The AFL’s GWS expansion team could use the Sydney Showground as their home, choosing the venue over Blacktown.
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Pavlich in no hurry on contract
McPhee eyes leadership role at young Freo
Blues expect Tigers to come out swinging
Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich says there is no urgency for him to sign with the AFL club beyond this season.
Carlton coach Brett Ratten has warned his team to brace for an ultra-aggressive Richmond when the two clubs clash in Thursday night’s AFL season-opener at the MCG.
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Pavlich in no hurry on contract
McPhee eyes leadership role at young Freo
Blues expect Tigers to come out swinging
Adam McPhee has set his sights on a leadership role at Fremantle and has urged Dockers fans not to read anything into his poor form during the AFL pre-season.
For the first time in three seasons, no AFL player earnt more than $1 million last year. The $1 million barrier was first cracked in 2007, with two players earning seven-digit sums in 2008, but AFL figures show no player’s income reached those heights in 2009.
The AFL wants television networks to show matches live when the next broadcast rights deal is brokered for the 2012 season and beyond.
With a number of second-year players, including Nick Naitanui, retaining their eligibility, the race for this year’s Rising Star award is already looking like it will be the one of the most hotly-contested since the award began.
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has warned that the league will not take a back step to soccer if Australia hosts the World Cup.
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Pavlich in no hurry on contract
McPhee eyes leadership role at young Freo
Blues expect Tigers to come out swinging
Geelong’s aura is fading, with rival captains rating St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs as more likely AFL grand finalists than the reigning premiers.
Michael Tuck medallist Barry Hall couldn’t have started life at the Western Bulldogs any better, prompting many pundits to believe the Dogs have solved their ‘power forward’ problem and are now 2010 Premiership favourites. But some maintain it’s a matter of time before ‘Big Bad Barry’ has another brain-snap.
AFL administrators face a crucial few months as they work to a tight deadline on their ambitious Greater Western Sydney expansion project.
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Pavlich in no hurry on contract
McPhee eyes leadership role at young Freo
Blues expect Tigers to come out swinging
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The Western Bulldogs will head into their 2010 campaign expected to be in contention for their first premiership in 56 years.
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A Malaysian billionaire is apparently in the mix to bid as a partner for the next round of the AFL TV rights for 2012-2016.
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In part two of my series, I look at who will make the top eight and declare who I think will win the 2010 AFL Premiership.
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Like bourbon and milk, alcohol and the sporting elite just don’t mix. This is the latest bandwagon the media have swarmed onto.
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According to an article on the NT News website, the AFL is set to create a second tier league comprising teams from NSW, ACT, QLD and NT from 2012. This eastern seaboard league would be on the equivalent level of the VFL, SANFL and WAFL.
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What a long summer it has been without footy. It seems an eternity since the gladiators of Sleepy Hollow and Moorabbin gave us that unforgettable arm wrestle last September.
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Admittedly it’s only the pre-season, but any objective analysis raises some serious question marks over St.Kilda this year. They haven’t played well in any NAB Cup game.
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Welcome to my preview of the 2010 AFL season. In part one of my series, I look at who will win the wooden spoon all the way up to those who will just miss out on the finals.
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With St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs set to face off in the NAB Cup grand final this weekend, now is as good a time as ever to look back on their epic preliminary final contest last year.
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It is a date that is etched in the minds of sporting fanatics around Australia. Thursday March 25, 2010 is the date when the new AFL season begins.
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With much change about to occur in the Australian football landscape over the next few years, I thought it might be instructive to look at end of year financial performances of the AFL clubs for 2009.
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Having been born after 1961, I have never witnessed Footscray/Western Bulldogs in a VFL/AFL Grand Final. That represents almost 50 years of heartbreak for the majority of Bulldog fans.
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As the season 2010 approaches, up to seven clubs loom as genuine premiership threats. Geelong are the ‘Yul Brynner’ of the ‘Magnificent Seven’, the leader of the pack.
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Jason Akermanis recently raised the issue of ‘Premiership Windows’ and the need to try and ensure success during that window. This appears paramount to the Western Bulldogs campaign in 2010.
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The legal stoush between the Brisbane Lions and the remnants of the Fitzroy Football Club over the new logo is a fight worth having, as far as old Roys are concerned.
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The Western Bulldogs may be thinking that Barry Hall is the missing piece of the puzzle in their quest to break the AFL’s longest premiership drought. Hall’s solid performance in his debut outing for the Doggies indicates that this may be the case.
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The South Australian National Football League’s refusal to endorse the Port Adelaide Power/Magpies merger is seen to be revenge for Port joining the AFL without the SANFL’s knowledge.
