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WILLIAMSTOWN will defend its 2011 Foxtel Cup in next season's knockout competition, which will feature 16 teams including two from Tasmania.

The VFL side won the inaugural cup from WAFL club Claremont, and both will feature again in 2012.

There will be three teams from the VFL, WAFL and SANFL, two from the TSL, two from Queensland, the NT Thunder, and one team from each of NSW and the ACT.

From the Ballarat Courier
Reported by Melanie Whelan
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DUAL premiership player Michael Searl has arrived back to the North Ballarat Roosters.
Searl was keen to get started in his first training session on Friday night after a two-year hiatus from the Victorian Football League to work and travel overseas.

From The Mercury
Reported by Brett Stubbs
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THE good news is the TSL will test itself on the big stage against the might of the VFL next season.

The bad news is the state league and its broadcaster have parted company, meaning there will be no live coverage of the TSL from 2012 or beyond.

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The Box Hill Hawks Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club have renewed their alignment agreement from 2012 to 2014, extending to 15 years the continuous relationship between the two clubs.

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From Preston Leader
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From Port Phillip Leader
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THIRTY minutes after Port Melbourne's momentous premiership victory over Williamstown, coach Gary Ayres made the point that his team would never play together again.

There would be retirements, players would move on and others might be drafted, he said.

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Former Essendon coach Matthew Knights will join AFL premiers Geelong next year as coach of their VFL team.

Knights coached the Bombers for three seasons, guiding them to a finals appearance in 2009 before being sacked a year later.

Cats senior coach Chris Scott said Knights was a fine mentor for younger players.