Outlook bleak for Frankston

From The Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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FRANKSTON faces an uphill battle to get its season back on track after being beaten by 47 points by the Northern Bullants at Visy Park yesterday.

The stand-alone Dolphins are in a precarious position on and off the field: winless after four rounds, second-last on the VFL ladder and fighting to stay afloat financially, according to club president John Barry.

Rd 4 Scores - Final

2009 VFL Seniors
Coburg Tigers 2.2 7.4 7.6 11.7 (73)
Casey Scorpions 1.1 7.6 11.11 17.13 (115)

GOALS:
Coburg Tigers: Hislop 2 Pettifer 2 Liddle 2 Schulz King Allan Connors Horne
Casey Scorpions: Newton 5 Moore 3 Watts 3 Hughes 3 Wall McNamara Valenti

BEST:
Coburg Tigers: Edwards Cousins Simmonds Morgan King Caruso
Casey Scorpions: Newton Mohr McKenzie Faulks Watts Silvagni

Media No.1 for Nathan Thompson

From the Herald-Sun
Reported by Chris Mitchell
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NATHAN Thompson has defended his decision to put his media work ahead of his football. The Werribee forward, who has also joined the Tigers as forwards coach after 179 games for Hawthorn and North Melbourne, arrived 10 minutes into the first quarter at Williamstown last week after dashing from Richmond, where he was a panellist on Channel 9's Sunday Footy Show.

VFL Round Four Preview - Coburg v Casey

From the ABC Grandstand Website
Reported by Chris Thomspon
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Jade_rawlings_rd05_qr04 It's a star-studded fixture in Round Four of the VFL as Ben Cousins and Jack Watts are set to line up for their respective affiliate sides, and ABC TV Grandstand will bring you all the action live as the Tigers take on the Scorpions at Coburg City Oval on Saturday afternoon.

All eyes will be on the former West Coast Eagles star as he makes his return to football after a much-publicised hamstring injury in Round One derailed his return to the AFL for Richmond.

But there will be almost as much interest in Watts, the No.1 draft pick charged with much of the responsibility of returning Melbourne to the top of the AFL ladder.

With a host of AFL-listed stars potentially running out for both sides, it would be easy to forget there are also four points up for grabs in a match between two sides whose fortunes have differed in the early stages of the season.

Sharkey back for Collingwood clash

From the Ballarat Courier
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REIGNING joint best and fairest Matt Sharkey makes his first senior appearance for North Ballarat for the year against Collingwood at Princes Park in the Victorian Football League tomorrow.

Sharkey did enough in the reserves on Sunday to convince coach Gerard FitzGerald that he is ready to return after a hip injury.

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