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

ANZAC Day is a special event on the SANFL calendar but it wasn’t the football on the field that created the headlines this week, it was the half time confrontation between the coaches. Reigning premier Norwood moved back to the top of the ladder after beating West Adelaide by 26 points, after trailing by 10

Port Adelaide Power
vs
Adelaide Crows

WHEN: Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 4:10pm CST
WHERE: AAMI Stadium (SA)

IT’S only two rounds old, but there seems a distinct changing of the guard in the SANFL 2013 season, with Norwood, West Adelaide and North Adelaide the new ‘power’ teams. Over the past decade or so, Central District and the Eagles have been the trend-setters, but the weekend results may have helped signal the change.

Coburg Coach: Tim Clarke (new) Key Player Arrivals: Adam Saad [Calder Cannons TAC], Ricky Petterd, Sam Lonergan, Orren Stephenson Key Player Departures: Willie Wheeler [Williamstown VFL], Leigh Masters [Williamstown VFL], James Saville [East Fremantle], Pat Contin, Rhett Jordan [Norwood EFL], Angus Graham Last Year’s Finish: 12th This year’s prediction: 13th And why?: With a young,

ADELAIDE fans can look forward to another bumper season in 2013. The Crows were incredibly brave against Hawthorn, continuing to fight until the very death before ultimately going down by less than a kick

CAN Norwood win back-to-back SANFL flags for the first time since 1922-23? That is the major question to be answered leading into the 2013 season.

STILL no improvement on the injury news from around the league with some teams (eg Collingwood) doing a much better job than others (eg West Coast). In spite of that here at Football Nation we continue to do our best in assembling a report for every club. With the start of the ‘real” season upon

WE all know that the Tigers had a lot of close losses in 2012 and their inconsistent, you could even say horrendous, kicking for goal was a big part of that.

AS usual we are still waiting on better team released injury reports so in the meantime we continue to do our best in assembling a report for every club. Hopefully we’ll be back to a more thorough report as we approach the home and away season. There’s not a lot of detail available at the

The Adelaide Crows take on the Fremantle Dockers today in an untelevised trial match at AAMI Stadium.

The game will be held in conjunction with Adelaide’s Members Day, with the game commencing at 11:30am

Adelaide Crows vs St Kilda Saints vs Port Adelaide Power   WHEN: Sun 17 Feb 2013, from 4:41pm CDT, 4:11 EDT WHERE: AAMI Stadium, SA GAMES: Adelaide v St Kilda (4:41pm CDT, 4:11 EDT), Port Adelaide v St Kilda (5:15pm CDT, 4:45 EDT), Adelaide v Port Adelaide (6.20pm CDT, 5:50 EDT)   ADELAIDE 1. Richard Tambling, 2. Brad

WE’VE had free agency, trade period, delistings, retirements, the National Draft and the pre-season and rookie drafts as well.  Now as the dust settles on 2012 Football Nation looks at all the player movements for every club in advance of the 2013 campaign       Adelaide Losses Retired: Michael Doughty Delisted: Brad Symes, Will

THE AFL has tonight released the final draft order for next Thursday’s draft to be held in the Gold Coast. Using our trade tracker we have attempted to include the transactions that led to various picks switching between clubs. Here is the finalised order:   ROUND ONE 1. Greater Western Sydney 2. Greater Western Sydney

AS we lead up to the 2012 Draft plenty of teams continue to tinker with the player lists including the Richmond Football Club who this afternoon have announced that they have re-signed Luke McGuane, Tom Derickx and Matt White. Perhaps the most surprising of the three re-signings is McGuane. At 25 years of age he is entering his

Football Nation’s Trade Week feature providing our readers with a complete summary of player movements and signings for every team

THE AFL has released the preliminary order of picks for the 2012 AFL Draft. The league has confirmed that there will be no priority picks this year, making it it the second consecutive year that the AFL has decided against giving the poorest performing teams any additional help to improve on-field performances in future years. This

UPDATE: 25/10/12 – NORTH MELBOURNE is now confident of reaching a deal for Melbourne midfielder Jordan Gysberts, who may be used in a swap for Cameron Pedersen. The Demons were banking on the Brisbane Lions giving them a second round draft pick for Stefan Martin but the Lions will only pass a third round selection.

