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The Age

AFL's Saints create special role for Hayes
Sydney Morning Herald
St Kilda have created a unique mentoring role for veteran midfielder Lenny Hayes, rather than include him in their eight-man leadership group for the coming AFL season. The Saints confirmed on Wednesday that Nick Riewoldt will captain the club for a ...
Quick rise for new leadersAFL.com
Saints stick with NickThe Age
Riewoldt retains Saints captaincyABC Online
Fox Sports -The West Australian
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Eurosport.com AU

AFL clubs have got to do significantly better with some of the modern era ...
sportsnewsfirst
So, it is hardly good policy to banish a player like Majak Daw from North Melbourne and the Kangaroos summer training back to VFL affiliate Werribee. Roos management sent the developing Sudanese-born powerhouse ruck hopeful back to Werribee after he ...
Kangaroos suspend Majak Daw indefinitely for missing rehab sessionsHerald Sun
Daw suspended by KangaroosSydney Morning Herald
Roos suspend rookie for rules breachFox Sports
The West Australian -The Australian
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AFL Tigers need to step up: Cotchin
Sydney Morning Herald
Richmond's star midfielder Trent Cotchin says it's time for the Tigers to take the next step after showing steady improvement in the past two AFL seasons. He says the Tigers have rebuilt the club virtually from scratch under Damien Hardwick, ...

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AFL.com

Mitchell calls for Brownlow overhaul
Fox Sports
Source: Michael Dodge / News Limited Hawthorn star Sam Mitchell wants the AFL to relax its Brownlow Medal eligibility laws to protect fair players from being ruled out for minor offences. The AFL this week stood by the rules, under which any player who ...
Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell says Brownlow Medal eligibility laws too harshHerald Sun
No change to Brownlow set-upSydney Morning Herald

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Brisbane Times

Riewoldt retains Saints' AFL captaincy
Sydney Morning Herald
St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt says he has never felt so excited to be leading the AFL club. The Saints officially confirmed on Wednesday that the five-time best and fairest will captain them for a seventh season. He will head an eight-man leadership ...
Quick rise for new leadersAFL.com
Saints stick with NickThe Age
Riewoldt retains Saints captaincyABC Online
Fox Sports -The West Australian
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The West Australian

Daw suspended by Kangaroos
Sydney Morning Herald
The athletic rookie is the first Sudanese-born player to make it on to an AFL list. He is yet to play a game for North Melbourne, but excited fans with several displays of skill and dash last season. He was re-signed for two years in October 2011.
Kangaroos suspend Majak Daw indefinitely for missing rehab sessionsHerald Sun
Roos suspend rookie for rules breachFox Sports
Kangaroos suspend DawThe West Australian
The Australian -Wyndham Leader
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Sydney Morning Herald

Springsteen tipped for AFL grand final
Sydney Morning Herald
Rumours are swirling that rock legend Bruce Springsteen has been locked in to perform at this year's AFL grand final in a welcome follow-up to last year's disastrous pre-match entertainment. The Boss will reportedly belt out his anthems at the MCG ...
Bruce Springsteen to play AFL Grand Final rumours quashedPerth Now
'No Truth' In Bruce Springsteen AFL Grand Final RumourTone Deaf
Bruce Springsteen to play atthe AFL Grand Final?FasterLouder
TheMusic -Music Feeds
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Noise11

Bruce Springsteen to play AFL Grand Final rumours quashed
Herald Sun
BRUCE Springsteen will not be playing this year's AFL Grand Final, despite radio gossip. Promoter Michael Gudinski said this morning there was “no truth whatsoever” in reports The Boss had been secured to sing at the event in September.
Bruce Springsteen To Play AFL Grand Final?Noise11

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Gold Coast Bulletin News

Wilkinson takes racial attack in his stride
Gold Coast Bulletin News
With those defiant words, Gold Coast Suns youngster Joel Wilkinson declared he had moved on from last year's racial attack which rocked the AFL and revealed he would become a multi-cultural ambassador for the league. The AFL community was floored when ...
Gold Coast Suns adopt Geelong's blueprint for AFL success.Courier Mail
Suns spread the AFL wordRockhampton Morning Bulletin
Gold Coast Suns youngster Joel Wilkinson tells of racial abuseHerald Sun
ABC Local -Northern Star -AFL.com
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AFL: Kangaroos mix with Ballarat community
Ballarat Courier
BY FIONA HENDERSON IT'S not often Kangaroos fans cry at the sight of a fit Drew Petrie but little Eamon Clark found the vice-captain a bit overwhelming at the Central Square Post Office yesterday. Luckily, the lure of a jellybean overcame the ...

