From The Sunday Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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BENDIGO Bombers coach Shannon Grant is confident that former AFL players Jason Cloke and Hayden Skipworth can help lift the team from the bottom of the VFL ladder this season.

Seaford ace among Zebra newcomers
From http://www.localfooty.com.au
Reported by Paul Amy

BEFORE Christmas Sandringham general manager John Mennie was fretting about his club's lack of recruits.

``We can't get a deal over the line,'' he said, noting how the Zebras had been outdone by Port Melbourne for AFL pair Shane Valenti and Adam Bentick.

From the Ballarat Courier
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TWO-TIME North Ballarat premiership coach Gerard FitzGerald will again take charge of the Victorian Football League representative team this year.

FitzGerald will coach the Big V against Western Australian in Perth on May 22.

This is the fourth time he has been at the helm of the VFL for an interstate clash.

From the Ballarat Courier
Reported by David Brehaut
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VFL powerhouse North Ballarat has been stung by the departure of dual premiership player Brett Goodes.
Goodes, who turns 26 next month, is moving to Darwin to take up a newly created position with the NTAFL.

From the Sunday Herald-Sun
Reported by Tony Sheehan
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NATHAN Ablett is on track to play in the Gold Coast's first match, a Round 1 clash against Port Melbourne in the VFL on April 10.
Ablett has made huge inroads and a lasting impression on his new team as it prepares for the match.

"We have just under three months to go until Round 1 and it's a fairly long and slow build-up, but Nathan is certainly in the right frame of mind and his body is up and raring to go," Gold Coast senior coach Guy McKenna told the Sunday Herald Sun.

Ablett's passion for football was a concern for McKenna, but he has since convinced him he is willing and able.

"We had a chat about that early days. Nathan convinced me enough. I haven't had any reason to change my thoughts that he is passionate about playing, so assuming he ticks all the boxes, we'll pick him for Round 1," McKenna said.
 

From www.cairns.com.au
Reported by Andrew Piva
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FORMER rugby league star Karmichael Hunt could play one of his first games of Australian rules in Cairns after Cazalys was locked in to host a VFL match between Gold Coast and the Bendigo Bombers on July 17.

Hunt, who played for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL, shocked the league world when he defected to new AFL franchise Gold Coast after signing a three-year deal in July.

Gold Coast caused another stir in November when it snapped up 2007 Geelong premiership player Nathan Ablett.

The club already has Far Northern products Charlie Dixon and Rex Liddy on its playing roster.