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

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,

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

  Football Nation’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH gives us his take and his picks on the first games of Round 6.   Collingwood vs St Kilda Friday 7:50 Etihad Stadium Collingwood’s opponent last week, Essendon, is certainly in dazzling form. But few would have predicted the Bombers to so run over the top of the Magpies towards

Gold Coast Suns
vs
Fremante Dockers

WHEN: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 7:40pm AEST
WHERE: Metricon Stadium (QLD)

Football Nation’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH gives us his take and his picks on all of the games in Round 4.   Sydney vs Geelong Friday 7:50 SCG There are five undefeated teams heading into this weekend, but by later tonight that will be cut to four as the reigning premier faces its toughest test yet against

WELCOME to the latest instalment of Football Nation’s unofficial AFL injury list as we approach Round 4 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: 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

SOME leading commentators said after Geelong’s finals loss to Fremantle in September last year that its premiership window was well and truly closed. But the Cats have a talented young brigade that has them charging back up the ladder quicker than expected,

THE Brisbane Lions have defeated the ever improving Gold Coast Suns by only 2 points in a thriller at Metricon Stadium.

In a scrappy affair, due in part to the wet conditions, it was the experience of Jonathan Brown who kicked a game high five goals which ensured the Lions prevailed in front of a disappointing crowd of 12,961. Brown also won the Marcus Ashcroft Medal for Best on Ground

Gold Coast Suns
vs
Brisbane Lions

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

(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”

WITH the split-round that opened the season now over we now move to our regular slate of nine games and Football Nation’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH gives us his take on all of them

Gold Coast Suns
vs
St Kilda Saints

WHEN: Saturday March 30, 2013 at 6:45pm EST
WHERE: Metricon Stadium (QLD)

Werribee Tigers Coach: Scott West Key Player Arrivals: Addam Maric (Richmond), Brett Meredith, Jarrad Moore (Sydney), Scott Clouston (Brisbane Lions), Kris Pendlebury (Collingwood), Ben Brown (Glenorchy), Ben Warren (North Melbourne) Key Player Departures: Matt O’Dwyer, Travis Tuck, Brad Mangan, Nathan Ablett, Kyle Hartigan Last Year’s Finish: 4th This year’s prediction: 2nd And why?: Although it

THE clock is ticking for Guy McKenna who enters his third season at the helm of the Gold Coast Suns with pressure from above (chief executive Travis Auld and the board want to see a winner this year) and from below (the GWS Giants, one year into their existence already look like they’re ready to eclipse the Suns)

TRIAL MATCH Gold Coast Suns vs Melbourne Demons   WHEN: Saturday March 16, 2013, 11:30 am EST WHERE: Southport, QLD   Gold Coast will play a practice match against Melbourne this Saturday, March 16, at Southport with the game commencing at 11:30am local time. All club and AFL members are entitled to receive access free of charge

IT’S that time of the year where we make predictions about where the pecking order may stand for VFL-listed players. It’s important to remember that list is created and judged on a three tier criteria. Firstly, their 2012 form is looked upon, secondly we look at their importance to the team they’re at, and the

THERE is still plenty of improvement to come from the Gold Coast but the story of the season may be how patient the club and its fans can be.

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

The flow of information information from clubs and the AFL is not at it’s regular season best yet but we continue to do our best in assembling a team by team injury report. There’s not a lot of detail available at the moment we’ve tried our best to assemble the list from various sources. New

            Gold Coast Suns vs Hawthorn Hawks vs Brisbane Lions   WHEN: Sat 23 Feb 2013, from 6:40pm EST, 7:40 EDT WHERE: Metricon Stadium, QLD GAMES: Gold Coast v Hawthorn (6:40pm EST, 7:40 EDT) Brisbane v Hawthorn (7:45pm EST, 8:45 EDT) Gold Coast v Brisbane (8:50pm EST, 9:50 EDT)   BRISBANE LIONS 1.Sam

(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

Our first look at the team by team injury reports for 2013 is ready to go and while there’s not a lot of detail available at the moment we’ve tried our best to assemble the list from various sources. Return dates are approximations and best guesses but don’t place any bets based on them! We’ve tried

THERE were a record eight players reaching million dollar contracts in the AFL last year. We reveal who those lucky eight players are. 1. Gary Ablett (Gold Coast) – The top earner in the AFL is Gold Coast’s Gary Ablett who won the AFL’s richest contract after crossing from Geelong. 2. Tom Scully (Greater Western

(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: Suns captain Gary Ablett believes the Suns can meet their goal of a premiership within the next three years

(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

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 data below shows us the  stats for players that were selected from the Gippsland Power as at the end of the

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 data below shows us the  stats for players that were selected from the Geelong Falcons as at the end of

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. This year the Bendigo Pioneers have two top rated prospects in Taylor Garner, Jason Pongracic and the player many expect to be

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.