RICHMOND ruckman Angus Graham has joined Adelaide today in a deal that included the Tigers No.50 pick for Adelaide’s pick 40 in the national draft. Graham, who struggled for opportunities at Tigerland this season, has been one of the better players for Coburg in the VFL. His tap work and versatility around the ground will

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

Adelaide Crows
vs
Essendon Bombers

WHEN: Sunday August 5, 4.10pm
WHERE: AAMI Stadium, SA
LAST TIME: Adelaide 10.13 (73) defeated by Essendon 12.12 (84) round 17, 2011 at AAMI Stadium

Brisbane Lions
vs
Richmond Tigers

WHEN: Saturday August 4, 7.40pm
WHERE: The Gabba, QLD
LAST TIME: Richmond 18.17 (125) d Brisbane Lions 14.10 (94), round 13, 2011, at the Gabba

Carlton Blues
vs
Richmond Tigers
WHEN: Saturday July 28, 7.40pm
WHERE: MCG, VIC
LAST TIME: Carlton 18.17 (125) d Richmond 12.9 (81), round one, 2012 at the MCG

Richmond Tigers
vs
North Melbourne Kangaroos

WHEN: Sunday, July 22, 3.15pm
WHERE: MCG, VIC
LAST TIME: North Melbourne 15.14 (104) d Richmond 13.13 (91), round 24, 2011 at Etihad Stadium

Richmond Tigers
vs
Gold Coast Suns

WHEN: Saturday, July 14, 4.40pm
WHERE: Cazaly’s Stadium, QLD

GOLD COAST 13.12 (90) def RICHMOND 13.10 (88)

Richmond Tigers
vs
Gold Coast Suns
WHEN: Saturday, July 14, 4.40pm
WHERE: Cazaly’s Stadium, QLD
LAST TIME: Gold Coast 12.13 (85) d Richmond 9.16 (70), round 17, 2011 at Cazaly’s Stadium

Join us for our VFL match of the round Saturday afternoon at North Port Oval from 1:00pm

Greater Western Sydney Giants
vs
Richmond Tigers

WHEN: Saturday June 16, 2.10pm
WHERE: Skoda Stadium, NSW
LAST TIME: First meeting

ADELAIDE and Port Adelaide have joined a chorus of AFL teams wanting their own stand one teams in state league competitions, which has further been enhanced by selection issues. State league clubs have been forced to have scheduled byes mainly because of the Foxtel Cup, an initiative by the AFL. Already in the VFL, Collingwood

Essendon Bombers
vs
Richmond Tigers
WHEN: Saturday May 19, 7.50pm
WHERE: MCG, VIC
LAST TIME: Essendon 15.15 (105) d Richmond 9.12 (66), round 16, 2011 at the MCG

COLLINGWOOD’S upset 21-point win over Port Melbourne was no doubt the upset of the round. It ended Port Melbourne’s 28-game winning streak at a time when some were pondering if this would be broken at all this season. As awesome as the Pies were on Saturday, they definitely got the Borough at a weak moment.

NORTH Ballarat defender Michael Searl believes the reported incident that resulted in Richmond-listed Angus Graham being red-carded helped swing the game in the Roosters’ favour at Eureka Stadium on Saturday. Graham was cleared from the incident at the VFL tribunal last night despite the umpire being 20m away from the incident and deeming it to

Richmond Tigers
vs
Sydney Swans
WHEN: Saturday May 12, 4.40pm
WHERE: MCG, VIC
LAST TIME: Richmond 14.15 (99) d Sydney Swans 7.14 (56), round 21, 2011 at

Richmond Tigers
vs
West Coast Eagles
WHEN: Sunday, April 29, 3.15pm
WHERE: Etihad Stadium, VIC
LAST TIME: West Coast 22.15 (147) d Richmond 14.6 (90), round 20, at Patersons Stadium

Geelong Cats
vs
Richmond Tigers
WHEN: Sunday April 22, 1.10pm
WHERE: Simonds Stadium, VIC
LAST TIME: Geelong 17.11 (113) d Richmond 7.9 (51), round 18, 2011 at Etihad Stadium

Richmond Tigers
vs
Melbourne Demons
WHEN: Saturday, April 14, 1.45pm
WHERE: MCG, VIC
LAST TIME: Melbourne 17.16 (118) d Richmond 13.13 (91), round 14, 2011, at the

Collingwood Magpies
vs
Richmond Tigers

WHEN: Saturday April 7, 7.40pm
WHERE: MCG,

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

WE continue our season preview in a pocket series with the team that we think will finish in 11th position this season. And that is Richmond

HAWTHORN will unveil its three top draft selections from the most recent draft. Brad Hill, the brother of Stephen from Fremantle, is an exciting young talent that is expected to make a swift senior debut this season Alex Woodward and Jordan Kelly are others that are prime to get a taste of senior footy this

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

FN’s  roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in Round 18 of the AFL. He also provides some helpful hints for last minute changes to your Dream Team or Supercoach Team. St Kilda vs Adelaide, Friday 7:40, Etihad Stadium Adelaide will head into this match with some confidence; one of their four wins this

NORTH Melbourne forward Corey Jones has returned for Sunday’s round 22 match against Melbourne in what most people deem as a farewell match. But not so Gerard FitzGerald, the coach of North Ballarat which is the Kangaroos’ VFL affiliate. FitzGerald praised Jones on his work ethic believing he hasn’t been handed a farewell match on

