TRIAL MATCH Port Adelaide vs Sydney Swans   WHEN: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 2:00pm CDST WHERE: AAMI Stadium, SA   Port Adelaide will take on the defending premiers, the Sydney Swans, at AAMI Stadium in a practice match this Saturday, March 16, commencing at 2:00pm local time. There will be no interchange cap, and teams

Sydney Swans
vs
Gold Coast Suns

WHERE: Blacktown International Sportspark, NSW
WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 7pm (AEDT)

Nothing to say that the Swans won’t be again challenging for the flag in 2013. Hawthorn may start favourites but Sydney has bolstered its line-up and not lost much in comparison.

St Kilda Saints
vs
Sydney Swans

WHEN: Sunday, Mar 3, 5:10pm EST
WHERE: Etihad Stadium,

(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

            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 VFL has announced the preliminary list of 34 players that will have an opportunity to be a part of the 2013 AFL Victoria VFL Academy The VFL Academy program was launched last year and provides nominated players experiences that complement the programs delivered by VFL clubs and, significantly, helps to expose players involved to the

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

NEW Sydney midfielder Dean Towers is expected to be an instant inclusion in the Swans team despite them having a team of premiership stars. The ready made mature age recruit said he is ready to begin his AFL career after starring for North Ballarat in the VFL last season. He has been a late bloomer

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

ESSENDON chose Frankston’s 22-year-old Dylan Van Unen at pick 51 in last night’s AFL draft and expect him to play at senior level next season along with Nick Kommer from East Perth, who was taken later in the draft. Melbourne also chose Box Hill Hawks midfielder Matt Jones, a 25 year old who was one of

WE take a club by club look at this year’s draft and, where we have them, we link to our prospect profiles for more details and video of individual players

WITH the 2012 AFL Draft looming on November 22, Football Nation takes a look at the draft rumours making the rounds

LOG on to Football Nation from 7pm on Thursday night for a live blog from the Gold Coast for this year’s AFL draft. See who will end up at your club as we go through club by club at the conclusion. 7:00pm – Welcome to our live draft blog from the Gold Coast Convention Centre.

FOOTBALL Nation continues the process of compiling information and video highlights about the top prospects in the 2012 AFL Draft. As part of our coverage we are in the process of developing an extensive draft minisite that we will launch in the coming weeks but in the meantime we will be posting profiles and articles to

THIS year’s AFL Draft will be held on November 22nd at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. Between now and then we are having a crack at predicting who will go when and to which team: welcome to the Football Nation 2012 Mock Draft. We move on to version 4.0 of our mock draft with a look

16 PLAYERS were drafted or rookie listed from the VFL in 2011 and while it’s doubtful that many will be picked up in 2012, the competition will still provide several mature aged prospects for season 2013. This week saw the NAB AFL National Draft Combine take place with Leigh Osborne [Frankston] and Round-Fothergill Medallist Dean

THE AFL Draft Combine continued yesterday at Etihad Stadium with all 114 invitees attending the AFL/AIS co-ordinated skills and athleticism testing.         The program for Day 2 covered the following areas: • Medical Screening • Sprint / Agility Testing • Club Interviews (Click here for the results from Day 1 of the Draft Combine)   Here are

Dean Towers Versatile midfielder, North Ballarat VFL 189cm, 83kg 22 yo  Towers broke a 15 year old record in the AFL draft combine for the standing vertical jump, reaching 85cm surpassing that of former Hawk Trent Croad. Towers is certain to be plucked in this year’s AFL draft and is set to continue recent history

THE AFL Draft Combine officially began yesterday at Etihad Stadium with all 114 invitees attending the AFL/AIS co-ordinated skills and athleticism testing.       Day 1 testing covered the following areas: • Fitness Assessment (height / weight / skinfolds / arm length / handspan) • Medical Checks • Individual Photos • Psychomotor Tests (reaction time / decision-making /

THIS year’s NAB AFL Draft Combine will feature players invited from across the country to participate in the “t-shirt Olympics”  of the national level combine at Etihad Stadium from 2nd to 5th of October. This year there have been 111 players invited, classified according to seven position groups plus one additional grouping of International Players. Players

BRENT DIAMOND rates the top 10 ready-made players that are almost certain to be drafted from state league clubs this season. 1. Adam Marcon (Northern Blues VFL) – Almost certain to go as a rookie with feeder club Carlton in the mix for his services. Has really established himself as a midfielder this season and

PORT Melbourne premiership skipper John Baird should definitely play on next season given his incredible form in leading the Borough to yet another grand final. While Werribee’s Ben Ross won the Liston, clearly in my eyes, Baird has been the best player in the VFL in 2012 and after overcoming a career threatening Achilles injury

WERRIBEE midfielder Ben Ross has taken out the J.J Liston Trophy for the VFL’s best and fairest at Etihad Stadium tonight. The former Kangaroo won by just one vote over Melbourne listed Scorpion Tom Couch who finished on 19 votes. Port’s John Baird finished third with 18 votes. Whilst Ross, Couch and Baird filled the

WITH  the completion of the Home and Away series the announcement of the VFL Team of the Year isn’t too far away. The team is restricted to 24 players who competed in VFL Home and Away matches and will be announced at the counting of votes for the Liston Trophy. No AFL listed player or

IT’S never to soon to start looking to the future and at Football Nation we begin our coverage of the 2012 National Draft begins today. 16 players were drafted or rookie listed from the VFL in 2011 and while it’s doubtful that many will be picked up in 2012, the competition will still provide the

NORTH Ballarat has a habit of producing young AFL talent. Cameron Richardson, Isaac Smith, Stephen Clifton and Orren Stephenson have been the latest in a strong breed. Young wingman Dean Towers may be the next. We caught up with Roosters coach Gerard FitzGerald to talk about Tower’s impressive qualities and why we have seen a

MAKE sure you check in as we go around the grounds in the VFL on Saturday June 2 with five games scheduled on a Super Saturday. We take a look at the big news and events during the day as AFL players such as Collingwood’s Chris Tarrant, Essendon’s David Hill and Geelong’s Daniel Menzel return

NORTH Ballarat wingman Dean Towers has sprinted into the mix for this year’s AFL rookie draft given his impressive performance for Victoria in its 108-point thrashing of Tasmania in Hobart on Saturday. Towers, who only played three matches for the Roosters last season, is well on the way to having a career best year and

HITS and misses, and well there was certainly plenty of misses in my pre-season top 50 VFL players. I have decided to do a mid-season top 50 to help redeem myself. I mean, how could I be forgiven for leaving our Port Melbourne premiership skipper John Baird, who has arguably been in career-best form in

PORT Melbourne’s dominance in the VFL is exemplified by having eight players selected in the initial 32-man state team squad to take on Tasmania on Saturday May 26. Borough skipper John Baird and last year’s Liston Trophy winner Shane Valenti head-line the list of Port stars who are undefeated. There are several glaring omissions, however,

A VFL Academy has been launched to assist talented youngsters with their pathway into the AFL. AFL Victoria’s VFL Academy Coach/Mentor Nathan Bibby told the VFL website that he is looking forward to the newly-launched academy program. “We would like to thank all stakeholders involved for their support throughout the early stages of the VFL Academy