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2006 Review
September 30, 2005 thru October 5, 2006


D-06-R26 Footystats Diary, Week 543, Sept 29-Oct 5, 2006
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Friday Selected teams for Grand Final
It's a girl! – Baby girl means Darren Jolly will join Swans
Barassi calls for salary cap on coaches
Michael Voss in talks with Blues and Saints
Football's Woman of the Year – Barb Cullen
The Back-to-Back Club
Saturday AFLPA awards: Chris Judd takes second MVP
The Australian: Full-time siren blows for Fox Footy channel
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Closest grand final result for 40 years
West Coast and Sydney produce another classic
Eagles clip Sydney by a point
Monday Premiership cup lands in Perth
Grand finalists get rousing receptions
Caroline Wilson, The Age: Opening round rematch of Eagles and Swans
Tuesday Match Review Panel: Grand Final gets all clear
Club champion – Melbourne; James McDonald takes Truscott Trophy
TV ratings for AFL and NRL grand finals
Several Eagles booked for surgery
Geoff McClure, The Age: Point of it all
Mike Sheahan, Herald Sun: Fox Footy's couch missed
Wednesday Trading places – NAB Draft Camp
High quality list await new psychological tests
Club champion – St Kilda; Riewoldt claims third best & fairest
Adelaide axe veteran defender Ben Hart
Melbourne council approves funds for three works
Stab Kicks ... Drew Banfield matches Doug Wade record ...
> Twin one-point margins, twice in one season is new record ...
> MWB: Consecutive matches with same scores (swapped) ...
> Fremantle flies squad to Melbourne to experience a Grand Final ...
Thursday AFL Players' Association underwrite Health Kick
Supporting former VFL-AFL players
Jade Rawlings to Richmond as assistant
Stab Kicks ... Tough father-son choices ahead for Carlton ...
> Bombers re-sign Jason Laycock ...
The Bigger than BIG ladder, 1997-2006

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D-06-R25 Footystats Diary, Week 542, September 22-28, 2006
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Friday Codes combine to reform TV regulations; "Use it or Losie it" ...
Carlton rumble with threat to president
Collingwood agrees on away jumper
Ray Horsburgh in new Essendon chairman
Steven Keing steps down from Geelong captaincy
Swans-Freo no change; Burton and McLeod back for Crows
Saturday Swans drop the Dockers anchor; Sydney to defend their premiership
Eagles run away from the Crows
Sydney and West Coast to do it all over again
Monday Geelong board endorse Mark Thompson as coach for 2007
Wide ranging changes to be implemented by Cats
Tuesday 2006 Brownlow: Adam Goodes wins his second Brownlow
MWB's club-by-club, full analysis, voting round-by-round
Nathan Buckley to step aside as captain
MRP: Jeff Farmer and Justin Longmuir cited
Skilton and Jakovich chosen to present the Cup
Qantas adds 34 extra flights tio grand final
Can Barry Hall muster another six goals?
Wednesday The Age: Dans will hear every game on radio; Radio deals almost signed
MRP: Farmer and Longmuir plead guilty – reprimands
AFL Coaches' Association: Goodwin and Goodes joint winners
Allen, Goldspink, Vozzo to umpire grand final
GF weather forecast
Swans and Eagles near another record – WLWLWL ...
Thursday Foxtel stalemate still unresolved; Seven and Ten set to go it alone
Geoff McClure, The Age: Fox Footy – over, out
Rhett Biglands to miss 2007
Brett Ebert re-signs with Port
Stab Kicks – So, you reckon they're even? – MWB provides facts
Twin Towers of footy fade down

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D-06-R24 Footystats Diary, Week 541, September 15-21, 2006
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Friday Next Generation – Securing the future of Australian football
AFL clubs will reap dvidends; $650 million over next five years
Holland appeal fails
Walls, Sjeldon, Smith head sub-committee; St Kilda search begins
Robert Harvey to play on in 2007
Tom Lonergan returns to hospital
Akermanis: Western Bulldogs if preferred choice
SANFL club goes to court over suspension
Stab Kicks for semi-finals
Saturday Dockers break through for first win in a final
Freo wear down the Demons
Herald Sun: Leaping Leo Barry's grab for $50,000
South Adelaide court bid fails
Justin Peckett retires
Sunday Eagles hammer Bulldogs by 74 points
Monday $70 million boost for Football Park
Collingwood to decide on Didak knee surgery
Tim Lane, The Age: Interstate trendsetters tap into old-fashioned values
Tonic for Cats and Tom Lonergan
Tuesday MRP: Brian Harris faces two matches for striking; Josh Carr cleared
Assault complaint against Cresswell withdrawn
McLeod, Burton and Ricciuto train with Crows
Knee surgery will sideline Didak for up to 10 months
Heath Scotland avoids conviction for slap
WAFL Sandover Medal: Subiaco's Matt Priddis wins with record vote
MWB: Victorian fans fearful of poor record against interstate clubs
Ron Barassi wants to know why Vic's are failing?
Wednesday Head-high bump may become reportable
Petition forces special Geelong meeting; Cat board under siege
Kent Kingsley quits Cats
Bredon Gobbard signs two-year deal
Carlton rules out Michael Gardiner
Brian Harris takes two week suspension
MCC grounds committee turns down VFL approach
Shoulder surgery for Brad Johnson; lay-off for Hargrave and Morris
Chris Bond to be interviewed for St Kilda job
Geoff McClure, The Age: Bartlett and Bourke were footy's No.1 double act
Thursday Tim Lane on interchange; Ten name Quartermain and Hudson to call GF
Media Awards: Dennis Cometti judged most outstanding caller
Club champion – Kane Johnson wins Jack Dyer Medal
Doctors lost for words on voiceless Andrew Embley
Magpies put Jason and Cameron Cloke under threat
Fans give thumbs-down to grand final entertainment
MWB: Minor premiers missing the grand final
Bruce Kennedy: Stab Kicks for Preliminary Finals
Patrick Smith, The Australian: Let's bump the bump

