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Thursday,
December 13
Master
plan for Carrara unveiled
Demetriou presses for $200 million upgrade
Stadium expected to be ready in 2012
Following a visit to Brisbane by AFL
chief Andrew Demetriou earlier this week where he is understood
to have private discussions, a master plan for a $200 million upgrade of
Carrara on the Gold Coast was unveiled on Wednesday.
Robert Craddock reported in Fox Sports that Demetriou
explained how the new ground would be modelled on Geelong's small but
impressive Skilled Stadium at Kardinia Park with a capacity of between
20,000-22,000.
But the catch is it will almost certainly not be ready until 2012, two
years after the side's likely entrance, which would mean the club would
play some of its top-billing home games at the Gabba in its first one or
two seasons.
"There is a master plan we have developed which involves taking that
stadium to 20,000-22,000 seats, a boutique stadium along the lines of
the Skilled Stadium model," he said.
"A club playing out of there with a clean stadium as far as advertising
went and generating income from signage and gates would reap about
$400,000-$500,000 net per home game.
"That is our choice. It requires between $150m-$200m. We are working
through with various parties as to how we will get it built.
"I am pretty comfortable with where we are at that there will be a
redeveloped stadium probably for 2012 onwards. We would not go down this
track and do all this work if we were not comfortable with where we were
at. It will be like York Park in Tasmania where you can get a great
atmosphere with 20,000 people.
"What we would do is play smaller games at Carrara and the larger
attended games at the Gabba perhaps for one season. It still may be for
a derby against a team like Brisbane we still may play in Brisbane for
the crowds."
They said it ...
Branding backtrack as Kangaroos name stays |
North Melbourne will continue to be the Kangaroos
throughout next year, new chairman James Brayshaw said yesterday.
Speaking outside North Melbourne Town Hall less than a week after the
 club rejected a move to Gold Coast in favour of fighting to survive
under its traditional name in its traditional home, Brayshaw more or
less acknowledged that symbolism had its limits.
Branding issues, and the fact that all the paperwork and merchandising
for season 2008 was already done, meant there would be an unacceptable
cost in reverting to the North Melbourne name immediately, Brayshaw
said.
"It'd cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to change that and I think
it'd be futile anyway, but certainly from a naming point of view we're
the North Melbourne Football Club and I couldn't be happier," he said.
LEN JOHNSON, The Age, December 13, 2007 |
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Telstra passes
Homebush baton to ANZ Bank |
Telstra has prematurely terminated its
expensive naming rights sponsorship of Sydney's Olympic stadium.
As foreshadowed in The
Australian yesterday the move is part of the telco's plan to scale back
on sporting sponsorships.
Telstra's loss is the ANZ Bank's gain; it's paying $31.5 million over the
next seven years for naming rights.
 The
telecommunications giant, traditionally the biggest sponsor of Australian
sport, committed to deals worth as much as $60 million for up to 10 years
for the naming rights to the Homebush stadium, as well as Melbourne's
Docklands ground in 2001. Telstra is expected to keep its naming rights to
the Melbourne Dome for now, despite moves inside the company to also dump
that property.
The move is part of a push headed by US import
Bill Obermeier to
rationalise the number of sponsorships the company holds.
The Australian understands the rationalisation push has been on since
shortly after American chief executive
Sol Trujillo
arrived in July 2005.
"Telstra has been trying to get out of both stadium deals for about 18
months," a source said yesterday.
FRAN FOO, The Australian, December 14 |
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NAB Cup games revised
With
North deciding to remain in Melbourne, the AFL on Wednesday altered two
first round matches in the forthcoming NAB Cup series.
The Kangaroos were scheduled to play Brisbane at Carrara on February 16,
but now Essendon will take on the Lions with North to play the Western
Bulldogs in Darwin.
The NAB Cup draw is detailed in the sidebar.
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Pagan back at Arden Street as football director
New Kangaroo president elect James Brayshaw revealed the club's
new nine-man board on Wednesday at the North Melbourne Town Hall with
dual Kanga coach Denis Pagan its new football director, Will
Houghton QC, ASG group chief executive Geoff Lewis and KPMG's
Carl Dilena as the new faces on a board described as 'unified'.
Brayshaw added that although he was surprised with Rick Aylett's
decision to resign as the club's chief executive on Tuesday night, he
had no ill-feeling about Aylett's fears for the club after the Kangaroos
knocked back the AFL's Gold Coast relocation offer.
It was noted that recently retired Shinboner of the Century Glenn
Archer was not named in the nine-man group.
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Adelaide post $2.2 million profit
Adelaide has recorded a profit of more than $2.2 million for the
football year ending October 31st.
The Crows say increased broadcast rights payments of $1.2m were a major
factor in the $2.212m operating surplus.
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Door open for return by Cousins to WAFL
The West Australian Football Commission says former West Coast Eagles
captain Ben Cousins can play in the WAFL next season, if he can
provide medical proof that he has overcome his drug addiction.
ABC Sport Online reported on Wednesday that Cousins was banned
from playing in the AFL for 12 months in November after being found
guilty of bringing the game into disrepute.
The Commission met Tuesday night and confirmed Cousins has not been
suspended from the WAFL.
