From The Age (realfooty.com.au)
Reported by Brent Diamond
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Poor crowds at the VFL and TAC Cup grand finals in recent seasons have prompted AFL Victoria to change the scheduling back to the Sunday before the AFL grand final.

The VFL has averaged about 13,000 to its grand finals over the past three seasons with its move from Princes Park to Etihad Stadium in 2008 not attracting the numbers it had hoped for.

Source: Geelong Ablettiser

GEELONG mature-age rookie James Podsiadly is a step closer to his long-awaited AFL debut after the Cats yesterday placed young forward Mitch Brown on their long-term injury list.

Podsiadly has firmed as the most likely of Geelong's seven rookies to be elevated if the Cats choose to fill Brown's place on the senior list while he recovers from leg surgery.

From the Bendigo Advertiser
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BENDIGO Pioneers club champion Kallen Geary has signed with VFL club Sandringham.
A shock non-selection in last year’s AFL national draft and AFL rookie draft, Geary was chased heavily by several VFL clubs, including the Bendigo Bombers.

However, the Victorian Country representative decided to move to Melbourne and join the St Kilda-aligned Zebras.

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The Williamstown Football Club is thrilled that 10 new graduating TAC Cup players have joined the Seagulls in 2010. The 10 players come from 6 different TAC Cup Clubs –

Western Jets – Dion Lawson and Michael Fogarty

Bendigo Pioneers – Jye Sandiford and Brian Fenton

Gippsland Power – Nick Sing and Ed Carr

Sandringham Dragons – Kwame McHarg and Jack Purton-Smith

From The Sunday Age
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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.