GEELONG VFL coach Matthew Knights expects other teams to come at the undefeated Cats in the second half of the season as it crept to flag favouritism with a 55-point shellacking of Werribee at Simonds Stadium on Saturday. Knights said the Cats have improved even further on last year’s premiership season despite an overhaul of

GEELONG rookie George Burbury is confident he has overcome a navicular stress fracture in his foot after kicking six goals in yesterday’s hit-out for the Cats in the VFL against Werribee at Simonds Stadium. It was Burbury’s first match since last year’s VFL premiership win. “At the best of times, I’m not an overly patient

WILLIAMSTOWN coach Peter German appears more relaxed about his coaching in the final year of its alignment with the Western Bulldogs. The Seagulls have adopted a selection policy to have a maximum of 12 Western Bulldogs-listed players playing in its senior team. Some have missed the cut and forced to play VFL reserves. German, also

AN 11-goal haul from Werribee spearhead Ben Warren and the unexpected 72-point thrashing handed out to Port Melbourne headline the first week of VFL football. Werribee’s crisp ball movement and skill level all over the ground stunned the Borough. How much should be read into the result given its Round 1 is debatable, but the

NORTH Melbourne’s Majak Daw will play in the NAB Cup tonight after finally earning a reprieve off the rookie list and appears destined to make his AFL debut in the season proper. He has finally fought his way out of a difficult 2012 which was head-lined by his off-field blows with former team-mate Daniel Pratt.

TALK about Dane Swan and other players reportedly getting second chances at their clubs this week. How about former Hawk Travis Tuck? He was the first AFL player to be deregistered from the ranks due to reaching three strikes under the AFL’s illicit drugs policy and was ultimately canned from Hawthorn’s list despite being invited

IN 2013, only 10 teams will participate in the Foxtel Cup, an AFL initiative which is a state league based competition involving the best teams of the previous season. The Foxtel Cup will be telecast on Fox Sports live on Thursday nights during the season.   Those teams are: VFL Port Melbourne, Werribee SANFL Norwood,

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

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

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

MAJAK Daw dominated in the forward line and in the ruck for Werribee in its stunning opening half against the Casey Scorpions yesterday at Avalon Airport Oval. Multicultural week in the AFL may well prove to be a blessing in disguise for the former Wyndham Vale excitement machine. The athletic North Melbourne ruckman also kicked two blistering