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St Kilda vs Sydney Swans: AFL live scores, blog

St Kilda and Sydney will look to bolster their September credentials in an important Etihad Stadium encounter. We’ll have live scores and updates from 4.40pm AEST.

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St Kilda coach Scott Watters has thrown his support behind his club’s bold plan to play an Anzac Day AFL match in New Zealand as soon as next year.

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Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson has urged the AFL to get on board with the rest of world sport and introduce a mid-season draft.

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When a 253-game player has one coach for the duration of his AFL career, there’s always going to be a special bond.

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Geelong held off the Western Bulldogs in a pulsating last quarter to win their AFL match by 20 points on Friday night.

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Midfielder Karmichael Hunt says Gold Coast need to arrest their second-half fadeouts if they are to break through for their first win of the AFL season against Port Adelaide on Saturday.

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North Melbourne players have had to face the heat over last weekend’s AFL fadeout against Port Adelaide, despite dodging a media backlash, says coach Brad Scott.

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Preview of AFL Round 9 matches (all times AEST).

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When Fox Sports went to footage of an incident that occurred during the Geelong-Collingwood clash on Friday night, the feeling was we were about to witness something atrocious.

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Kevin Sheedy bears no ill will towards his former AFL club Essendon who he says have regained their mojo.

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Melbourne coach Mark Neeld has urged supporters to stick with the embattled AFL club, insisting they are improving even if no one else can see it.

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Much-loved St Kilda veteran Lenny Hayes says this could be his last AFL season, but he hasn’t given up on a farewell premiership.

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Essendon's Leroy Jetta charged with staging (Slattery Images)

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GWS Giants coach Kevin Sheedy (Slattery Images)

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North Melbourne lose, and lose miserably

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St Kilda forward Stephen Milne (Slattery Images)

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The Roar of the crowd

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Gold Coast Suns vs Port Adelaide: AFL live scores, blog

Gold Coast Suns and Port Adelaide have both had tough seasons to date and the home side will be desperate to post their first win of 2012 when they line up at Metricon this afternoon. We’ll have live scores and a blog from 2.10pm AEST.

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Richmond will be hungry to avoid another tough loss against a big club as they host Hawthorn. We’ll have live scores from 1.45pm AEST.

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David Parkin coached many great sides throughout his career. However, he once said his greatest achievement as a coach was lifting the Fitzroy football from ninth to third in 1986, given the relative mediocrity of their list.

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The Bulldogs and the Cats sit outside the top 8 with four wins and four losses a piece. Join us at 7:50pm AEST for live commentary and score updates as each work to stay within touching distance of a finals berth.

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Mid-season draft opens up land of opportunity

St Kilda coach Scott Watters comments this week on the need to introduce a mid-season draft are not new but they should be looked at more closely by the AFL.

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In recent months, many of the articles posted on the popular Herald Sun Footy Website have gone behind a pay-wall. While readers have been offered a free two-month trial, they will have to start paying if they wish to view footy articles written by the influential Herald Sun writers.

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Introduce a mid-season AFL trade period

By Cameron Larkin, 25 May 2012
 

Scott Watters has suggested the AFL introduce a mid-season draft. The first-year coach of St. Kilda conveyed his thoughts in Thursday’s Herald Sun.

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We hear all the talk about who’ll win the flag; who’ll make the top four or eight and who will be the big improver. But one thing is often swept by the wayside.

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Wagga residents, Canberra Raiders furious about GWS grant

Last week, Wagga Wagga residents and the Canberra Raiders were fuming when they learnt that the Wagga City Council will grant the Greater Western Sydney Giants $300,000 over three years.

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2012 has to be Geelong’s season of youth

Geelong doesn’t need to win a premiership every season to be deemed a success. Over the past five seasons we’ve become accustomed to Geelong winning 17 games, finishing in the top four and advancing through to preliminary and grand finals.

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Mark Neeld has been hit with a cacophony of conjecture and criticism about the way his coaching tenure at the Melbourne Football Club has begun.

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If we were to turn back time and return to the beginnings of the AFL media and ask the people in it how they would think the future would pan out, I doubt they would have predicted something as big as it is now.

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Demons players leave the field dejected after losing to the Lions

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Lance Franklin of Hawthorn marks over Swans' Ted Richards.

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Carlton's Mitch Robinson in the NAB Cup (Slattery Images)

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Carlton coach Brett Ratten addresses his players during the AFL Round 16 match between the Western Bulldogs and the Carlton Blues at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne. Slattery Images

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Can Jonathan Brown stay fit for the Lions? (Slattery Images)

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Nic Naitanui outmarks Nick Maxwell (Slattery Images)

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Essendon's Patrick Ryder flies high over Richmond's Troy Simmonds - GSP Images

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