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2013 draft: Who your club wants
Jay Clark and Sam Landsberger FULL Guide: The inside word on who all clubs are eyeing with all their draft picks on the Gold Coast tonight.
AFL 2013 Phantom Draft
Jay Clark and Sam Landsberger BLUES spring a surprise and Magpies set to nab the best kick in the draft - see our predicted first 26 selections.
Eight draft cliches to look out for
By Staff Writers TUNING in to the AFL draft and unsure of what's in store? Here's some sights and sounds we reckon are pretty safe bets...
Demetriou: I'm not quitting
Jon Ralph AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou is adamant he will still be in charge for next year's draft as debate rages about his tenure at the top.
Buddy shows up two weeks early
Neil Cordy AFL Editor SWANS midfielder Luke Parker says Lance Franklin's surprise appearance at training is a sign he is ready to be a leader.
Draft gun says injury not serious
Glenn McFarlane TOP 10 draft contender Matthew Scharenberg says a foot injury won't stop him making an impact next year.
Editor's Picks
Dale Thomas will be a bargain buy in SuperCoach after switching from Collingwood to Carlton. Who else should be on our watch list?
Aish's Sun could be on the rise
NORWOOD young gun James Aish will fly to the Gold Coast for Thursday night's AFL National Draft and that's where he might be staying.
Plea for hands in back overhaul
AFL coaches have demanded greater clarity from the league about the contentious hands-in-the-back rule.
Pressure on Crows' Vince pick
ADELAIDE'S courageous decision to trade fans favourite Bernie Vince for a draft pick could take years to be vindicated.
Draft Rewind: Dockers dominate
IN our final Draft Rewind before the next batch of youngsters find an AFL home, we take a look back at a famous draft year.
Draft set to stay on Gold Coast
THE draft is set to find a permanent home on the Gold Coast with the AFL entering talks with the Queensland Government on a new deal.
Lees plots return after drug ban
HAVING served an 18-month suspension for importing a performance-enhancing drug, Wade Lees is preparing to return to the VFL.
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Tex to get all the time he needs
10:59PM Andrew Capel TAYLOR Walker will not be seen at the Adelaide Football Club for two weeks.
Crows coach wants longer season
12:28PM Andrew Capel CROWS coach Brenton Sanderson has thrown his support behind an extended AFL season.
Crouch 'almost certain' to return
11:40AM Andrew Capel SUPERCOACH ALERT: BRAD Crouch is "almost certain'' to make his return from a three-match absence with a hamstring injury in the SANFL.
Voss the boss on reality show
7:45PM Jay Clark MICHAEL Voss knocked back offers to be an AFL assistant coach to star in Foxtel's reality show The Recruit.
Suns, Lions high-end meeting
9:50AM Greg Davis, Andrew Hamilton QCLASH 7 could have easily broken out on the sleepy streets of Flagstaff, Arizona in the United States this week.
Lions try to not draft homesick-prone
6:43PM Greg Davis THURSDAY'S AFL national draft is Brisbane's D-Day.
White stays true Blue
11:13AM Staff writer CARLTON has re-signed defender Simon White, the man who suffered a serious neck injury that ended his 2013 season.
Blues lose recruiter on draft eve
5:45PM Scott Gullan CARLTON'S draft planning has been disrupted by the sudden resignation of key recruiter Luke Williams.
Pies, Dogs chase joker in draft pack
7:30PM Sam Landsberger EXCLUSIVE PICK ME VIDEO: MARCUS Bontempelli is the joker in the pack and could be fourth pick in the AFL draft.
Fasolo happy to toe Buckley line
3:18PM Jon Ralph ALEX Fasolo says Collingwood players are ready to embrace Nathan Buckley's hard-line vision to become the AFL's dominant team.
Jolly not out of running at Saints
7:00PM Glenn MFarlane DARREN Jolly remains well in the mix to win a mature-age rookie slot at St Kilda, despite the club's coaching change.