Commission chief executive Wayne Bradshaw said that it was
sensible to impose conditions on Cousins' possible return.
"We believe that it's in the best interests of the competition and in
due consideration to where Ben's at, that he should be given the
opportunity to come back, once he's shown he's overcome these issues at
the moment," he said.
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Lions want impact
assessment on second club |
The Brisbane Lions have asked the AFL to
provide an impact assessment on what a second AFL club in southeast
Queensland would have on their revenue.
Lions chief executive Michael Bowers
said the AFL had an excellent track record with big-ticket decisions and his
club did not fear a second team based on the Gold Coast.
"But we do need to know all the detail on what exactly an additional club in
this area will mean to all the existing clubs and what impact it might have
on our club," Bowers said.
"The AFL has told us they have carried out research and assessed potential
impact and have agreed to pass on that information to us.
"As yet we haven't received that document. Once we do ... we can start
planning and addressing what areas we might need to work on."
It is generally accepted the Lions attract close to 10 per cent of their
crowds for bigger drawing games at the Gabba from the Gold Coast region.
A second team in south-east Queensland would have a significant initial
impact on their membership, corporate sales and crowds.
BART SINCLAIR, Herald Sun, December 13 |
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Richmond has announced the appointment of Jeff Bond to the club
in the newly formed role of General Manager Learning and Development.
Footygoss reports Bonds history includes working as a
psychologist for Pat Cash during his Wimbledon triumph in 1987
and serving as the Head of Sports Psychology at the Australian Institute
of Sport, where he worked closely with the Australian swimming,
equestrian and rowing teams.
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Simon Goodwin will captain Adelaide next year, replacing
long-time skipper Mark Ricciuto, who has retired. Goodwin, 30,
yesterday said it was an honour to be named the fifth captain of the
Crows since the club's AFL inception in 1991. He follows in the
footsteps of Chris McDermott (1991-94), Tony McGuinness
(1991-96), Mark Bickley (1995-2000) and Ricciuto (1999-2007).
Along with the appointment of Goodwin, the Crows announced a new six-man
leadership group comprising of Nathan Bassett, Brett Burton,
Tyson Edwards, Ben Rutten and Nathan van Berlo.
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the Melbourne Vixens, which will have access to the facilities at the
Lexus Centre and put the Magpies well in touch to attract the interest
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Wednesday,
December 12
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Rick Aylett resigns suddenly from Kanga CEO post
Less than a week after the Kangaroos' board decided against a move to
the Gold Coast, Rick Aylett announced his surprise resignation as
CEO on Tuesday he cited personal reasons for leaving the post after 12
months.
The AFL webpage reports Aylett resigned, saying he had not been given
enough input into the club's business strategy.
Aylett reflected proudly on the fact the Roos posted a modest profit
this year despite the uncertainty surrounding the clubs future.
I am proud that, in the most tumultuous year in the clubs history,
through the efforts of management and staff we have been able to record
a profit for the 2007 season and equally as proud of the performance of
our football administration and playing group in finishing third in the
AFL competition, Aylett said.
He also paid tribute to coach Dean Laidley and the rest of the
Roos staff.
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A fortnight later, Scot Palmer in the Sunday Herald Sun
(Dec 23) revealed that Aylett served three-months notice and would
remain as CEO until a new man is appointed.
They said it ...
AFL rip Kangaroos
out of Carrara |
The Kangaroos have expressed disappointment
in the AFL's decision to remove them from the Gold Coast during the
pre-season competition and community camps a lightning response to the
club's decision to spurn the league's relocation proposal.
Jake Niall and
Caroline Wilson report in
The Age: Less than five days after the club rejected a Gold Coast
future, the AFL yesterday informed the Kangaroos that it intended to shift
their February community camp from the Gold Coast to Bairnsdale and that
they would not be playing Brisbane at Carrara in the NAB Cup.
While the AFL is yet to finalise details, the AFL has suggested that another
team will play the Lions at Carrara in the NAB Cup and has floated the
prospect of the embattled Kangaroos playing the Bulldogs in Darwin instead.
As the AFL acts swiftly to push the club away from south-east Queensland, it
also appears certain that the league will let North Melbourne play only
three games instead of the requested four at Carrara next year and that
it will not play any games at all on the Gold Coast in 2009. This means the
club will lose the additional $400,000 it would have received for that
"extra" fourth game next year and will be deprived of a guaranteed $1.6
million in 2009
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Bulldogs get Welsh; David Gourdis is No.1 rookie
Scott Welsh was the biggest name to move when the seven
selections were taken yesterday at the Pre-Season draft conducted in
Melbourne. The former Kangaroo and Adelaide player was drafted by the
Western Bulldogs.
At 29, Welsh, who kicked 49 goals for the Crows this year has played a
total of 129 AFL games and kicked 300 career goals.
After Richmond picked up Subiaco forward David Gourdis with the
No. 1 selection in the NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft, the Tigers repeated the
WA-connection with their first choice in the NAB AFL Rookie Draft by
recruiting ex-Fremantle player Clayton Collard.
Collard, who played just one game for the Dockers in his debut season,
had been training at Punt Road for much of the off-season and the Tigers
did not overlook the clever small man when it came to the crunch.
