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Welcome back Sheeds
Sportal.com.au
Kevin Sheedy's return to the AFL coaching ranks in 2012 with GWS will be a welcome one, even if he is more of a figurehead these days than the main man. That's because win, lose or draw, no matter how well or otherwise his old club Essendon were ...
Kevin Sheedy tells Magpie chief Eddie McGuire that criticism is richHerald Sun
Sheedy looks to futureFox Sports

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Sydney Morning Herald

Clubs dispute panel priorities
Coastal Times
CLUBS have complained to the AFL that too much weight was being put on consequence and not enough regard paid to intent when the match review panel assesses reportable offences. The complaint emerged after the panel's surprising decision to offer ...
McPhee banned for Blues clashABC Online
McPhee accepts banSportal.com.au

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AFL.com

First among unequals
AFL.com
THE HISTORICALLY successful equalisation policies of the AFL have already been looking a bit ineffective lately. Then, all of a sudden on the same weekend, a remarkably dominant top two absolutely annihilate a ...
The day they failed to kick a goalSydney Morning Herald

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State of game: AFL and NRL in Queensland
The Roar
For reference's sake, and because I get slammed for 'ignoring' other codes, I've included NRL references. Note: In 2010, the AFL had one team, the NRL had three. In 2011, the AFL had two teams, the NRL had three. For the AFL, both teams are currently ...

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Sydney Morning Herald

Suns & the gun: Crows may lose Tippett
Sydney Morning Herald
Crows chief executive Steve Trigg last night refused to discuss the detail in Tippett's departure clause, believed to be extremely rare in the AFL, and insisted the club would not entertain trading the 24-year-old. He also said Adelaide would back ...
Bickley welcome to apply to be Crows coachAdelaide Now
Walker repaying the faithAFL.com

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Sydney Morning Herald

Clubs dispute panel priorities
Sydney Morning Herald
Photo: Paul Rovere CLUBS have complained to the AFL that too much weight was being put on consequence and not enough regard paid to intent when the match review panel assesses reportable offences. The complaint emerged after the panel's surprising ...
McPhee banned for Blues clashABC Online
McPhee accepts banSportal.com.au

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AFL.com

Time is of the essence
Sydney Morning Herald
THE AFL will look at scrapping time-on for the first 17½ minutes of quarters in next year's home-and-away season, a move trialled in this year's NAB Cup as a way of cutting the spiralling length of games. The length of matches has increased in recent ...
AFL looks at time-onAFL.com

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Sydney Morning Herald

Bombers' fund-raising campaign takes flight
Sydney Morning Herald
With significant financial commitments from Essendon high-rollers pledged, the club is shifting its focus to the everyday fan so that a side training in facilities the AFL's boss recently termed the worst in the competition can enjoy an upgrade. ...

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The day they failed to kick a goal
Sydney Morning Herald
The Tigers lost 12.19 (91) to 0.8 (8) and remain the last VFL/AFL team to be held goalless. ''But it wasn't like some of these thrashings we've seen lately in Geelong and Collingwood games, we were going into attack,'' Guinane said yesterday. ...

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Eurosport.com AU

Brisbane was scarred by loss to Gold Coast in round seven
The Australian
THE AFL calls it the "Q Clash" and there is even a giant silver cup for the winner. The locals call it the "Pineapple Punch-up" or "Banana Brawl", as for the second time this season the Brisbane Lions face the upstarts from down the road, ...
Voss still has long 2011 AFL 'to do list'Sydney Morning Herald
Patfull out for seasonSportal.com.au
Ablett may miss QClashAFL.com
Eurosport.com AU
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The Age

Clubs dispute panel priorities
The Age
Photo: Paul Rovere CLUBS have complained to the AFL that too much weight was being put on consequence and not enough regard paid to intent when the match review panel assesses reportable offences. The complaint emerged after the panel's surprising ...
McPhee banned for Blues clashABC Online
McPhee accepts banSportal.com.au

