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| D-05-R26 |
Footystats Diary, Week 490,
September 23-29, 2005, Grand Final
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| Friday |
Selected sides for Grand Final
Preview: Swannies – Bound for glory
Grand Final: Swannies premiership drought – detailed
Grand Final: Eagles and Swans at the MCG, 1987-2005 – detailed
Grand Final: From the eye of MWB – detailed
AFL clarifies Tribunal guidelines
Fergus Watts and Chris Ladhams quit the Crows
They said it: The Age: Delta-gate shows lack of class |
| Saturday |
AFLPA: Ben Cousins adds MVP award
Paul Roos cops $5000 fine
They said it: Herald Sun: Marvellous day for romance
They said it: Sydney Morning Herald editorial: Syyyyyyd-ney: Go Swans |
| Sunday |
Sydney home by four points; Swans
break 72-year drought
Eagles fight to the finish
They said it: round-up of newspapers around Australia –
Sunday Age, Sunday Telegraph, Sun-Herald, Sunday Herald Sun, Sunday Times, Sunday Mail |
| Monday |
Grand final celebrations: Old Bloods
rejoice in Swans' glory
Sydney ticker-tape parade on Friday
Comment: Sydney has a long way to go
Four million watched Grand Final – (later update said 5 million)
Looking ahead – 2006 odds for premiership and wooden spoon
SANFL: Eagles into Grand Final; Cahill retires
3AW's Graeme Bond – *4* – grand final omen |
| Tuesday |
AFL crowd record: New peak of
7,071,033
Umpire of the year: Darren Goldspink
Match review panel gives all-clear
MCG Anzac Day plans on track
Oops, Corrections
The bigger than BIG ladder, 1995 to 2005 ... detailed
Melbourne: Travis Johnstone wins 'Bluey' Truscott trophy
They said it: Daily Telegraph: Leo Barry risked serious injury
They said it: The Australian: Swans add $28m to TV rights |
| Wednesday |
Luke Power stays with the Lions
Matthew Lloyd takes over Essendon captaincy; MWB notes ...
Mark and Goal of the Year: McPharlin and Judd; Leo Barry mark recognised
Grand Final attendance adjusted – 91,828 not 91,898
Bulldogs land new sponsor – Diadora
James Begley retires
Robert Harvey to play on
Steven Salopek re-signs with Port
Hocking returns east to coach Falcons
Riccardi wants to play on
Nathan Brown re-signs with Demons
Melbourne squad head to Thailand
Carlton coaches are safe
St Kilda: Steven Baker and Luke Ball tie for Barker medal
They said it: The Times: One player, six clubs in 11 months
They said it: The Age: Swans find leverage in hostile market |
| Thursday |
Adem Yze stays with Demons
New coaching faces at Collingwood
Sydney: Heath James retires
Jimmy Bartel re-signs with Geelong
West Coast rules out all players from Ireland series
Expectations on the 2006 draw
Essendon: Jason Johnson 1st, Mark Johnson 2nd in best & fairest
National draft order – important dates
They said it: The Age: Trade talk ... |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
GRAND FINAL |
GRAND FINAL –
attendance: 91,828
l
The Swans won their first premiership since 1933 – breaking a 72-year
drought of 1476 matches in which 2,738 players were used during the 26,292 days which
elapsed ... (note: *players used* is the total number of players used in each separate
season) ... 1330 players have played VFL-AFL football for South
Melbourne-Sydney since 1897 ...
l
Nine played all 26 matches of Sydney's 2005 season – Leo Barry, Craig
Bolton, Amon Buchanan, Jared Crouch, Adam Goodes, Barry Hall, Tadhg Kennelly, Brett Kirk
and Ryan O'Keefe ...
Sydney's PAUL WILLIAMS had 294 reasons to be overjoyed – that's how long it took the
former Magpie to win a premiership – the longest of any player in VFL-AFL history ...
l
The grand final was the smallest winning result since 1968 when Carlton 7.14-56
defeated Essendon 8.5-53 ...
l
Sydney captain BARRY HALL with two goals in the Grand Final finished as the
leading goalkicker of the season with a total of 80 goals ...
l
A new record of 6,763,852 attended the 185 matches of the season – an
improvement of 395,625 above that recorded last year ... |
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| D-05-R25 |
Footystats Diary, Week 489,
September 16-22, 2005, Finals, Week 3
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| Friday |
Selected sides for Preliminary
Finals
Hawks re-sign Dixon, Ladson, Brown
Carey as part-time Pie for $100,000?
Nominations for AFL Players' Association
The Age: Sydney footy in the 1970s
MWB: Preliminary final twists
They said it, Herald Sun: TV rights will cover the bush |
| Saturday |
Sydney explode into Grand Final
Swans smash St Kilda
Take two, late check: Swans' 10 successive behinds in 2SF
Brownlow: Punters swoop on Brett Kirk
They said it: The Age: Now the wait on Hall
Solid Eagles down the Crows |
| Sunday |
Sydney to challenge West Coast
Friday night ratings great for Ten Network
MRP: Barry Hall assessment awaited
Port Adelaide: Roger James retires
Brisbane to cut Brad Scott
Another four Bombers under surgery
John Kerr passes away, aged 71 |
| Monday |
Sydney waits on Hall judgement
Eagles doubt on Muchael Braun
Punters can't split them: Sydney and West Coast $1.85
Brownlow: Cousins remains hot favourite
Swans the real deal in Sydney: Paul Roos
They said it: The Australian: Scales of justice (Barry Hall) |
| Tuesday |
Ben Cousins wins Brownlow by one
vote
Retirement: Matthew Allan, James Rahilly
Grand Final: TAB Sportsbet: West Coast $1.75, Sydney $2.00
Grand Final: Are forwards the key? – details
Grand Final: Will Cousins emulate Coventry? – details
Grand Final: Umpires appointed, Allen, Goldspink, McLaren
They said it: The Australian: Single point for Hall to play
20:00 update: Hall cleared to play in Grand Final |
| Wednesday |
AFL Tribunal: Hall cleared to play
in Grand Final; Eagle Gaspar as well
Grand Final: Gladdies for the Swans; Dame Edna Everage
Grand Final: Voting panel for Norm Smith Medal – details
"Brownlow's don't win premierships"
Byron Pickett could walk from Port
They said it: The Age: New flag may erase loss of the old (1933) |
| Thursday |
AFL Coaches vote Barry Hall Player
of the Year
Clubs warned Grand Final reports carry double trouble
Coaches want greater freedom of speech
TV war costs $8 million
Brisbane: Shaun Rehn signs as ruck coach
Western Bulldogs re-sign Brad Johnson
Surgery for several Port Adelaide players
Grand Final: Milestones, three Brownlows feature in decider
MWB: New rankings for Brownlow career votes
Updates for *Full Points Footy*
Time for Thank You's ... |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF
FINALS
WEEK 3 |
PRELIMINARY FINALS –
attendances: 116,353
l
GRANT THOMAS coached St Kilda in his 100th match – only two other coaches
have marshalled the Saints in their history to a greater number of games – ALLAN
JEANS, 332 matches (1961-76) and STAN ALVES, 115 matches (1994-98) ...
l the Swans won their first final at the MCG since the preliminary in
1936 ... the Swans booked their first Grand Final appearance since 1996 and only their
second since 1945 – overall the club has featured in 12 playoffs since 1899 for just
three premierships in 1909, 1918 and 1933 ... Sydney's BARRY HALL and St Kilda's FRASER
GEHRIG both kicked four goals to share leadership of goalkicking for the season on 78
goals ... 73,344 is the biggest crowd to watch the Saints and Swans since 104,239 attended
the MCG for the 1970 First Semi-Final between the pair ...
l West Coast beat Adelaide by 16 points to make its way through to
their first Grand Final since 1994, and their fourth overall – the Eagles were
premiership winners in 1992 and 1994 ... at the 26th meeting between the two, the records
equalled at 13 wins apiece ... |
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| D-05-R24 |
Footystats Diary, Week 488,
September 9-15, 2005, Finals, Week 2
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| Friday |
Selected sides for Semi-Finals
Carlton: Anthony Koutoufides wins John Nicholls Medal
Fraser Gehrig uncertain on future
Brisbane Lions begin restructure
Ralph Robertson – who was he? – "Missing in action" – the story
They said it: The Age: AFL lobbies Canberra on pay TV |
| Saturday |
Dramatic finish to SCG semi-final
Last kick Swans flatten Geelong
MWB: Crows face going out in straight sets |
| Sunday |
Crows annihilate Port
Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, St Kilda remain
Big TV numbers for Friday night
Watering of SCG cricket area |
| Monday |
From the boundary: Low scores in
finals; Ben Rutten; SCG watering; Col Hutchinson – 957 straight games; Carey not
welcome in Surfers; Grant Thomas: Big family, big lounge room; Grand Final betting ... |
| Tuesday |
Tribunal not required: No semi-final
charges laid
Sports collusion case starts
Is history a burden for the Swans? – no way ... details
Robert Shaw steps aside at Essendon
Saints rule out Hamill, Koschitzke, Clarke from preliminary
WAFL: Tie in Sandover Medal
SANFL: Port's Jeremy Clayton wins Magarey
They said it: Herald Sun: C7 victim of a plot, QC
They said it: AAP: SCG defends itself over slippery ground |
| Wednesday |
Neil Kerley retires from
All-Australian voting panel
Long time between drinks at the MCG – last Swan win in 1936, details
Andy Collins moves to cricket
Collingwood: Cole stays, Woewodin goes
300th game for umpire Brett Allen, 13th to reach milestone, details
Brent Blackwell has finger amputated
Carlton delist David Clarke, Glen Bowyer retires
Coaches: 500 of more games as player and coach – detailed
Melbourne radio ratings: AW win back two important time slots |
| Thursday |
Ricciuto to feed off hostile crowd
Barry Hall happy with his form
Saints and Eagles, the favourites
"What a difference a game makes" ... Reynolds 276 wins, not 275 ...
One Bulldogs game in Darwin for 2006
Melbourne suburban ovals to get upgrade
AFL Media Association awards – detailed list
The said it: AAP: Tigers deny Fevola talks |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF
FINALS
WEEK 2 |
SEMI-FINALS –
attendances: 89,600
l the Swans beat Geelong in their first finals match for 71 years – other
finals they have met were in 1914-1SF-MCG and 1934-PF-MCG – the Swans have won on all
three occasions ... the Cats kicked only two points more than they did when they suffered
a 54pt defeat by the Swans at the SCG on July 9 in Round 15(n), 7.9-51 to 16.9-105 ...
l The Swans ran down the Cats who had led all night. From the
25-minute mark of the first quarter after a RYAN O'KEFFE goal when were 2.2, the Swans
kicked 10 successive behinds until Sydney's third goal was kicked by MICHAEL O'LOUGHLIN
at the 26 minute mark of the third term which made the three-quarter time score
3.12-30 – Sydney forward NICK DAVIS rarely sighted for three quarters, produced a
last quarter solo effort that conjured four last-quarter goals – the last of them
with just seconds to spare – and will be remembered for one the great performances in
a final ...
l Adelaide held Port to the second lowest score of their 212 matches
in the AFL – only 4.8-32 (a winning score versus Richmond 3.12-30 in 1999-R11 at
Footy Park) is lower ... Port suffered an 83 point defeat, a new biggest margin (previous
74pts 1998-R19) against Adelaide and held to the lowest score of 19 meetings against the
Crows, replacing the 8.8-56 earlier this year in Round 3 ... the Crows with 8.2 booted
their biggest Q3 of the season ... the crowd of 50,521 at Football Park is second only to
51,140 for the 13th Showdown in 2003 ... |
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| D-05-R23 |
Footystats Diary, Week 487,
September 2-8, 2005, Finals, Week 1
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| Friday |
Surgery for Matthew Primus
SCG on stand-by for semi-final |
| Saturday |
Eagles through to home preliminary
Sydney fail by four points
Important free kick "wrong" |
| Sunday |
Saints pip Crows in a thriller
Cats crush Demons by 9 goals
Demetriou throws out critic |
| Monday |
Port annihilate Kangaroos
New deals by Essendon and Brisbane – Mark Johnson, Jason Akermanis |
| Tuesday |
Ten new players named in
All-Australian team – details
Match Review Panel: King cleared of White incident
Johnson charge dismissed; Five players fined
Eagles lift with news on Matera and Gardiner
Sydney: Williams ok for semi-final
Tie in Liston Trophy
First time since 1934 – Cats and Swans in semi-final – detailed
They said it: The Age: Demetriou considers cheaper finals
They said it: The Age: Elementary, my dear Demetriou |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal not required
TV high for Eagles and Swans
Players under the knife – detailed
Foot fractures end season – St Kilda's Sam Fisher
Magpies cull David King
All-Australian Full-Backs: Matthew Pavlich, Ben Rutten – details
They said it: Herald Sun: AFL to dump Saturday night final
They said it: The Age: Third time lucky for Cats? |
| Thursday |
AFL strongly denies
"segregation"
Umpire axed after Leo Barry error
Cousins pips Pavlich for $38,000 car award
AFL games return to Carrara Oval in 2006
Port shorten the odds |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF
FINALS
WEEK 1 |
ELIMINATION &
QUALIFYING – attendances: 182,283
l
The West Coast-Sydney match on Friday night attracted 1.93 million TV viewers
around Australia, the biggest rating program this year behind the Lleyton Hewitt-Marat
Safin Australian Open tennis final ... the four-point margin was one of the closest of 31
meetings between the pair since 1987 ...
l at the 199th meeting between the two since 1897, Geelong won for
the 116th time, with the 82nd loss recorded by the Redlegs – their one drawn match
was in 1911 ... Geelong's GARY ABLETT Jnr reached 100 goals in game 78 ...
l the Saints beat the Crows at Football Park for only the third time
– others were 1991-R22 and 2004-R4 ... it's only the second single-digit result
between the pair – the other was also an 8-point win for the Saints in 2003-R3 at
Docklands ...
l in the 14th meeting with the Kangaroos, Port by three-quarter-time
equalled their previous best score of 18.18-126 kicked in 1999-R10 at the MCG ... Port
with 13 goalkickers booted a new highest margin of 87 points with and best quarters for Q1
and Q3 ... |
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| D-05-R22 |
Footystats Diary, Week 486,
August 26-September 1, 2005
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subject |
| Friday |
AFL investigation: Witnesses support
umpire claims
Bulldogs announce $19.5 million upgrade
Retirements – Darryl White, Corey McKernan
Sydney lose Maxfield to injury
Blues re-sign Carrazo, Deluca and Scotland
They said it: The Age: Call for coaches to be listened to |
| Saturday |
AFL investigation finds: Umpires
exonerated from claims
Six million fans and more to come
Dogs still alive; easy win over Pies
Sydney wrap up third place
Mark Ricciuto reported for rough play in Perth
Adelaide take minor premiership |
| Sunday |
St Kilda consign Brisbane to the
scrap heap
Port earn the right to defend their premiership |
| Monday |
Geelong just survive fighting Tigers
Kangas get 5th place with strong win over Blues
Demons last the distance to gain 7th position
Ben Graham makes the Jets
Top spot changing in the last round ... details |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: Ricciuto accepts
one-game ban
Adam Selwood cleared of broken jaw
Sydney fly in to Perth
MWB: *Full Picture*, Prognostications after Round 22
Rising Star, Round 22 – St Kilda's Raphael Clarke
Ben Cousins wins Herald Sun Player of the Year award
Matthew Pavlich wins ABC Radio Footballer of the Year award
The bigger than BIG ladder, 1995 to 2005 Round 22 ... detailed
Stephen Williamson: AFL "Big Three" all losing in a round ... detailed
They said it: Geoff McClure, The Age: Milne's 11 goals good, but not great
Keen observations from readers ... |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal not required
Former greats named to distribute Grand Final honours
Every minute of every game: Tadhg Kennelly (Syd), Ben Rutten (Ade)
Ben Graham – NY, NY, it's a wonderful town ..