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

GEELONG ruckman Mark Blake has been on dropped for Saturday night’s clash against Sydney in what is a shock omission ahead of the finals. Blake was famously dropped from the 2008 grand final and could face the same situation come September with Tom Hawkins returning to play a ruck role. Trent West also comes in

HAWTHORN has brought back star forward Lance Franklin for tonight’s blockbuster against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium. Franklin, who rolled his ankle at training and missed last week’s win over Brisbane, returns for the injured high-flyer Carl Peterson. The Saints have welcomed back Nick Dal Santo and Ben McEvoy for the clash. In other top changes,

HAWTHORN suffered a blow on the eve of its round 16 clash against the Brisbane Lions with Lance Franklin a late withdrawal due to an ankle injury. Franklin rolled his ankle at training on Wednesday and there were fears that he may miss the clash. These fears were confirmed yesterday and the Hawks will now

JUST as Travis Boak returns for tonight’s clash for the Power against Collingwood, it is believed the young star has remained loyal to Port Adelaide by re-signing a new contract. Boak has previously been linked to the Gold Coast and Victorian teams Essendon and Geelong. The Power are looking to return to the winners list

COLLINGWOOD’S John Anthony has returned for the Magpies against West Coast after collecting 31 disposals in the VFL last weekend. Anthony replaces small forward Brad Dick who goes out of the team with a shoulder injury. Hawthorn has named an unchanged line-up against the Western Bulldogs tomorrow night, with Campbell Brown and Josh Gibson still

CARLTON has recalled Lachie Henderson and Chris Yarran but there is still no Brock McLean as he battles away with the Northern Bullants. McLean has impressed for the Bullants but the former Demons has yet to get a look in for the past month as he awaits a recall. Kane Lucas and Paul Bower also

SYDNEY will be bolstered with the returns of irishman Tadgh Kennelly and goalsneak Ben McGlynn for its clash against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night. The Swans battled hard for a win against Essendon last week to retain seventh position and will be looking to consolidate that position with the important inclusions. McGlynn,

MELBOURNE has recalled talented top draft selections Tom Scully and Jack Trengove for Saturday’s clash against Carlton at the MCG. Scully and Trengove were both rested in last week’s loss to Geelong but return after a weeks’ rest along with Matthew Bate in a match they feel that they can win. The Dees plan to

After the completion of round 9 last week, there has been a number of movers and shakers in the Supercoach ratings this week. While Tony Armstrong was looking like one of the top 3 downgrade options after scoring 119 in round 8, he wasn’t included in the team that beat Brisbane. Gary Ablett had another

NORTH Melbourne will be bolstered with the return of skipper Drew Petrie and ruckman Hamish McIntosh for its clash against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval on Sunday. While John Anthony and Simon Prestigiacomo return for the Pies in their blockbuster clash against the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba on Saturday night with the Lions retaining Brendan

All the finalised teams for Sunday’s action of round nine in the

All the selected line-ups for round nine of the 2010 AFL season

ROUND EIGHT All times local Friday May 14 Fremantle v Collingwood at Subiaco Oval, 6.40pm Saturday May 15 Western Bulldogs v Sydney Swans at Manuka Oval, 2.10pm Melbourne v West Coast at the MCG, 2.10pm Brisbane Lions v Geelong at the Gabba, 7.10pm North Melbourne v Adelaide at Etihad Stadium, 7.10pm Sunday May 16 Richmond

The full line-ups for round eight of the

All the ins and outs for AFL’s round seven

All the finalised teams for Sunday’s matches

All the ins and outs for round six of the AFL season

The finalised teams for Sunday’s matches in round five of the

All the full line-ups for round five of the

RICHMOND’S Graham Polak is “close” to being selected this week for his first AFL match of the season after gradually improving his performance in the VFL. “I was very pleased with the way Graham competed up there all day, he was very good,” Tigers development coach and Coburg coach David Newitt said. “I guess it

WESTERN Bulldogs skipper Brad Johnson will play his 350th match after being named against Collingwood on Sunday. Callan Ward, who strained his groin in the NAB Cup win, was left out as an emergency; as was Brodie Moles. Fremantle has three debutants – Anthony Morabito, Michael Barlow and Alex Silvagni – for Sunday’s clash with

All the full squads for the season openers of

ST Kilda has brought back the big guns for the NAB Cup grand final clash against the Western Bulldogs. All the full squads plus the NAB Challenge teams are right here

We take a punt at where Richmond will finish this season and analyse its list heading into the 2010 season

All the finalised squads for the NAB Cup semi finals and NAB Challenge matches

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

All the full squads for round one of the NAB Cup kicking off on Friday night with West Coast taking on Essendon at Subiaco Oval

Stand-in Richmond coach Jade Rawlings has swung the axe at the selection table, dropping Joel Bowden, Mark Coughlan, Jordan McMahon, Kayne Pettifer and Troy Simmonds