Here is the Football Nation full list of club award winners for 2012, from Best and Fairest to best clubman and leading goalkicker

SEE the full list of all the club best and fairest winners for 2012 here as Sam Mitchell collects his fourth medal at the Hawks

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Western Bulldogs: Ruckman Will Minson is set to reject the lure of free agency and re-sign at the Western Bulldogs

WERRIBEE coach Scott West says both Travis Tuck and Nathan Ablett are in the mix to play in tomorrow’s preliminary final against Geelong at North Port Oval. Both players have endured injury interrupted seasons and West admits it is a factor that it has had to weigh up at the selection table. “Both of them

Preliminary Final 1: Port Melbourne v Williamstown, 2:10pm Saturday at North Port Oval WILLIAMSTOWN breathes excitement heading into this year’s preliminary final against Port. Its youngsters, with an average age of 20, have managed to string together eight consecutive wins including last week’s impressive win over Casey. But for as much as there is to like

RELIEF. Gary Ayres felt it, the entire playing group felt it and so did those loyal Port Melbourne fans. Certainly this Geelong team was the biggest obstacle in the reigning premier’s way of another grand final berth. Sure, it will have to get over the winner of Casey and Williamstown in a preliminary final but

FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in Round 23, the final round of the 2012 AFL home and away season, including the players to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams.               Hawthorn vs West Coast Friday 7:50 MCG Hawthorn’s superior percentage will ensure they don’t fall farther than

Adelaide Crows
vs
Gold Coast Suns

WHEN: Saturday September 1, 1.40pm
WHERE: AAMI Stadium, SA
LAST TIME: Gold Coast 10.8 (68) def by Adelaide 19.23 (137), round 1, 2012 at Metricon Stadium

Qualifying final 1 – Casey Scorpions v Werribee Tigers 2pm Sunday at Casey Fields Casey has finished on top of the ladder but you get the feeling that most of the football world are yet to be convinced that it can actually win the flag. The Scorpions are slowly proving it could do it even

WITH what began as a one-horse race for the flag has ultimately ended in some cracks in reigning premier Port Melbourne’s armour and its gallant attempt to become the first stand alone club to win back-to-back flags in an AFL-dominated environment. Casey, Werribee and Geelong appear to be its main threats and Williamstown appears to

FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in Round 22 of the AFL including the players to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams

FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in Round 21 of the AFL including the players to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams.         Geelong vs St Kilda Friday 7:50 Etihad Stadium Absolutely crucial game between these two sides heading into finals Geelong needs to win to keep itself on track for

Gold Coast Suns
vs
Greater Western Sydney Giants

WHEN: Saturday August 11, 4.40pm
WHERE: Metricon Stadium, QLD
LAST TIME: Greater Western Sydney 13.16 (94) d Gold Coast 9.13 (67), round seven, 2012, at Manuka Oval

FOOTBALL Nation’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in Round 19 of the AFL including the players to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams

Melbourne Demons
vs
Gold Coast Suns

WHEN: Sunday August 5, 1.10pm
WHERE: MCG, VIC
LAST TIME: Melbourne 17.10 (112) d Gold Coast 12.10 (82), round 23, 2011 at the

FOOTBALL Nation’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in Round 18 of the AFL including the players to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams

Gold Coast Suns
vs
Brisbane Lions
WHEN: Saturday July 21, 4.40pm
WHERE: Metricon Stadium, QLD
LAST TIME: Brisbane Lions 17.9 (111) d Gold Coast 6.10 (46), round 4, 2012, at the Gabba

FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in Round 16 of the AFL including the players to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams.     North Melbourne vs Carlton Friday 7:50 Etihad Stadium Crucial match for North Melbourne and Carlton with both sides among a group of five teams on 28 points between eighth and