The 19-year-old, originally from South Fremantle, played 17 WAFL games
in 2007 and kicked 26 goals.
Other notable selections in the draft saw Brisbane claim back key tall
Pat Garner, Calib Mourish and Ryley Dunn return to
the Dockers, Andrew McQualter earn another chance at St Kilda and
Port Adelaide take back Ryan Willits.
Meanwhile, the AFL careers of Ashley Sampi and Guy Richards
seem over after both were ignored at the draft tables.
Daryl Timms noted in the Herald Sun that on sheer numbers,
yesterday's drafts produced more selections than last month's AFL
national draft.
A total of 68 players were selected in the national draft compared to
eight in the pre-season draft and 62 in the rookie draft.
There were 56 selections in the inaugural pre-season draft in 1989.
Yesterday's drafts finalised all club's playing lists for next season.
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New deal
opens
windows and doors for St Kilda
St Kilda has signed a three-year contract believed to be among the most
lucrative sponsorship deals in the AFL with international window and
door manufacturer Jeld-Wen.
Martin Boulton reports in The Age: The deal replaces the
club's naming-rights partnership with telecommunications company
Vodafone, which did not renew its contract at the end of this season.
Jeld-Wen also has global business interests in real estate, resorts and
marketing and three years ago acquired Australian company Corinthian
Doors, which will sponsor the Saints' coaches.
Club president Greg Westaway said the deal with a global company
was among the "key changes" he forecast when his Footy First ticket
challenged the former Rod Butterss-led board.
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Demetriou defends drug policy
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has defended the league's
drug policy during a speech to a group of health professionals at the
State Library of Victoria.
ABC Sport Online reports: The AFL has been criticised for its
three strikes illicit drugs policy with other sporting codes, such as
the NRL, implementing a zero-tolerance approach.
The AFL Commission will discuss the sport's drugs policy next Monday and
will consider a number of submissions, including from AFL clubs.
But Mr Demetriou says the AFL remains the only sporting organisation to
voluntarily release illicit drug results.
"It has not been great for PR but it has forced many people, football
followers and others to discuss the issue of illicit drugs," he said.
"Much of that discussion has focused on the number of strikes rather
than the policy as a whole and rarely has that discussion included
figures about illicit drug use in the wider community."
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Tassie to revive the State Premiership
Tasmanians will recapture some old-time excitement when the State
Premiership is revived next year. The State grand final will be played
in Hobart on September 20 or 21, after the Southern Football League
(SFL) and Northern Tasmanian Football League (NTFL) have decided their
flag winners.
Martin Agatyn reported in Tuesday's Burnie Advocate that
State grand finals were played from 1909 to 1978, with the most famous,
or infamous, being the 1967 clash between Wynyard and North Hobart, in
which a goal post was removed by the crowd when Wynyard was in front at
the end of the match, which was declared a "no game."
Discussions continue on the plan to re-introduce a Statewide competition
involving the NTFL, SFL and NTFA in 2009.
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Tuesday,
December 11
One of the great
unfathomable decisions
NSW footy give Craig
Davis the flick |
If something happened in New South Wales
football in the past 20 years you would be certain its success was achieved
with the inspiration of Craig Davis.
In one of the great unfathomable decisions by those appointed to organise
our code, Craig's been told he will not be there after December 21st only
a few days short of two decades of service.
Craig has been there for everyone and has been everywhere in Sydney and NSW
during his time at the pointy end if it was broken, Craig would fix it; if
it was to be held, Craig would organise it; if it was to be started, Craig
would finish it.
Craig has friendships that will endure over the length and breadth of the
NSW community of Australian football. His achievements will live long to
replace the empty recall of today.
As Craig at 53 takes a breather before starting another chapter of life
what a shame it is to recognise there are times when footy sucks this is
one of them.
Kevin Taylor
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The website of the Black Diamond AFL carries this tribute from Ian
Granland
A person well know in local football circles, Craig Davis, has fallen foul
of the dreaded 'restructuring' word at the AFL (NSW-ACT).
Craig, who has worked for the football league for a period only days away
from 20 years, has held a number of positions in the organisation and stuck
with them when times were tough.
He was also a player of some note and played for four VFL clubs in his
career starting with Carlton as a youngster after being recruited from
Tasmania.
Injury put paid to a most promising career only to see him pop up under Ron
Barassi's guidance at North Melbourne where he played in 1977-78 then
transfer to Collingwood the next year where he went on to play 102 games for
the Pies.
He came to Sydney in 1986 as assistant coach to Tom Hafey with the Sydney
Swans in the Geoffrey Edelstein days. The next year he began his employment
with the NSW AFL first as Development Manager, then CEO, later as umpires
co-ordinator and lately as Business Development Manager.
Yes, as they say, he had more starts than Tulloch.
In 1988 and well into his thirties Davis pulled the boots on for the Swans
wearing that famous jumper number 60 where he played 9 games and booted 17
goals.
Almost an icon in the Sydney football offices and sometimes known as Mr
Everywhere, Davis never knocked back an invitation to visit a club, league,
educational institution, business group, charity or non-profit organisation
in an effort to push the code and take the message to as many people as
possible. He became very involved in youth education later in his career.
