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Wednesday, January 2

l Carlton's Jarrad Waite suffers facial injuries
Carlton key position player Jarrad Waite was the victim of a New Year's Eve assault in Lorne in which he suffered minor facial injuries.

The AFL club reported that Waite, 24, and his girlfriend "were assaulted with bottles" by four suspects early Tuesday morning.

Victoria Police spokesman Senior Constable Wayne Wilson said four people were taken into custody at Lorne after Waite was assaulted. They have since been interviewed and released pending further inquiries.

Carlton chief executive Greg Swann said Waite was an innocent victim of the attack but his status as an AFL footballer played no part in the incident and the facial injuries would not affect Waite's pre-season training – Yahoo! Sport

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n 2007 financial forecasts and results – more
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Tuesday, January 1

When your club resumes

After the Christmas-New Year break, clubs will resume their pre-season –

Adelaide: January 2	Melbourne: January 2
Brisbane: January 2	North Melb: January 14
Carlton: January 7	Port Adelaide: January 4
Collingwood: January 7	Richmond: January 2
Essendon: January 7	St Kilda: January 7
Fremantle: January 2	Sydney: January 7
Geelong: January 9	West.B'dogs: January 6
Hawthorn: January 7	West Coast: January 3

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l Stab Kicks ...
The hottest year on record in Victoria ended with the hottest day for 2007 as temperatures in many parts of the state soared above 40.

At Longerenong, in the Wimmera, the top temperature was 44C. Horsham, Hopetoun, Warracknabeal, Edenhope, Heywood, Avalon and Geelong all reached 43C.

In Melbourne, the temperature hit 41.4 at 4.44pm, the city's hottest day for more than a year – Herald Sun

Worth noting ...
n Traded, Retired, Delisted, Acquired – more
n 2007 financial forecasts and results – more
n Footystats Classifieds – more

Monday, December 31

Worth repeating ...
Happy anniversary:
Paths of history intersect for 150th

Carolyn Webb has an interesting piece worth attention ... more

The Age, December 31, 2007

l Stab Kicks ...
A design mistake to their anniversary logo will result in Melbourne FC in 2008 celebrating its *I50th* birthday, not the *150th*.

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n Traded, Retired, Delisted, Acquired – more
n 2007 financial forecasts and results – more
n Footystats Classifieds – more

Sunday, December 30

They said it ...
Overhaul to reaction of off-field incidents

The AFL wants to dramatically tighten its code of conduct and overhaul how the competition deals with off-field incidents.

The League sent out on Friday (28th) a discussion paper to the 16 member clubs and the AFL Players' Association on a proposed personal conduct policy.

A key feature of the discussion paper is to change or expand the definition of conduct unbecoming to have a "major focus" on incidents which break the law.

"The policy has been developed after consultation with AFL clubs and players and is based on a very simple concept – that every person involved in the AFL is in a privileged positions," said League chief executive Andrew Demetriou.

Sun-Herald, December 30, 2007

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Worth repeating ...
Teamwork goes for goal: peace

Waleed Aly, a Melbourne lawyer, university lecturer and Muslim community leader, believes no other sport unifies like Australian football.

"Australian football is the closest thing this country has ever had to the Declaration of Independence," Mr Aly says. "The whole premise of it was that it's our game … to play it is almost automatically to be one of us, in a way that can't be said of other sports."

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"Everyone said, 'It's too big, it's too difficult, you won't get the money,' " Ms Oziel, who put a formal proposal to the AFL and the Peres Centre in Israel, said.

But when the billionaire Richard Pratt kick-started the fund-raising with $60,000 from the Pratt Foundation this month, the project won the official go-ahead. A further $240,000 is needed to bring the team to Australia.

The Peres Centre was established in 1996 by the president of Israel and Nobel Peace laureate Shimon Peres. With a philosophy that people build peace, not governments, it brings together Israelis and Palestinians in areas such as sport, education, medicine and business.

The centre's "Twinned Peace Sport Schools" program, running since 2002, will be the Peace Team's starting point. More than 1600 children from disadvantaged communities in Israel and the Palestinian territories, aged six to 13, come together once a month to play soccer or basketball.

The games are not Israeli versus Palestinian, but mixed teams in which students quickly learn to support each other.

"It's so amazing to see how the kids overcome their differences," says Roni Kresner, a former Sydneysider who works for the Peres Centre in Tel Aviv. "At the first meeting, they might be a bit stand-offish. By the third meeting, they are hugging each other."

Information sessions will be held within weeks to encourage graduates of the schools program to play in the Peace Team. A handful of expat Australians with knowledge of AFL have volunteered to coach, and the AFL will send over equipment, coaching manuals and DVDs of the game.

Waleed Aly, a Melbourne lawyer, university lecturer and Muslim community leader, believes no other sport unifies like Australian football.

"Australian football is the closest thing this country has ever had to the Declaration of Independence," Mr Aly says. "The whole premise of it was that it's our game … to play it is almost automatically to be one of us, in a way that can't be said of other sports."