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D-06-R23 Footystats Diary, Week 540, September 8-14, 2006
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Friday Sydney's Jared Crouch reveals mystery behind injuries
Vodaphone is new major Brisbane sponsor
Stab Kicks, for Week 1, finals
Saturday Demons eliminate Saints
Clubs set for $6 million dividend
Club Champion awards: Carlton, Lance Whitnall, Kangas, Brady Rawlings
NY Jets make Ben Graham a special captain
Saverio Rocca lands NFL kicking deal
How many saw Friday night?
Monday Crows and Swans earn a week off
Adelaide steamroll Dockers
Super Subi final to Swans by one point
Brad Ottens faces loss of licence
Leonard Colquhoun: Attendances – new records, Round 16-22
Tuesday MRP: Brodie Holland faces six games out
Daniel Chick, Michael O'Loughlin cleared to play
All-Australian team of 2006: Ten new players; Brad Johnson captain
Mark Ricciuto is battling inflamed liver
Adam Kingsley retires from Port Adelaide
Herald Sun: Jason Akermanis, Dogs closer
Wednesday Daryn Cresswell in sex assault claim
St Kilda axe coach Grant Thomas
Tribunal: Holland suspended for six matches
Run of close matches – Bruce Kennedy tracks two batches of 4 games
Three more years for Shaun Burgoyne
Michael Gardiner faces groin surgery
Cats fine Brad Ottens $5000 over drink driving
Surgery to end season for Paul Hasleby
The Age: Top Dog partnership – Scott West, Rohan Smith
Thursday Collingwood appeals Holland verdict
Scott Lucas wins second Crichton Medal; Bomber chairman steps down
Stephen Powell retires
The Australian: Solo approach sank Thomas

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D-06-R22 Footystats Diary, Week 539, September 1-7, 2006
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Friday Hawks to conclude Tasmanian deal
Cruel end to season for Leigh Harding
Tom Lonergan awakes from coma
Jason Gram and Tadhg Kennelly sign new deals
Bombers reshape football department
Stab Kicks for Round 22
Saturday Dogs work hard to hold Bombers
AFL chairman Ron Evans has cancer surgery
Mark Ricciuto: "highly contagious virus B19"
$15 million brings the "Tassie Hawks"
St Kilda mourn passing of Travis Payze
The Australian: AFL seeking more rule changes
Sunday Top spot finish for the Eagles
Crows bounce back to finish 2nd
Saints' first Gabba win since '91
Dockers 9th win secures 3rd place
Swans tear the Blues apart by 92 points
Magpies miss out on top four
Hawks finish well; Cats coach under pressure
Monday Eagles, Crows, Dockers, Swans
Magpies, Saints, Demons, Dogs
6,204,056 – second-highest season
Bruce Kennedy Special – 2006 16-club analysis
Tuesday MRP: Buckley and McLean clear to play
Grand Final: Medal presenters announced
NAB Rising Star – Round 22 – Mark LeCras (West Coast)
MWB: The Full Picture: Quarters, Ladders, Attendance
Carlton spoon feats ... none for 105, three in four years
Brendan Fevola: Wooden spoon forward wins Coleman Medal
Wednesday Daryn Cresswell quits Lions; moving back to Victoria
Rebel Geelong group seek changes
Bob Hammond take reins as acting Commission chairman
Carlton reviews coaching options
Everitt splits with Hawthorn – Swans next?
MRP: Demon McLean reprimanded; Crawford fined $900
Thursday Carlton confirms Pagan will stay two more years ...
But, pressure still lingers
Rising Star: Port's Danyle Peace wins crown
Elimination Final: Northern viewers will get live cover Friday
Bulldog Rohan Smith set to retire
Brisbane Lions cut five from list
Top awards to Sydney's Adam Goodes

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D-06-R21 Footystats Diary, Week 538, August 25-31, 2006
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Friday Help is on the way: Docklands surface experiments
Rod Butterss: 'Ego to blame' over Fox Footy demise
Herald Sun: Fox Footy flicked
New Sydney facility at Blacktown will boost footy
Barassi is Melburnian of the year
St Kilda's Matt Maguire if finally out of hospital
Stab Kicks for Round 21 ...
Saturday St Kilda's power forwards smash Bulldogs
Comment: AFL is out of touch, and out of step (Fox Footy)
Sunday Draw ends Geelong's last chance for finals
Hawks hold Kangas goalless for three quarters
Richo's nine goals too good for Bombers
Swans close in on top four finish
Port shock Crows: Adelaide's 3rd-straight loss
Pies and Blues in 41-goal-fest; Woos by 44 points
Freo jump to third after one-sided Derby
Monday Dockers: flag favourites?
Geelong's Tom Lonergan has kidney removed
MWB: New crowd records by Collingwood
Tuesday MRP: Didak cleared of rough conduct charge
Adelaide's campaign hit by injury
MWB: The Full Picture: Quarters, Ladders, Attendance
MWB's Prognostications
MWB: The August ladder – also, Mar-Apr, May, June, July
Kardinia Park crowd correction
MWB: other instances of 1.1, 1.1, 1.1 ...
Geoff McClure: Common link – Jade Rawlings and Garry Hocking
Wednesday Mark Johnson: Tribunal confirms reprimand
The Australian: Players running in slow motion, says new report
Geelong's Tom Lonergan improving
Tests on Mark Ricciuto awaited
Jarrod Schofield to retire
Last games for Mark Chaffey and Greg Stafford
NAB Rising Star – Round 21: Brad Moran (Kangaroos)

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D-06-R20 Footystats Diary, Week 537, August 18-24, 2006
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Friday Hird, Koutoufides and Archer to play on
Surgery to Nathan Brown ends his Tiger year
Hawks re-sign another three
Jonathan Hay dumped from VFL side
Stab Kicks – looking toward Round 20
Herald Sun: Clubs want more TV cash
Saturday Magpies survive Port pressure
MWB: Collingwood seem safe for finals
Sunday Cats hang on as Sydney stumble
Desperate Dogs clip out-of-form Crows
Hawks steamroll the Bombers
Freo smash Saints by 58 points
West Coast back on top; Lynch boots 8.2
Richmond notch 10th win
Melbourne seal finals berth; Neitz kicks 8.4
Monday Season over for Dustin Fletcher
John Barker retires from Hawthorn
Scott Lucas signs new two-year deal with Bombers
Adelaide's Brett Burton opts out of surgery
1997 premiership player Aaron Keating sues Crows
Tuesday MRP: Mooney heads for record book
MWB: The Full Picture: Quarters, Ladders, Attendance
MWB's Prognostications
MWB: The August ladder
Neil Trezise passes away at 75
Wednesday MRP, Tribunal – Mooney gets all-time offender tag
Jason Johnson out for one week
Cameron Mooney – Four suspensions in one season is a first
Hawks set to complete long-term Tasmanian deal
Hawks discipline Peter Everitt for Fox Footy appearance
Tigers re-sign Raines, Polo, White and Pettifer
Jade Rawlings retires
NAB Rising Star – Round 20: Nathan Jones (Melbourne)
Thursday Fox Footy channel to close
Demetriou: closure disappointing
Comment: The thud of the first sod
The Australian: Sour taste for 'winners' and one last laugh for Kerry
The Age: Football's TV line-up – Out: Foxtel, In: SBS?

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D-06-R19 Footystats Diary, Week 536, August 11-17, 2006
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Friday Saints and Crows name Koschitzke and McLeod
Brad Scott retires
Nathan Lonie dislocates shoulder
Stab Kicks – looking toward Round 19
Saturday Bold Bombers ping Pies
Sunday Solid Swans stop the Demons
Eagles home over dogged Kangaroos
Richmond run riot over Lions
Port shock the Doggies in Darwin
Freo earn respect with strong defeat of Crows
Saints consolidate and destroy the Cats
Hawthorn easily beat trashy Blues
Sunday Herald-Sun: ABC rights are secure
Monday Dockers: Wild card or real deal?
Peter Riccardi retires after hamstring injury
Tuesday MRP: Chick faces one-game suspension; Reprimand for Peter Bell
MWB: The Full Picture: Quarters, Ladders, Attendance
MWB's Prognostications
Race for the eight; Collingwood reach 1 million in Round 19
August streaks
NAB Rising Star – Round 19: Nathan Foley (Richmond)
Wednesday No tribunal required; Chick takes one-match suspension
Media criticism: Short fuse snuffed out
NAB Rising Star – Round 19: Nathan Foley (Richmond)
Thursday Games at Manuka – Bulldogs and Demons to fill void
The Age: ABC to avoid football oblivion
Herald Sun: AFL grand final is our top event

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D-06-R18 Footystats Diary, Week 535, August 4-10, 2006
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Friday Baker appeal dismissed
Adelaide re-signings surface
Stab Kicks – looking to Round 18
Saturday Eagles clear away from Saints; Injuries bite deep at St Kilda
Adelaide re-sign 11 stars
AFL appoint Jim Watts as Carlton consultant
Worth repeating: South Africa embracing Oz footy
Sunday Tigers press hard but Bulldogs win through
Blues KO flat Demons
Swans grab fourth place with 7-goal win
Crows hang on by four points over Magpies
Geelong and Freo stay alive
Kangaroos too good for Port
Monday Bruce Kennedy: Five teams on same number of wins and losses
Blues and Demons produce *shock* again; Final word of Tiger percentage
West Coast unveil 'Team 20'
Tuesday MRP: Ricciuto, Bartel face suspension
MWB: The Full Picture: Quarters, Ladders, Attendance
MWB's Prognostications
NAB Rising Star – Round 18: Matthew Bate (Melbourne)
Wednesday Tribunal: Bartel reduces penalty; Didak reprimanded
Melbourne radio ratings: Tight battle at the top
The Age: Plan surfaces to improve stadium's turf
Thursday Chad Cornes re-signs with Port
Shannon Grant takes early surgery
Cats expect to regain Ablett, Mooney, Rooke; Internet rumours refuted
Dean Rioli to return via VFL Bombers
Blues ask Kouta to tale $900,000 pay cut
Sweeney Sport Survey: Australian football still No.1

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D-06-R17 Footystats Diary, Week 534, July 28-August 3, 2006
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Friday TV beyond 2006: Seven finds new angle for footy
Stab Kicks – for Round 17
They said it: The Age: Carrara: Roos' games might not be feasible
Saturday Collingwood breaks down the Hawks
MWB: Accurate Hawks hit for six
St Kilda pound the Tigers by 103 points
West Coast smash the Adelaide facade
Sunday Essendon break the longest drought
Port make Swans tough it out
Kangas dim Geelong's final dream
Unconvincing Dockers head for finals
Melbourne muzzle the Bulldogs
Monday Injuries and Mooney wait
Tuesday MRP: Decisions awaited; Geelong fine Mooney
Stab Kicks – MWB round-up from weekend games
They said it: The Age: Injury toll diminishing, says AFL report
Wednesday Tribunal clears Greg Stafford
Raines charge downgraded
MWB: The Full Picture: Quarters, Ladders, Attendance
MWB's Prognostications
NAB Rising Star – Round 17: Andrew Swallow (Kangaroos)
Thursday AFLPA to reap benefit: Player payment deal completed
Key points in new deal
Blake Caracella retires
St Kilda – 16 straight goals in new high
Tarrant and Johnson fined by Magpies
Ankle surgery ends season for Peter Everitt

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D-06-R16 Footystats Diary, Week 533, July 21-27, 2006
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Friday Brisbane Lions dump Aker, again
Eagles to rest Ben Cousins
2006 membership climbs to 519,126 ... details
Lap of honour for Darrel Baldock
The Age: Kevin Sheedy: will he, won't he?
Stab Kicks – trivia for Round 16 matches
Saturday Crows humble Kangaroos by 12 goals
Magpie pressure too much for Eagles
Blues-Dons spoon battle ends in draw
Lions clip Hawks with late finish
Sydney hammer the Tigers
MWB – Adelaide ... analysis
Sunday

Saints just get home over Port
Dogs and Cats turn on another thriller
Fremantle at home romp away from the Dees
Records, equipment lost in Arden Street fire
Andrew McLeod: foot surgery on Monday
AFL Footy Record: Luck of the Draw – 2007 and beyond

Tuesday Tribunal: Freo's Josh Carr and Des Headland take tribunal
Simon Goodwin escapes with reprimand
Kangaroos training at Docklands
Warren Tredrea out for the rest of the year
Wednesday Tribunal: Carr, Headland get two weeks
New computer software: Clubs to get even deal of the draw
MWB: The Full Picture: Quarters, Ladders, Attendance
MWB's Prognostications
Port lose Daniel Motlop for rest of the season
NAB Rising Star – Round 16: Troy Chaplin (Port Adel)
Thursday Michael Gardiner: Fined $800; licence suspended
NRL influence threattens AFL Carrara bid
Stab Kicks ... Buckley's 250th for Pies; Consecutive night matches

