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Jones just enjoying the outings
Daniel Cherny Replacement Essendon player Clint Jones is not looking at his opportunity to play for the Bombers as a way back onto an AFL list.
Bombers' top-ups make up the numbers
Daniel Cherny While they will be captained by a man wearing No.3, the Essendon team that takes on St Kilda on Saturday will feature players donning numbers in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Player shortage hits Dons' VFL practice match
Daniel Cherny The flow-on effect of the Essendon supplements saga has forced the cancellation of a practice game between the Bombers' VFL team and Williamstown.
VFL clubs confused about Dons fill-ins
Daniel Cherny Confusion reigned as to how the deals of top-up Essendon players would operate after a meeting of VFL clubs on Wednesday.
Back off Port boys: Ayres
Daniel Cherny Port Melbourne coach Gary Ayres has sent a blunt message in the direction of Essendon, urging them to back off the Borough’s list come the season proper.
Dons approach Coburg defender for NAB Challenge
Daniel Cherny Former Collingwood rookie Michael Hartley is looming as the first state league player to be plucked by Essendon for the upcoming NAB Challenge.
Essendon to play in NAB Challenge
Jon Pierik, Michael Gleeson and Daniel Cherny Essendon chairman Paul Little has denied the Bombers were ever going to boycott the NAB Challenge, and says an "appropriate" solution has been found with the 26 players from the club's list in 2012 sitting out the pre-season competition.
Northern exposure: locals cold on stadium makeover
Paul Daffey It was a bolt from the blue, or red as the case may be, when Labor's putative premier Daniel Andrews and Western Bulldogs president Peter Gordon made a joint announcement at Ballarat's Eureka Stadium before the election in November.
MCG games absent from VFL fixture
Daniel Cherny An MCG curtain-raiser has failed to materialise in the VFL fixture, although Collingwood have not given up hope they can still play VFL/AFL double-headers at the home of football in 2015.
Magpies and Blues in talks about MCG double-header
Daniel Cherny Collingwood are set for Saturday morning fever at the MCG next year, with the soon to be released VFL fixture likely to hand the Magpies a pair of Saturday curtain-raisers, including the tantalising possibility of a Magpies v Blues MCG double-header.
Carlton target expansion clubs for curtain-raisers
Daniel Cherny The revival of curtain-raisers at Carlton home games seems likely to be confined to just two matches in 2015, with low-drawing dates against expansion teams pin-pointed as likely options.
Roosters won't go the way of Bendigo, says CEO
Daniel Cherny North Melbourne is going full steam ahead with Werribee, leaving North Ballarat to fend for themselves.
Seven kicks a goal by landing VFL coverage
Jon Pierik Channel Seven has added to its bulging sports portfolio by securing the rights to the VFL for the next two seasons, and will link its Saturday broadcast with its AFL coverage.
Saad moves back to steam forward
Daniel Cherny Adam Saad was shattered after being overlooked in the 2012 national draft, but he picked himself up and he's back.
Sandringham appoints St Kilda assistant coach Paul Hudson as coach
Brent Diamond St Kilda's VFL affiliate Sandringham has appointed Saints assistant Paul Hudson as its coach for the next two seasons in the last of the coaching reshuffle in the VFL ranks.
Cyril Rioli ready for AFL grand final
Cyril Rioli believes neither he or Hawthorn will be hamstrung in the AFL grand final.
VFL showcase compromised by AFL needs
Brent Diamond The VFL competition is in two minds and both collided on grand final day. One, it seems, wants to see the traditional VFA teams prosper, the another, which is becoming more dominant, is that AFL Victoria dies not want it tagged as an AFL reserves competition.
Footscray celebrates first day flag since '54
Brent Diamond Footscray has won its first day flag of any type since 1954 after defeating the Box Hill Hawks by 22 points in front of the biggest VFL grand final crowd in 25 years on Sunday.
Dogs have bark, but Hawks are flying
Brent Diamond Whether it is a surprise to see Footscray – in its return as a stand-alone club – in this year's VFL grand final, the Bulldogs won't take anything for granted.
Rioli's grand-final bid to begin in VFL
Jesse Hogan Cyril Rioli's near three-month absence from playing is set to end this weekend in the VFL, as Hawthorn prepares for him to make a dramatic return for next weekend's grand final.
Box Hill Hawks looking to go back-to-back
Brent Diamond Hawthorn’s VFL affiliate, the Box Hill Hawks, will aim to go back-to-back when it meets Footscray in next Sunday's VFL grand final at Etihad Stadium, after a pulsating seven-point preliminary final win over Williamstown on Sunday.
Footscray rolls Port to make grand final
Brent Diamond Footscray coach Chris Maple hopes Bulldogs fans will travel to Etihad Stadium in droves next Sunday after his team remarkably made the VFL grand final in its return season as a stand-alone team after upsetting Port Melbourne.
Bulldogs brim with talent for match that offers shade of 1923
Brent Diamond Footscray has named a strong line-up for its preliminary final clash against Port Melbourne as perhaps shades of 1923 hit the VFL in this finals series.
Williamstown to appeal McEvoy decision
Daniel Cherny Williamstown has advised AFL Victoria it will appeal the decision to allow out-of-favour Hawthorn ruckman Ben McEvoy to play in the VFL preliminary final for Box Hill on Sunday, which Williamstown claims makes “a mockery of the rules.�
