THE Casey Scorpions have notched their third consecutive win to kickstart their 2013 season after demolishing Essendon at Windy Hill by a score of 25.12 (162) to 11.13 (79). The damage was done after a seven goal to three second term that set up the Scorpions scoring run and, ultimately, their 82-point win. While highly fancied Essendon

HAWTHORN skipper Luke Hodge snared 17 disposals and six marks in 80 minutes of game time for the Box Hill Hawks in their win over the Casey Scorpions in a VFL practice match at Casey Fields today. Hodge, who showed terrific leadership, was one of the biggest performers for Box Hill and in good news

HAWTHORN skipper Luke Hodge has been named to play for the Box Hill Hawks in a practice match against the Casey Scorpions at Casey Fields today. Hodge, who will miss the opening two rounds of the AFL season as he searches for match fitness, will wear the No.82 in the clash. It will be the

Casey Scorpions Coach: Rohan Welsh Key Player Arrivals:Michael Boland (Cranbourne), Jake Best (Leongatha), Ben Hughes (Warragul), Jarryd Drew, Tom Fusinato, Darcy Irwin, Daniel Jackson (Gippsland Power), Jackson Anderson (Eastern Rangers) Key Player Departures:Matthew Fieldsend (Port Melbourne) Last Year’s Finish: 1st (14-4 105.7% 56 pts) This year’s prediction: 10th And why?: Casey finished as the minor premier

NEW Casey Scorpions coach Rohan Welsh is confident he will fit straight in as part of Casey’s alignment with Melbourne. Welsh, who was coach of Vic Metro for the past four years, has links to a lot of people at the Demons. “I knew Neeldy through the TAC [Cup] when he was at [Western] Jets

THE Casey Scorpions say that they will hire a new senior coach within two weeks in the aftermath of the doubt about their future in the VFL. Assistant coach Steve O’Brien will run pre-season training sessions in the meantime. AFL Victoria this week announced that the Scorpions had shown enough to retain their licence in

THE Casey Scorpions have been given the all clear by AFL Victoria to play in the VFL next season despite suffering from massive debt and doubt surrounding its future in the competition. The Scorpions have identified that there is a future for them in the competition, but if Melbourne leaves it as a partner – which it

MELBOURNE is poised to field a stand alone VFL team from next season after its feeder team the Casey Scorpions have today admitted it is undergoing some financial concern. The Scorpions, who had only recruited Brendan Fevola two years ago for one season as it appeared cashed-up, has ended up quite short-handed by an unsuccessful

BRETT Lovett has made the shock decision to step down as coach of the Casey Scorpions just a week after being named the VFL Coach of the Year. Lovett cited an increase in family commitments as the reason that he has decided to part ways with the Scorpions. The Scorpions were swept away in straight

GEELONG is a clear premiership contender heading into this year’s VFL finals series and its venture deep into September will no doubt help its AFL team thrive. It had trouble to steer clear of a persistent Coburg on Saturday, eventually winning by 13-points. In Adam Potter’s last match as coach of Coburg – due to

CASEY coach Brett Lovett believes his team is in a “far stronger position” heading into finals than this time last year given the large focus of development on its VFL-listed players. Melbourne is expected to contribute up to 10 AFL-listed players this season with Jake Spencer, James Strauss and Neville Jetta among those, while Melbourne-bound

WERRIBEE coach Scott West admits affiliate North Melbourne will have a great influence over whether the Tigers can go all the way in the VFL finals this month in what is expected to be a ripper September for the competition given the even spread of teams in the mix. The Casey Scorpions are already feeling

CASEY Scorpions coach Brett Lovett is almost accustomed to his team coming back to win the close ones this season after snatching a three-point win over Bendigo at Windy Hill yesterday. While it was their seventh win of the season by less than a goal, there was some humour involved in the coaches box as

CASEY Scorpions coach Brett Lovett says his part-time position at the club is ideal and backs winning ahead of developing his Melbourne-listed players. Just days after Robert Hyde walked away from his part-time coaching role at Carlton’s VFL affiliate, the Northern Blues, Lovett has taken a stance on the selection criteria at the Scorpions despite

CASEY Scorpions coach Brett Lovett parted ways as coach of Sandringham just a day after its best and fairest last season. It was mainly because he was a part-time coach because he owns a nursey on the Mornington Peninsula and St Kilda, undergoing a change of coaches, cited that it wanted a full-time coach for

SANDRINGHAM and Casey have expressed disappointment in not as many players as it would like selected in the initial 32-man state team squad to take on Tasmania next week. Zebras coach Simon McPhee believes a few more of his players should have perhaps been named after a strong start to the season, including ruckman Michael Sikora, midfielder

MELBOURNE midfielder Jordan Gysberts and Demon-bound midfielder Jack Viney both suffered suspected broken jaw injuries in Casey’s big win by 46-points against Geelong at Simonds Stadium today. Viney was lining up for just his first game of the season for Casey and was impressing early. He collided with experienced Cat David Wojcinski who is likely to

MELBOURNE forward Liam Jurrah will make his return for the Casey Scorpions against Geelong next Saturday at Simonds Stadium instead of tomorrow against North Ballarat. Scorpions coach Brett Lovett said Jurrah was “touch and go” this week to return from a wrist injury. Demons football manager Josh Mahoney said that the club was taking a