They said it, Tom Wald, AAP: Hall issues 'double-team' dare
3AW Magnavox $10,000 award to Scott West
Reflections: 80th year of finals football on radio
Fremantle sets another (unwanted) record ... details |
| Thursday |
NAB AFL Rising Star award:
Richmond's Brett Deledio crowned ... voting
Clinton Casey denies he'll quit Richmond
Port re-sign Brendon Lade
Finals, Week 1: Perth and Adelaide sold out
They said it: Herald Sun: King confirms heir on the way (Wayne Carey) |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 22 – attendance:
311,242
l
Friday night's attendance for the Bulldogs-Collingwood match at Docklands drew
41,947 which broke six million spectators for only the second time in a home-and-away
season.
With 311,242 for Round 22, a new minor round record of 6,283,788 was set for the 176
home-and-away matches, at an average of 35,703.
l Adelaide extended their winning streak to 10 games to claim the Minor
Premiership in the last round and take top place on the ladder for the first time of the
season – this has previously happened only five
times in league history, and once in 56 years ...
l The win by the Crows in Perth ended the 20-match winning-run by West
Coast at Subiaco Oval – the 43,044 which attended produced the biggest home-and-away
crowd in Perth ...
l
A swag of new records were added for Docklands, where St Kilda has now kicked two
of the top three scores, while STEPHEN MILNE (StK) joins Essendon's MATTHEW LLOYD as the
two who have kicked 11 goals at the venue ...
l the Bulldogs with 9.4-58 in the opening term kicked their biggest
quarter of football in 137 matches against Collingwood since 1925 – the Bulldogs
booted 21.15-141 a new highest score replacing 19.12-126, 1999-R9 at the MCG ...
l Sydney had 13 goalkickers against Hawthorn – the 7th occasion
by an AFL side this season ...
l JOHN WORSFOLD reached 300 VFL-AFL matches, 209 premiership matches
with West Coast 1987-98, and 91 premiership matches as coach of West Coast since 2002 ...
l St Kilda beat Brisbane by 139 points, the biggest winning margin of
its 2072 League matches since 1897 ... STEPHEN MILNE kicked 11.0 and passed 200 career
goals in game 95 – his 11 is the best by a Saint against Brisbane since TONY
LOCKETT's 11.1 in 1993-R11 at Waverley ... between Brisbane's 6th and 7th goal across Q3
and Q4, the Saints kicked 12 unanswered goals ...
l the Round 22 win over Fremantle lifted Port into the top eight for
only the second time in the season – they held 8th place for one week after Round 13
...
l Geelong enjoyed its first one-point victory over the Tigers –
Richmond have previously beaten the Cats by one-point in 1930, 1941, 1948, 1983 ...
l 200th consecutive match by ADEM YZE (Melbourne) – only JIM
STYNES (Mel) with 244 consecutive matches (1987-98) and JACK TITUS (Rch) with 204 games
(1933-43) have played more in League history ... |
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| D-05-R21 |
Footystats Diary, Week 485,
August 19-25, 2005
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subject |
| Friday |
AFL charges St Kilda coach; fine
could reach $20,000
AFL spy-cam targets taggers |
| Saturday |
Last kick Freo ends Saints 7-win run
Rodney Eade fined $5000, half suspended
Cats lose Josh Hunt to appendicitis
Sydney-Kangaroos to play in Los Angeles
Nathan Brown back to Punt Road training
MCG security to be tested at Dons-Blues game |
| Sunday |
Crows-Eagles at Subi to decide minor
premiership
Geelong flog the Eagles by 76 points
Adelaide in record-breaking romp over Pies
Port ditch the Lions to stay alive
Melbourne all but eliminate the Bulldogs |
| Monday |
Sydney sink Kangas and rise to third
place
Bombers blitz Blues with new highest score
Last-gasp Tigers win with amazing comeback
Open field in battle for the eight
How to win two premierships – Adelaide 1997-98, West Coast 1991 & 94
They said it: Sportal: Terry Wallace fires at AFL |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel – Reprimand
for Brendan Goddard
$900 fine for Corey Jones
Sydney's Ryan O'Keefe cleared
MWB: *Full Picture*, Prognostications after Round 21
Drop in cricket pitch proposed for Gabba
Gary Dhurrkay dies in road accident
Tigers farewell Maurie O'Connell, aged 88
Greg Tivendale's run ends
Bowden family brings up 250 games with Richmond
Second Coleman beckons for Fraser Gehrig – 50 goals or more details
The bigger than BIG ladder, 1995 to 2005 Round 21 ... detailed
Retirements – Brenton Sanderson, Shane Woewodin
They said it: The Australian: Whistle blown on umpire's call |
| Wednesday |
Eddie McGuire: I heard
"victory" comment
Hawks endorse Jeff Kennett as new president
No tribunal required: Goddard and Jones accept MRP rulings
Fraser Gehrig-Shane Parker issue settle
Rising Star, Round 21 – Geelong's Nathan Ablett
Always a first time ... Dons, Blues and Pies in double-digit finish – detail
They said it: afl.com.au: Hall set to lead Swans in finals |
| Thursday |
AFL fines Thomas $15,000, Saints
$5000
Result of investigation expected today
MWB: Snatching top spot – Crows may achieve first time in 56 years
First versus second – detailed list of 220 down the years
Magpies re-sign James Clement until 2008
Gavin Wanganeen to play into 16th AFL season
Retirements ... Simon Beaumont of Hawthorn and Carlton |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 21 – attendance:
270,005
l
Ladder leaders West Coast with 5.3-33 at Kardinia Park kicked the lowest score of
the season ... sharp-eyed statophile BRUCE KENNEDY noted
it was the third time over the past 10 years where Geelong has kept West Coast scoreless
at Kardinia Park – 1995-R13 (Q3), 2004-R14 (Q4) and 2005 (Q3) ...
l
Adelaide met Collingwood – the Crows with their ninth-straight win sent the
Magpies to their seventh successive defeat ... Adelaide booted a new highest score and
posted a new highest-winning margin against the Pies ...
l
Port Adelaide made the 100th interstate journey of the season and scored the 32nd
win of the premiership season ...
l
Melbourne's 3AW at the Essendon-Carlton match introduced KELLY UNDERWOOD to the
commentary team, the first female caller of AFL football ...
l
Only 37,481 attended the Essendon-Carlton match – the smallest to watch the
pair at the MCG in 26 home-and-away fixtures since 1993 ...
l After five failures, Fremantle with a five-point win over St Kilda
won their first game on the Friday night stage since 1999-R10 versus Melbourne at the MCG l
Fremantle's JUSTIN LONGMUIR added his name to a unique list of players to goal after the
final siren (or bell) to win the match ... Sydney's BARRY HALL did so earlier this year at
the Gabba – 2005-R3(n)-BCG ...
l Melbourne posted their fourth successive win over the Bulldogs
– best is seven on-the-trot, 1925-28 and 1934-37 ... NEALE DANIHER reached 300
VFL-AFL matches, 82 premiership games, Essendon 1979-81 & 89-90, 8 pre-season, 3 State
– Melbourne coach since 1998, 183 premiership matches, 21 pre-season, 2 State ...
l against the Kangaroos, Sydney's NICK DAVIS with five goals equalled
a personal best – he kicked 5.3 in R22 at the MCG last year against Richmond ...
l Essendon among a raft of new entries in the 222nd meeting kicked
28.14-182, a new highest score against Carlton, greater than 27.14-176 in 1985-R6 at Windy
Hill ... Essendon in its 2165th League match kicked its second-highest half-time score of
18.6-114 – only 18.8-116 is greater, versus North Melbourne in 1985-R18 at Windy Hill
... MATTHEW LLOYD (passing 750 goals in game 207) kicked 7.2, the best by a Don against
Carlton for 20 years, since MARK HARVEY kicked 7.0 in 1985-R6 ... |
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| D-05-R20 |
Footystats Diary, Week 484,
August 12-18, 2005
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subject |
| Friday |
Appeal Board: Byron Pickett appeal
rejected
Bombers sign Stanton for another two years
Magpies tell Brayden Shaw to move on
They said it: The Age: A Tiger of old passes (Sid Dockendorff)
They said it: The Australian: Drug protocol raises ire of NRL players |
| Saturday |
West Coast decimates Fremantle
"Guilty" player found "not guilty" – AFL revokes Darryl Wakelin
charge
They said it: The Australian: Rugby League players told: test or be banned |
| Sunday |
Melbourne break the losing spell
Saints' 7th-straight denies top four to Roos
Carlton get a lift with solid defeat of Pies
Crows outlast Port in tight Showdown battle
International Cup: New Zealand downs Papua New Guinea |
| Monday |
Sydney crush wounded Lions by 14
goals
Hawks break 7-year Essendon hoodoo
Doggies stay alive to erode Tiger hopes
Round 20 attendances, 303,178
Heritage jumpers – all the designs ... link |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: Hawk Brown faces
four-match ban MRP details
Umpire dissatisfaction grows: Rodney Eade asked to "explain"
MWB: *Full Picture*, Prognostications after Round 20 |
| Wednesday |
No tribunal required: All cited
players accept MRP rulings
Rising Star, Round 20 – Carlton's Adam Bentick
Retirements: Richmond's Mark Graham
The bigger than BIG ladder, 1995 to 2005 Round 20 ... detailed
Brad Ottens gone for the season
James Hird will play another season |
| Thursday |
AFL's fine threat to umpires'
critics
MWB: The race for the eight – detailed
St Kilda respond to Demetriou comments
The Age debate: Should coaches be able to criticise umpires?
Mick Malthouse: Let coaches speak freely
Thomas in strife: Demetriou
Kangaroos sue Wayne Carey
Sydney to honour Wally Jackson |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 20 – attendance:
303,178
l
The 300,000 mark was broken for the 27th time, and a record seventh occasion in
this season ...
l
The Heritage Round was celebrated with clubs wearing guernseys from past decades.
Field umpires in most cases wore traditional "whites" while goal umpires were
attired in long white coats and brimmed white hats ...
l West Coast won its 20th consecutive match at Subiaco – the record
is 24 straight by Richmond at Punt Road (1932-35) and South Melbourne at the Lake Oval
Albert Park (1934-36), also 22 by Geelong at Kardinia Park (1954-56) ...
l
The Eagles at Subiaco had 14 goalkickers in their score of 19.14 – earlier
this year in Round 10 West Coast equalled the League record of 16 in the score of 27.17
versus Port at Subi ...
l
Sydney defeated Brisbane by 14 goals – the biggest margin of 32 meetings
since 1987 ... 6.4-40 by the Lions is the lowest score versus the Swans ...
l
in the 22nd Western Derby, the Eagles won for the 17th time – the margin (48
points) paralleled the derby played at the same time last year ... West Coast with 7.3-45
kicked a new high Q2 score in games against the Dockers ... it was Fremantle 150th defeat
in the AFL ...
l Melbourne won at Geelong for the first time since 1988-R14 ... the
one-point margin (the 288th) is the first between the Cats and the Demons for 103 years
– since 1902-R6 when Geelong 3.8-26 beat the Redlegs 2.13-25 at the MCG ...
l For the first time, Adelaide beat Port twice in the same season ...
Showdown XVIII brought the Crows its seventh win over Port who still hold the crosstown
advantage with 11 victories ...
l Hawthorn snapped a 10-game losing streak against Essendon extending
back to 1998-R10 at Waverley ... |
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Footystats Diary, Week 483,
August 5-11, 2005 (Round 19)
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| Friday |
MCG-AFL Preliminary deal signed
today
Clubs say *yes* to alternate jumpers
Collingwood fined $5000 for ump comments
Scott Transport stays with the Power
They said it: The Age: Hird tells: how Swans missed me |
| Saturday |
St Kilda push Geelong to the brink
MCC Trust and AFL sign |
| Sunday |
Bulldogs expose fragile Eagles away
from Perth
Battle-scarred Demons no match for Crows
Sydney down Essendon in epic struggle
Dockers hopes rise against fading Tigers
Chris Tarrant faces surgery
Neil McKissock: Essendon will comply with guernsey change
Doubt on Jonathan Brown
Sydney arrest in NRL detonation |
| Monday |
Lions streak away top beat Hawks by
41 points
Port make late surge to deny Carlton
Amazing last-kick Kangas pip the Magpies |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: MRP reviews 30
incidents
20 cited – five offered suspensions
Alan Didak given the "all clear" after heart scare
Geelong fines two players for being drunk
MWB: *Full Picture*, Prognostications after Round 19 |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal: Pickett suspended two
games; Koschitzke cleared
Headland cops two matches
Didak may miss rest of season
AFLPA severs link with CD Sports
Mark Williams out for rest of year
The bigger than BIG ladder, 1995 to 2005 Round 19 ... detailed
Rising Star, Round 19 – Hawthorn's Jarryd Roughead
Retirements: Matthew Nicks, Wayne Campbell
They said it: Herald Sun: Elite umpires stand by Mick |
| Thursday |
Port appeal Pickett suspension
Retirements: Nick Holland
LeasePlan sign with Bulldogs until 2008
Pies re-sign Rhyce Shaw for two years
They said it: The Age: Ex-footballer on uni-scam charges
Melbourne radio ratings: Strong lift in footy listener numbers |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 19 – attendance:
276,943
l
Adelaide extended its club record winning run to seven matches ... Melbourne lost
its seventh successive game ... l Fremantle won its
fifth-straight – to equal the 2003 best club run of R6-7-8-9-10 ... l 7.3-45
was the best opening of the season for the Bulldogs launching them to a 43 point win over
West Coast and three-in-a-row for the first time since 2002 ...
l
Sydney beat Essendon in Melbourne for the first time since their five point win,
7.13 to 7.8 at Windy Hill on Saturday, June 17, 1989 ...
l
Geelong suffered its 1000th defeat of League footy since 1897 – from 2112
matches, 1092 wins, 20 draws ...
l CHRIS GRANT kicked 6.0 – his best for the Bulldogs since 6.1
versus the Crows in 2001-R11 at Football Park – Grant also reached 103 goals for the
Bulldogs in his 64th match on the MCG ...
l DANIEL BRADSHAW (Bri) passed 300 goals in game 156 ... Bradshaw and
teammate ASH McGRATH both kicked five goals – the 12th occasion Brisbane players have
kicked five goals or more in 31 games versus the Hawks ...
l WARREN TREDREA (PA) in game 174 reached 400 career goals ...
l the Kangaroos maintained its record of winning by another close
margin over Collingwood – its last three wins have been by margins of 6 points
(05-R19-Dok), 3 points (05-R4-MCG) and 2 points (01-R7-Dok) ...
l The Match Review Panel reviewed 30 incidents, made 20 citations and
offered suspensions to five players. |
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| D-05-R18 |
Footystats Diary, Week 482,
July 29-Aug 4, 2005 (Round 18)
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subject |
| Friday |
MCC and AFL reach agreement on
preliminary finals
Anzac Day 2006 set for MCG |
| Saturday |
Solid Essendon win deepens Geelong's
woes
Stan Magro awarded $43,000 in damages |
| Sunday |
Saints blitz Melbourne in record 88
point win
Flat Eagles kick away to easily beat the Hawks
Bulldogs roar home from Brisbane Lions
Thriller give Crows seven point win over Swans |
| Monday |
Kanga comeback spirit steamrolls
Port
Dockers jump Magpies and back into the eight
Blues end 11-game drought and floor Tigers
They said it: The Age: Ian Collins: Players should sue over media reports |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: Tarrant opts for
Tribunal
Six fined for Docklands melee
Sampi takes reprimand
MWB: *Full Picture*, Prognostications after Round 18
Indigenous Team of the Century |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal: Chris Tarrant suspended
for one match
Round 18 – lengthy quarters in three games; details
Martin Pike retires after four clubs, 247 game
Australian Football International Cup: 10 nations compete
Will it come to this? – the *interstaters* – MWB's ladder
Rising Star, Round 18 – Carlton's Kade Simpson
International Rules: Danny Frawley appointed to match committee
They said it: The Age: Peter Schwab: Tribunal overhaul canvassed |
| Thursday |
*Stats*, *Facts*, *Matches* for
Round 19
Stuart Dew re-signs with Port until 2007
Adrian Anderson: Reports and Tribunal numbers |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 18 – attendance:
272,889
l
Following the death of his mother, Lorna, aged 83, Brisbane coach LEIGH MATTHEWS
passed duties for the match to assistant coach JOHN BLAKEY – as a mark of respect,
the Lions wore black armbands against the Bulldogs ...