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D-06-R15 Footystats Diary, Week 532, July 14-20, 2006
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Friday Kangas head north – Roos take Carrara option
Lance Franklin re-signs with Hawthorn
Stab Kicks for Round 15
The Age: Paul Roos flares up after Davis sounds off at being axed
Saturday Demons cut down the Tigers
Grant Thomas reaches St Kilda milestone
Matthew Armstrong steps down as Devils' coach
Sunday Saints edge out Essendon to record 14th defeat
Adelaide break the Hawks in second half
Brisbane pip Kangas in nail-biter
Eagles win epic duel with Sydney
Kosi runs into trouble again
Monday Magpies slide to sixth place
Geelong flick Port to keep hopes alive
Bulldogs finish too good for Blues; up to 4th
Toyota extends AFL sponsorship
MWB: 1-2-3 – tight margins add to records
Tuesday MRP: Mooney, McPhee and Bowden face one-game suspensions
Davis on a knife-edge with the Swans
Shoulder operation puts Sheedy in doubt
Bruce Kennedy: How your team will finish the season
The Age: Geoff McClure – Poster epidemic, Rushby Hinds ...
MWB: Essendon v Carlton – trivia background
Wednesday Tribunal confirms Bowden suspension
Koschitzke get one-week VFL suspension
The Age: Club benefits on hold until player deal set
Michael Gardiner: Black eye, fined, suspension after car crash
Apolgy from Nick Davis
Leonard Colquhoun: Attendances, new Round 8-15 records
MWB: Most frees, least frees
Rod Gillett: NSW, a likely State of Origin team
NAB Rising Star – Round 15: Matthew Moody (Brisbane)
Thursday $2 million grant to cash-strapped Blues
MWB: Prognostications for 2006
Around the courts: Brogan, Williams, McKernan, Gardiner
The Age: Gary O'Donnell to coach Bombers on Saturday
Third generation Kennedy signed by Hawks
ProStats Quarter-by-quarter ladders

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D-06-R14 Footystats Diary, Week 531, July 7-13, 2006
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Friday The Age: AFL to offer loan to Carlton
Adelaide ink Neil Craig to end of 2009
Nine Footy Show: Aker set to depart Lions
Stab Kicks – close look at Round 14 matches ...
Saturday Timely win for the Dockers
Report notes high incidence of footy injuries
Akermanis – does any one really care?
Port Adelaide fined $5000 over runner
Sunday Geelong plunder Blues in 23-goal feast
Eagles pluck victory from the Hawks
Melbourne edge out the Lions
Slick Tigers too good for Port
Sunday Herald Sun: Triple M may give up footy
Monday Adelaide pummel the Swans by seven goals
Saints power away from struggling Magpies
Kangas halt the run of the Bulldogs
It may be over for Glenn Archer
Paul Roos: Swans have lost their hunger
Kosi starts his comeback
Tuesday MRP: Three players face suspension – Kerr, Lovett-Murray, Dew
Glenn Archer faces minor surgery
The Australian: Coast clear for Kangaroos' move
Wednesday Tribunal: Kerr suspension reduce to one week
The Age: Kerr verdict is plainly nuts
Surgery forces Paul Williams to retire
St Kilda: more knee surgery for Aaron Hamill
NAB Rising Star – Round 14: Grant Birchall (Hawthorn)
Thursday Swans drop Nick Davis for rookie Simon Phillips
Port lose Peter Burgoyne for the year
The 'X-Men' seek support for former players
MWB: Consecutive games with the same margin

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D-06-R13 Footystats Diary, Week 530, June 30-July 6, 2006
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Friday Swans drop three; Dockers make seven changes
Agents agree on minimum age contract
Stab Kicks ... Round 13 trivia
MCG stands to be adorned with new artwork
SANFL plans $36 million upgrade for Football Park
The Age, Sporting Life: Seven games but Bert was truly their hero
Saturday Come-from-behind Kangas pip Essendon
West Coast re-sign John Worsfold until 2009
New record membership for Bulldogs
AFL lifts finals tickets by small margin
Sunday Hard working Demons keep Port at bay
St Kilda maul the Hawks by 70 points
Wayward Lions find their way home
Sydney throttle the Dockers
Monday Adelaide too classy for tame Geelong
Tigers surprise Pies in wet to jump into eight
Western Bulldogs snap Subi hoodoo
The Age: 'Our' football returns
Tuesday MRP: Farmer suspended one week; Guerra faces two matches out
Lions elevate Irishman Colm Begley
AFL fines Collingwood $10,000
Chad Cornes hospitalised with punctured lung
Dean Cox expected to miss six weeks with broken collarbone
James Hird suffers recurrence of calf injury
Matthew Lloyd signs new three-year deal with Bombers
Wednesday Tribunal: Mahoney guilty; reprimanded ... Josh Carr cleared
Pies' Cameron Cloke faces another reconstruction
NAB Rising Star – Round 13: Cheynee Stiller (Brisbane)
Stab Kicks – Freo's 3.4, 5.4, 8.4 and 9.4 ... details
Thursday Players and umpires seeking new pay deals
MWB: Stab Kicks – focus on Round 14 and the month of July ...

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D-06-R12a Footystats Diary, Week 529, June 23-29, 2006
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Friday AFL Hall of Fame: Baldock named a Legend
MWB: Fox Footy pick their best "first-half" team
Saturday Strong finishing Kangas down Carlton
Brisbane names the Lions team of the decade
Caracella calls for greater player protection
Sydney Swans look to Homebush
Hawthorn may add game to York Park
The Age: Brisbane fines Akermanis $20,000
Sunday Collingwood too slick for soft Swans
Brendan Fevola cleared of knee damage
Kangaroos gather for 1996 reunion
Monday New players deals to be finalised
Free kick for other codes? The Age: thoughtful piece
Tuesday MRP: Kangaroo pair accept reprimands (Daniel Harris, Josh Gibson)
Lions without Brown and Johnson
Matthews "sick" of Akermanis issue
The Age: AFL pleased with new split-round configuration
Wednesday Man remanded over Ablett attack
Demetriou: AFL is not 'mean-spirited'
NAB Rising Star – Round 12: Clinton Young (Hawthorn)
MWB: Round 13 Stab Kicks ...
Thursday AFL mid-year report: Figures to delight the League
Brisbane Lions and Akermanis reach compromise
The Australian: Crowded house when Pies play
The Examiner: State's great footy export is recognised

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D-06-R12 Footystats Diary, Week 528, June 16-22, 2006
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Friday Blues lose Koutoufides with broken hand
Andrew McLeod requires minor footy surgery
MWB: The *form table* at the half-way mark
Stab Kicks, looks at trivia for the weekend ...
Saturday Efficicent Crows shred the Saints
MWB: Adelaide's efficiency stands out in facts
Sunday 7-goal win over Tigers ends Hawks losing streak
Slow-start Demons outclass Bombers
Cats back in the mix as Dockers disappoint
Bulldogs 8th win; Lions fail the test
Port knock the Eagles off their perch
Monday On and off-field: Weekend casualities
Tuesday MRP: Wrestling charges the only weekend blemish
St Kilda: Neurosurgeron clears Koschitzke after fainting spell
Yellow armbands: AFL fines Essendon $20,000
Richmond: Mark Coughlan has knee surgery
Heath Black fined over racing incident
Bruce Kennedy: Domiance of top sides
The Australian: Lance corporal now captain
Wednesday AFL Tribunal: Ryan Houlihan cleared
Malthouse, Roos, Matthews: Coaches question new kick-in rule
AFLPA chief call for review of injury toll – list of 13 ACL injuries
Essendon calls on AFL to match $20,000 fine
Andrew McLeod to avoid surgery
Heath Scotland to fight assault charge
Brisbane Lions to discuss derogatory e-mail
The Age:
Bereft Blues set for $1.3m AFL lifeline
Thursday Paul Williams set to retire at end of season
AFL congratulates new owners of Docklands
Adelaide signs 50,000th member
The Age: Africa cricket link is AFL's big pitch
Melbourne radio ratings: 3AW lead in calls of the game

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D-06-R11 Footystats Diary, Week 527, June 9-15, 2006
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Friday The Age: Footy's big spender: Kangaroos closing the gap
The Australian: WADA may ban Collingwood's altitude room
Stab Kicks – focus of Round 11 matches
The Australian: Kosi still smiling despite hard luck story
Saturday Geelong back on the winning list: by 7 goals over Bombers
Essendon's 10th defeat: worst run since 1933
MWB: Essendon: detailing past poor runs
Geelong name Ablett as the "greatest"
Leigh Mathews: Clarify the laws – Match Review Panel "dies a U-turn"
Port Adelaide fine Brogan $5000 over airport incident
Sunday Richmond notch 6th win; Kangas fail again
Crows grind out 15-point win over Lions
Saints hold out the Swans in SCG deluge
High bump under scrutiny again
Tracee Hutchison: Ah, Socceroos, schmocceroos
Monday Eagles in second Houdini-like escape; West Coast soar in final term
Incredible Eagles in the unwinnable game
Bulldogs surive last challenge by Dockers
Port on the rise with humiliation of Hawks
Bruce Kennedy: Miraculous comebacks – some memories
The West Australian: Stadium report 'anti-football'
Tuesday MRP: Rawlings, Bartel, Houlihan offered one-game suspensions
The Age: Players likely to get extra $70 million
West Coast starts are a worry
Ablett slams media over DVD claims
Wednesday Tribunal: Rawlings – suspended one match;
Bartel – reprimanded, but clear' Houlihan hearing postponed
NAB Rising Star – Round 11: Jacob Surjan, Port Adelaide
MWB: Exactly 100 per cent!
Thursday Hawthorn reappoints Clarkson for another two years
John Worsfold: Big money on offer with new contract
Kangaroos fine and suspend Jonathan Hay
Umps told "pay more 50-metre penalties
Essendon: Hird and Camporeale to return
Dockers wait: Grover may need shoulder surgery
Back injury may sideline Jonathan Brown
Jim Watts to end as St Kilda CEO
The Age: Saints in bid to farewell Tasmania

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D-06-R10 Footystats Diary, Week 526, June 2-8, 2006
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Friday AFL responds: Demetriou: Until 2012, no night grand final
Round 10 selections: Geelong axe four
Dennis Cometti fails to get the call from Seven
MWB: Will Sheedy make a new entry?
The Age: Foxtel may grab bigger slice of pie
Saturday Crows kick 30 goals to massacre Bombers
MWB: Crows-Dons: What an extraordinary night!
Eagles produce their greatest comeback
West Coast come from 9-goals down to pip Cats
Bulldogs account for Hawthorn by 21 points
Sunday Magpies canter home over Lions: Buckley six
Freo get the edge over Richmond
Monday Sydney narrowly over plucky Kangaroos
Port too strong for struggling Blues
Demons hold off late-charging Saints
David Neitz celebrates milestone with eight goals
Blake Caracella sustains serious neck injury
Stab Kicks: Judd, Buckley, Tiger percentage; Sydney's 6th; Neitz
Tuesday MRP: Ten players charged
Justin Leppitsch retires
The Age: Neck injuries: What the doctor says; take more care
Port's Dean Brogan regrets Adelaide airport incident
Stab Kicks: Andrew Thompson; Danny Jacobs; Dogs extra player;
     Symmetrical ladder
Wednesday Tribunal: Headland and Ablett cleared
The Age: Victorian government comes to club's aid
Michael Voss to step down as Brisbane captain
NAB Rising Star – Round 11: Matt Rosa, West Coast
Stab Kicks: MWB, Top 10 Scorelines; Symmetrical ladder – detailed
The West Australian: Dockers want Tribunal penalties overhauled
Thursday $55 million plan announced: Former Melbourne venues to be upgraded
Key Facts: AFL Ground redevelopments
Gavin Wanganeen retires
The Age: Bulldogs stung by severity of $7500 fine
Mike Sheahan, Herald Sun: Telstra pays $60 million for Internet rights
Stab Kicks: New one-page Ladders 1987-2006 page

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D-06-R09 Footystats Diary, Week 525, May 26-June 1, 2006
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of subject
Friday Appeals rejected: Vandenberg and Lovett suspensions stand
The Age: Brisbane to lead Gold Coast push
Subiaco Oval: $235 million plan to boost stadium to 60,000 seats
MWB: Beaten by 100 points, then downing the top side! ... detailed
Saturday Magpies march on as Bulldogs dismissed
Dog lose Robert Murphy for 12 months
Sunday Tigers break 16-year hoodoo to down Cats
Crows by 64 points, latest side to trash Carlton
Port reap vengeance on Bombers
Sydney's 5th-straight; best under Paul Roos
Monday Four 10-goal margins dominate 9th round
Eagles deny Demons in Subi thriller
Brown boots seven as Lions pummel Freo
Hard work wins for Saints over Kangaroos
Injury losses: Hamstring sidelines Chris Judd for three game
Brisbane Lions lose Anthony Corrie to ruptured ACL
Bruce Kennedy: Richmond's low percentage
MWB: The *Subiaco curse* remains
Tuesday MRP: Seven players charged; Tarrant to challenge one-match ban?
Lenny Hayes: Knee reconstruction ends season
Kangaroo fan dies with hours after public discussion
Richo out with wrist injury; Hawks to rest Crawford
Wednesday All players accept MRP findings; no Tribunal required
Move of Pies-Saints match to MCG suggested
Tigers sign Bowden and Richo to new deals
NAB Rising Star – Round 9: Brad Symes, Port Adelaide
Docklands reaches 300 matches
The Age: Essendon produce clash strip to hostile members
Thursday Hird, Judd: out longer than first thought
Sandilands back for the Dockers
Chad Cornes: eye injury causes concern
MWB: Opposites ... there's always a parallel
Stab Kicks: North Launceston 1998 side to TFL Hall of Fame
The Australian: Sydney sweetner reveals stance over funding

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D-06-R08 Footystats Diary, Week 524, May 19-25, 2006
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of subject
Friday Alastair Clarkson: Parkin and Healy to assist Hawk decision for 2007
TAC fines Collingwood $200,000
They said it: Paul Roos, Daily Telegraph: Rules change too fast
Bruce Kennedy: Perspective 2006, where will your team finish?
Stab Kicks: When is a night match not a *night* match?
Saturday David Neitz claims Melbourne goalkicking record
Demons demoralise Hawks with 12 goal thrashing
MWB: Hawthorn – Scoreless quarters in successive matches ... detailed
Demetriou: Interchange to be left alone
Obituary: Footscray's Arthur Edwards passes
The Age: Docklands stadium deal falls through
Sunday Boilover: Richmond stun the Crows
Fremantle run over flat Kangaroos
Collingwood pulverise Geelong by 102 points
Sydney too strong for Bulldogs
Monday West Coast return to top spot;
Eagles survive challenge from bottom Bombers
St Kilda outclass lowly Blues; Lions bare their teeth to savage Port
Kevin Sheedy: Richmond's "basketball crap"
New York Jets re-sign Ben Graham
Tuesday MRP: Hawthorn captain faces three-match ban
Penalties offered to nine players
Drug testing: AFL and AFLPA continue court action
First two millions fans for the year
Jeff Gieschen: Essendon got "unwarranted" 50m penalties
Stab Kicks: High margins in successive meetings ... detailed
Wednesday AFL Tribunal: Vandenberg: four matches ...
Lovett cops three weeks; Solomon cleared
The Age: Koschitzke: Collision affects hearing
NAB Rising Star – Round 8: Michael Rischitelli, Brisbane
Stab Kicks: Fevola' feat places him in unique group ... detailed
The Age: Geoff McClure: Bombers' famous jumper is world's oldest
Thursday Dons and Hawks appeal Tribunal suspensions
Essendon fined; runner suspended
The Australian: Fox Footy Channel under threat
Carlton appoint new board members; AFL offers Blues financial help
The Australian: Will AFL Internet rights change?
The Age: Sheedy implores AFL to show 2020 vision
to come The News Hoover finds there's always another story ...

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D-06-R07 Footystats Diary, Week 523, May 12-18, 2006
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of subject
Friday Brisbane make four changes – Lions will be *Aker-minus*
Nathan Buckley rested from Pertrh trip
Stab Kicks: Robert Harvey's club record 324th for Saints
Saturday Geelong breaks four-game spell; Cats too good for lethargic Saints
Uncertain future for Justin Leppitsch
Carlton president deneies financial danger
Bulldog membership reaches new milestone
Sunday Eagles knock Collingwood off top perch
Sydney blast the Tigers in record-breaking style
Re-charged Lions thump the Hawks
West Coast hold out determined Magpies
Sunday's results – Adelaide thrash Kangas and regain top place
Bulldogs strangle Port; Blues win to send Bombers to the bottom
Monday Kevin Sheedy: Ageing stars should be rested
Stab Kicks – Round up from the weekend
Tuesday Kangaroos poised to play at Carrara; Gold Coast venture closer
Match Review Panel: Peter Street accepts reprimand
> Hudghton to decide on early plea; Byron Pickett, Luke Hodge cleared
The Age: Foxtel deal denied
Brisbane's Joel Macdonald out for a year
The Australian: Dons caught cold in draft
Wednesday MRP: Max Hudghton takes one week suspension
Launceston gets new sirens; NTFL parallel at Latrobe
Use of interchange players: Report calls for 50 per cent reduction
NAB Rising Star – Round 7: Clint Bartram, Melbourne
Leonard Colquhoun: AFL crowd trends, rounds 1-7 ... detailed
Thursday Alternative playing jumpers: Essendon negoiates a minefield
Eade, Sheedy, Pagan: Don't alter interchange
MWB: 22 and 30-round ladders; 4-Quarters ladder and attendances update
Stab Kicks: Mark Thompson becomes Cats' second longest-serving coach
Stab Kicks: 900th night premiership match

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D-06-R06 Footystats Diary, Week 522, May 5-11, 2006
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of subject
Friday Dividing the revenue – Presidents ask for $2m each year
AFL will continue in Canberra
Sydney sings 14-year-old recruit – Ryan Bottin-Noonan
Dean Rioli considers retirement
Final score: St Kilda 13.15-93 v Fremantle 14.10-94 – did you notice?
West Coast enjoy best start in successive years since 1981
MWB: 22-round ladder to Round 5
Saturday Geelong lose four in a row: Demons too slippery for Cats
MWB: Melbourne's amazing margins – 5, 5, 4, 6 ... details
Tension on show at the Gabba as Leigh Matthews exits media talks
Sunday Rivalry Round: Changes at the top; Crows return to leadership
Geelong and Bulldogs slide
Bombers-Tigers set new inaccurate benchmark – 1.17 in a quarter
Monday Swans sneak into top eight; 32pt win over Lions
Pies take top place with 12-goal win over Blues
Big finishing Knagas ditch the Hawks
Round 6 bring a welter of new records ... details
Fractured skull sidelines Justin Koschitzke
Tuesday Match Review Panel: Head-but charge faces Mooney
Akermanis cleared of striking; Fletcher takes trip reprimand
Introducing Pro-Quarter ladders
Sam Newman sidelined by Triple M
Lance Franklin gets all clear on writs injury
Wednesday Tribunal suspends Mooney one match
Inquiry clears Mark Seaby
NAB Rising Star – Round 6: Dean Polo, Richmond
Hawks lose Croad and Crawford to injury
Melbourne radio ratings: 3AW continues dramatic climb
Lethal silent on Aker talk
Thursday Nathan Buckley likely to be rested from Perth game
Herald Sun, Trevor Grant: Glenn Manton tells Sheedy and Pagan to quit
MWB: 22-round ladder to Round 6 and now, the 30-round ladder ...
The Australian: Interchange on chopping list

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D-06-R05 Footystats Diary, Week 521, April 28-May 4, 2006
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of subject
Friday New turf laid at Homebush – cleared for play
Crawford and Roughead sign new Hawthorn deals
The Age: Kangaroos look to Carrara, but deal must be right
Saturday Wasteful Tigers beat "kamikaze" Blues
Coaches lament poor skill errors
They said it: The Age: Chad Morrison: Anger at Magpie's $20,000 fine
MWB: 22-round ladder to Round 4
Sunday Adelaide savage the Bulldogs by 77 points
Improved Swans hold Cats at bay
West Coast too solid for lame Lions
The Age: TV, crowds down; Early rounds show expected decline
The Age: Wrong charge by review panel frees up Croad
Monday Controversy rages over draw in Launceston
Dockers lodge formal protest; Fremantle demands the points
Match outcome changed twice before
Tuesday Saints-Freo debacle: AFL Commission to decide on Wednesday
The Age: Thriller for TV viewers, horror for AFL
It is written: Laws of the Game, bringing play to an end ... details
MRP: Seven players cited; Fraser Gehrig cleared
Wednesday Tribunal: Lenny Hayes cleared; Jeff Farmer one match
AFL commissioners meet today on Saints-Freo draw
The Age: Netball has the answer
Federal police probe drugs leak
NAB Rising Star – Round 5: Heath Shaw, Collingwood
It was a *bell* – not a *siren* in 1900
Herald Sun poll: 2736 votes calls 67% in favour for Freo to get points
The Australian: Thomas, Connolly facing penalty
Herald Sun: The Pulse: More siren insanity, the 1967 *goalposts*
Thursday St Kilda v Fremantle – and the winner is ...
AFL commissioners award match points to Fremantle
St Kilda board unanimously accept decision ... details
David Hill appointed Bomber captain
Morrison $20,000 fine stands
Stab Kicks: Matthew Bate and Shannon Hurn goal with first kicks

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D-06-R04 Footystats Diary, Week 520, April 21-27, 2006
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Friday Hawthorn aim to secure big guns
Michael Gardiner returns to the Eagles
Paul Kelly stands down from Sydney board
Carlton unveils clash guernsey
The Age: Blues ordered Pagan to recruit youth 'too late'
Fox Sports: $750,000 Anzac Day bonus for Pies and Dons
Saturday Hawthorn's best start for five years
Essendon to rotate captaincy in absence of Lloyd
The Age: Graham Smorgon: Top blue forecasts further fiscal pain
Sunday Bombshell for Essendon: Lloyd out for rest of the season
Well-travelled Crows last the distance; beat Dockers by 11 points
Monday Bulldogs, Eagles head the pack; the challlenges ahead
ACT up the bid to retain Kangaroos
Subiaco ump bump under scrutiny
Geelong sack fitness coach
MWB: Will 100 points top the round?
Tuesday MRP: Mix-up may cost Brett Burton; Matthew Carr, Croad cited
Port narrowly beat Saints in epic struggle
Injuries: Lloyd has surgery; Hip injury grounds Neitz;
> Freo's Haselby out; Swans lose three; Bock absent until mid-season;
> Richmond gives Nathan Brown extended rest to manage leg pain
Magpie Chad Morrison fails RBT; fined, loses licence
Wednesday 318,510 see Anzac round; 1,121,697 attend first rounds
Tribunal – Burton and Carr to contest charges
Magpies great Anzac Day win over Bombers
New membership high for Sydney Swans – 31,256
Dustin Fletcher signs new tw-year deal with Dons
The Stats that Matter: Cliffhangers; lowest maximum margin
Thursday Tribunal: Burton gets two matches; Carr cleared on ump bump
Essendon delays decision on captaincy
NAB Rising Star – Round 4: Richmond's Andrew Raines
Mick Malthouse spends night in hospital
to come The News Hoover finds there's always another story ...

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D-06-R03 Footystats Diary, Week 519, April 14-20, 2006
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of subject
Friday Lions fail again on the road: Saints easily eclipse Brisbane
The Age: Ian Collins to step down from Carlton presidency
Tie in International youth Test
Clash guernsey policy clarified
Saturday Melbourne's Ryan Ferguson on the mend
150th game milestone for David Wirrpanda
Goals – on target; best start since 2000
Sunday Eagles and Bulldogs vie for top place
Hawks smash Geelong; Blood on the board at last
Monday Freo and Port goalless in Q1 – details of Sunday's matches
Tuesday Magpies demolish Kangaroos with best score in five years
MRP: Fevola, Leppitsch face suspensions
MWB: Round 3 – so, you think you got them all? – details
Peter Bell a Docker until 2008
St Kilda's Fergus Watts breaks left leg
Wednesday Round 3 – Players accept MRP penalties – details
Carlton's new president: Graham Smorgon takes over
NAB Rising Star – Round 3: Port Adelaide's Danyle Pearce
Lloyd out; Hird to resume captaincy
Thursday International Rules: Australia wins youth series
The Age, Paul Daffy: Spirit of amateur footy ...
MBW: 22 round ladder to Round 3
Strictly for statophiles: Ladder placings and W-L-W-L runs
to come The News Hoover finds there's always another story ...

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D-06-R02 Footystats Diary, Week 518, April 7-13, 2006
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of subject
Friday Arden Street to Carrara? – Kangaroos rule out move north
Tough stance on drugs will continue
Geelong aims to move more games to MCG
*News Alert* returns – glitches on day one
Demons get new admin base – New $190 million venue for Olympic Park
Intervention order against Essendon player – Andrew Lovett
Mark Bickley joins All Australian panel
Saturday Saints sneak home against the Tigers
Membership record for the Dockers
AFL chose Swans as face of the code
Sydney hit with $5000 fine
Sunday Jekyll & Hyde footy – Lions and Freo turn things around
200%-plus by two – first time in a century
Monday Sydney slide down to 14th place
Cats, Doggies & Eagles unbeaten
Tuesday Match Review Panel – Six players to decide
MCG Anzac Day game a near sell-out
Martin Windsor-Back – a 22-round ladder ... detailed
The Age: AFL marketing gets an itch, tradition scratched in jumper demand
Wednesday Round 2 – MRP and Tribunal: Medhurst and King cleared
Club revenues rise – 12 clubs profit
Increase in player payments nearer
NAB Rising Star – Round 2: Collingwood's Dale Thomas
MWB: Tigers enter new club records of low percentages
Richmond sing new deals with Brett Deledio and Chris Newman
Thursday Spending spree pays off – Sydney flag cost $14.51 million
Eagles will welcome back Michael Gardiner
Les Foote, Kangaroo champion passes
Bulldogs re-sign Dale Morris and Daniel Cross
MWB: 22-round ladder to Round 2
Adelaide set to reach 50,000 members
Bruce Weber ex Port president dies suddenly; Memories of 1990 awakened
The Age: AFL bid to push game in the Gulf – Dubai in 2006?
Herald Sun: Essendon slam Eddie McGuire