Pies, Dogs chase joker in draft pack
7:30PM Sam Landsberger EXCLUSIVE PICK ME VIDEO: MARCUS Bontempelli is the joker in the pack and could be fourth pick in the AFL draft.
Former Bomber in rehab
6:22PM Staff writer RECENTLY retired Essendon defender Nathan Lovett-Murray has been admitted to an alcohol rehabilitation clinic.
Bombers happy in new hangout
3:26PM Grant Baker JOBE Watson thrilled to move into what he calls Australia's best training facility as the Bombers unveil their new hangout.
Tall convert catches Essendon's eye
5:00PM Sam Landsberger EXCLUSIVE PICK ME VIDEO: MICHAEL Apeness felt his metal boot studs plant in the dry rugby pitch and his body twist.
Gumbleton ready for fresh start
5:39PM Kim Hagdorn FREMANTLE forward Scott Gumbleton isn't taking anything for granted in his second football life as a Docker.
Tall convert catches Essendon's eye
5:00PM Sam Landsberger EXCLUSIVE PICK ME VIDEO: MICHAEL Apeness felt his metal boot studs plant in the dry rugby pitch and his body twist.
Dockers desire for flag must 'burn'
2:07PM Braden Quartermaine FREMANTLE is not satisfied with the grand final loss and must harbour a deep longing for the club's first premiership, says Dockers president Steve Harris.
Cats embrace 'greatest' tag
11:00PM Scott Gullan IT wasn't always the case but Geelong is proud to promote itself as "the greatest team of all" in membership drive.
Tapping into the talent Wells
9:00PM Jon Ralph STEPHEN Wells loves his family, the Geelong Football Club, quick, clever footballers, golf and the city of Geelong.
Yappy Jones silences the critics
7:00PM Sam Landsberger EXCLUSIVE PICK ME VIDEO: ZAK Jones was fed up with the doubters.
Suns see Lynch as future captain
5:33PM Sam Edmund GOLD Coast forward Tom Lynch has no plans to return to his native Victoria, with the exciting prospect extending his contract with the Suns.
Suns, Lions high-end meeting
9:50AM Greg Davis, Andrew Hamilton QCLASH 7 could have easily broken out on the sleepy streets of Flagstaff, Arizona in the United States this week.
Lions, Suns set for bumper AFL draft
5:53PM Andrew Hamilton THE LIONS and Suns should both snare at least one gun when the nation's best teens go on sale on the Gold Coast this week.
Giants catch early Boyd
7:45PM Jay Clark EXCLUSIVE PICK ME VIDEO: VICTORIAN clubs can forget about poaching Tom Boyd from GWS.
Dylan's homecoming
6:42PM NEIL CORDY THE AFL landscape in Sydney is barely recognisable to former student Dylan Addison who left eight years ago.
Cooney, Shaw top 2003 draft class
9:51AM Gilbert Gardiner ON reflection, the 2003 national draft is an ode to the workman-like footballers - bar a couple of exceptions.
Hawks post bumper profit
5:25PM By Staff Writers HAWTHORN'S premiership year comes with a bumper pay day, the heavyweights banking an operating profit of more than $3 million.
I want to play, not play up: Garlett
8:00PM Sam Landsberger DAYLE Garlett can play footy like few others. And party. And not turn up to interviews. But he says the late nights are long gone.
Magpies pluck Pendles, Hawks flop
11:02AM Gilbert Gardiner PIES star Scott Pendlebury is in a league of his own and worthy of top billing in our revised 2005 draft.
Jones wants to lead Demons
7:48PM Jon Ralph DUAL best-and-fairest winner Nathan Jones says he wants to captain Melbourne under new coach Paul Roos.
Dees score sponsor, delay captain
9:02AM Staff writer MELBOURNE announces major sponsor, and says it's unlikely to select its next captain until the eve of the home and away season.