l From the Saturday night match at Docklands, GREG BAUM reported in The
Age the Bulldogs kicked eight unanswered goals in the second quarter to establish a
47-point lead – Brisbane hit the front by four points 13-minutes into the last
quarter – the Bulldogs kicked another eight unanswered goals in 14 minutes, yet there
was still time for the Lions to boot three late consolation goals, and go down by 28
points ...
l
Adelaide won their sixth-straight game, a new club record, beating the five games
of 1992, 1997 and 2002 ...
l
Brazilian born HARRY (real name Herritier) O'BRIEN made his AFL for Collingwood
– the second South American to play League football (the other was North Melbourne
and Footscray's JOSE ROMERO (1988-2001) who was born in Chile) ... now 18, 189cm and 85kg,
O'Brien migrated when three-years-old with his parents from Rio de Janeiro – he was
drafted last year from WAFL club Claremont and was vice-captain of WA in the Under-18
Championships ... his parents, Elizabeth and Ralph, made the trip from Perth to see him
play ...
l
Two goals for the Kangaroos by SAVERIO ROCCA took the ROCCA brothers to 1001
goals in League football – Saverio 715 goals, Anthony 286 ...
l
Melbourne with their sixth successive loss dropped from the top eight for the
first time this season ...
l
BRAD JOHNSON played his 250th for the Western Bulldogs, taking 11 years and seven
days since his debut on July 23, 1994 – second only to North Melbourne's WAYNE
SCHIMMELBUSCH who reached 250 in 10 years and 113 days – overall, Schimmelbusch
played 306 matches between 1973 and 1987 ...
l St Kilda kicked a new greatest winning margin of 88 points against
Melbourne, and its second-highest score versus the Demons of 27.14-176 – only
31.18-204 in 1978 at the MCG is bigger ... the third quarter was nearly the longest on
record – lasting 38 minutes, 40 seconds just one second away from the 38m 41s of the
2001-R22 Carlton v Geelong match at Princes Park ...
l the Kangaroos maintained their dominance over Port by winning their
11th from 13 contests – the Power have won two at Football Park ...
l Fremantle won consecutive games in the same season against
Collingwood for the first time ...
l Carlton with 22.9-141 against Richmond kicked their highest score
of 62 matches under DENIS PAGAN and the best since 2001-R20 ... |
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| D-05-R17 |
Footystats Diary, Week 481,
July 22-28, 2005 (Round 17)
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subject |
| Friday |
Rex Hunt, Leon Davis resolve dispute
Daniel Wells: a Roo until 2008
Newest Shaw is Pies' 8th first-gamer this year
Akermanis turns back on big bucks
They said it: The Age: McGuire lays down the law to his coaches |
| Saturday |
St Kilda's biggest win over the Pies
since 1944
Saints give Collingwood another belting
Dean Cox signs with Eagles until 2008
Brisbane: New honour board retains tradition
Court rules against Whitehead claim |
| Sunday |
Hawks get the points; Blues win the
spoon
Fierce Bulldogs maul disappointing Cats
Brown the difference as Lions hold out Dons
Patchy Port just escape from plucky Tigers
They said it: Herald Sun: Deal on MCG at hand |
| Monday |
Hard-running Sydney stop Eagles in
mini-final
Adelaide deny Kangas in thriller at Docklands
Fremantle blow the Demons away |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Pane: Eight incidents
cleared: no tribunal required
Three Magpies due for surgery
Jared Rivers out for a month
MWB: *Full Picture*, Prognostications after Round 17
There's always a parallel: Laurie Nash, Barry Hall
Port and Geelong continue win-loss sequence
Comment, on the comment, Peter Coatman |
| Wednesday |
Kangaroos name Graham Duff when
Aylett steps down
AFL and MCC to meet today over preliminary finals
New player deals: Koschitzke, Hudghton; Blues for Whitnall on hold
Saturday night sold out in Adelaide
Rising Star, Round 17 – Brisbane's Anthony Corrie |
| Thursday |
"Fine tuning by AFL-MCC near
Stan Magro wins action against former Freo directors |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 17 – attendance:
263,280
l
73pts became St Kilda's biggest winning margin over the Magpies, replacing 68pts
of 1944-R10 at the Junction Oval ... 21.17-143 is the third highest score by St
Kilda versus Collingwood – 22.16-148 in 1982-R21 at Waverley remains the best ...
l
Ladder leaders West Coast and fourth-placed Sydney drew 37,071 – the best
SCG crowd since 2001-R4(n) when the Swans played Essendon ... two goals by BARRY HALL took
him to the equal of of of the most famous Swans, LAURIE NASH, who in his 99 games for
South Melbourne between 1933-37 and 1945 kicked 246 goals – Hall played his 82nd
match for the Swans to reach his 246 goals ...
l
Three of the eight matches of the round had 13 point margins ... top club West
Coast ended with 9.13-67, the lowest score of Round 17 ...
l Hawthorn with 7.3 produced their best Q2 against the Blues for 20
years – 8.4 in 1985-R10 at Princes Park remains the top second quarter ...
l against the Bulldogs, Geelong continued their W-L-W-L-W-L sequence
over the past six games of the season ...
l Port Adelaide with 7.4 kicked their best opening quarter of 12
contests against Richmond, replacing the 6.3 of 2002-R12 at Football Park ... the final
margin of 13pts was the tightest finish since two points in 1999-R11 at Football Park ...
l Adelaide won their fifth straight game for the first time since
2002-R15 to 19 ... despite kicking 6.4-40, their best last quarter of the season, the
Kangaroos failed to win by 13 points ... |
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| D-05-R16 |
Footystats Diary, Week 480,
July 15-21, 2005 (Round 16)
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subject |
| Friday |
TV beyond 2006: AFL lives with its
odd couple
TV beyond 2006: Nine wants control of football coverage
Magpie guernsey now worth $3 million a year
Fevola makes formal apology to MRP's Peter Schwab
Drug code discussions continue
Geelong tells players "pull your head in"
Sydney to continue captain rotation
Geelong's Peter Riccardi to play his 275th |
| Saturday |
Margin flatters Pies after Bomber
thrashing
New York Jets introduce Ben Graham
Crowds making new records – details |
| Sunday |
Cats rout Port to end premiership
defence
St Kilda hammer Richmond by 69 points
Solid Sydney win adds to Melbourne's woes
Eagles opening blitz stuns Brisbane
Nick Holland: VFL injury puts future in doubt |
| Monday |
Adelaide takes strong grip on second
place
Pavlich 9 goals: Dockers sink the Blues
Kangas send Hawks to 13th defeat |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: Two Eagles
accept MRP penalties
Brendan Fevola admits false bite claim
AFL and SANFL cancel Football Park agreement
MWB's Prognostications, with six rounds to go
Bruce Kennedy: Win one, lose one – by huge margins |
| Wednesday |
AFL complies with WADA code
The Age: Taxman shirtfronts the Blues
3AW's Rex Hunt and Leon Davis to meet over alleged racial slur
Rising Star, Round 16 – West Coast's Adam Selwood
Gold Coast Council votes for NRL stadium at Robina
Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame: Commentator Tim Lane included |
| Thursday |
The Age: Blues may be
forced to seek AFL cash
AFL fines Brendan Fevola $5000 for false comments on Schwab
Carlton re-sign Waite, Walker and Livingston
John Worsfold slams set-penalty tribunal system |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 16 – attendance:
262,247
l "Super Saturday" went on display when eight of the 10 finals
contenders were opposed to each other ...
l Coach DENIS PAGAN had charge of his 300th
League match – 60 Carlton (2003-05), 240 North Melbourne-Kangaroos (1993-2002) ...
l
Essendon kicked 11-straight goals in the last half against Collingwood – the
final margin of 26 points did not do justice to Essendon's dominance ...
l
Collingwood in its 2217th match kicked its 700th century in League footy –
it was also the Pies' 850th defeat in VFL-AFL (1897-2005) ...
l West Coast in their 250th League victory posted its 18th consecutive win at
Subiaco Oval which started in 2004-R8 ... the Eagles made it five-straight over Brisbane,
to match the run of 1992-95 ...
l SHANE PARKER (Fremantle, 1995-2005) became the first Docker to play
200 AFL premiership games ...
l BARRY HALL booted seven goals a second time for the Swans against
the Dees to parallel his 7.3 in 2002-R21 at the MCG ...
l Adelaide registered a new greatest winning margin in their 25th
meeting with the Bulldogs, replacing 68 points posted in the 1998 Preliminary Final at the
MCG ... the Bulldogs' 5.5-35 is the lowest against the Crows ...
l Fremantle in their sixth successive win versus Carlton registered a
new highest score of 24.8 against the Blues, deposing 19.13-127 in 2003-R10 at Subiaco ...
nine-straight goals by MATTHEW PAVLICH brought up his 150th career goal in game 122 ...
l the Kangaroos won their 84th game from 154 contests against
Hawthorn since 1925 ... GLENN ARCHER in his 267th game for the Kangaroos recorded a
career-high 29 disposals ... MARK WILLIAMS (Haw) reached 100 career goals (2002-05) in
game 49 ... |
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| D-05-R15 |
Footystats Diary, Week 479,
July 8-14, 2005 (Round 15)
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subject |
| Friday |
Appeal Board: Didak appeal dismissed
Saints name Justin Koschitzke as stand-in captain
Shoulder surgery takes out Matthew Bode
NEC is new St Kilda sponsor
Bulldogs close to $4 million deal
Premiership, and the hangover – details since 1987 |
| Saturday |
Wobbly Eagles deny fast-finishing
Kangaroos |
| Sunday |
Tigers enjoy a "dreamtime"
over Essendon
Port rebound to thump Melbourne
Pies and Lions join in tribute for terrorist victims
Rampant Lions hold Pies goalless in first half
New Gabba crowd record of 37,224
Sydney thrash Geelong by nine goals
Brendan Fevola comments upset Peter Schwab
Kangaroos slam surface at Docklands – slipping and sliding
Melbourne inks deal for York Park
They said it: The Age: Malthouse's minute of silence |
| Monday |
Crows survive fighting comeback by
Hawks
St Kilda throttle Carlton for a new club record
Dockers storm home over Bulldogs |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: Drew Petrie
receives reprimand
Four charges withdrawn
Probe into Cassisi-Brown incident
MWB: Prognostications, with seven rounds to go ...
AFL secure sponsorship deals secure for 2006
There's always a parallel: so, you reckon it's a tight season? |
| Wednesday |
No action on doctor tangle
Tribunal not required
St Kilda and Channel Nine make peace
Rising Star, Round 15 – Brisbane's Troy Selwood |
| Thursday |
Grand Final will top $180 a ticket
Bruce Kennedy: Prospects for the finals
Preliminary finals: MCC finals war hots up
They said it: The Age: Plans sheds new light on Docklands turf |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 15 – attendance:
263,034
l
Players of the Brisbane Lions and Collingwood came together for 60 seconds at the
Gabba on Saturday night forming a V-shaped line-up in a symbolic gesture initiated by MICK
MALTHOUSE against world terrorism and the tragedy of the bomblasts in London on Thursday
which took the lives of at least 50 people and injured more than 700 ...
l The Richmond-Essendon match at the MCG on Saturday was launched as
"Dreamtime at the G" – coined by KEVIN SHEEDY – which will be an
annual tribute to the contribution of Aboriginal players to the game of Australian
football ... the meeting of the Bombers and Tigers appropriately falls during NAIDOC
(National Aboriginal Islander Day Observance Committee) week, which celebrates the
history, cultural and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ...
l
New Gabba crowd record of 37,224 was established, topping 37,032 for the 2nd
Preliminary Final in 2001 ... Collingwood against Brisbane were goalless in the first half
for the first time since 1981-R22 at Victoria Park versus Fitzroy when they were two
behinds to 5.9 ...
l in Melbourne's 2100th League game since 1897, Port in the 14th
meeting kicked a new high score against the Demons, topping the 18.17-125 of 2004-R19 at
Football Park in which the margin of 73 points remains the biggest by the Power ... Port
kicked new highs against the Dees in Q2 and Q3 ...
l the Swans with 9.2 kicked their biggest Q2 of 198 matches against
the Cats topping 8.2 of 1998-R18 at Kardinia Park ... 7.9-51 is Geelong's lowest final
score against the Swans since 6.9-45 in 1948-R19 at the Lake Oval ...
l Adelaide on their third visit won for the first time in Launceston
having previously lost to Hawthorn (2001-R6) and St Kilda (2004-R19) ... the Crows with
8.1 posted a new high Q3 score versus Hawthorn, topping 7.2-44 in 1993-R21 at Waverley
Park ...
l St Kilda won its sixth successive game against Carlton, the best run of 199
matches between two since 1897 – the six victories have averaged a 10-goal margin,
with St Kilda kicking 134 goals 65 behinds 869 points to the Blues 74.55-499 ...
l Fremantle extended their run to four-straight wins against the
Bulldogs – both have now won seven of the 14 contests ... |
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| D-05-R14 |
Footystats Diary, Week 478,
July 1-7, 2005 (Round 14)
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of
subject |
| Friday |
Drugs impasse costs AFL $1.5 million |
| Saturday |
Collingwood thrash listless Port
MWB: The Run Home – the 2,361,183,241,434,822,606,848 possibilities
Nine and Fox Sports tie up rugby league TV rights until 2012 |
| Monday |
Crowds in new peak of four million
Tigers stall tough Sydney comeback
West Coast outclass lowly Carlton
Efficient Kangas pummel the Bombers
Bradshaw shines with 9 as Lions thump Dee
Crows survive strong comeback by Dockers
Geelong easily beat Hawthorn
Wounded Saints last the distance
Nick Riewoldt likely to miss rest of the season
Rohan Smith: suspected fractured ankle |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: Rigged round
yields 32 incidents
MWB: The Full Picture after Round 14 – detailed
St Kilda: Injuries to Hamill, Riewoldt, now Gehrig
File update: 287 one-pointers
They said it: The Age: AFL to meet doping body |
| Wednesday |
MRP, Tribunal: Alan Didak two games;
Scott Burns cleared
Stafford gets two games for 'jumper punch'
AFL clubs furious over IACC report; withdrawn and apology tendered
Dockers push for Anzac Eve spot
Crows fine Graham Johncock over drink-driving accident
Adam Goodes to captain Sydney
Chris Grant close to return
New deal for Port youngsters – Troy Chaplin, Jacob Surjan
Rising Star, Round 14 – Fremantle's David Mundy
They said it: West Australian: Force naming rights rivals Fremantle. |
| Thursday |
Collingwood appeals Didak suspension
David Hale may play against Eagles
Gehrig will play on Sunday despite thumb injury
*Eerie* feel about scores
They said it: The Australian: Drug stance to cost AFL millions |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 14 – attendance:
302,382
The Match Review Panel endured one of its busiest sessions when 32 incidents were
scrutinised from the round – the MRP cited 10 players ...
l The round was designated as the "Family Round" and attended
by 302,382 – the 26th time the benchmark of 300,000 has been breached ...
l The Magpies of Victoria thrashed a listless Port Adelaide – both
sides were atrocious in front of goal with 35 behinds scored under the shelter of the
closed roof at Docklands ...
l in the 175th meeting the Richmond beat the Swans for the 100th time
with the 287th League one-point result which was the 42nd at the MCG and the eighth time
the Tigers and Swans have finished a game with the narrowest of margins ...
l West Coast extended their winning run at Subiaco to 17 games ...
the 77-point win by the Eagles was the third best against Carlton – 119pts in
2001-R10 and 87pts in 1987-R4 both at Princes Park remain the top of 29 contests ... West
Coast kicked 15 unanswered goals in the third and fourth quarters, broken only by
Carlton's BRENDAN FEVOLA in the final minute of the match ...
l the Kangaroos won their fourth successive match over the Essendon
– the best run since four wins in 1957-59 ...
l The Brisbane Lions wore a new "away" jumper – gold,
maroon trim, mid-blue side panels, blue numbers on back, and a large maroon wraparound
Lion emblem ... l Brisbane scored its 200th VFL-AFL premiership victory ... the Lions
kicked a new highest score versus Melbourne, topping the 25.9-159 of 1999-R21 at the MCG
... Brisbane posted new biggest scores against the Demons in Q3 and Q4 ... DANIEL BRADSHAW
kicked 9.2, to become equal club-record-goalkicker with BRAD HARDIE, who booted 9.6 versus
Carlton at Princes Park in 1989 ...
l Adelaide entered the weekend on 8+5 at 3rd place – the best
start to their 15 AFL seasons – by the finish of the round the Crows were second
place for the first time since Round 20 in 2003 ... MATTHEW PAVLICH kicked 8.1, only the
fourth Docker to kick eight or more in a match – Pavlich played his 88th consecutive
match equalling the club record of TROY COOK ... |
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| D-05-R13a |
Footystats Diary, Week 477,
June 24-30, 2005 (round 13, 2 of 8 games)
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of
subject |
| Friday |
Crowds booming, TV down, radio,
membership up
Victoria Park on Heritage list?