Craig Davis has been a wonderful servant for NSW football and his capacity
to achieve together with his enthusiasm ranks up there with the best.
He visited clubs in this league many times over the past 20 years and on
several occasions organised a football prize or so which was used for their
fundraising.
Those who make decisions like the termination of Davis's employment do so as
they see it in the best interests of their business but sometimes the
contribution people like him have made to the game over the years and its
our game, he is one of us, can be overlooked.
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Seven Network ink Nathan Buckley
Just-retired Collingwood great Nathan Buckley has signed a deal to be
part of Seven's Friday Night Football team in 2008.
The former Brownlow and Norm Smith medallist and six-time Copeland
Trophy winner will also make regular appearances on Seven News.
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Players and officials from
Hawthorn have returned after an arduous eight-day trek along the Kokoda
Track in the shadow of our gallant heroes of World War II. Fans can
follow a daily video account of the Kokoda Diary journey at
http://hawthornfc.com.au
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Monday,
December 10
Sydney chairman makes it
plain
No new Sydney team before 2015
Population remains "significantly disinterested" |
The AFL would be unwise to introduce a
second Sydney-based AFL team before 2015, according to the Swans' chairman,
Richard Colless.
And a 16-side competition, rather than the 18-club model the AFL is suddenly
spruiking, is the more preferable set-up in the mind of Sydney's coach,
Paul Roos.
Samantha Lane details in
The Age: League chief
Andrew Demetriou has said
that the AFL, in light of North Melbourne's abrupt rejection last week of a
$100 million package to relocate interstate, would endeavour to establish
teams "in parallel" on the Gold Coast and in western Sydney.
However, Colless says NSW's population remains a "significantly
disinterested marketplace" in terms of what, to it, is a non-traditional
football code.
"I think it would be unbelievably ambitious to be contemplating a team much
before 2015," Colless, chairman of the Swans since 1994 and former head of
AFL NSW, said last night.
"It's not just getting a competitive team together and the right
administration in place, it's actually convincing a significantly
disinterested marketplace as to why they should be supporting AFL and why
they should be supporting West Sydney
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Saturday,
December 8
AFL moves
on with expansion of 17th club
North-Kangaroos snare return of Denis Pagan
AFL looks to 18th licence for western Sydney
Two-time premiership coach Denis
Pagan will return to the Kangaroos as a board member at the defiant
club in the wake of their rejection of the AFL's Gold Coast proposal.
Pagan led the `Roos to the 1996 and `99 flags before joining Carlton as
coach in 2003.
The Blues sacked him from the post earlier this year and James
Brayshaw enticed him back to Arden St a day after becoming the new
club chairman.
"He said `let me have a think about it' and then once the stay in
Melbourne bid (succeeded), I rang him again today and said `look Denis,
you're a big part of my plans, what do you think?'," Brayshaw told
Channel Nine.
"He said `I'd love to be a part of it', so that's great."
There has been speculation that Australian cricket captain Ricky
Ponting and club legend Glenn Archer might also join the
board.
Brayshaw's recruitment of Pagan followed the decision for the Kangaroos
to reject the AFL's Gold Coast relocation package.
The board then unanimously voted Brayshaw as chairman.
While Brayshaw was putting together his board at Arden St, AFL chief
executive Andrew Demetriou also continued to talk up the league's
expansion plans.
The AFL will press ahead with plans to set up a 17th licence on the Gold
Coast and Demetriou also repeated the desire to have a second team in
Sydney.
He said the league was serious about a possible 18th licence for western
Sydney, flagged when the AFL went public last year with long-term
strategies.
Asked if the formation of a 17th licence could pave the way for another
new team, Demetriou said: "absolutely, our view is that western Sydney
provides us with fantastic opportunities as well and we've shared that
vision with the clubs recently.
"We're not afraid of having an 18-team competition."
Also, disappointed Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke has been caustic
describing as a "cop-out" the club's decision to reject relocation due
to the AFL's failure to secure a stadium deal.
"The AFL are a very good business organisation. If they say they'll get
a ground for you, they'll get a ground for you," said Clarke.
"That was a straight cop-out. The AFL guaranteed (a ground) and the AFL
have got the resources to make sure that happens."
While clearly disappointed that the club spurned the booming city,
Clarke has asked Gold Coast AFL fans to keep the welcome mat out for the
Kangaroos, who are contracted to play four premiership games at Carrara
next year Yahoo Sport
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Revealed: Kangaroos' $2 million
sponsor |
Vodafone will be unveiled
as the white knight of the Kangaroos, after the telecommunications giant
agreed to a two-year naming rights sponsorship deal with of the club worth
almost $2 million.
Mark Hawthorne
reports in The Age: The deal has been personally negotiated by
newly-installed Kangaroos chairman James Brayshaw,
who has been in contact with Vodafone over the past four months.
A verbal deal was agreed to in the days before this years AFL grand final,
but the global telecommunications giant wanted confirmation that the club
would not accept the AFLs offer to relocate to the Gold Coast.