For further information contact Tanya Oziel at – tanya@peres.org.au

The Age, December 27, 2007

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n Traded, Retired, Delisted, Acquired – more
n 2007 financial forecasts and results – more
n Footystats Classifieds – more

Sunday, December 23

They said it ...
Brisbane's Travis Johnstone will
cost Melbourne $200,000 next season

Melbourne will continue to pay former midfielder and 1997 No. 1 draft pick Travis Johnstone $200,000 next year, despite the 27-year-old being traded to the Brisbane Lions in October.

Karen Lyon reports in The Age: The payment is revealed in the club's financial report and is the source of some dispute between the club and its auditors, Ernst and Young.

The Demons had announced a profit of $96,689 for 2007, but the auditors believe the payment to the player, who is never named in the report, should be taken into account this year causing the club to in fact make a loss.

In the report, the auditors representative writes: "The football department costs disclosed in the income statement should reflect an additional $200,000 expense. Accordingly, the trade and other payables balance should be increased by this amount. The impact on this adjustment would be to reduce the result of the year ended 31 October 2007 by $200,000 and increase trade and other payables, and the net asset deficiency by this amount."

The Demons have now recorded profits for the past four years, but this year's smaller profit was put down to its poor season and the long line of injuries which impacted player payments and affected gate takings.

KAREN LYON, The Age, December 23, 2007

n 2007 financial forecasts and results – more

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They said it ...
Ben Cousins' special Christmas message to media

At the end of a harrowing year, Ben Cousins has flown back to Perth with a special Christmas message: "I hope you get run over by a f...ing car."

Cousins has been training daily in Sydney to leave the door open for a return to the AFL in 2009.

In addition, he has undergone an intensive grilling by Judge William Gillard as part of the AFL investigation into West Coast's culture, another sign he is planning a comeback, probably with another club.

Photographer Theo Fakos insists he did nothing to incite the fallen star outside the domestic airport.

BRADEN QUARTERMAINE, Sunday Herald Sun, December 23

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n Traded, Retired, Delisted, Acquired – more
n 2007 financial forecasts and results – more
n Footystats Classifieds – more

Saturday, December 22

l Sydney on revenue lift profit by $1.531 million
Sydney announced on Friday a net profit of $1,531,990.

The Swans reported revenue at the AFL club grew 9 per cent this year to $33 million with most of the increase being re-invested in football in order to remain competitive on the field.

"Whilst the result was extremely pleasing, the club continues to encounter impediments unique to the Sydney market that challenge our long term profitability," said chairman Richard Colless in announcing the profit.

"Accordingly we continue to investigate ways of broadening our revenue base and reducing our reliance on on-field performance."

Colless also announced that Melbourne-based director Rob Pascoe had been re-elected unopposed to the Sydney Swans Limited board of directors – Yahoo! Sport

n 2007 financial forecasts and results – more

l Telstra goes full distance at Docklands until 2010
The Herald Sun reported Telstra will continue its naming rights deal at Docklands stadium until March 2010.

Australia's communications giant confirmed it would honour a 10-year deal, despite cutting short a lucrative naming rights sponsorship at Sydney's Olympic stadium at Homebush (Diary, Dec 13).

Under a new US-dominated management team, Telstra is moving to reduce its heavy financial support of Australian sport.

l Hawks keep pressure on Clarkson
Hawthorn's Alastair Clarkson will enter the 2008 season having failed to win a coaching extension, making him the only AFL coach out of contract next year.

Jon Ralph in the Herald Sun reports the Hawks' breakout year – in which they finished fifth before winning a remarkable elimination final against Adelaide – has not been enough to convince the club's board to sign him long term.

While Collingwood has recently moved to give coach Mick Malthouse a secret one-year extension, Clarkson could be under pressure should Hawthorn falter early.

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They said it ...
Cool response to AFL's Gold Coast plans

The Queensland Government has snubbed AFL supremo Andrew Demetriou, casting further doubt on the league's hopes of securing significant state funding for its Gold Coast vision.

Demetriou was in Brisbane last week but could not get a meeting with Sports Minister Judy Spence, who had Cabinet commitments.

The AFL's plans to establish a 17th team on the Gold Coast by 2010 hinge on a stadium deal being struck and an upgrade of Carrara Stadium, and it now appears the league will need to find private backers.

A Courier-Mail search has revealed a Queensland Government policy came into effect in 2006 which prohibits the revenue from poker machine taxes being spent on sporting stadiums.

The levy on gaming machines, which contributed to upgrades of the Gabba and Suncorp Stadium, and the construction of Robina Stadium, is now directed into the state's health services.

It is understood Demetriou travelled to Brisbane early last week in a bid to meet the minister but Cabinet was sitting and he was only granted time with ministerial staffers.

