Football Nation’s league-wide round up providing our readers with a quick update of news from all clubs around the league.
Adelaide:
Star Crows midfielder Patrick Dangerfield has declared his disappointment at the AFL’s official telecasters for embarrassing team-mate Ricky Henderson at the weekend.
Brisbane:
Winless after the first two rounds of the home-and-away season, if the Lions are any hope of being a top eight contender they must beat the rising Gold Coast Suns.
Carlton:
The Blues’ inability to use the interchange bench effectively was a key reason behind its second loss for the season, with Collingwood able to storm home with fresher legs to win Sunday’s classic clash at the MCG.
Collingwood:
Magpie ruckman Darren Jolly has been cleared of broken ribs after Sunday’s game against Carlton.
Essendon:
The club will soon release the findings of its internal investigation into the supply of unspecified supplements to its players in 2012, but the wider ASADA probe will continue for some months.
Fremantle:
Dockers leadership group member Matt de Boer has confirmed the club’s on-field leaders have counselled firebrand Hayden Ballantyne about incidents that may result in suspension.
Geelong:
Cats youngster Josh Cowan is confident that the achilles tendon problems that have derailed his promising career are finally over.
Gold Coast:
Suns coach Guy McKenna has waved off suggestions the Suns should be favourites for Saturday’s QClash despite the club’s strong form at home and Brisbane’s winless start to the season.
Greater Western Sydney:
Co-captain Callan Ward has hit back at Kevin Sheedy’s claims the Giants weren’t hard enough and said his young team would prove their coach wrong against St Kilda at Manuka Oval this Saturday.
Hawthorn:
Hawks captain Luke Hodge has heralded the character of his troops after a highly successful hit-and-run mission into Perth to demolish West Coast.
Melbourne:
Demons president Don McLardy issued a statement to the club’s supporters saying that they “do not believe that the results to date are a true reflection of the quality of our playing list, or the effort and improvement they have shown over a tough and demanding pre-season campaign.”
North Melbourne:
Roos defender Michael Firrito has taken responsibility for giving away a vital 50m penalty but says he didn’t hear the umpire’s whistle.
Port Adelaide:
Chairman David Koch says the Power wants to make football fun again. And a pair of beaming Port teenagers had the time of their lives in putting on a show in Adelaide on Saturday night.
Richmond:
Star Richmond midfielder Trent Cotchin has entered the ranks of the competition’s elite ‘ball magnets’, following a sixth successive match racking up 30-plus possessions.
St Kilda:
The Saints will be forced to reshuffle its backline, potentially for the next month, after fresh injuries to important defenders James Gwilt and Sean Dempster.
Sydney Swans:
First it was Sydney’s cost-of-living allowance, now Eddie McGuire has taken a shot at the easy draw the unbeaten Swans have to start this year.
West Coast:
Eagles coach John Worsfold has yet to decide whether to recall star midfielder Daniel Kerr for Saturday’s AFL clash with struggling Melbourne at the MCG.
Western Bulldogs:
Tom Williams is expected to line up for his first competitive hitout in over eight months this weekend, after successfully resuming training with the main playing group in recent days.
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