Goal scoring – a coat of many colours ... detailed
Melbourne radio ratings: Tight fight at the top as AFL listeners surge |
| Saturday |
Bombers beat Saints in crucial
battle
Sheedy to coach Australian against Ireland in International Rules
McHale v Sheedy – overall number of games ... detailed
Re-signings: Hayes, Fisher by Saints; King by Cats |
| Sunday |
Sydney clip Magpies in a thriller
Sam Mostyn: Woman joins AFL Commission |
| Monday |
Round 13 wrap
Inaugural Ralph Robertson lecture in Sydney |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: split 13th round
all clear – no tribunal required
League admits timekeeping error in Stadium Australia match
Fremantle: Players under fire again
Player deals: Shaun Burgoyne; Ryan Hargrave
MWB: The Full Picture after Round 13 – detailed
Docklands to sell standing room? crowds over 49,000 detailed
Surgery for Chance Bateman and Matthew Allan
All-Time margins – which is the most repeated ... detailed
They said it: The Age: AFL forces Sydney teen plan |
| Wednesday |
Recruiters resist AFL's Sydney youth
push
Bottom versus top – Carlton v West Coast ... detailed
Mid-Season check: 240 games or more, 300 goals or more – detailed
McHale's longevity as a coach
Rising Star, Round 13 – Bulldogs' Ryan Griffen
They said it: The Australian: AFL soft on drug use: Demon boss |
| Thursday |
Hawks demote Luke Hodge to Box Hill
AFL to consider tribunal changes
SA Cricket re-new bid for AFL at Adelaide Oval
Neale Daniher looks to playing at "home"
MWB: Ladder – Percentages; Something unusual, for only second time
They said it: The Age: Impasse remains over drug code |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 13 – attendance:
263,580
Split round across two weekends ...
l
Port Adelaide kicked 16 unanswered goals in their
117 point victory and produced a raft of records against Hawthorn – new highest
score, new greatest winning margin and best Q3 score ...
l
West Coast played their 50th match at the MCG when
PHILLIP MATERA became the third Eagle to kick six goals against Melbourne ...
l
Adelaide beat the
Richmond for the 8th successive time – SCOTT WELSH kicked eight goals for the Crows a
second time, the equal of 2004-R14 versus Melbourne at Football Park – his eight is
the best by an Adelaide player in 19 games at Docklands ... Richmond's hoodoo
continued, the Tigers haven't won a match in June since 2001 ...
l
the Western Bulldogs easily accounted for the Blues
on Saturday night in Darwin – Carlton's
*on-the-road* record of 19 journeys since mid-2001 remains at one win (versus Adelaide,
2004-R11-FP) and a draw with Port at Football Park in Round 4 this year ...
l
at the Gabba the
Lions restricted Geelong to 6.11-47, the lowest score by either club in 28 contests since
1987 ... the Cats have not won at the Gabba since 1993-R5 ... since a draw in 1996-R10 at
Kardinia Park, Brisbane have won 12 of 13 matches between the pair – Geelong's only
win in the span was at Kardinia Park in 2004-R13 ...
l
The AFL stood down two unnamed timekeepers when it
was discovered the Sydney-Collingwood match at Homebush (which the Swans won by a point),
was shortened by 14 seconds due to a mistake ...
l
At the completion of Round 13, four of the top
eight teams on the AFL ladder had a percentage of less than 100 per cent – 5th Sydney
(99.077%), 6th Kangaroos (94.859%), 7th Richmond (96.726%) and 8th Port Adelaide (93.556%)
– MWB noted only once before in 109 season had this occurred – in 1997-Round 5,
Fremantle, Western Bulldogs, Geelong and Port Adelaide were in the top 8, with a
percentage of less than 100. |
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| D-05-R13 |
Footystats Diary, Week 476,
June 17-23, 2005 (R13, 6 of 8 games)
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of
subject |
| Friday |
Freo's Pavlich in car accident
Centre circle turf replaced at Docklands Stadium
Carlton's 30th VFL-AFL venue ... detailed
They said it: The Australian: Demons brace for road test in 2006 |
| Saturday |
Records tumble as Port crush
Hawthorn
Re-signings: James Kelly, Matthew Whelan |
| Sunday |
West Coast go three games clear on
top
Adelaide trounce tired Tigers
Dogs too hold for Carlton in Darwin |
| Monday |
Apology to Channel Nine
Lions bury the Cats by 70 points at wet Gabba
Kangas crunch the Dockers; Crowd boo Freo |
| Tuesday |
MRP: Brett Burton to face Tribunal
Brownlow: Jonathan Brown is second favourite
New setback for Aaron Hamill
Freo stuck with Schwab, Connolly
Brisbane's Robert Copeland out 6-8 weeks
MWB: Streaks and parallels ... detailed
Ben Hudson signs new two-year deal
Lekkas and Buckley to return
They said it: The Age: Clubs consider genetic tests |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal: Burton escapes with a
reprimand
Knee surgery for Stuart Maxfield
Rick Hart: "We can sack Connolly"
Re-signings: Nick Dal Santo, Corey Enright
Tiger back in the black
They said it: The Age: Two women in running for AFL job |
| Thursday |
Carlton re-signs Fevola
Fremantle's Roger Haddrill out for the season
Another season for Paul Williams
Hall of Fame & Sensation under new management
Demetriou: No to DNA, no to State of Origin
Garry Lyon cleared by ATOP and AFP |
Back to the Diary
| D-05-R12 |
Footystats Diary, Week 475,
June 10-16, 2005 (Round 12)
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of
subject |
| Friday |
Wounded Dockers suspend Polak and
Dodd
Demetriou: Mondays no certainty
AFL Indigenous Team of the Centruy: to be announced August 1
Hawks re-sign Mitchell, Everitt and Vandenberg
They said it: Patrick Smith: McGuire has hijacked the AFL |
| Saturday |
Bombers stretch Eagles to the limit
Nigel Lappin withdraws again
Kangas dump Sav Rocca to VFL
MCG to welcome first million for 2005
They said it: Jim Wilson: Drug stance may cost AFL |
| Sunday |
St Kilda thrash one dimensional
Hawks
Brisbane batter the Blues by 10 goals
Hard-fought result to Port over Bulldogs
Sheedy expected to coach from sidelines
New awning to get the Craig test
Musing ... ABC "Radio Interruptus" ... |
| Monday |
Freo slide away to hard-working
Swans
Cats goalless for a half still hold out Crows
Richmond fold under Kanga pressure
Comarison: Mark Williams – successful forwards of similar height
Richmond: History tells us; June, a month to hold your breath
Bruce Kennedy: There's always a parallel: Geelong-Adelaide |
| Tuesday |
MRP: Barker facing two-week ban;
Players warned on ump contact
MWB: The Full Picture after Round 12 – detailed
Rhyce Shaw and David Neitz injured at MCG
They said it: The West Australian: Big gain as West Coast fly high |
| Wednesday |
MRP: Hawks' Barker accepts two
weeks; Ump bump costs Brown $2400
Docklands surface under fire, again
Rising Star, Round 12 – Brisbane's Jed Adcock
Geelong: Awning gets the nod
VFL blockbuster looms |
| Thursday |
Pre-season: National Bank takes up
naming rights
AFL is still a safe game to play – highlights of 13th AFL injury report
Geelong Council approves name changes at Kardinia Park
Pagan tells Fevola to lift his game
Record memberships for Blues, Kangaroos
Ben Mathews is latest captain of Sydney
They said it: The West Australian: Fans force revamp of Subiaco seating |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 12 – attendance:
291,652
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Essendon, 14th on the ladder, took the game right
up to the ladder leaders and only the dying stages did the class of West Coast pull away
in an absorbing match played in heavy rain at Subiaco on Friday night ...
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After four defeats from five starts St Kilda
retained a precarious grip on eighth place with a 46pt win (Gehrig six) over Hawthorn ...
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Brisbane burst through with their best score and
biggest margin of the year in their 58pt win over the Blues at Docklands ...
l
Port in their 200th AFL match won for the 117th
time and made it eight successive wins against the Bulldogs, who last beat the Power in
2000-R3-Dok ...
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the Dockers failed for the sixth time at the SCG
– Freo's two wins in Sydney were in 1995-R21 and 1996-R2 ...
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the Cats were goalless in two quarters to the
northern end of Kardinia Park – 2nd term 0.0-0, last quarter 0.3-3, yet still beat
Adelaide by four points ...
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7.2-44 was the best third term by the Kangaroos
this year as they beat Richmond for the fourth-straight time ... 300th career game by
GLENN ARCHER (North Melb-Kangaroos) 1992-2005, 263 premiership games, 34 pre-season, 3
State ... |
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| D-05-R11 |
Footystats Diary, Week 474,
June 3-9, 2005 (Round 11)
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subject |
| Friday |
Compromise near on MCG finals
Hall of Fame: Ablett elevation draws comment
Injury, slection round-up
Melbourne radio rights up for grabs
They said it: Mike Sheahan: Tribunal signals end of front-on bump |
| Saturday |
Slick Magpies extend Geelong's slump
MWB: Second-last beats second
They said it: Tim Morrissey: Swans on their own |
| Sunday |
Barry Hall leads Swans in decisive
win over Blues
Eagles survive strong last half by Tigers
Freo hand Lions gift of another footy life
Adelaide crush Essendon by 15 goals |
| Monday |
3,203,356 attend first 88 matches of
2005
Forward strength take Demons to easy win
Port maintain control over St Kilda
Injuries sour solid Bulldog win over Hawks
Bulldogs push for Monday night in 2006
Dogs lose Grant and Giansiracusa
Joy, matches with disappointment |
| Tuesday |
MRP: Port to contest Shattock
penalty
Hall of Fame: Gary Ablett joins the greats
Jock McHale elevated to Legend
MWB: The Full Picture after Round 11 – detailed
Leigh Matthews: Ban the shoulder charge
They said it: Robert Walls: Coach has Crows flying |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal: Shattock penalty reduced;
Hunt clear to play – reprimand
Rising Star, Round 11 – Hawthorn's Jordan Lewis
Dockers rocked as injuries explode
Carlton: Deluca to miss 6-8 weeks
Radio station SEN sold: Creditors to miss out
They said it: Jake Niall: Players set for 3 per cent pay rise |
| Thursday |
Top of ladder Eagles have
"inexperienced" squad
Nathan Buckley: Unlikely for Monday
MWB: Magpies and Demons have long rivalry
They said it: Caroline Wilson: First Monday, now Sunday night bid |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 11 – attendance:
247,835
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Lowly Collingwood (15th), written off by most three
weeks ago, stunned second-placed Geelong at Docklands Stadium on Friday night with its
third-straight win ...
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Sydney survived a late Carlton comeback to extend
their winning run over the Blues to seven – the longest winning sequence of 207
meetings since 1897, and the best since 1919 – Sydney has won the seven by a total of
252 points and an average winning margin of six goals per game ...
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The Brisbane Lions kept their hopes for the finals
alive when scored a surprising 39-point win over the strongly-backed Fremantle on Saturday
night at Subiaco Oval – it was Brisbane's first win in Perth for four years ...
l
Adelaide overwhelmed Essendon by 15 goals in fine
and cool conditions on Saturday night at Football Park ...
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Melbourne moved to outright second place on the
ladder with a six goal win over the Kangaroos on Sunday afternoon at Manuka Oval in
Canberra – Robertson kicked 6.1 for the Demons ...
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Port Adelaide won its first "away" match
of the season with a modest success over St Kilda by 23 points in Launceston on Sunday
– it was Port’s eighth successive win against the Saints ... |
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| D-05-R10 |
Footystats Diary, Week 473,
May 27-June 2, 2005 (Round 10)
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subject |
| Friday |
Brad Green a Demon until 2008
Membership: 11 clubs lift their numbers ... link to detail |
| Saturday |
Demons outclass Richmond
Tigers' Nathan Brown breaks right leg
Injury sidelines Nigel Lappin and Roger James
Subiaco Oval may be renamed
Gold Coast returns as 16th NRL club in 2007
MWB: The rise of wooden spooners – the next year ... detailed link ... |
| Sunday |
Twin-boilovers: Magpies and Dockers
win
Lions lose their 5th-straight at the Gabba
Kangas break their losing streak
Gehrig's seven puts Saints back on track
Richmond's Nathan Brown – six month recovery |
| Monday |
Wasteful Crows beat Blues in untidy
scrap
West Coast flog Port Adelaide by 117 points
Eagles equal record 16 goalkickers |
| Tuesday |
MRP: Stenglein to face Tribunal;
Round 10 details
MWB: The Full Picture after Round 10 – detailed
Grand finalists missing the next year ... details
Carlton bottom: but it's the "best" for 35 years |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal: Stenglein penalty, one
game; Round 10 wrap of charges
Hall of Fame creditors take their medicine
The Age: Nick Holland: game over
Saints as pallbearers to Graham Kennedy funeral
MWB: June – will it bust out all over?
Richmond's losing streak
Rising Star, Round 10 – Collingwood's Travis Cloke
They said it: The Age: AFL wants second Sydney side |
| Thursday |
Hawthorn: New home, new deals
Ablett to enter Hall of Fame
$4.5 million for Victorian country footy
Wizard wants to keep cup rights
Rodney Eade: The Monday night push
Seven gets rugby Test rights
Rising Star: Brotherly nominations
They said it: John Worsfold shoots from and for hip
They said it: The Age: Tipsters behind 8 ball |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 10 – attendance:
305,492
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The Wakelin brothers, DARRYL (Port Adelaide) and
SHANE (Collingwood) set a new record for the most matches by a set of twins. The Wakelins
have played 402 AFL matches, taking them past Melbourne's STEVEN and MATTHEW FEBEY (401
matches) and still well clear of Brisbane's (Brad and Chris) Scott twins (348 matches)
– Sunday's match against West Coast was Darryl's 212th (115 with St Kilda and 97 at
Port), while Shane played his 190th match (94 with St Kilda and 96 with Collingwood)
against Hawthorn at the MCG.
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For the first time at the Gabba, Brisbane lost its
fifth successive match – since 1991 they've played 156 matches at the Brisbane
Cricket Ground ...