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Brisbane Times

NRL policy 'more honest'
The Age
KEVIN Sheedy thinks the AFL should adopt the NRL approach to players and coaches moving clubs: put it all on the table. The Greater Western Sydney coach and AFL legend yesterday cited Wayne Bennett's move from St George Illawarra to Newcastle, ...
Western union: club bosses meet to fight AFL threatSydney Morning Herald
How the NRL can match the AFL's TV rights dealThe Roar
Proof Phil Gould doesn't careHerald Sun
The Australian -Back Page Lead
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The Age

Western union: club bosses meet to fight AFL threat
Sydney Morning Herald
OFFICIALS from the NRL's four western Sydney clubs believe a coordinated strategy is needed to help combat AFL in the region and have met to discuss how to work together. Panthers supremo Phil Gould outlined the seriousness of the threat and described ...
How the NRL can match the AFL's TV rights dealThe Roar
Proof Phil Gould doesn't careHerald Sun
NRL can be the envy of the AFL, tooBack Page Lead
The Australian
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Brisbane Times (blog)

AFL role for Neil Craig a chance
Herald Sun
FORMER Adelaide coach Neil Craig is in hot demand, with a role at AFL House possible. Craig met AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou and football operations manager Adrian Anderson in Melbourne on Monday. Anderson last night confirmed the meeting, ...
AFL bid to equalise playing fieldsportsnewsfirst
Player pay talks reach AdelaideAdelaide Now
Demetriou to face Cats over payThe Age

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Sydney Morning Herald

Brad Scott and Brent Harvey intent on sticking around
Herald Sun
And Roos skipper Brent Harvey has signed on for another year, which will be his 17th in the AFL. Scott would have been out of contract at the end of 2012. Kangaroos chairman James Brayshaw said the club "couldn't be happier" to continue its partnership ...
Boomer bullish on futureSportal.com.au
North captain, coach, sponsors sign onSydney Morning Herald
North Melbourne coach Brad Scott and Brent Harvey celebrate the round 13 win ...AFL.com
BigPond News
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Time to shorten AFL matches
Herald Sun
Time for the overpaid powerbrokers to shorten AFL matches or make the bottom-eight teams go into a draft lottery draw. The game has become outdated and most of the matches at this time of year are simply airwave cloggers. The reason so many matches in ...

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The Age

Parramatta Eels CEO Paul Osborne concerned over ageing list of 2011 recruits
Herald Sun
One of four off-season buys on the wrong side of 30, Webb yesterday followed veterans Chris Walker, 31, and Paul Whatuira, 30, into premature retirement after just a handful of NRL appearances with their new club. It is understood Walker was the only ...
Former Broncos, Cowboys and Maroons Origin forward Carl Webb retires from NRLCourier Mail
Webb hangs up the bootsABC Online
Webb calls it a daysportal.co.nz
Cumberland Courier Newspapers
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The ultimate 'champion team'
Herald Sun
Hawthorn star Lance Franklin is the AFL's leading goalscorer. Source: Herald Sun WHO would you rather have playing for your life? A team of champions or a champion team? The All-Australian line-up, named next month, is undoubtedly a team of champions. ...

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Crikey (blog)

More people go to see bands than blockbusters
Herald Sun
During that time, 5.4 million people attended live music events in Victoria, compared with 4.3 million who attended AFL matches. The report found musicians earned an average of about $20000 a year. Premier Ted Baillieu released the industry report at ...
More people see live music than AFL gamesABC Online
Vic live music scene gets good reportNinemsn
'Sticky carpet-clad' Ted pledges Libs' love of live musicCrikey (blog)

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Eurosport.com AU

Patfull out for season
Sportal.com.au
McKenna is faced with an unenviable injury list as a long first season of AFL football has started to take its toll on his young, inexperienced list. Both rugby league convert Karmichael Hunt and boom ruckman Zac Smith are in doubt, with both players ...
Lions lose Patfull for seasonSydney Morning Herald
Arizona at a costAFL.com

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