Vodafone is naming-rights sponsor of the Brisbane Lions and did not want two
competing AFL sponsorship deals in the same state market
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Pre-season draft will be over in minutes
Former Collingwood defender Jason Cloke could be the shock
selection of Tuesday's pre-season draft.
Sportal notes the AFL confirmed on Friday that just seven clubs
are eligible to participate in this year's draft and the only club that
will have more than one selection will be Essendon.
The Bombers, under new coach Matthew Knights, have selections
five and eight giving the club the scope to choose a youngster and an
experienced player if they wish.
Cloke, who turns 26 in May, spent last season with the Bombers' VFL
affiliate Bendigo where he finished runner-up in the best and fairest
under the coaching of Knights. He also starred for the VFL in its
victory over the WAFL in an interstate match in May.
The 189cm defender whose brother Cameron was picked up by Carlton with
the last pick in last year's pre-season draft played 76 games in five
seasons for the Magpies from 2002-06 where he was a member of the Pies'
2003 losing grand final side after missing the previous year's
premiership decider due to suspension.
Cloke recently signed a two year contract to play with Williamstown
now the affiliate club of the Western Bulldogs in the VFL but only on
the condition he does not get a second chance in the AFL via next
Tuesday's draft.
As has been the case for several years next week's draft will be over in
a matter of minutes with only Carlton, Essendon, Fremantle, Melbourne,
Richmond, West Coast and the Western Bulldogs taking part.
Adelaide, the Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Geelong, Hawthorn, the
Kangaroos, Port Adelaide, St Kilda and Sydney have each already
submitted full playing lists to the AFL for next season.
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Surgery for Peter Everitt; Betts has appendicitis
Veteran Sydney ruckman Peter Everitt had arthroscopic surgery to
remove cartilage from his right knee on Thursday after suffering some
pain behind the kneecap. The Swans have shown no signs for concern and
expect Everitt to re-join pre-season work after the Christmas break in
readiness for the 2008 season.
Carlton forward Eddie Betts was admitted to Epworth Hospital on
Friday suffering from appendicitis.
The Western Bulldogs confirmed that midfielder Daniel Giansiracusa
has suffered a knee injury during a pre-season training session. The
injury is suspected as minor but the 25-year-old will undergo an MRI
scan to evaluate the extent of the injury.
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Friday,
December 7
AFL $100
million Gold Coast offer rejected
Kangaroos vow to stay Victorian-based
Club to be renamed back to North Melbourne
The Kangaroos have rejected the AFLs
$100 million offer to relocate to the Gold Coast and have vowed to
remain a Victorian-based club.
The board made the announcement on Thursday after it was told by the AFL
it would not give it a 12-month moratorium to consider the proposed
relocation to the Gold Coast.
In an eventful day for the Roos, the board made three resolutions:
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To appoint media personality James Brayshaw as its new chairman,
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To have a spill of the board.
Chairman-elect Brayshaw is leading the campaign to keep the Kangaroos
based in Melbourne and is confident the club can turn around its dire
financial position. However he warned club fans that the fight to ensure
the club's survival has only started and will be difficult.
He also vowed to change the club's official name from The Kangaroos back
to North Melbourne, their former title.
Brayshaw said the lack of a confirmed stadium deal was a key reason why
the club rejected the AFL's proposal. "Quite frankly, I don't know how
they expected us to agree to a relocation without our home being
fully-funded and ready to go," he said.
The announcement of the resolutions came moments before the Kangaroos
were due to begin a members information session at Dallas Brooks Hall in
East Melbourne where around 2500 club members attended.
Arguably the most dramatic day in the club's history opened with the AFL
telling the Kangaroos it had rejected their request for 12 months' grace
so they could consider the Gold Coast scheme.
The board then met in the afternoon and voted to reject the Gold Coast
proposal.
It also unanimously endorsed Brayshaw, co-host of Channel Nine's The
Footy Show, as the new chairman and also voted for a spill of the
board.
ABC News Online reported that earlier in the day League chief
executive Andrew Demetriou confirmed the AFL will offer another
entity the chance to be located at the Gold Coast.
The AFL believes that to advance the code and in the interests of the
wider game that the push into the Gold Coast cannot be put on hold for
another 12 months.
Both Collingwood and St Kilda have already expressed interest in playing
games on the Gold Coast.
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AFL misses the Gold rush |
Australian football has missed the boat in its
quest to establish an AFL team on the Gold Coast, with any such venture
bound to play second fiddle to the Titans.
That's the confident opinion of NRL chief executive David Gallop, who
says the Titans and rugby league have already made an indelible impression
on the Gold Coast community.
Speaking on the Gold Coast yesterday (November 15) at the launch of a scholarship program
for Titans-contracted players to study at Griffith University, Gallop said
rugby league had trumped its rival code in the blossoming metropolis.
"We definitely made the right decision for our game (by establishing the
Titans)," he said. "We did it at the right time. The commitment from the
Gold Coast to build a stadium was critical in that.
"But as important as their on-field success has been, it's been their
community work that has really set them up for the future."
Gallop said the arrival of a second professional football team would
stretch the Coast's resources which is why the Titans were placed perfectly to
muscle a rival code out of the market.
MATT MARSHALL, Herald Sun, November 16, 2007 |
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club's position. It has a $5-million debt, and after 2009 will forfeit the
$400,000 per game (net return) it is due to receive for four Gold Coast
games. It is unclear whether the AFL will pull the pin on annual special
assistance of $1.4 million without which the club would probably already be
gone
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Port Adelaide on Thursday announced a consolidated profit this year of
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Power president Greg Boulton provided reasons for the jump which
included a 20 per cent rise in corporate revenue, increased funds through
the AFL's media rights arrangements and lower injury payments. Port's net
asset position remained strong at $5.3 million.
The Power AGM will be held on December 17.
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James Fantasia as the new head of the club's football department. A
former SANFL player with Norwood and Woodville, Fantasia was recruiting
manager with Adelaide for 11 years before taking up an appointment this year
as general manager of game development for the SANFL The Age
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W |
L |
D |
F |
A |
% |
Pts |
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Gee |
18 |
4 |
– |
2542 |
1664 |
152.8 |
72 |
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PA |
15 |
7 |
– |
2314 |
2038 |
113.5 |
60 |
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WC |
15 |
7 |
– |
2162 |
1935 |
111.7 |
60 |
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Kan |
14 |
8 |
– |
2183 |
1998 |
109.3 |
56 |
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Haw |
13 |
9 |
– |
2097 |
1855 |
113.0 |
52 |
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Col |
13 |
9 |
– |
2011 |
1992 |
101.0 |
52 |
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Syd |
12 |
9 |
1 |
2031 |
1698 |
119.6 |
50 |
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Ade |
12 |
10 |
– |
1881 |
1712 |
109.9 |
48 |
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StK |
11 |
10 |
1 |
1874 |
1941 |
96.5 |
46 |
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Bri |
9 |
11 |
2 |
1986 |
1885 |
105.4 |
40 |
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Fre |
10 |
12 |
– |
2254 |
2198 |
102.5 |
40 |
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Ess |
10 |
12 |
– |
2184 |
2394 |
91.2 |
40 |
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WB |
9 |
12 |
1 |
2111 |
2469 |
85.5 |
38 |
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Mel |
5 |
17 |
– |
1890 |
2418 |
78.2 |
20 |
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Car |
4 |
18 |
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2167 |
2911 |
74.4 |
16 |
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Rch |
3 |
18 |
1 |
1958 |
2537 |
77.2 |
14 |
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West Coast |
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Hawthorn |
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Sydney |
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Adelaide |
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Round 1
Thursday, March 20
Carlton v Richmond, MCG(n), 6:10pm
Port Adelaide v Geelong, FP(n), 8:45pm
Saturday, March 22
Collingwood v Fremantle, MCG, 2:10pm
St. Kilda v Sydney, Dok(n), 7:10pm
West Coast v Brisbane, Sub(n), 7:40pm
Sunday, March 23
West.B'dogs v Adelaide, Dok, 1:10pm
Hawthorn v Melbourne, MCG, 4:40pm
Monday, March 24
North Melb v Essendon, Dok, 2:10pm
Round 2
Friday, March 28
Brisbane v Collingwood, BCG, 8:40pm
Saturday, March 29
Melbourne v WB'dogs, MCG, 2:10pm
Adelaide v West Coast, FP, 3.10pm
St. Kilda v Carlton, Dok(n), 7:10pm
Fremantle v Hawthorn, Sub(n), 7:40pm
Sunday, March 30
Sydney v Port Adelaide, SCG, 1:10pm
Geelong v Essendon, Dok, 2:10pm
Richmond v North Melb, MCG, 4:40pm
Round 3
Friday, April 4