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The Swans (as both South Melbourne and Sydney)
played their 2100th League match since 1897 – won 953, lost 1127, drawn 20 ...
l
Statistician MARTIN WINDSOR-BLACK noted West
Coast’s 117-point defeat of Port on Sunday is the third largest losing margin by a
reigning premier ...
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after eight unsuccessful visits, Fremantle scored
its first victory and kicked their highest score against Geelong at Kardinia Park ... l
Hawthorn played its 200th match at the MCG, won 103, lost 96, drawn one – it was
Collingwood's 416th match at the G ...
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Published attendances for Round 10 totalled 305,492
– exceeding the 300,000+ benchmark for the 24th time ... |
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| D-05-R09 |
Footystats Diary, Week 472,
May 20-26, 2005 (Round 9)
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subject |
| Friday |
Study shows collisions are
increasing
Umps error sidelines Michael Avon
Leading coaches in our footy history
They said it: Swans home in on bigger picture |
| Saturday |
Adelaide shatter St Kilda
Is this the truth about drug use in the AFL?
Tim Lane farewells Princes Park
AFLPA says: Docklands "too slippery"
Bulldogs: Steven Koops retires
Justin Longmuir: A docker until 2009 |
| Sunday |
Bottom beats top: Magpies down
Eagles
Dees hold out Blues in Princes Park finale
Port home by five goals over flagging Dons
SANFL pip VFL – match details |
| Monday |
Sydney win third on end; Doggies
fail at SCG
Geelong explodes; Cats decimate Kangas
Freo thrashed; Hawks zoom up to 12th |
| Tuesday |
MRP: Archer & Mooney take one
game; Mark Jamar, reprimand
Eagleton faces fine for ump bump; New Pie Egan fined for gesture
MWB: Never before ... Bombers, Blues and Magpies on the bottom
Ian Collins ordered to take more leave
Buckley back in training
Player of the Year awards, The Age, Herald Sun, progress votes
MWB: The Full Picture after Round 9 – detailed
They said it: The Age: Bye bye to the bounce?
Approaching Milestones for Round 10 |
| Wednesday |
AFL Round 9: MRP wrap up the
charges; No Tribunal required
Monday night back on AFL TV agenda
Games to return to Carrara Oval
Peter Cameron: Time to examine the bouncing
Wakelin twins set new record
Rising Star, Round 9 – Melbourne's Colin Sylvia
They said it: Crikey: AFL commits to Gold Coast future |
| Thursday |
Tom Hafey: Leave the bounce alone
SEN Sports Network under a cloud
Port retain Sandgropers, Domenic Cassisi and Michael Pettigrew |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 9 – attendance:
245,442
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the 1277th and final premiership game was played at
Princes Park when Carlton played Melbourne on Saturday afternoon ...
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Collingwood, the 16th team on the ladder beat the
undefeated West Coast, the top of the ladder side – this is the first time this has
occurred since 1997 ... of 137 matches between top and bottom, the bottom team has won 21
times.
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Brisbane lost its fourth successive match at the
Gabba – the equal of its worst run at *home* – 2005-R3-5-7-9, 1998-R15-17-19-20
and 1997-98 R20-21, R1-3 ... l
the Tigers broke a five-game losing streak against
the Lions, winning their first at the Gabba since 2000-R12 ...
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the Cats enjoyed its biggest win over the Kangas
since the 94 point victory in 1993-R18-MCG ... Geelong had 13 goalkickers for the match
– best by the Cats is 15 versus the Bulldogs in 1999 ...
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Stats wiz MARTIN WINDSOR-BLACK found that Carlton,
Collingwood and Essendon, three foundation members of the League when it first played in
1897 form a previously unheard of triple alliance at the wrong end of the premiership
ladder. This week Essendon are 14th, Carlton 15th and Collingwood 16th. There has NEVER
been a round where Essendon, Carlton and Collingwood have occupied the bottom positions. |
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| D-05-R08 |
Footystats Diary, Week 471,
May 13-19, 2005 (Round 8)
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subject |
| Friday |
Caffeine debate continues
Farewell to Princes Park, 1897-2005
Friday the 13th: What happened the 11 previous times
They said it: AFL spurns interstate bid to purchase home games |
| Saturday |
Cats demolish Carlton by 70 points
Malthouse: Ban caffeine now |
| Sunday |
Mark Williams stars in Hawk triumph
over Dees
Flat Eagles account for St Kilda
Doggies rise as Kangas suffer third straight loss
Brisbane survive narrowly to deny Crows
Chris Connolly tells 3AW – "I was wrong"
John Elliott joins farewell to Princes Park |
| Monday |
309,719 in Round 8 creates new
record
Kevin Sheedy celebrates 25 years as coach
Sydney smash Port's recovery hopes
Richmond crush wounded Collingwood
Bombers too good in the end for Freo |
| Tuesday |
MRP: Eagle Judd takes one-game ban
for striking; out of Brownlow
13 players cited on melee and wrestling charges
BigPond changes cancels *News Alert* e-mail to subscribers
Life without the daily *News Alert*
Leo Barry is latest captain of the Sydney Swans
St Kilda fined $40,000 for 2004 salary cap breaches
MWB: The Full Picture after Round 8 – detailed
They said it, The Age: Taggers are not an umpire priority |
| Wednesday |
Chris Johnson cleared of striking
13 players fined $19,500
TV, beyond 2006: AFL gives Seven, Ten go ahead
The Bulletin: Laurence Angwin claims AFL drug use is common
Rising Star, Round 8 – Richmond's Brett Deledio
Mark Stevens retires
Comparisons: McHale and Sheedy
Essendon are in rare territory
They said it, The Age: Nine tries to deal itself into football rights |
| Thursday |
Magpies sign new deals with Emirates
Airlines and Josh Fraser
Part 2, Farewell to Princes Park, 1897-2005 ... detailed
Amateur umpire strikes back
Concern grows over drugs |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 8 – attendance:
309,719
l
West Coast won their 8th-straight – the best
for the club since 1996 (11 wins) and 1991 (12 wins) ...
l
Essendon clebrated the 25th anniversary of the
coaching reign of KEVIN SHEEDY as he steered the Bombers to their 1250th League victory
– it was Sheedy's 577th match as coach ...
l
309,719 attended Round 8 – a record fourth
time the 300,000 mark has been broken in a single season – overall it is the 23rd
occasion since 1996-R7 the 300,000 benchmark has been exceeded ...
l
the Bulldogs enjoyed its first back-to-back wins
since 2002-R17 and R18 ...
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after five-straight wins to start the season the
Kangaroos suffered their third successive defeat ...
l
for the first time since 1990-R18-19 the Blues
scored no first quarter goals in successive matches – Carlton were 0.2 at the first
break against the Tigers last week ...
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Sydney held Port to 6.9-45 (single goalkickers),
lowest score of the season so far ...
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Richmond won their 1000th League match ...
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The AFL on Monday confirmed umpire MICHAEL AVON
erred by offering the wrong team a shot at goal during the Essendon-Fremantle game at
Docklands the previous day. |
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| D-05-R07 |
Footystats Diary, Week 470,
May 6-12, 2005 (Round 7)
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subject |
| Friday |
Ben Cousins and Michael Gardiner put
on notice
They said it, The Age: Pies' $6 million bid for Brown riles Lions
Stuart Maxfield quits Sydney captaincy
MWB: Most number of matches in a single round where ... detailed |
| Saturday |
Demons beat Crows by four goals in
dour scrap
"Similar fact" evidence now banned by AFL |
| Sunday |
Richmond slaughter Carlton by 85
points
Matthew Richardson passes 600 goals
Geelong's last half sink St Kilda
Bulldogs down Lions in Gabba boilover
Sydney in a thriller beat Bombers by a goal |
| Monday |
West Coast: seven-straight –
best since 1991
Eagles outlast plucky Hawks
Port powers away to thump the Kangas
Dockers decimate Collingwood by 112 points |
| Tuesday |
MRP: West Coast pair take early call
Adam Hunter to face Tribunal
Brad Miller takes two-match ban
Nick Stevens: knee injury
Peter Burgoyne to miss two games
MWB: The Full Picture after Round 6
They said it: Umps go cold on live mikes |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal: Adam Hunter gets reprimand
Knee sidelines Stuart Maxfield
Robert Harvey could miss four game
Knee scans clear Nick Stevens
Correction: *Approaching Milestones*
Bruce Kennedy: Perspective 2005: When will your team finish? ...
Rising Star, Round 7 – Bulldogs' Will Minson
Melbourne radio ratings: 3AW back on top |
| Thursday |
Sydney to rotate captaincy
McGuire fails to endorse Malhouse past 2006
They said it: The Age: Concerns over new Tribunal |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 7 – attendance:
279,304
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The MCG in the pre-game on Friday night featured
11,600 women donned in pink ponchos who formed the logo of Breast Cancer Network
Australia, which is raising funds to help the same number of Australian diagnosed each
year with the disease.
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KEVIN SHEEDY coached his 576th match with Essendon
to become the second most experienced coach (1981-2005) in League history – only the
Collingwood legend JOCK McHALE with 714 games (1912-1949) has coached longer ... Sheedy
passed ALLAN JEANS, 571 matches with St Kilda (1961-76), Hawthorn (1981-87 and 1989-90)
and Richmond (1992) ...
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West Coast won their seven successive game –
the best unbeaten start the Eagles have enjoyed since 1991, the year of their first AFL
Grand Final ...
l
Richmond kicked the first 12 goals of the match
– scores were 12.8 to 0.3, when Carlton's first goal was kicked by MATTHEW LAPPIN at
the 24-minute mark of the second quarter ...
l
Richmond's MATTHEW RICHARDSON passed 600 career
goals in game 201, only the fourth Tiger to achieve this milestone ...
l
The Western Bulldogs broke a seven-game losing run
to beat the Lions at the Gabba for the first time since 1999-R10 ...
l
The Bulldogs conceded nine *rushed behinds* to the
Brisbane score – highest tally since 10 were added to Sydney's score (also against
the Bulldogs) in 2002-R8-SCG ...
l
MARK FRASER umpired in his first senior appointment
in the Brisbane-Bulldogs game – Mark played 45 games under LEIGH MATTHEWS at
Collingwood between 1992-94 and 65 games under KEVIN SHEEDY between 1995-2000 – he
also played 83 games at reserves level for both clubs ... MICHAEL LOVETT noted in the AFL
Record – It is understood Fraser is the first former VFL-AFL player to officiate
in a League game since MAX BLUMFIELD, who played 21 games for South Melbourne from 1943 to
1946 and later umpired 37 games from 1951 to 1954 ...
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A personal low-point in the 291-game career for
coach DENIS PAGAN – the Blues were held to 1.3-9 at half-time, lower than 1.8-14
kicked by the Kangaroos versus Sydney in 2001-R18(n)-SCG ...
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Fremantle with 28.12-180 kicked the highest score
of its 228 AFL games, topping the 25.17-167 against the Kangaroos in 2003-R4 at Subiaco
... the margin of 112pts was Collingwood's 5th biggest defeat of 2208 VFL-AFL games since
1897 and is Fremantle's greatest victory – passing the 97-point defeat of Essendon in
1997-R12 at Subiaco ... and the Dockers became only the fourth side to win by 100 points
over the Pies, joining Carlton, Essendon and Richmond ... Fremantle established club
records for the biggest scores at the first, second, third and final quarters ... |
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| D-05-R06 |
Footystats Diary, Week 469,
April 29-May 5, 2005 (Round 6)
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subject |
| Friday |
Jolly appeal rejected
Collingwood drop Shane Woewodin
When was the last? ... Leading goalkickers; GF lows the next year
Geelong delays naming of new stand
Kangaroos vote to stay at Arden Street
Milestones for Ben Hart and Brett Burton |
| Saturday |
Gusty Blues steal Hawks' limelight |
| Sunday |
Freo in credibility search upset
Demons
Adelaide hold on to defeat Kangaroos
Saverio Rocca kicks his 700th goal
West Coast beat Sydney in a canter |
| Monday |
Cats too good for Bulldogs
Saints get home over Magpies; Gehrig kicks 8.2; Three Cloke's play
Richmond rock premier Port by nine goals
Knee injury ends season for Luke Darcy
James Hird out with a hamstring
Sydney's game plan; Demetriou comments on radio upset Swans
Caffeine tablets a 'grey area'
MWB: Wooden spooners knock off the premiers ... down the years |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: Fraser Gehrig
cited for striking
Port fined $5000 over club runners
Mark Fraser get first senior appointment
Matthew Lloyd to captain Essendon
MWB: The Full Picture after Round 6
They said it: Sydney captain on the move |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal: Gehrig suspended one
match; "Similar-fact" evidence presented
Geelong club fined $5000 over coach comments to umpires
Brisbane's Jonathan Brown resists $3 million Collingwood offer
Maxfield captaincy to be reviewed
Sydney's Stephen Doyle to miss rest of season
Michael Gardiner to miss one week
Rising Star, Round 6 – Brisbane's Justin Sherman |
| Thursday |
Leigh Matthews signs on until 2008
Paul Roos cancels out from AFL forum
WA Police seek assistance of Eagles players
AFLPA MVP Award to be retrospective
AFLPA to look after past players
Grand Prix to clash with 2006 AFL start
Five goals or more in a losing side – detailed
Dockers look ahead to Round 8 in Melbourne |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 6 – attendance:
285,032
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The round marked milestones by four coaches – ±500th career match by MICK MALTHOUSE, 135 Footscray 1984-89, 243
West Coast 1990-99, 122 Collingwood 2000-05 ... ±150th by MARK WILLIAMS as Port Adelaide coach 1999-2005 ... ±50th by DEAN LAIDLEY as Kangaroo coach 2003-05 ... ±50th by DENIS PAGAN as Carlton coach 2003-05, also 240 NM-Kangaroos
1993-2002 ...l 350th by umpire HAYDEN KENNEDY, 1988-2005 ...
l
SAVERIO ROCCA reached 700 career goals in game 234
for the Kangaroos (2001-05) and Collingwood (1992-2000) ...
l
The Kangaroos suffered their first defeat of the
season ...
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West Coast remained undefeated and established a
new home venue record of 13 successive wins at Subiaco Oval ...
l
The Geelong club opened a new $28-million 6000-seat
grandstand on the eastern side of Kardinia Park ...
l
Defending premiers Port Adelaide dipped to 14th
place – Collingwood returned to the bottom of the ladder for the first time since
Round 9 last season ...
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After small tallies in the first five rounds,
forwards JONATHAN BROWN for Brisbane and FRASER GEHRIG for St Kilda both burst through
with eight-goal hauls – Gehrig kicked eight of St Kilda's 16 goals, then eight
players all with singles ...
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The Collingwood side featured three brothers of the
Cloke family, sons of DAVID CLOKE who played with Richmond and Collingwood between 1974
and 1991. Against St Kilda at the MCG, Jason aged 22, Cameron 20 and Travis 18 became the
first set of three brothers to feature in a League game since Essendon played three
Daniher brothers, Terry, Tony and Chris against Carlton at Princes Park in Round 10 of
1992.
Four Daniher brothers, including Neale, played against St Kilda at Moorabbin Oval in Round
10 of 1990. |
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| D-05-R05 |
Footystats
Diary, Week 468, April 22-28, 2005 (Round 5)
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subject |
| Friday |
Nick Riewoldt likely to
return in Round 7
Hawks due to Waverley next February
Brett Kirk to captain Swans |
| Saturday |
Cats pounce on deflated
premiers – sidelights ... |
| Sunday |
Kangas in best start
since 1979 hold out Hawks
Melbourne in return to form smash Sydney
Bulldogs honour Grant's 300th with solid win
"Fabulous Phil" takes up the whistle |
| Monday |
Eagles continue Gabba
dominance over Lions
St Kilda slaughter the Tigers by 11 goals |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel:
Carlton's Fevola awaits review; Charges from R5
MWB: The Full Picture, after Round 5 – details
Full Points Footy, link to new update |
| Wednesday |
Match Review Panel:
Fevola and Jolly to face Tribunal
James Hird: reprimand – Mark Johnson cleared
MWB: Brisbane does the grand slide; GF one year, bottom the next
Richmond's Chris Hyde suffers fractured skull
The most kicked score: 12.12-84 takes over from 10.11-71
After Round 5 top in goals is just 16 – Col Hutchinson details back to 1897
Rising Star of Round 5 – Essendon's Jayson Laycock
Brisbane radio 4AAA pulls plug on Akermanis |
| Thursday |
Tribunal: Fevola –
suspended two matches; Jolly outed two games
Sydney may appeal Jolly verdict
MWB: From last to first – no one has won flag from bottom since – details
AFL clarifies marking rule
Port's Roger James to miss a month
Akermanis and Hart sign with Brisbane's Triple M
Question without an answer – Consistency in goalkicking ... details
Perspective: NBC and ESPN win NFL rights – the millions spent detailed |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 5 –
attendance: 317,844
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All AFL matches of the ANZAC round were preceded by
ceremonies to honour the men and women who fought so bravely and lost their lives in
defence of our country – the RSL participation included observance of a minute's
silence, the lowering of the flag and the lone bugler playing of The Last Post ... l
A new record attendance of 317,844 was established
for an Anzac round – it was the 22nd occasion AFL crowds have passed 300,000 and
topped the the 314,484 of 2003 ...
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Geelong broke a 13-match interstate losing streak
when they defeated Port Adelaide at Football Park – it was the Cats' first win on the
road since they beat Sydney by two points at the SCG in Round 12 of 2002 ...
l
The Kangaroos from "good old North
Melbourne" extended their opening winning sequence to five – best by the club
since 1977-78-79 when they won the opening six in 1977, eight in 1979 and seven in 1979
...
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Brisbane suffered its biggest defeat since Round 8
in season 2001 when Carlton savaged them by 74 points at Princes Park, 21.16-142 to
9.14-68 ...
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West Coast, and St Kilda in a remarkable parallel
each had 13 goalkickers contribute in their demolitions of the Lions at the Gabba and
Richmond at Docklands. While Adelaide were beaten by the Bulldogs, their 16 goals were
also made up by 13 goalkickers. The record in a game is 16 – twice, by Essendon in
1988 and Hawthorn in season 2000.
An unusual factor of Adelaide's 13 goalkickers is, it is only the second time where a
losing side has done so. This parallels St Kilda's 13 in their 17.12-114 against Richmond
21.14-140 in 1982-R7 at Waverley.
It makes 24 occasions that 13 goalkickers have been recorded by a club ... the record for
goalkickers in a game is 25 – which has twice happened, 2001-Round 20 at Docklands,
13 by St Kilda, 12 for Carlton – which equalled the AFL record set by Geelong (15)
and Bulldogs (10) in 1999-R2 at Princes Park ...
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300 premiership matches by CHRIS GRANT
(Footscray-Western Bulldogs) 1990-2005 ...
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The round marked milestones for three coaches,
combining their playing and coaching careers – ±350th MARK WILLIAMS, 135 games Col 1981-86, 66 Bri 1987-90, 149
matches as Port Adelaide coach 1999-2005 ... ±250th NEALE DANIHER, 82 games (Essendon) 1979-81, 1985, 1989-90, 168
matches as Melbourne coach 1998-2005 ... ±200th DEAN LAIDLEY, 52 games WCE 1987-92, 99 NM 1993-97, 49 matches
as Kangaroo coach 2003-05 ... |
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| D-05-R04 |
Footystats Diary, Week 467,
April 15-21, 2005 (Round 4)
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of
subject |
| Friday |
Heath Scotland appeal rejected
Injuries strike down Ramanauskas and Chad Cornes
Richmond lands AFG as new sponsor
AFL commits $56 million for struggling clubs
Noel Teasdale to sell 1965 Brownlow
Fathers, with sons who played VFL-AFL – detailed list
Goal (and win) after the siren: Confirmed: only twice |
| Saturday |
Kangas pip Pies in a thriller
AFL rules out video replays; Demetriou quoted; comments by Tim Lane |
| Sunday |
Hawks smash lack-lustre Lions who
plummet to 14th place
Confident Eagles too strong for Bulldogs
Cats steamroll deficient Bombers
Matthew Lloyd reaches 700 career goals
Port and Carlton in 134th League draw
Surgery for Anthony Rocca – out for three months
'G' honours Fitzroy great Haydn Bunton |
| Monday |
Adelaide's finish blows Sydney
Tiger demolish Fremantle
Saints fire to thrash Melbourne
Paul Williams breaks collarbone
Cameron Bruce: It's the AC joint
Steven Dodd unlikely to require reconstruction |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: Maxfield accepts
one-match ban
Aaron Davey takes MRP reprimand
Brad Miller: No charge to answer
Cameron Bruce: No surgery required
Pies hit by injury to Leon Davis
MWB: The Full Picture, after Round 4 – details
They said it: AFL to tackle joint toll |
| Wednesday |
Match Review Panel – Dean
Brogan takes guilty plea
Port Adelaide questions the MRP process
Rising Star of Round 4 – Hawthorn's Lance Franklin
Groin surgery for Beau Waters
Umpire abuse gets Cameron Mooney
Comment: Read the Fine Print – Dotting the *i's* of the MRP
'Force' chosen as name for Perth rugby |
| Thursday |
Fox Footy push for Friday night
Nine asks Federal Court for TV rights details
Shannon Motlop to make Demon debut
James Clement to lead Magpies
Port extends Peter Burgoyne contract
Richo closing in on Michael Roach record
They said it: Time may be up for Lloyd |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 4 – attendance:
295,363
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20 years of Friday Night Football was marked when
the North Melbourne-Kangaroos and Collingwood faced each other again at the MCG, recalling
the occasion of Melbourne's first VFL clash under lights on March 29, 1985 ... l
the North Melbourne-Kangaroos are undefeated after
four rounds, the best opening to a season by the club since 1979 ...
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Brisbane lost their third successive match for the
first time under coach LEIGH MATTHEWS – not since the wooden spoon days of 1998 have
they lost three matches on the trot ...
l
West Coast won their 12th successive match at
Subiaco, equalling their record at the ground posted in 1996-97 ... the Eagles won their
fourth straight, the best start since 1999 when they won the opening six matches ...
l
CHRIS GRANT (WB) reached 500 career goals in game
299 – with the first goals Grant has kicked for the Bulldogs since 2002-R15 v Haw ...
l
Nine *posters* on Saturday night at Football Park
were confirmed by Champion Data – Port (3) and Carlton (6). In the books, the record
is 11 in the Footscray v Carlton match in 1936 at the Western Oval ... l
Port had its fourth draw from 192 AFL games –
against Brisbane (2), Geelong (1) and now Carlton ... it is the second drawn match at
Football Park – Port and Geelong drew in 2000-R10 ... the draw ended five successive
wins by Port over the Blues ... l
Richmond won their 300th match at the MCG from 544
played at headquarters since 1908 ... l
The Saints broke a seven-game winning streak by the
Demons to bring St Kilda's first win over Melbourne since 1999-R17-MCG ... |
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| D-05-R03 |
Footystats Diary, Week 466,
April 8-14, 2005 (Round 3)
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of
subject |
| Friday |
*Showdown* name stays
David Neitz closes in on top Demons records
Can Paul Hasleby do it again? – Ross Glendinning Medal list
AFL to honour fallen at Gallipoli
First cab – if you are an AFL player
October International Rules at Docklands |
| Saturday |
Demons: best start since 1994
MWB: Notes from the round |
| Sunday |
Heart surgery for Ian Collins
David Neitz: 250 games, 500 goals
Demons, Kangas and Eagles unbeaten
Remarkable Roos come back again to win
Magpies in great last half finish over Blues
Fre wilt under Eagles fightback
Sydney snatch last-kick victory from Lions
Jimmy Bartel cleared of neck damage
Footy beats Pope's funeral |
| Monday |
Outstanding 346,177 attend Rivalry
Round
Adelaide easily digest off-colour Port
Bombers deny gutsy Hawks
Tigers roar to beat Bulldogs
Graham Smorgon takes reins at Carlton |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: Heath Scotland
to face Tribunal
Umpires confirm error on "goal"
Barry Hall set to sign new Sydney deal
Hawks: Jacobs and Thurgood to miss two
MWB: The Full Picture – Stats after Round 3 |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal – Scotland and Moloney
suspended for two matches
Yarra Council has $15 million plan for Victoria Park
Suspended Camporeale may have missed anyhow ...
Rising Star of Round 3 – Melbourne's Brock McLean
Collingwood – 14-straight goals
MWB: Bombers 14th, Hawks on the bottom – background |
| Thursday |
TV rights – beyond 2006: AFL
seek club views
Carlton's Heath Scotland appeals suspension
Goal after the siren: Only twice, maybe three ...
Essendon runner John Barnes suspended two matches
Barry Hall (Sydney) and Michael Wilson (Port) sign new deals
Priority picks and funding to be reviewed |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 3 – attendance:
346,177
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Attendances were an outstanding for the
“Rivalry” round, with a crowd average for the eight matches of 43,272. The total
is second only to the all-time record of 367,974 of Round 22 in 1998 ... for only the
second time, the lowest match attendance for a home-and-away round exceeded 30,000 –
30,871 attended Docklands for the Bulldogs-Richmond match.
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Melbourne, undefeated after three matches, are
enjoying their best start to a season since 1994 ... for a second week, the Kangaroos
trailed at every change before a strong last quarter brought them victory – the Roos
have won the opening three games, the equal of 2004 and before that in 1996 ... West Coast
with three-straight wins, equal their best starts of 1988 1991 and 1999 ...
l
15.1-91 in the last half (9.1 in the third, 6.0 in
the last) equalled Collingwood's best effort of 230 games against Carlton – in
1969-R4 at Princes Park, the Pies came from 17 points down at half time then kicked
14.7-91 to beat the Blues by 64 points, 23.15-153 to 13.11-89 – Collingwood kicked 14
goals without a miss ...
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in the Eagles' total of 16 behinds, stats show
Freo's defence at Subiaco conceded eight rushed behinds – which was also the winning
margin ... West Coast won their 11th successive game at Subiaco – their record at the
venue is 12-straight in 1996-97.
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The Kangas halted St Kilda's run of 16 successive
wins at Docklands – the previous loss by the Saints at the venue was 2003-R14 ...
l
MARTIN WINDSOR-BLACK noted BARRY HALL has twice
lived out every kid's dream to win a match with a goal after the siren. He did so on
Saturday night for the Swans against the Lions at the Gabba, but it is the SECOND time
Barry has achieved this remarkable feat – he did so for St Kilda in 2001, when in the
22nd round he lifted St Kilda to a two-point victory over Hawthorn on a wet Saturday night
at the MCG ... |
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| D-05-R02 |
Footystats Diary, Week 465,
April 1-7, 2005 (Round 2)
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of
subject |
| Friday |
Buckley goes under the knife
Richmond fine Jay Schulz $5000 for drink driving; Sponsorship threat
No evidence in Gabba biting incident
Cats clear 1999 debt
Hawk ruckman Robert Campbell to miss at least six games |
| Saturday |
Blues stun the Bombers, again
TAC cancels Richmond sponsorship agreement
Victoria Park: Yarra Council claims 'damage bill' is $10.7 million
17 to miss Grand Final re-match |
| Sunday |
Kangas finish strongly to down Swans
Solid Melbourne win over Bulldogs
Port just survives late Brisbane charge
Eagles too good for the Cats
C.U.B. at odds over "Showdown" name |
| Monday |
Round-up of games in *Match Review* |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: Brady Rawlings
takes three game suspension
Leigh Matthews apologises to Eddie McGuire, but ...
Surgery for Geelong's David Wojcinski
Lowest Maximum Margin in a Round ... details
MWB: Carlton hits seven centuries of centuries
They said it: Kevin Sheedy, how to save AFL football from flooding
Col Hutchinson's *Approaching Milestones* for Round 3 |
| Wednesday |
AFL Tribunal: Sydney's Paul Williams
cleared
Brisbane: Michael Voss anoints Jonathan Brown as next captain
Adelaide: Ben Hart milestone on hold
Sydney: Paul Roos answers his critics
Rising Star of Round 2: Geelong's Shannon Byrnes
They said it: The Age:Push for fourth umpire; Pagan has his say |
| Thursday |
Magpies and Seven settle differences
Lloyd set to return; Koschitzke injured; Dogs re-sign Murphy
The said it: Footy codes unite in their differences |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 2 – attendance: 248,042
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Biggest margin of the eight matches in the round
was 26 points – the tightest group of margins since the 8-game roster started in 1995
... l
Melbourne went to the top of the ladder when they
beat the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon at Docklands ... l
Geelong lost its 13th successive game *on the road*
– their last win was at the SCG against Sydney in 2002-R12 ... l
Richmond broke its longest sequence of 15
successive defeats and first win since last May ... l
the Sunday afternoon match in Launceston between St
Kilda and Fremantle brought the 285th one-point result ... l
JARED CROUCH (Sydney) played his 158th consecutive
match, equalling the record set by Fitzroy's JOHN MURPHY (1967-74) of playing successive
matches from debut ...
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the tradition of tight encounters between Port and
Brisbane continued – in 18 meetings, both Port and the Lions have won eight games,
and two draws – Port 11.9 beat the Lions 11.7 at Footy Park – 17 players missed
the re-match of last year’s grand finalists ... |
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| D-05-R01 |
Footystats Diary, Week 464,
March 25-31, 2005 (Round 1)
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of
subject |
| Friday |
Lions give Saints a horror night;
Riewoldt breaks collarbone
Musing, just musing – MWB notes ... |
| Saturday |
Nick Riewoldt out for 4-6 games
Richmond-Kevin Bartlett stand-off continues
Round 1 debutants – list, each club |
| Sunday |
Kangas burst the Blues bubble
Demons emotional win over Dons
Freo break Port's Subi dominance
Overheard; Satisfied at last (Fox Footy's Saturday Central) |
| Monday |
Swans swamp the Hawks
Cats make kittens of the Tigers
Eagles clip the Crows
Riewoldt: "No problem with treatment ..."
They said it: Stars to miss grand rematch |
| Tuesday |
AFL Match Review Panel: No action
against Mal Michael or Chris Scott
MRP findings: weekend findings on all cases
Round 1: The Stats that matter ... details ... |
| Wednesday |
AFL Tribunal: Hamill cleared;
Charman gets two games
Peter Burgoyne accepts MRP one match
Six players fined for wrestling
They said it: AFL warns players over injury contact
They said it: AFL ends two-week stand-off with Seven-Ten alliance
Col Hutchinson's *Approaching Milestones* for Round 2
Rising Star of Round 1: Essendon's Kepler Bradley |
| Thursday |
Nathan Buckley: Hamstring rules out
Pie captain "indefinitely"
Who will be next Pie Captain?
Carlton questions Karl Norman on nightclub incident
Gabba "biting" incident to be investigated
Corrections: Melbourne-Essendon crowd updated
Four goals – tops for a round
Bruce Kennedy's *Shocks of the Round* |
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE
ROUND |
ROUND 1 – attendance: 332,106
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Brisbane's ROBBIE COPELAND kicked the first goal of the season in
the fourth minute of the game at the Gabba ... l
match times started five minutes later than normal to accommodate
the start of a new premiership season with the line-up of players and officials and
playing of the national anthem – in the spirit of harmony, umpires shook hands with
players of both clubs before the toss of the coin ... l
Saturday night at the MCG was the 200th meeting of
Melbourne and Essendon – the match also marked an emotional tribute to the memory of
Melbourne player TROY BROADBRIDGE who met his death in Thailand in the tsunami on Boxing
Day ... l
Adelaide-based clubs, Port and the Crows both kicked
7.11-53 in their matches – the lowest score of the opening round ... l
Fremantle were in 3rd place after the round, the equal of their
highest ladder position after Round 1 in 1998 ... l
the Tigers lost their 15th successive premiership match – the
longest succession of defeats by Richmond in the League (1908-2005) ... l
323,106 attended the opening round – the 20th time 300,000-plus
has been achieved in the past 10 seasons – second only to 329,369 at 1997s opening
...
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Resident stats wiz MARTIN WINDSOR-BLACK noted, for the
first time all six of Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Richmond, St Kilda and Hawthorn lost
in the same round ...
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The Match Review Panel (MRP) on Monday ruled that Brisbane
defenders MAL MICHAEL and CHRIS SCOTT had no case to answer for bumping into St Kilda
captain NICK RIEWOLDT after he had suffered a broken right collarbone in the third quarter
of Thursday night's match at the Gabba ... |
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| D-05-Mar-03 |
Footystats Diary, Week 463,
March 18-24, 2005 |
| Friday |
Brownlow Medal: Commission rules
ineligibility is 100 demerit points
Bulldogs re-sign Hahn and Giansiracusa
Mark Fraser appointed to senior umpire list
Freo's Daniel Haines to miss half the season
Captains gather for season launch in Melbourne
Aboriginal Football, the great level of contribution – link
What the websites say – McGuire blasts Seven; Nine eyes News
Worth repeating: The Age: TV's big men fly in contest for football |
| Saturday |
Glenn Archer named top Shinboner of
all time
Graham Arthur named third Hawthorn Legend
Former coach sought to lead coaches association; Throw-in under review
The "real Winmar jumper is found (or is it?)
Patrick Smith: Talk is cheap for a code on the move |
| Sunday |
Jared Crouch plays practice match
They said it: Seven plus Ten more than Nine can offer
They said it: Seven's no to Grand Final |
| Monday |
TV rights will dominate Commission
The Lions unveil alternate jumper
NTFL: St Marys make it three in a row
They said it: Legal hotline established |
| Tuesday |
Sydney's western suburbs get a boost
The Age: AFL not ready to deal with Seven
Approaching Milestones for Round 1 |
| Wednesday |
Comment: "I just want to watch
the bloody footy on TV"
TV rights: Nine rejects bidding war
TV rights: Any AFL deal may be limited to one year
Collingwood: 1929 team and six players added to Hall of Fame
Another Winmar jumper rejected
Hopoate: Manly rugby league club sacks suspended player |
| Thursday |
AFL surprised by government's call
on anti-sex classes
Richmond: Bourke, Bolger, James and Keane added to Hall of Fame
Cats and Saints count the cash |
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| D-05-Mar-02 |
Footystats Diary, Week 462,
March 11-17, 2005
also refer Wizard Cup 2005 and Tribunal archives for wider detail |
| Friday |
Saints re-sign five top players
MWB: Wizard Cup Grand Final stats – detailed link
AFL announces Sydney and Brisbane training academies
The 'Nicky Winmar Guernsey' affair
They said it: BRW values Australia's football clubs – 16 clubs listed
They said it: Call to arms for footy's future by WAFL chief |
| Saturday |
Matthew Lloyd breaks right arm in
Bendigo practice match
Shoulder surgery for Daniel Motlop – will miss up to 18 weeks |
| Sunday |
Wizard Cup Grand Final: Fevola boots
the Blues home – match details
Lloyd has plate inserted
Richard Hadley could be out for the season
Four umpires trialled in Richmond-Brisbane practice match |
| Monday |
Drug tests will include AFL chiefs
Carlton: Knee watch on Kouta and Thornton
Bulldogs choose Luke Darcy as captain
Melbourne: Brad Green added to leadership group
MWB: Your club in the pre-season ladder, 2005 and 2004 detail |
| Tuesday |
Paul Kelly and Robert Pascoe elected
to Sydney board
Demons to vote on Broadbridge replacement
Dubai, a Wizard Cup venue next year?
Wayne Campbell says 2005 will be his last
More news expected on Thornton today |
| Wednesday |
Freo's Troy Cook cited
Kane Johnson gets Richmond captaincy
Bret Thornton out for six to eight weeks
Surgery for Josh Fraser
Brisbane's Richard Hadley to have knee reconstruction
The pre-season ladder – another great idea blossoms
Signing of Shannon Motlop hits a glitch |
| Thursday |
TV rights: Seven joins Ten to bid
for rights
Troy Cook accepts guilt and two games
Shannon Motlop joins the Demons
Port retains Matthew Primus as captain
MWB: Pre-season twists – what do they mean – detail |
Back to the Diary
| D-05-Mar-01 |
Footystats Diary, Week 461,
March 4-10, 2005
also refer Wizard Cup 2005 and Tribunal archives for wider detail |
| Friday |
Hawks discipline Crawford
Laidley to coach Kangaroos until 2007
Riewoldt set for million dollar deal
Angelo Lekkas: announcement expected
Dean Solomon has knee surgery
NTFL best & fairest result amid earthquake
MWB: All the stats for the weekend – detailed link |
| Saturday |
Wizard Cup: Eagles pummel the
Kangas; West Coast goal count is 44
Adem Yze injured at Lavington
Swans-Magpies practice match in Newcastle on March 12 |
| Sunday |
Wizard Cup:
Carlton pound the Bulldogs; Eagles & Blues to Grand Final – details |
| Monday |
MWB: Pre-season and practice match
form: 2005 comparison with 2004
Angelo Lekkas out of hospital
Yze expected to be ready for opening |
| Tuesday |
Tribunal not required
Angelo Lekkas suffered a minor stroke
Magpies take on John Hook as recruiter
One last time – practice match at Moorabbin Oval
Mr Average 2005 – you be the judge |
| Wednesday |
Nick Stevens puts footy first
Malcolm Blight returns to TV
Brisbane Lions to feature 1957-74 jumper
Shannon Motlop in Demon mix
Tigers to decide captaincy on Tuesday |
| Thursday |
Demons-Bombers opener will be
Broadbridge tribute
Carlton to announce new major sponsor
AFL likely to revise tribunal rules
Brad Johnson likely to miss opening two games
They said it: Criticism stings Nick Davis into action |
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| D-05-Feb-04 |
Footystats Diary, Week 460,
Feb 25-March 3, 2005
also refer Wizard Cup 2005 and Tribunal archives for wider detail |
| Friday |
Support for Melbourne rep on Sydney
FC board
MWB: Quarter Final stats – detailed list
Blues expect loss of more than $900,000 |
| Saturday |
Wizard Cup – Bulldogs upset St
Kilda
Mark Ricciuto to captain Adelaide again |
| Sunday |
Wizard Cup – Eagles thump the
Magpies; Roos run away from Port |
| Monday |
Wizard Cup – Blues home over
Demons
David Rodan to miss all of the year
Worry over Koutoufides |
| Tuesday |
Match Review Panel: Rohan Smith
cited; Grant, Fevola, Darcy cleared
Blues report loss of $11,146,000
MWB: Notes on the Wizard Cup – detailed |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal: Smith – suspended one
match; sets precedent
Appeal Board: Pickett hearing tonight
The Age: New base for the Demons?
King to lead Cats again
Brent Reilly extends Crows contract
No surgery for Koutoufides |
| Thursday |
Port Adelaide appeal dismissed
Freo gives Connolly two more years
MWB: Observations on Wizard Cup
Angelo Lekkas hospitalised
Elliott to be invited "back"? |
Back to the Diary
| D-05-Feb-03 |
Footystats Diary, Week 459,
February 18-24, 2005
also refer
Wizard Cup 2005 and Tribunal archives for wider detail |
| Friday |
108th AGM: AFL Profit by $1.7
million; Record surplus of $124 million
Players; wages skyrocket – table of earnings
AFL add 12 as life members
Demons free to replace Troy Broadbridge
Geoff McClure, The Age: Glad you said it, Gerard, not us |
| Saturday |
Wizard Cup: Footy is back across
Australia
Sydney: 26 candidates contest two vacancies
Caroline Wilson, The Age: Magpie chief urges night grand final |
| Sunday |
Mitchell, Murray face revamped
Tribunal
Dean Cox to miss pre-season
Greg Baum, The Age: The forum of experiment (rules of Wizard Cup) |
| Monday |
Tsunami victims remembered; World
Vision boosted by $57,000
Stat highlights from the 1st round
Pre-season *night* history files for all clubs |
| Tuesday |
Byron Pickett first to face new
Tribunal
Charges from Wizard Cup 1st round
Score correction – heaven help us ...
Surgery for Jay Schultz
12 Newcastle rugby league players fined; one sacked
Fremantle clear AFL debut with $1,712,708.82 cheque |
| Wednesday |
Tribunal – Pickett out for six
matches
NSW Supreme Court ruling: Warning to all sports bodies
Michael Voss to lead Brisbane for ninth season
Neale Daniher wants bigger centre circle
NSW Police to investigate female student complaint |
| Thursday |
Port appeals Picket sentence
Primus: Picket "stupid"
Were Port 'misled'?
Suspension rules under fire
AFL Cairns: Jason Love now banned eight years |
Back to the Diary
| D-05-Feb-02 |
Footystats Diary, Week 458,
February 11-17, 2005 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Saints announce captaincy of Nick
Riewoldt
Warren Tredrea wants Port job
Apology for bungled rape investigation
Footballers committed to stand trial
Two rugby league referees suspended for life
Fitzroy jumper in two games this year
Aaron Sandilands, the tallest, soon the heaviest |
| Saturday |
Sydney too solid for Essendon –
match report
Riewoldt captain at 22 – the youngest VFL-AFL captains on record
German referee banned for match fixing |
| Sunday |
Brownlow rules to be altered?
They said it – Andrew McLeod won't give much away |
| Monday |
Intra-club matches from the weekend |
| Tuesday |
Wizrd Cup – Draftees to get the
call
Take two – Youngest captains; 20 to 22, a list of 35
Who is Mr Average of 2005? – Age, weight, height, games, goals ...
They said it – Demetriou denies tokenism |
| Wednesday |
Anzac Day 2006 – Magpies and
Bombers at Homebush?
Freo name Peter Bell as skipper again
Betting on Wizard Cup
MWB: Posers for the pre-season |
| Thursday |
Stuart Maxfield leads Sydney again
MWB provides the answers
MWB: Plethora of pre-season stats
The Age: Letters continue soccer or football debate |
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| D-05-Feb-01 |
Footystats Diary, Week 457,
February 4-10, 2005 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
John Elliott files for bankruptcy
Radio teams take shape for 2005
For the record – Melbourne's 120mm of rain
They said it – Four-way battle to be Tiger skipper |
| Saturday |
Buckley suffers another hamstring
strain
Melbourne seek experienced replacement
Knee injury suffered by Brad Smith |
| Sunday |
All-Stars down Bulldogs by 28 points
– match details
Sydney to play Bombers on Friday night |
| Monday |
AFL to rethink TV deal
New Geelong stand nears completion |
| Tuesday |
AFL puts a footy smile back at the
Alice
AFL ready to promote a woman to Commission
Crows to play SANFL clubs on Friday
Brad Smith out for season
Premiership betting
Eade suggests earlier All-Stars game
The Medical Room – Josh Francou, Leigh Colbert |
| Wednesday |
From the grandstand – Richmond,
Sydney, Essendon
Bulldogs get a welcome cash boost
Garry Lyon back with 3AW
Final Australian tsunami toll is 27 |
| Thursday |
Wayne Jackson to become life member
North Mackay to play at the Gabba
Carlton names leadership group
Kangas to extend Laidley's contract |
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| D-05-Jan-05 |
Footystats Diary, Week 456,
Jan 28-Feb 3, 2005 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
AFL Coaches Conference opens
Melbourne granted rookie upgrade
New gig for Bruce McAvaney |
| Saturday |
John Elliott to declare bankruptcy;
creditors reject offer |
| Monday |
Twenty-20 charity event raises
$50,000
Hawks to name captain today
Annual community camp visits
Fraudster clips footy fans |
| Tuesday |
Four new members of Tribunal; the
structure for 2005
Richard Vandenberg is new Hawthorn captain
*Bill EXPRESS* is new St Kilda sponsor |
| Wednesday |
Wizard Cup: No changes to rules;
Supergoals will aid tsunami appeal
Brian Taylor returns to Punt Road
Tough workout for Blues in Shepparton
Doubt on Essendon trio |
| Thursday |
Bulldogs visit top end communities
AFL Players levy for charity
Hail sends Pies off Homebush early
Paul Kelly for Sydney board |
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| D-05-Jan-04 |
Footystats Diary, Week 455,
January 21-27, 2005 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Broadbridge laid to rest
Knee surgery sidelines Wirrpunda and Sampi
Ben Graham signs with New York Jets |
| Saturday |
Foxtel signs Carey to long-term deal |
| Monday |
Demons and Magpies in joint tsunami
effort |
| Wednesday |
Wayne Carey set to join Pagan
Peter Burgoyne break right hand
Footballers in court – Dale Swan, Kade Carey, Aaron Ramsay |
| Thursday |
Wayne Carey reunited with Denis
Pagan at Carlton
Pre-season match in Alice Springs cancelled |
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| D-05-Jan-03 |
Footystats Diary, Week 454,
January 14-20, 2005 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Chris Judd signs new contract with
West Coast
St Kilda vote for leadership group
Geelong's James Kelly is back on track |
| Monday |
AFL Indigenous: Darryl White to lead
All-Stars |
| Tuesday |
Troy Broadbridge to be buried
Thursday |
| Wednesday |
White ruled out of All-Stars game
Fremantle posts $1.2 million profit
Tony McGuinness is new assistant at Port |
| Thursday |
Broadbridge funeral today
Justin Blumfield joins Bendigo Bombers
Hip surgery for Andrew McDougall
Hip replacement for Kevin Sheedy |
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| D-05-Jan-02 |
Footystats Diary, Week 453,
January 7-13, 2005 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Injury again hits Steven King
New studio at Docklands for Tribunal
Soccer or ? ... the debate continues |
| Saturday |
Sandilands re-signs with Fremantle
Funeral plans for Troy Broadbridge
Australian pledges $1 billion in aid to Indonesia |
| Tuesday |
Tsunami appeal: AFL pledges
$300,000; Cricket match raises $14.6m
Demons remember Broadbridge
North Cairns appeal suspensions |
| Wednesday |
Brisbane: Who will replace Lynch? |
| Thursday |
Illicit drugs policy: AFL announce
new rules
Port appointing Stephen Williams in assistant role
Soccer plays names game with *Football Victoria* |
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| D-05-Jan-01 |
Footystats Diary, Week 452,
Dec 31-Jan 6, 2005 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Demons show support for missing Troy
Warmer and less rain in 2004 |
| Tuesday |
Troy Broadbridge: Body identified in
Thailand |
| Wednesday |
Trisha Broadbridge returns home |
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| D-05-Dec-04 |
Footystats Diary, Week 451,
December 24-31, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Draft tampering: Investigation
clears Fremantle
Geelong award life memberships at AGM |
| Monday |
Footy goes back to school; Port to
assist in SA; Victoria may support
Magpie Christmas lunch for the homeless
Hawthorn looks to captaincy; Crawford, Everitt, Vandenberg possible |
| Wednesday |
Melbourne player Troy Broadbridge
missing in Thailand |
| Thursday |
WA Government relief for debt on
Subiaco Oval
Public apology to Hawthorn Football Club |
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| D-05-Dec-03 |
Footystats Diary, Week 450,
December 17-23, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Richmond: Polling closes today; Will
Miller stay on?
Essendon posts profit of $659,579
Demons head for Olympic Park
Soccer blurs who is who in Sydney |
| Saturday |
Birthplace MCG Hotel under threat |
| Sunday |
Richmond: Solid vote returns Casey
ticket
Soccer blurs who is whi in Sydney |
| Monday |
Colquhoun: Cultural cringe makes the
First XVIII |
| Tuesday |
Sydney profits again in
"challenging market"
Hawthorn: retiring directors re-elected |
| Wednesday |
Channel Seven names tribunal
front-runner
Carey to commentate for Fox Footy
TV-friendly times in 2005 schedule
Rugby Union firms five-year $423 million deal with News Limited
Mark Fraser joins senior umpiring group
Laidlaw: "Football" is football |
| Thursday |
Tribunal overhaul: David Jones named
new chairman
Proposed penalties tabled – detailed list
Heavy penalties follow September brawl in Cairns
Port: Cornes brothers re-sign to the end of 2008
Rugby Union firms five-year $423 million deal with News Limited |
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| D-05-Dec-02 |
Footystats Diary, Week 449,
December 10-16, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Saturday |
Perth beats Melbourne for new Rugby
team
Fitzroy's Maurie Hearn passes |
| Sunday |
Peter Schwab will head new review
panel |
| Tuesday |
Pre-Season & Rookie Drafts today
Sydney: Constitutional change calls for two elected board members
First the Kokoda Track, now the book and CD |
| Wednesday |
Zantuck to Dons; Caracella to Pies
– detail of Pre-Season & Rookie drafts
Collingwood celebrate $35.5 million revenue
Prime Minister Howard declines offer from Western Bulldogs |
| Thursday |
Rule change – Centre bounce now
10 metre circle – definition of rule
Carlton: The ship is starting to turn around
Jarrad Schofield: Draft-tampering investigation
League considers sexual misconduct tribunal
Bulldogs re-sign Cooney and Ray
Port's Byron Pickett loses licence for drink driving |
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| D-05-Dec-01 |
Footystats Diary, Week 448,
December 3-9, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
X-Men launch service for former
players – when the cheering stops ...
Small lift in AFL prices
Carlton to draft Aisake O'hAilpin
20 to contest Richmond election – the candidates
Byron Pickett pleads guilty to drive charges
Lockett sells greyhound for $900,000 |
| Saturday |
Cats extend Bomber Thompson to 2007
Danny Frawley turns down Freo offer
Michael Long meets Howard to "begin the journey"
Adelaide re-signs Mark Stevens and James Begley
Ty Zantuck leaves Richmond |
| Sunday |
Fitzroy's 1895 premiership ball
discovered – link to Vic footy, 1856-1896 |
| Monday |
Hawthorn's Ron Cook passes away
Hawks start their Kokoda Track trek
Drug officials test Saints in South Africa |
| Tuesday |
Hawthorn: Operation Recovery pulls
out; Dicker board will be returned
Port Adelaide profits by $332,337
St Kilda profit is $1.03 million; Jim Watts named CEO |
| Wednesday |
Adelaide profits by $1.5 million
Whitten Oval upgrade goes the next step
Ian Dicker reviews options |
| Thursday |
Round 20 order revised
Saints return from South Africa |
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| D-05-Nov-05 |
Footystats Diary, Week 447,
Nov 26-Dec 2, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Battle for Hawthorn: Waverley move
becomes clouded
AFL faces $7.5 million battle in court
Richmond revert to traditional jumper
Melbourne wraps up all senior signings
File Update: Scoring, 1997-2004, The Home-and-Away Series – link
Version 1.4 available for *Footy Works* |
| Saturday |
Double-header in Wizard Cup opening
AFL considers using order off rule
Richmond deficit blows out to $2,194,974
Ron Cook inducted to Hawthorn Hall of Fame
Bulldogs to meet All-Stars in Darwin
New grandstand at Kardinia Park on target
John Hook to leave Hawthorn
George Stone returns to Sydney |
| Tuesday |
Geelong improves on profit and
revenue
Essendon profit by $649,000
Brisbane mothballs number 11
New captain for Bulldogs under review |
| Wednesday |
Blues poised to extend Pagan
contract; Kouta retained as captain
Richmond: Greg Miller joins Casey ticket
AFL moves August clash to Sunday
PM agrees to meet with Michael Long
Kevin Sheedy's mother passes |
| Thursday |
Hawthorn: Rivals groups aim for
compromise
AFL told 10 groups intersted in Fame & Sensation attraction |
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| D-05-Nov-04 |
Footystats Diary, Week 446,
November 19-25, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Hawthorn to return another profit
– same as 2003
Brendon Gale is new CEO of AFLPA
Hunt out of the Hunt
Obituary: Carlton's Jim Francis passes away at 94 |
| Saturday |
Western Bulldogs post $693,364 loss
Clubs favour set Tribunal penalities |
| Sunday |
National Draft: Richmond and
Hawthorn grab top choices
Brett Deledio at No.1 to Tigers; Jarryd Roughhead to Hawks; details |
| Monday |
Essendon: Chairman Neil McKissock
calls for changes |
| Tuesday |
Melbourne lose $1.475 million and
declare modest profit of $25,000
Mark Williams: Trial ruck rules
Bulldogs resolve Croft contract dispute
Ross Smith joins Clarkson at Hawthorn
MWB: Curiosities of the draft – detailed
"Football's forgotten tour" – the 1888 visit of a British Rugby team |
| Wednesday |
AFL may switch Swans-Lions match in
Round 20
McGough joins Saints in South Africa
Hawk rivals continue discussions
Reader Leonard Colquhoun – the "Matthew Croft case" |
| Thursday |
Tribunal overhaul; AFL Commission
accepts changes
New three-man review panel; Hearings: Chairman & three-man jury
Set penalties; appeal costs reduced; comments on tribunal relaxed
Lions, Swans to lose salary cap benefits
Port appoint Peter Rohde as head of football strategy
Mark Mickan is new Port ruck coach
St Kilda misses out on Leighton Wood
West Coast name Neil Ross as development coach |
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| D-05-Nov-03 |
Footystats Diary, Week 445,
November 12-18, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Comment: Some fools never learn
– take 2 ... Daily Telegraph, Gibson |
| Saturday |
Staying, Coming, Going ...
Clint Bizzell re-signs with Melbourne
Port Adelaide: Schofield quits; Dew re-signs
Second O'hAilpin trains with Blues
Caracella leaves the Lions
196cm Ethiopian Goaner Tutlan trains with Essendon
Hawthorn: Graham Arthur on unpaid leave |
| Monday |
Matthew Croft hits Bulldogs with pay
claim
Updated Files: Milestones
Comment: Telegraph, Gibson: Un-Australian; reader response |
| Tuesday |
Brisbane Lions profit by $2.18
million
Player numbers rise nationally to 467,460 in football census
TAC continue sponsorship with Richmond and Collingwood
Updated Files: Trading; Win-Loss-Draw sequence
Last word on *Gibborish* from readers |
| Wednesday |
Collingwood profit is record
$2,070,456
Community Camps: Clubs head for 10 new locations
Updated Files: P-W-L-D 1897-2004; All-Time Crowds; Best & Worst |
| Thursday |
36 delisted players nominate for
National Draft – details
St Kilda name Leighton as new CEO
AFLPA voice support for Matthew Croft
NRL to trial interchange referees
Ramanauskas re-signs with Bombers |
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| D-05-Nov-02 |
Footystats Diary, Week 444,
November 5-11, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Collingwood cut Mark McGough
Lions re-sign Ashley McGrath |
| Monday |
Bail out plan for Hall of Fame
venture
Updated files – Goalkickers, links, All-Time Goals, Tops in Goals |
| Tuesday |
Ian Robson appointed Hawthorn CEO
Graham Arthur to stand for Hawk presidency
Adam Goodes joins indigenous advisory board
Caracella to nominate for draft
For the record: Darren Bennett 150 NFL games; Melbourne Cup crowds |
| Wednesday |
Graham Arthur: Contracts in place
will be honoured
New rules for centre bounces
Jeff Farmer fined $2000 for assault |
| Thursday |
Clark Keating re-signs with Brisbane
Richmond decision on December 22
Indigenous players to meet in Broome
Comment: Some fools never learn ... Daily Telegraph, Gibson |
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| D-05-Nov-01 |
Footystats Diary, Week 443,
Oct 29-Nov 4, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Reprieve for James Rahilly as Ben
Graham quits
Essendon cut four from list
Patrick Bowden still a Bulldog
Wizard Home Loans sold to GE Electric |
| Saturday |
AFL's Queen Victoria venture
appoints voluntary administrator
Draft will take many new faces to Richmond; nine picks in top 20
First lodgement of playing lists
David King as assistant at Punt Road
Darren Bewick joins the Kangaroos
Daniel Harford retires
Saints hold on to Knobel and Blake; promote Stone and Pfitzner
Dockers promote Dylan Smith and Steven Dodd
Swans cut Heath James |
| Sunday |
Hall of Fame: MCG offer originally
turned down
Caroline Wilson, The Age: Melbourne Cricket Club commits to Dees |
| Monday |
Bulldogs: Rocket ready to launch
Steve McKee may return to Punt Road
Anthony Rocca marries
The Age: Graham not certain starter: NY paper |
| Tuesday |
Punters – what they do in the
NFL
Review 2005 and Review 2004 added to Archives |
| Wednesday |
Peter Schwab rules out Fremantle
offer
Darren Gaspar takes a pay cut |
| Thursday |
George Stone leaves Hawthorn
David Spriggs trains with Carlton
Jason Blake re-signs with St Kilda
Ben Graham has time on his side – the NFL's amazing George Blanda |
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| D-05-Oct-04 |
Footystats
Diary, Week 442, October 22-28, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Shoulder injury stops
Simon Black
Adelaide re-signs Tyson Edwards
Delistings continue – turnover mounts at Punt Road – Ty Zantuck
Port's new fitness coach (Darren Burgess)
Nylex clocks planned for Dockland Stadium |
| Saturday |
Andy Lovell and Leigh
Tudor to Geelong as assistants
Blues re-sign Brad Fisher and Justin Davies – Luke Livingstone pending
Fraser Gehrig fined $5000 by St Kilda for urinating on woman at hotel
Port take premiership cup on tour
Gavin Wanganeen takes top indigenous award |
| Sunday |
IR: AFL move on death
threats (to James Hird, Mark McVeigh)
Graham Duff to Kangaroos board
Training starts – listing, all clubs |
| Monday |
IR: Ireland claim the
series, on aggregate 131-81 – 2nd Test details
Ben Graham – what is the future?
Aussies in American football – background |
| Tuesday |
Geelong to draft Nathan
Ablett
Collingwood delistings
Nice words, nice people |
| Wednesday |
Knees bring down David
Loats
Ty Zantuck deal not dead
Hawthorn into three-day camp at Sorrento
International rules gets seal of approval |
| Thursday |
Ben Graham jets off to
the NFL
Hawthorn AGM: No compromise – it's Dicker v Scott
Jess Sinclair signs with Kangaroos
Trent Knobel quits St Kilda |
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| D-05-Oct-03 |
Footystats
Diary, Week 441, October 15-21, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Byron Pickett charged
over accident
Brian Cunningham takes role in SA government
VFL players who played Test cricket – link to list
Port ruck coach retires (David Pittman)
IR: Who's right? – "unders" and "overs" in reports |
| Saturday |
IR: Nathan Brown named
vice-captain (to James Hird)
Ben Graham impresses the Yanks
Rob Kerr steps down as AFLPA chief
Crows delist James Gallagher (added to ...)
Bulldogs sign Sam Power
VFL-Test Cricket: Laurie Nash 18 goals versus Queensland in 1934 |
| Sunday |
AFL and Rugby Union to
be double-header? – Aug 13, 2005, Homebush
IR: Irish enraptured by growing rivalry
Ban lifted on Jeff Farmer – protection order struck out by Perth court |
| Monday |
IR: Ireland thrash
Aussies 77-41 – 1st Test details
108 years ago the star was – Patrick O'Dea – link to story |
| Tuesday |
Geelong dump David
Spriggs – promote Shannon Byrnes
Craig Callaghan retires; Freo delist three
IR: Australia with a mountain to climb
Blow for Tiger rebels – constitution does not allow a straight-out fight |
| Wednesday |
IR: Jared Crouch flies
home – broken left collarbone
AFL Cairns: Report recommends all of North Cairns FC front tribunal
Carlton cut two – Darren Hulme, Stephen Kenna |
| Thursday |
Don Scott tables Hawk
petition
Melbourne re-signs Travis Johnstone
Don Pyke is new Adelaide assistant
Keith Miller farewelled
Surgery for Jared Crouch
Rugby Union narrows new Super 14 team focus to Perth and Melbourne |
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| D-05-Oct-02 |
Footystats
Diary, Week 440, October 8-14, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
Trades: Josh Carr to
Fremantle
Trades: Darren Jolly for Sydney
Trades: Brad Ottens deal unfolds |
| Saturday |
Trade Week: 17 players
make the switch – list provided
Tigers say Bombers failed Ty Zantuck
Peter Curran and Anthony Rock to Melbourne as assistants |
| Sunday |
no entries –
hangover city ... |
| Monday |
IR: Squad leave for
Dublin, after two-day camp
AFLPA called for trading overhaul
E-mail bag: response to "Best Ever, Hawthorn or Brisbane?" |
| Tuesday |
IR: Ireland names its
squad – full listing, players and counties
Collingwood resumed training on Monday October 11th
Matthew Knight to coach Bendigo Bombers
Keith Ross Miller passes – died Monday at Frankston
Brisbane: Darryl White and Martin Pike to play on
AFL announce assistance funds to Kangaroos, Bulldogs, Melbourne |
| Wednesday |
Peter Vardy retires
Melbourne delistings
IR: 70,000 tipped for First Test in Dublin
Sheedy wows the Americans (8th annual US championships, Atlanta) |
| Thursday |
IR: Aussies win warm-up
game (against Dublin All-Stars)
Dees get Russell Robertson for three more years
State funeral announced for Keith Miller
Port delist five players
AFL Cairns wait on report (Sept 18 GF melee)
File updates |
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| D-05-Oct-01 |
Footystats
Diary, Week 439, October 1-7, 2004 (Tween Seasons) |
| Friday |
AFL stars outraged by
*dot.com* registration of players' names
Highlights of the 2005 Draw
Tribunal: Alastair Lynch 10 games + $15,000 fines; Simon Black 3
Jonathan Brown: 0 – hearing postponed
Geelong: Cameron Ling wins club award
Brisbane's Shaun Hart retires
Melbourne re-signs Jared Rivers
Nathan Thompson wants out from Hawks |
| Saturday |
Sydney retains Paul Roos
as coach until 2008
Best and Fairest: Ade, Col, Fre, Syd, WCE
Damien Hardwick and Todd Viney to Glenferrie
Demons re-sign Cameron Bruce
Tribunal overhaul under way |
| Sunday |
Demons extend Neale
Daniher's contract
Best & Fairest awards: completed, Bri, Haw, Mel, PA, WB
Wallabies, Swans on collision course |
| Monday |
Another SANFL flag for
Bulldogs (Central District)
Trading period starts
"That" dress brings $23,000 at charity auction
The process continues – update of 2004 files |
| Tuesday |
Tribunal: Jonathan
Brown: 5 weeks, $3000 fine
Daryn Cresswell to Brisbane
Demons seek sharing deal with Melbourne Storm
"Best Ever" – Hawthorn or Brisbane? – (comparison chart displayed)
Eagles fine Kerr $5000 |
| Wednesday |
Kangaroos seal trade for
Nathan Thompson
Stenglein in three-way deal for Eagles
Saints show interest in Whitnall
IR: New squad picked after 17 withdraw
Stab Kicks: 2005 premiership betting; Dandenong TOTC
E-mail bag: responses to "Best ever" Hawthorn or Brisbane? |
| Thursday |
Stay at Optus group
fails in Supreme Court bid
Freo's Simmonds heading for draft
MWB: 2005 Draw – who has the upper hand – chart in MWB file
Stab Kicks: Allan Scott wants private meeting with Mark Williams
Stab Kicks: Allan Scott gives Port $100,000 bonus for GF victory
Stab Kicks: Adam Kingsley, Josh Mahoney, Damon White, Stuart Cochrane agree to new deals |
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