From www.localfooty.com.au
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LUKE Webster is excited to be taking charge of his own team for the first time after being appointed the new coach of the Northern Blues last week.

The 30-year-old former Fremantle midfielder becomes the third coach of the Northern Blues in just four months following departed coaches Robert Hyde and Darren Harris.

A back line coach at the club over the past two seasons while juggling a role as a development coach at Carlton, Webster said he was looking forward to the challenge in 2013.

"I never really thought a few year's ago that I'd go down the coaching path," he said.

"But doing the development stuff at Carlton the last could of years and then when Darren Harris was heading back to WA for his new role, I thought now was better than ever to jump in and coach my own team."

From localfooty.com.au
Reported by Paul Amy
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THE winning margin was predictable. The result wasn't.

..The VFL's top team, Casey Scorpions, came up against the 11th-placed Northern Blues at Casey Fields on Saturday and suffered only its third loss of the season.

Jumped early by a team featuring familiar Carlton names such as Bret Thornton, Nick Duigan, Matthew Watson and David Ellard, the Scorpions never recovered and in the end did well to avoid a heavier defeat.

Halfway through the third quarter the Blues' lead puffed out to 52 points as players like Ellard and draft prospects Kane Lambert and Adam Marcon made merry in the midfield.

Blues ruckman Nick Meese, described by one Casey assistant coach as the John Nicholls of the VFL, mauled the Scorpions with 53 hit-outs and a staggering 21 tackles.

"We didn't give a yelp," a Casey diehard said after the match.

But the coaches probably did when they realised there would have to be eight changes from the team that defeated Frankston in the previous round.

Just seven Melbourne players took the field, including Josh Tynan, who played only the first half.

From www.localfooty.com.au
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THE Northern Blues were unable to record a victory in Darren Harris' first game back as coach.

From The Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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CARLTON'S VFL affiliate has admitted it made a blunder in appointing a part-time coach at the Northern Blues after Robert Hyde stepped down this week citing time constraints due to his job as a school principal.

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From Preston Leader
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NORTHERN Blues opened their 2012 Victorian Football League account with a 100-point thumping of an undermanned Bendigo at Queen Elizabeth Oval on Saturday.

The Blues dominated with Bendigo restricted to a limited resource of Essendon players due to the AFL affiliate's Anzac Day clash with Collingwood.

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From Preston Leader
Reported by Sam Landsberger

From Preston Leader
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ROBERT Hyde is the new coach of the Northern Bullants.

The three-time TAC Cup premiership master won the position vacated by Darren Harris with an impressive final-round interview to edge former Carlton star and Western Bulldogs assistant Peter Dean.

From Preston Leader
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THE Northern Bullants are searching for their third senior coach in as many seasons, after Darren Harris stepped aside to take on a full-time development role with AFL affiliate Carlton.