WERRIBEE has cruised through to its first Foxtel Cup grand final after a dominant 71-point win over Morningside in a semi-final on Saturday at the Gabba. Werribee is expected to meet Port Melbourne in an all-VFL grand final if the Borough defeat Claremont next week. Mature age North Melbourne recruit Cameron Pedersen was best on

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Brisbane: Former Brisbane brickie Dayne Zorko is fast cementing himself as one of the modern game’s great accidental footballers

YOU can never write off North Ballarat no matter how inexperienced it is. Sure, they’re not the formidable powerhouse it once was that resulted in three consecutive flags. But the turnaround in form over the past month has resulted in the Roosters snaring eighth position on the ladder and may well sneak into the finals

THE Werribee Tigers are beginning to show signs that they will be tough to beat come September after pounding second-placed Casey by 78-points at Avalon Airport Oval yesterday. Not only was the result emphatic and has the Tigers up and about, but they will be strong favourites to advance to the Foxtel Cup grand final

The bye weeks are done and as the competition moves into the Multicultural Round FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in Round 14 of the AFL including the players to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams.     Carlton vs Hawthorn Friday 7:50 MCG Hugely important contest here for both sides. It’s a must-win

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Essendon: As Fremantle was forced to replace four players for tomorrow night’s clash with Essendon, the Bombers reacted to their two-game losing run by dropping three

(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

Gold Coast Suns
vs
North Melbourne Kangaroos

WHEN: Saturday June 16, 7.40pm
WHERE: Metricon Stadium, QLD
LAST TIME: North Melbourne 17.25 (127) d Gold Coast 13.15 (93), round 5, 2012, at Etihad Stadium

(DAILY ONE LINERS) St Kilda: Veteran midfielder Lenny Hayes is primed for a titanic battle against the polished and in-form Adelaide Crows midfield in Adelaide on Friday night

We move into the second bye week of the competition and FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in round 12 of the AFL including the players to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams.         West Coast vs Carlton Thursday 7:40 Patersons Stadium West Coast lost their top spot on the ladder, albeit

CHECK in from 2pm today for our live VFL blog as head around the grounds for the latest news as it happens below. You can also leave comments and interact with us during our blog. 2:00pm – Welcome to our live blog as we cross around the three VFL games in progress…firstly to do the

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Hawthorn: Hawthorn faces the prospect of losing acting captain Jordan Lewis for two matches after the AFL match review panel charged the rugged midfielder for his shirtfront on North Melbourne’s Todd Goldstein.

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

Collingwood Magpies
vs
Gold Coast Suns
WHEN: Sunday June 3
WHERE: MCG, VIC
LAST TIME: Collingwood 19.15 (129) d Gold Coast 11.9 (75), round 18, 2011, at Metricon Stadium

FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in round 10 of the AFL and includes the players to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Richmond: Defender Bachar Houli says the Tigers players finally believe they can be up there with the best sides in the competition.

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

FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in round nine of the AFL and includes the players to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams.   Western Bulldogs vs Geelong Friday 7:50 Etihad Stadium Geelong will go into this game as the overwhelming favourite, but not much is separating the two sides at this point in

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Richmond: Richmond plays Hawthorn this weekend, which is normally the perfect time for a spot of Deledio-bashing.

FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in round eight of the AFL beginning with Friday night’s Grand Final replay between Collingwood and Geelong at the MCG. He also includes the ones to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams. Collingwood vs Geelong Friday 7:50 MCG When these two sides met in round eight last year,

Western Bulldogs
vs
Gold Coast Suns
WHEN: Saturday May 19, 7.10pm (CST)
WHERE: TIO Stadium, NT
LAST TIME: Western Bulldogs 17.8 (110) d Gold Coast 13.10 (88), round 14, 2011 at Metricon Stadium

OUR mid-season report card will be out for Football Nation’s Top 50 VFL players next week and we are asking for who your top five players would be heading towards the mid-season break. We chose our Top 50 VFL players at the start of the season which attracted huge attention and traffic with, as expected, plenty disagreeing with some

(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.

