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VFL: Frankston make last-gasp bid for survival
A meeting of Frankston members on Thursday night will attempt to rally support for a return to the field in 2018.
A journalist since 1984, Andrew worked as a reporter and executive producer with ABC Radio News and in production roles at the BBC and other London mastheads before joining The Age full-time. A Walkley finalist in 2007 for best three headlines, and a Melbourne Press Club Quill winner in that category, he led the Sunday Age team to major Australian Sports Commission awards in 2012 and 2014 for best National sporting coverage. As an occasional columnist and writer, he’s a handy in-and-under type, albeit with limited skills by hand and foot.
A meeting of Frankston members on Thursday night will attempt to rally support for a return to the field in 2018.
Brisbane Lions football manager David Noble says new coach Chris Fagan has such broad experience that there'll be no need to appoint a director of coaching to guide him in rebuilding the club.
As debate rages in the United States about the decision of NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's civil rights protest of kneeling during the national anthem, at Saturday's AFL grand final Vika and Linda Bull are aiming for an acapella singalong.
Western Bulldogs midfielder Lachie Hunter says the grand finalists will kick into game mode on Thursday and switch off all outside distractions.
The Western Bulldogs season has been marked by great improvement despite injuries to key players, but skipper Easton Wood believes the stars are now aligning for the men from Whitten Oval.
Former Premier and Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett says the tenure of Collingwood president Eddie McGuire at Collingwood is "a long time" and sometimes good leadership requires new thinking.
The Sydney Swans president Andrew Pridham says success in football is based on a range of factors and not just the interstate academy system.
The Demons look far more stable on and off field and have developed the building blocks that could sustain a winning culture.
Three-time premiership coach Mick Malthouse says the Brisbane Lions should appoint an experienced coach to help rebuild.
As North Melbourne players trained in guernseys featuring the impending new AFL record games number 427, coach Brad Scott acknowledged Brent Harvey was a player who had often slipped under the guard of opponents such as him.
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