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D-06-R01 Footystats Diary, Week 517, March 31-April 6, 2006
refer Match Review and Tribunal archives for wider detail of subject
Friday Eagles get a smile back – 18pt win over St Kilda
Selection highlights for opening round
Brodie Holland and fiancee charged over nightclub row
Saturday Skilful Bulldogs slaughter Tigers by 115 points
The Age, Geoff McClure: Then and now ...
Sunday Geelong crush lifeless Lions
Matthew Lloyd's 8 goals sink the Swans
Tough Kangas too good for Port
Big start for the Bulldogs – 321.2 per cent
Fitzroy 1904, holds percentage record – 771.4%
The Age, Samantha Lane: Hitting the streets for new post-match recovery
Monday Carlton's solid win over Demons
Hawks ease back for disappointing Freo
Sunday Herald Sun, Jon Ralph: Demetriou hints at 17th club
Tuesday Crows late burst end Pie hopes; Magpies scoreless in last quarter
MRP: Kerr, Slattery, Pickett, Scotland face charges
"Hang on, it's only Round 1!" — starting winners and losers
West Australian: Coach fears rule makers could ruin football
The BIG Ladder, 1997-2006 – Adelaide up, Sydney down
Wednesday MRP: Four accept penalties – Tribunal not required
NAB Rising Star, Round 1: Marc Murphy (Carlton)
Smalls play "tall" – 172cm Kanga, Brent Harvey is smallest
Port's Troy Chaplin fractures eye socket
Fraser Gehrig – 27th to play 100 games with two clubs
Mick Malthouse to draw level with David Parkin on 518 coaching games
Chris Own: How do I see Monday night football?
Andrew Demetriou: Future of Monday night football uncertain
Thursday Kangas move closer to Gold Coast: Kekovich backs move north
The Age: Saints to re-think York Park deal?
Sydney plans bumper unfurling ceremony
Injuries: Hird, Playfair, Murphy to miss
Fremantle expected to make four changes
Carlton sells venue naming rights for two years – MC Labour Park

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D-06-Mar-04 Footystats Diary, Week 516, March 24-30, 2006
Friday Footy-free weekend: Calm before the action begins
Carlton's Hall of Fame: Ken Hands named a Legend
Aaron Hamill declares himself 'fit'
Saturday Where will the Kangas play? – Canberra, Gold Coast, Launceston ...
Saturday Special – Stephen Rodgers, the Night, Pre-Season, 1956-2006
Stab Kicks – Port name Tony Santic joint number-one ticket holder
> AFL and GAA agree to two IR Tests in October-November
> Xavier Ellis grounded for 6-8 weeks with broken foot
Sunday SMH: Sydney rates AFL badly – 63% don't watch it on TV
Premiers told party time is over
Boom as city kids catch footy fever in Sydney
Brisbane: Surgery now possible for Nigel Lappin
Monday Commonwealth Games close: Now for the footy
Sunday Age: Ten races into finals row
Tuesday Martin Windsor-Black: Round 1 – The Big Picture
Richmond Hall of Fame: Branton, Cooke, Hall, Wood inducted
Nigel Lappin to miss most of 2006
Mathew James: Ump bumped after night out
Col Hutchinson: Approaching Milestones for Round 1
Wednesday AFL launch: More than a game; The unbreakable thread ...
Brereton resigns from Hawthorn board
Collingwood name six inductees to Hall of Fame
Carlton: Greg Lee elected as director
Sydney near membership record

Thursday

Calf injury strikes again: James Hird sidelined
Hawks get major scare as Franklin rolls his ankle
AFL changes: Ben Buckley moves to No.2
Gavin Wanganeen: first indigenous player to reach 300 games
Anzac Day tickets for MCG go on sale
Carlton: Bertocchi named as coach sponsor
Worsfold creates another West Coast furore
to come ... The News Hoover finds there's always another story ...

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D-06-Mar-03 Footystats Diary, Week 515, March 17-23, 2006
refer 2006 NAB Cup and Tribunal archives for wider detail
Friday AFL ask police to probe leak: Court extends injunction
NAB Grand Final: Geelong name Ottens and Playfair for first games
> Goodwin and Bassett back for Crows
Tigers re-sign Jay Schultz for two more years
Saturday Ashley Sampi fined $750 over knife incident
BRW: Brisbane Lions rank as No.1 national brand
Ben Graham returning to New York
The Australian: 'Lift secrecy' on AFL drug names
Sunday After 43 years Cats get a Cup
Geelong down Adelaide in NAB Grand Final
Brisbane Lions hit by injuries to Lappin and Hadley
Monday MWB: Reflection on NAB series; Who is top pre-season performer?
Lack of vision may save Fre-Port players
Second reconstruction for Richard Hadley
Rookie Scott Harding may be called up
South Sydney members vote in NRL takeover
The Australian: Swans over odds in flag race
Tuesday MRP: No charges from Freo-Port melee
MRP: Geelong's Will Slade offered reprimand
The Age: Anzac Day seems assured
Brisbane: Nigel Lappin will miss 4-8 weeks
Collingwood: Harry O'Brien upgraded
Geelong: Kelly out, Ling cleared of serious injury
Col Hutchinson: Relaxed win for devoted Cat; 958th game awaits
MWB: "The Big Picture" – Defending the premiership ... detailed
Wednesday Ben Cousins fined $900
AFL considers buying Princes Park lease
MRP: Will Slade accepts reprimand; no Tribunal required
Adrian Whitehead: Compensation claim continues
Thursday Drug names: Media injunction extended; Trial date set for May 22
Father-son rule: Tug-of-war for rookie Bryce Gibbs
Fremantle: Bell and Pavlich to lead Dockers
Adelaide: Scott Welsh to miss opening rounds
Damien Sully, four rookies added to ump ranks
Comparison: AFL and NRL salary cap levels

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D-06-Mar-02 Footystats Diary, Week 514, March 10-16, 2006
refer 2006 NAB Cup and Tribunal archives for wider detail
Friday Recreational drug use noted in 15 players
Leigh Matthews calls for $1 million increase in salary cap
Perspective: NFL owners to pay US players 59.5% of revenue
Geoff McClure, The Age: Dwayne, Dennis Show on Friday night
Saturday Adelaide demoralise Demons in NAB semi-final
The Age: Nine umpires have little impact in practice match test
West Australian: Connolly faces player unrest
Sunday NAB semi-final: Dockers disappoint again
Cats to t