Greater Western Sydney Giants
vs
Gold Coast Suns
WHEN: Saturday May 12, 1.40pm
WHERE: Manuka Oval, NSW
LAST TIME: First meeting

FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in round seven of the AFL beginning with Friday night’s clash between Melbourne and Hawthorn from the MCG. He also includes the ones to watch in your SuperCoach and DreamTeams. Melbourne vs Hawthorn Friday 7:50 MCG Hawthorn showed last week why they were premiership favourites earlier

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

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Sydney Swans: Swans midfielder and Hawthorn discard Josh Kennedy has vaulted into equal favouritism for the Brownlow Medal after an incredible start to the 2012 season

MELBOURNE forward Liam Jurrah will make his long-awaited return to footy for the Casey Scorpions against Geelong at Simonds Stadium on Saturday. It was confirmed today that Jurrah will return after a horror off-season of events in Northern Territory and also his fitness was limited through injury. It is expected that he will do some

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

North Melbourne Kangaroos
vs
Gold Coast Suns
WHEN: Saturday April 28, 4.40pm
WHERE: Etihad Stadium, VIC
LAST TIME: North Melbourne 18.14 (122) d Gold Coast 9.9 (63), round 12, 2011 at Metricon Stadium

FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the rest of the action in round five of the AFL. He also provides some helpful hints to last minute changes to your SuperCoach or Dream Team in fantasy footy… Fremantle vs Carlton Friday 8:45 Paterson’s Stadium Carlton was brought back to earth with a crushing thud following

PRIZED Werribee Tigers recruit Nathan Ablett will make his long-awaited debut for the Werribee Tigers in the development team againt Williamstown on Sunday at Avalon Airport Oval. It has been a slow and stagnant start to the season for Ablett, who was delisted by Gold Coast at the end of last season, and will now

CARLTON, with 12 injured players, takes the lead in the injury stakes with Essendon (who defeated them last weekend) close behind on 11.  In spite of the number of injuries they have 7 wins and only 1 loss between them.  I guess that’s what happens when you have a good list. Here is this week’s

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Geelong: Jimmy Bartel has flagged a possible shift in Cats playing style after a grinding win over Richmond at Simonds Stadium.

Brisbane Lions
vs
Gold Coast Suns
WHEN: Saturday April 21, 7.40pm
WHERE: The Gabba, QLD
LAST TIME: Brisbane Lions 18.15 (123) d Gold Coast 8.13 (61), round 21, 2011 at The Gabba

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Sydney Swans: Here’s some good news for Swans fans – Dan Hannebery believes he is not yet back to his best

DON’T forget to log on to Football Nation for our VFL match of the round between the Werribee Tigers taking on second-placed Geelong from Avalon Airport Oval on Friday night from 7:40pm. Geelong speedster David Wojcinski makes his return from injury for the Cats. Tune into our coverage and our VFL expert Brent Diamond will

FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action in round four of the AFL. He also looks at the ones to watch in the SuperCoach and DreamTeam ranks

Gold Coast Suns
vs
Essendon Bombers
WHEN: Saturday April 14, 7.40pm
WHERE: Metricon Stadium, QLD
LAST TIME: Essendon 31.11 (197) d Gold Coast 8.10 (58), round 6, 2011 at Etihad Stadium

FN’s roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews all the action for round two of the AFL with some fantasy footy tips

(DAILY ONE LINERS) West Coast: Midfielder Andrew Embley hopes he’s done enough to avoid the green vest in Saturday’s AFL clash with Melbourne at Patersons Stadium

Gold Coast Suns
vs
Adelaide Crows
WHEN: Saturday March 31, 3.45pm
WHERE: Metricon Stadium, QLD
LAST TIME: Adelaide 18.17 (125) d Gold Coast 9.10 (64), round 22, 2011 at Metricon Stadium

(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

OUR roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews a massive round one of the 2012 AFL season kicking off tonight. He also looks at the players to watch for your Dream Team and SuperCoach squads. Richmond vs Carlton Thursday March 29, 7:45pm MCG Over the last five years, Richmond have built a list and a culture which

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

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Football Nation’s daily feature providing our readers with a quick update of news from around the league. Essendon: How Mark Thompson got his spark back

(DAILY ONE LINERS) Hawthorn: Hawks half-back Matt Suckling hopes his big summer in the gym will help him become a better player in

FORMER Geelong and Gold Coast player Nathan Ablett has been ruled out for the VFL season opener for the Werribee Tigers against North Ballarat on Saturday through injury. After having a tumultous couple of seasons with injury and form on the Suns list, Ablett’s issues with injuries have followed him to Werribee although new coach