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Sydney Morning Herald

Caught in footy stream without a paddle
Sydney Morning Herald
Since those days of five concurrent games on a Saturday, I have become accustomed to live coverage, spread over the weekend, and I was excited by the new AFL broadcast rights deal announced last year, which assured fans that every game would be covered ...

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Noise11

Bruce Springsteen To Play AFL Grand Final?
Noise11
by Paul Cashmere on February 8, 2012 Will Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne on September 29? The hot rumour is yes. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Photo by Ros O'Gorman A caller into 3AW's ...

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AFL.com

Price tags: Geelong
AFL.com
By Mr Fantasy 7:00 AM Wed 08 Feb, 2012 AS THE start of the Toyota AFL Dream Team season approaches, AFL.com.au will provide a comment on every senior-listed player in the competition. The AFL Record's Mr Fantasy dissects Geelong's prospects, ...

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The Roar

Has the AFL captain become irrelevant?
The Roar
By Ben Waterworth, 8 Feb 2012 Ben Waterworth is a Roar Expert Kyle Hardingham of Essendon evades Dane Swan of Collingwood during the AFL NAB Cup Grand Final match between the Essendon Bombers and the Collingwood Magpies at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.
Bombers invade Tigers' turfLeader News

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AFL.com

Gold Coast Suns adopt Geelong's blueprint for AFL success.
Courier Mail
The Suns are more likely to win around six games and start their climb up the AFL ladder. "The biggest thing will be consistency. We played well for a half (last year) but fell off," Ablett said. "I think this year we will play out for longer in games ...
Gold Coast Suns youngster Joel Wilkinson tells of racial abuseHerald Sun
Suns spread the AFL wordRockhampton Morning Bulletin
AFL legends in LismoreABC Local
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The Age

AFL scrutinises coach contracts
The Age
Photo: Sebastian Costanzo AFL boss Andrew Demetriou has thrown his support behind a move to regulate the annual coaching merry-go-round and prevent a repeat of last September's scenario in which Geelong and Collingwood lost crucial assistants on the ...

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Brisbane Times

Footy fans on hold over Telstra's 2012 packages
Sydney Morning Herald
Telstra is not yet selling promised services for live AFL coverage on mobile phones and tablets, less than 10 days before the start of the pre-season competition. Salespersons are unable to provide pricing details, and the website of the ...
Footy on an X-Box? This is for realMoree Champion

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Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell says Brownlow Medal eligibility laws too harsh
Herald Sun
HAWTHORN star Sam Mitchell wants the AFL to relax its Brownlow Medal eligibility laws to protect fair players from being ruled out for minor offences. The AFL this week stood by the rules, under which any player who attracts more than 100 demerit ...
No change to Brownlow set-upSydney Morning Herald

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Sydney Morning Herald

Sports demand protection of broadcast rights
Sydney Morning Herald
THE AFL and other major sport bodies held talks with the Prime Minister and senior ministers yesterday to demand changes to the law to protect broadcast rights worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The chief executives of the AFL, Cricket Australia, ...
PM seeks advice over Optus copyright rulingABC Online
The government has spoken of its concern over live sport on being broadcast on ...The Daily Telegraph
Gallop rallies for TV rights amendmentsportsnewsfirst
AFL.com -NEWS.com.au
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The West Australian

Fit Pavlich on track for big AFL season
Sydney Morning Herald
After shaking off the effects of hip surgery to post a new personal best in the three kilometre time trial, Fremantle skipper Matthew Pavlich is primed for a big AFL season. Pavlich, a veteran on 256 games, sliced 20 seconds off his best time in a ...
Pav likes Lyon's influenceSportal.com.au
Fit Pavlich on track for big seasonBigPond Sport

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