ANDREW HAMILTON, Herald Sun, December 22, 2007

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l Stab Kicks ...
n To move the conversation along, in the spirit at the family Christmas Dinner, pick on the nearest Richmond supporter, as TAB Sportsbet for the 2008 premiership ranks them at long odds to collect another wooden spoon –

$3.20 – Geelong
10.00 – Collingwood
10.00 – Fremantle
10.00 – Hawthorn
10.00 – Port Adelaide
12.00 – St Kilda
12.00 – West Coast
16.00 – Sydney
18.00 – Adelaide
21.00 – Brisbane
31.00 – Carlton
31.00 – North Melbourne
35.00 – Essendon
35.00 – Western Bulldogs
41.00 – Melbourne
51.00 – Richmond

n Port Adelaide captain Warren Tredrea has agreed to a one-year deal which extends him into his 12th season adding to the record 210 premiership matches he's played for the Power.

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n Traded, Retired, Delisted, Acquired – more
n 2007 financial forecasts and results – more
n Footystats Classifieds – more

Friday, December 21

They said it ...
Gold Coast market isn't ready for AFL push

The AFL's decision to push ahead with a Gold Coast-based team without first securing a stadium deal is "dangerous", says Michael Searle, the managing director of the Titans rugby league side.

The AFL plans to establish a 17th franchise on the Gold Coast from 2010 after the Kangaroos rejected a multi-million-dollar offer to relocate to Carrara.

But Searle believes the Gold Coast market isn't mature enough to support an AFL side in two years' time and fears if the franchise collapsed, it would cause severe damage to the burgeoning region's reputation as a sustainable base for national sporting teams.

Carrara Stadium needs a massive injection of funds to bring facilities up to scratch but the AFL is yet to secure funding for the ambitious project.

Searle said he would prefer to see a Gold Coast AFL club flourish rather than perish like the Brisbane Bears did in the 1990s when the region had the unwanted tag of being the place where sporting teams went to die.

"I think the biggest threat to us is a team coming here and collapsing," he said.

"It damages our brand as much as it does the national sports brand because it affects sponsorship across the board and consumer optimism goes out the window.

"I'm happy for national teams to come here provided they're competitive, well structured and they're here for the long-term."

By 2010, the Gold Coast is likely to boast five national franchises – the Titans (rugby league), Blaze (basketball), Galaxy (soccer) and an AFL club.

Searle said it was a "genuine concern" that the market was being saturated.

"You can't just plonk a team here and put a Gold Coast logo on it and expect it to happen."

AAP REPORT, The Age, December 21, 2007

l Fremantle's record profit of $1.539 million
Despite a disappointing on-field performance in 2007, Fremantle has announced a record operating profit of $1.539 million to go with their record-breaking membership tally of 43,343 last season.

The club has recovered well financially since posting a loss of more than $2.5 million in 2001, posting $1 million-plus profits since the 2004 season.

Chief executive Cameron Schwab said on Thursday that the overall result was as a result of consistent hard work.

“We have a fantastic team of people at Fremantle who work tremendously hard to ensure that our club is the very best it can be,” Schwab said.

“Every member of staff deserves plaudits for the great work they have done to deliver another outstanding operating result.”

The Dockers will head to South Africa in late January for a training camp and play in an exhibition match against Carlton there on February 2 – Footygoss

n 2007 financial forecasts and results – more

l Carrara's round 4 game moved to MCG
North Melbourne's *home* game scheduled for Carrara Oval in Round 4 on Saturday, April 12 has been moved to the MCG and will be a 2.10pm bounce down at headquarters.

The shift announced by the AFL on Thursday will mean the Shinboners will play their first six matches of the 2008 premiership season in Melbourne – Herald Sun

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n Traded, Retired, Delisted, Acquired – more
n 2007 financial forecasts and results – more
n Footystats Classifieds – more

Thursday, January 3, 2008

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2007 SEASON LADDER
after Round 22

	W	L	D	F	A	%	Pts
Gee	18	4	–	2542	1664	152.8	72
PA	15	7	–	2314	2038	113.5	60
WC	15	7	–	2162	1935	111.7	60
Kan	14	8	–	2183	1998	109.3	56
Haw	13	9	–	2097	1855	113.0	52
Col	13	9	–	2011	1992	101.0	52
Syd	12	9	1	2031	1698	119.6	50
Ade	12	10	–	1881	1712	109.9	48

StK	11	10	1	1874	1941	96.5	46
Bri	9	11	2	1986	1885	105.4	40
Fre	10	12	–	2254	2198	102.5	40
Ess	10	12	–	2184	2394	91.2	40
WB	9	12	1	2111	2469	85.5	38
Mel	5	17	–	1890	2418	78.2	20
Car	4	18	–	2167	2911	74.4	16
Rch	3	18	1	1958	2537	77.2	14

2007 SEASON
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Premiers	Geelong
2nd	Port Adelaide
3rd	Kangaroos
4th	Collingwood
5th	West Coast
6th	Hawthorn
7th	Sydney
8th	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, MCG, 2:10pm
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
Week 4, September 27

2008 NAB PRE-SEASON CUP

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
Sat(N), March 8
Winners of Matches 13 & 14, tba

FOOTYSTATS CLASSIFIED

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