WB'dogs v St. Kilda, Dok(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, April 5
North Melb v Hawthorn, Dok, 2:10pm
West Coast v Fremantle, Sub, 5:10pm
Brisbane v Sydney, BCG(n), 8:10pm
Essendon v Carlton MCG(n), 7:10pm
Sunday, April 6
Geelong v Melbourne KP, 1:10pm
Richmond v Collingwood, MCG, 2:10pm
Adelaide v Port Adelaide, FP, 4:40pm
Round 4
Friday, April 11
Essendon v WB'dogs, Dok(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, April 12
St. Kilda v Geelong, Dok, 2:10pm
North Melb v Melbourne, C, 4:10pm
Sydney v West Coast, Hom(n), 7:10pm
Port Adelaide v Brisbane, FP, 7:40pm
Sunday, April 13
Hawthorn v Adelaide, YPL, 1:10pm
Carlton v Collingwood, MCG, 2:10pm
Fremantle v Richmond, Sub, 4:40pm
Round 5
Friday, April 18
St. Kilda v Essendon, Dok(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, April 19
Geelong v Sydney, KP, 2:10pm
Adelaide v Fremantle, FP, 3.10pm
Brisbane v Hawthorn, BCG(n), 7:10pm
C'wood v North Melb, MCG(n), 7:10pm
Sunday, April 20
Melbourne v Carlton, MCG, 1:10pm
West.B'dogs v Richmond, Dok, 2:10pm
West Coast v Port Adel, Sub, 4:40pm
Round 6
Friday, April 25
Collingwood v Essendon, MCG, 2:40pm
Fremantle v Geelong, Sub(n), 8:40pm
Saturday, April 26
Carlton v Adelaide, MCG, 2:10pm
WB'dogs v West Coast, Dok(n), 7:10pm
Port Adelaide v St. Kilda, FP, 7:40pm
Sunday, April 27
Brisbane v Melbourne, BCG(n), 1:10pm
North Melb v Sydney, Dok, 2:10pm
Hawthorn v Richmond, MCG, 4:40pm
Round 7
Friday, May 2
West Coast v Carlton, Sub(n), 8:40pm
Saturday, May 3
Geelong v Brisbane, KP, 2:10pm
Hawthorn v Collingwood, MCG, 2:10pm
Richmond v St. Kilda, Dok(n), 7:10pm
Adelaide v North Melb, FP(n), 7:40pm
Sunday, May 4
Sydney v West.B'dogs, SCG, 1:10pm
Melbourne v Fremantle, MCG, 2:10pm
Essendon v Port Adelaide, Dok, 4:40pm
150th Anniversary Match
Saturday, May 10
Victoria v All-Stars, MCG
Round 8
Friday, May 16
St. Kilda v Collingwood, Dok(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, May 17
Hawthorn v Port Adel, YPL, 2:10pm
Richmond v Geelong, MCG, 2:10pm
Carlton v Brisbane, Dok(n), 7:10pm
North Melb v West Coast, C(n), 7:10pm
Sunday, May 18
Adelaide v Melbourne, FP, 1.10pm
Sydney v Essendon, Hom, 2:10pm
Fremantle v West.B'dogs, Sub, 4:40pm
Round 9
Friday, May 23
Collingwood v Geelong, MCG(n), 7:40
Saturday, May 24
Carlton v Fremantle, Dok, 2:10pm
Port Adelaide v Sydney, FP, 3.10pm
Essendon v Richmond, MCG 7:40pm
West Coast v Adelaide, Sub(n), 7:40pm
Sunday, May 25
Brisbane v St. Kilda, BCG(n), 1:10pm
Melbourne v Hawthorn, MCG, 2:10pm
West.B'dogs v North Melb, Dok, 4:40pm
Round 10
Friday, May 30
Adelaide v Essendon, FP(n), 8.10pm
Saturday, May 31
Coll'wood v West Coast, MCG, 2:10pm
Hawthorn v WB'dogs, York Park, 2:10
Brisbane v North Melb, BCG(n), 7:10pm
Geelong v Carlton, Dok, 7:10pm
Sunday, June 1
Sydney v Richmond, SCG, 1:10pm
St. Kilda v Melbourne, Dok, 2:10pm
Fremantle v Port Adelaide, Sub, 4:40pm
Round 11
Friday, June 6
North Melb v Geelong, Dok(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, June 7
Richmond v Adelaide, MCG, 2:10pm
Essendon v Hawthorn, Dok(n), 7:10pm
West Coast v Sydney, Sub(n), 7:40pm
Sunday, June 8
Brisbane v Fremantle, BCG(n), 1:10pm
St. Kilda v West.B'dogs, Dok, 2:10pm
Port Adelaide v Carlton, FP, 4:40pm
Monday, June 9
Melbourne v Collingwood, MCG, 2:10pm
Round 12
Friday, June 13
Essendon v West Coast, Dok(n), 7:40
Saturday, June 14
West.B'dogs v Brisbane, MCG, 2:10pm
Fremantle v North Melb, Sub, 4:10pm
Sydney v St. Kilda, SCG(n), 7:10pm
Adelaide v Hawthorn, FP(n), 7:40pm
Sunday, June 15
Geelong v Port Adelaide, KP, 1:10pm
Collingwood v Carlton, MCG, 2:10pm
Richmond v Melbourne, Dok, 4:40pm
Round 13
Friday, June 20
St. Kilda v Fremantle, Dok(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, June 21
Hawthorn v North Melb, MCG, 2:10pm
Port Adelaide v Richmond, FP, 3.10pm
Brisbane v Adelaide, BCG(n), 7:10pm
West Coast v Geelong, Sub(n), 7:40pm
Sunday, June 22
Melbourne v Sydney, Manuka, 1:10pm
Carlton v Essendon, MCG, 2:10pm
Coll'wood v West.B'dogs, Dok, 4:40pm
Round 14
Friday, June 27
Hawthorn v West Coast, MCG, 7:40pm
