for the Carlton Football Club since they crushed Collingwood in Round 3, 122-62. With extended time to recover the question now is whether Judd can return to form at a time when the club’s season may hang in the balance

UPDATE: CARLTON is bracing the worst and believes defender Jeremy Laider has re-injured the same knee that kept him out for two months of the season today in the VFL. It was thought to be only a slight dislocation but club medicos have suggested it appears to be worse than first thought. It is confirmed that it is

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Port Adelaide: Power coach Matthew Primus says he has asked midfielder Travis Boak if he has decided on his future, but didn’t get an answer

NO team was hit harder with injuries last weekend than Port Adelaide who saw five players  leave the field.  Here are the headline injuries from last weekend: Graham Johncock (Adelaide) -  Johncock missed the Crows’ match against St Kilda because of a back injury that kept him out of training last week and will need to show

ONE good thing about the bye weeks is that with fewer games you would expect fewer injuries. But unfortunately it’s not to be and this week’s headline injuries reads like a Who’s Who of AFL football: Alan Didak (Collingwood) – Minutes into his first game back Didak went down with a a groin injury and scans

THERE are currently 128 players on the injury lists across all clubs, and we begin our weekly look around the league with the headline injuries from last weekend’s games: Ask McGrath (Brisbane) –  McGrath went down with a knee injury in the first quarter of the Eagles game and spent the rest of the first half

THERE are currently 127 players on the injury lists across all clubs, and we begin our weekly look around the league with the headline injuries from last weekend’s games: Simon Black (Brisbane) – Technically not a game injury, Black was ruled out for two weeks yesterday with a knee injury that he sustained while nursing

Our weekly look at injuries around the league begins with a look at the headline injuries from last weekend’s games: Marc Murphy (Carlton) – After originally declaring that Carlton’s best-and-fairest winner would not be back until after Round 13 bye, the club has now confirmed that after shoulder surgery on Monday night he might not

CARLTON continues to lead the league in injuries with 10 but a logjam behind them sees five clubs with nine injuries a piece. Meanwhile for the year we have a season high 124 injuries on the report, an average of 6.9 per club. Here is this week’s injury report and, as always, we’ve tried to make

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Gold Coast: A defiant Guy McKenna remains convinced he is the right man to take the Gold Coast Suns beyond this year.

WHILE Carlton’s and the Gold Coast’s injury tolls hit a season high 12, the news focus is on Sydney, losing Adam Goodes for up to six weeks, and Collingwood, losing Ben Johnson for the rest of the home and away season and possibly beyond. Here is this week’s injury report and, as always, we’ve tried to make

ESSENDON leads the league with 11 injured players, North Melbourne has the fewest with just one.  Meanwhile the undefeated Swans and Eagles have four and five injuries respectively.  What can we conclude from this? Not much but we can confidently say that “who” is injured is probably more important than “how many”. Here is this

Fremantle Dockers
vs
Carlton Blues
WHEN: Friday April 27, 6.45pm
WHERE: Patersons Stadium, WA
LAST TIME: Fremantle 12.13 (85) lost to Carlton 16.19 (115), round 21, 2011 at Patersons Stadium

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Carlton: Defender Jeremy Laidler will miss 6-8 weeks after having surgery on his injured left knee today.

Carlton Blues
vs
Essendon Bombers

WHEN: Saturday April 21, 1.45pm
WHERE: MCG, VIC
LAST TIME: Carlton 21.23 (149) def Essendon 13.9 (87), elimination final, 2011 at the

Carlton Blues
vs
Collingwood Magpies

WHEN: Friday April 13, 7.50pm
WHERE: MCG, VIC
LAST TIME: Carlton 11.13 (79) def by Collingwood 13.20 (98), round 17, 2011 at the

Brisbane Lions
vs
Carlton Blues

WHEN: Thursday April 5, 7.40pm
WHERE: The Gabba, QLD
LAST TIME: Carlton 19.10 (124) d Brisbane Lions 9.9 (63), round 12, 2011 at Etihad Stadium

ADELAIDE and Richmond lead the way with fewest injuries (two a piece) while newcomers Greater Western Sydney have the longest injury list with 12. We di the maths and found that last weeks winners have a combined 46 injuries (or approximately 5 per club) while the losers have 63 (exactly 7 each).  We’re not sure

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Fremantle: Coach Ross Lyon has resisted the temptation to rush back David Mundy, ruling the star midfielder out of Saturday night’s clash against Geelong at Patersons

Richmond Tigers
vs
Carlton Blues

WHEN: Thursday, March 29, 7.45pm
WHERE: MCG, VIC
LAST TIME: Carlton 28.16 (184) d Richmond 12.9 (81), round 15, 2011, at

THE injury count keeps on growing and there’s only been one game played. Collingwood leads the way with 14 (!!) injuries, Adelaide continues to have the fewest with just one. We’ve tried to make this list as accurate as possible but most clubs aren’t up to date on their sites so let us know if we’ve made