Yappy Jones silences the critics
7:00PM Sam Landsberger EXCLUSIVE PICK ME VIDEO: ZAK Jones was fed up with the doubters.
Roos skipper misses Utah camp
1:34PM Glenn McFarlane NORTH Melbourne denies captain Andrew Swallow has had a setback in his injury comeback after he pulled out of the Roos' Utah trip.
I want to play, not play up: Garlett
8:00PM Sam Landsberger DAYLE Garlett can play footy like few others. And party. And not turn up to interviews. But he says the late nights are long gone.
Some extra Majak beckons for Roos
8:46PM Glenn McFarlane MAJAK Daw has a plan to turn his cameos into consistency thanks to his 2013 experiences and a knee operation that should improve his durability.
Power players to back Hartlett
11:02PM Jesper Fjeldstad PORT Adelaide playmaker Hamish Hartlett's ambition to become one of the game's elite players has hit its first natural hurdle.
For Port, two out of three ain't bad
11:00PM Jesper Fjeldstad PORT Adelaide today faces an obvious dilemma at selection: one ruckman or two?
Power must go back to basics
11:33PM Michelangelo Rucci KEN Hinkley's mantra demanding his team "defend first" is Port Adelaide's answer to ending the Power's damaging fade-outs in first quarters.
Push-up King meets his match
3:47PM Daryl Timms ONE King met another when boxing champ Sam "King" Solimon went one-on-one with Richmond's Jake King at Punt Rd.
Former Tiger joins Swans
10:01AM Staff writer THE Sydney Swans have moved to shore up their ruck stocks by giving delisted Richmond ruckman Tom Derickx a second chance.
Yappy Jones silences the critics
7:00PM Sam Landsberger EXCLUSIVE PICK ME VIDEO: ZAK Jones was fed up with the doubters.
My career isn't over: Saad
4:32PM Warwick Green AHMED Saad has AFL permission to keep training with St Kilda in the hope of being redrafted as a rookie next week.
Saint Richo coming home
10:00PM Jon Ralph THE heartbreak of missing Collingwood's premiership lingered as Alan Richardson wandered to the football the following year.
Jolly not out of running at Saints
7:00PM Glenn MFarlane DARREN Jolly remains well in the mix to win a mature-age rookie slot at St Kilda, despite the club's coaching change.
Buddy shows up two weeks early
4:24PM Neil Cordy AFL Editor SWANS midfielder Luke Parker says Lance Franklin's surprise appearance at training is a sign he is ready to be a leader.
Great Dane hits ground running
4:44PM Neil Cordy SYDNEY surprise packet Dane Rampe returned from sleeping on the streets of Berlin to blitz Sydney's 3km time-trial.
Former Tiger joins Swans
10:01AM Staff writer THE Sydney Swans have moved to shore up their ruck stocks by giving delisted Richmond ruckman Tom Derickx a second chance.
Woosha shocked me: Glass
5:22PM Braden Quartermaine Darren Glass has admitted he was stunned by John Worsfold's decision to quit as coach in September.
Eagles delist Newman
2:53PM Braden Quartermaine WEST Coast has dumped troubled youngster Murray Newman from its senior list.
Kerr set to kick on in WAFL
Kim Hagdorn RETIRED West Coast Eagle Daniel Kerr is in talks that could lead to the gun on-baller ending his playing career in the WAFL.
Dogs prepared to gamble pick 4
8:00PM Sam Landsberger and Jay Clark THE Western Bulldogs are prepared to gamble their prized No. 4 draft pick on raw midfielder Marcus Bontempelli.
Pies, Dogs chase joker in draft pack
7:30PM Sam Landsberger EXCLUSIVE PICK ME VIDEO: MARCUS Bontempelli is the joker in the pack and could be fourth pick in the AFL draft.
Cooney, Shaw top 2003 draft class
9:51AM Gilbert Gardiner ON reflection, the 2003 national draft is an ode to the workman-like footballers - bar a couple of exceptions.
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