Saturday, June 28
Richmond v Carlton, MCG, 2:10pm
North Melb v St. Kilda, Carrara, 7:10pm
WB'dogs v Port Adel, Marrara, 7:10pm
Sunday, June 29
Melbourne v Brisbane, MCG, 1:10pm
Fremantle v Essendon, Sub, 4:40pm
Friday, July 4
Adelaide v Geelong, FP, 8.10pm
Saturday, July 5
Sydney v Collingwood, Hom(n), 7:10pm
Round 15
Friday, July 11
Carlton v St. Kilda, MCG(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, July 12
Collingwood v Adelaide, MCG, 2:10pm
Geelong v Fremantle, KP, 2:10pm
Essendon v Brisbane, Dok(n), 7:10pm
Port Adelaide v North Melb, FP, 7:40pm
Sunday, July 13
Hawthorn v Sydney, MCG, 1:10pm
West.B'dogs v Melbourne, Dok, 2:10pm
West Coast v Richmond, Sub, 4:40pm
Round 16
Friday, July 18
North Melb v Coll'wood, Dok(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, July 19
Geelong v West.B'dogs, KP, 2:10pm
Richmond v Essendon, MCG, 2:10pm
Brisbane v West Coast, BCG(n), 7:10
St. Kilda v Hawthorn, Dok(n), 7:10pm
Sunday, July 20
Carlton v Sydney, Dok, 1:10pm
Port Adelaide v Adelaide, FP, 3:0pm
Fremantle v Melbourne, Sub, 2:40pm
Round 17
Friday, July 25
Hawthorn v Geelong, MCG(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, July 26
Essendon v Collingwood, MCG, 2:10pm
West Coast v St. Kilda, Sub, 4:10pm
Richmond v Brisbane, Dok(n), 7:10pm
Sydney v Adelaide, SCG(n), 7:10pm
Sunday, July 27
Port Adelaide v Fremantle, FP, 1:10pm
Melbourne v North Melb, MCG, 2:10pm
West.B'dogs v Carlton Dok, 4:40pm
Round 18
Friday, August 1
Coll'wood v Hawthorn, MCG(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, August 2
Essendon v Melbourne, MCG, 2:10pm
Adelaide v Carlton, FP, 3.10pm
Geelong v Richmond, Dok(n), 7:10pm
North Melb v Brisbane, C(n), 7:10pm
Sunday, August 3
WB'dogs v Sydney, Manuka, 1:10pm
St. Kilda v Port Adelaide, Dok, 2:10pm
Fremantle v West Coast, Sub, 4:40pm
Round 19
Friday, August 8
Melbourne v Geelong, MCG(n), 7:10pm
Saturday, August 9
Carlton v Port Adelaide, Dok, 2:10pm
Hawthorn v Brisbane, YPL, 2:10pm
Coll'wood v St. Kilda, MCG(n), 7:10pm
Sydney v Fremantle, SCG(n), 7:10pm
Sunday, August 10
North Melb v West.B'dogs, Dok, 1:10pm
Adelaide v Richmond, FP, 3.10pm
West Coast v Essendon, Sub, 4:40pm
Round 20
Friday, August 15
Port Adel v Collingwood, FP(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, August 16
Essendon v Adelaide, Dok, 2:10pm
Melbourne v West Coast, MCG, 2:10pm
Brisbane v WB'dogs, BCG(n), 7:10pm
Sydney v Geelong, Hom(n), 7:10pm
Sunday, August 17
Richmond v Hawthorn, MCG, 1:10pm
Carlton v North Melb, Dok, 2:10pm
Fremantle v St. Kilda, Sub, 4:40pm
Round 21
Friday, August 22
WB'dogs v Essendon, Dok(n), 7:40pm
Saturday, August 23
Richmond v Fremantle, MCG, 2:10pm
Port Adelaide v Melbourne, FP, 2:40pm
Brisbane v Carlton, BCG(n), 7:10pm
Collingwood v Sydney, Dok(n), 7:10pm
Sunday, August 24
Geelong v North Melb, KP, 1:10pm
St. Kilda v Adelaide, Dok, 2:10pm
West Coast v Hawthorn, Sub, 4:40pm
Round 22
Friday, August 29
Fremantle v Collingwood, Sub(n), 8:40pm
Saturday, August 30
North Melb v Port Adel, MCG, 1:10pm
Geelong v West Coast, KP, 2:10pm
Adelaide v West.B'dogs, FP, 4:10pm
Carlton v Hawthorn, Dok(n), 7:10pm
Sydney v Brisbane, SCG(n), 7:10pm
Sunday, August 31
Melbourne v Richmond, MCG, 2:10pm
Essendon v St. Kilda, Dok, 4:40pm
Finals
Week 1, Sept 5-6-7
Week 2, Sept 12-13-14
Week 3, Sept 19-20
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FIRST ROUND
Fri, Feb 9
Collingwood v Adelaide, Dubai, tba,
Fri(N), Feb 15
StK v Rch, Docklands, 7.40 ET
WB v NM, Marrara Oval, 8.10 ET
Sat, Feb 16
Gee v Mel, Kardinia Park, 3.40 ET
PA v Car, Football Park, 6.10 ET
Ess v Bri, Carrara, 6.40 ET
Sun, Feb 17
Haw v Syd, York Park, 3.40 ET
Fre v WCE, Subiaco, 8.40 ET
QUARTER FINALS
Fri(N), Feb 22
WB-NM v Ess-Bri, Docklands, 7:40 ET
Sat, Feb 23
StK-Rch v Gee-Mel , Manuka, 3:40 ET
Haw-Syd v PA-Car, tba,
Sun, Feb 24
Col-Ade v WCE-Fre, tba
SEMI-FINALS
Fri(N), Feb 29
Winners of Matches 9 & 10, tba
Sat, March 1
Winners of Matches 11 & 12, tba
GRAND FINAL
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