The premiership season begins tomorrow and Football Nation has taken the opportunity to update the injury list for each club.  Adelaide maintains it’s clean bill of health while Gram (St Kilda) and Masten (West Coast) join the list. We’ve tried to make this list as accurate as possible but most clubs aren’t up to date

With the NAB Cup competition over and the premiership season due for commencement this Saturday, Football Nation takes a look at the injury report for each club. It’s good news for Adelaide with a clean bill of health but Carlton leads the way for the walking wounded with ten players carrying injuries. ADELAIDE CROWS Name

IT’S been a long preseason for the Carlton Football Club. After being written of in terms of being serious contenders for the AFL premiership, the Blues have underwhelmed going winless in the NAB Cup

THE CARLTON Football Club has tonight confirmed that defender Jeremy Laidler will miss up to six weeks after hinjuring his left knee during Sunday night’s NAB Cup match against the Western Bulldogs. As reported earlier, the television coverage showed it to be a gruesome looking injury, with Laidler’s patella protruding at an awkward angle.  Trainers were able

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Geelong: Cats spearhead James Podsiadly is on the verge of a senior return and could be back as early as this weekend against Richmond

  THE NAB Cup can produce only glimpses of what we can expect in the season proper. Surely, we can’t be worried by Carlton’s inability to post a signifiant victory or Collingwood’s indifferent form. Or surprised of Hawthorn’s impressive form, Melbourne’s rise, Greater Western Sydney’s struggle or Geelong’s versatility and new breed. But one thing

THE scoreboard shows a narrow four-point victory for the  Western Bulldogs over Carlton,  but both teams have suffered injuries to key players. For Carlton  the injury was to  key defender Jeremy Laidler who dislocated his left knee cap after a collision with in the first quarter. The television coverage showed it to be a gruesome looking injury and the

CARLTON Andrew Walker was brilliant last season and although his value is high, still remains a good pick. Ed Curnow is one to watch after a second pre-season. Matthew Watson and Levi Casboult are likely to press ahead. 1.  Andrew Walker – Silky skilled midfielder turned forward who became the clubs’ most improved last year.

PUNTERS have somewhat begun a plunge in the past 24 hours on Gold Coast to upset Hawthorn in tomorrow’s dead rubber at Metricon Stadium. Although the Hawks remain favourites at $1.15 according to IASbet.com, the Suns have come in from $15 to $10 and now to $5.50 since the Hawks named their side with eight

ESSENDON has added some grunt into its team heading into a season-defining clash against West Coast at Patersons Stadium. The Bombers have added Nathan Lovett-Murray, who inspired the Bendigo Bombers to victory last week in the VFL, David Myers and ruckman Tom Bellchambers into the midfield at the expense of Tayte Pears and Michael Hurley

CARLTON ruckman Matthew Kreuzer won’t return this week against Port Adelaide and will be given another week in the VFL despite showing glimpses for the Northern Bullants yesterday. Kreuzer returned from a knee reconstruction and 12 months of the game last week for the Bullants where he played a half. It is expected he will

CARLTON defender Bret Thornton is a chance to come in for a late change in tonight’s clash against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium Thornton, an emergency for the clash, was left out of the Northern Bullants squad in the VFL yesterday with Blues development coach Darren Harris hinting that he may return for the Blues.

GEELONG”S Jeremy Laider requested for a trade to Carlton to seek further opportunities to play in the senior team. The list that keeps extending day by day that has left Geelong in the past three years ensures it is an end of an era at the Cats after two flags. Laidler has been exposed to

BRISBANE Lions skipper Jonathan Brown will line-up for his 200th match against Essendon at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Brown returns to the line-up in what will be a massive struggle for both teams. It is critically important for the Lions to finish on a high note after such a disappointing season with big name recruits. While

HAWTHORN has swung the axe ahead of Sunday’s clash against Melbourne with five changes including the dumping of premiership player Rick Ladson and ruckman Simon Taylor. Clinton Young also goes out of the side that has lost to Port Adelaide and Sydney in successive weeks, with general soreness, while Matt Suckling and Gary Moss have

Can the Cats make it to their fourth consecutive grand final and claim their third flag in four years? We analyse their pre-season and predict

Some of the squads are in early for this week’s NAB Cup and NAB Challenge matches

All of the NAB Cup round two teams as well as all the line-ups for the NAB Challenge matches

New recruits such as Luke Ball (Collingwood), Brett Peake (St Kilda) and Demons prized draft selections Tom Scully and Jack Trengove named

All the selections from the 2009 AFL national draft

We take a stab at who will be selected by your club in Thursday night’s AFL draft

GEELONG defender Matthew Egan says a final meeting with his surgeon over the next two months will determine whether he will hang up the boots for good

Geelong’s NAB Cup victory has been soured by confirmation that defender Josh Hunt requires a knee reconstruction