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ANZAC Day treat

By administrator December 06, 2007
From the Mercury

Reported by Adam Smith
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TASMANIA returns to its traditional VFL Anzac Day match for the first time in four years following the release of the 2008 fixture list yesterday.

With Anzac Day falling on a Friday next year, the Devils will clash with Casey Scorpions at Bellerive in round five for premiership points.

The club has always promoted the Anzac Day round -- usually with a match against Frankston -- but will play on the day for the first time since handing North Ballarat a 77-point hiding at North Hobart in 2004.

The Devils open next season with two away games against Bendigo and Box Hill -- the only two sides it defeated in 2007. Home-and-away matches have been evenly split, with Collingwood's decision to field a stand-alone VFL side increasing the roster season to 20 matches.

However, the Devils have the opportunity to "buy" home games, and Coburg has shown interest in selling its match on June 14.

2008 Senior VFL Fixture released

By administrator December 04, 2007
From the Official VFL website

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The official fixture for the 2008 Victorian Football League Season has been released today.

The fixture will see 14 clubs compete for the VFL Premiership Cup. The clubs are as follows:

1. Bendigo Bombers (AFL Alignment - Essendon)
2. Box Hill Hawks (AFL Alignment - Hawthorn)
3. Casey Scorpions (AFL Alignment - St Kilda)
4. Coburg Tigers (AFL Alignment - Richmond)
5. Collingwood (AFL Alignment - Collingwood)
6. Frankston
7. Geelong (AFL Alignment - Geelong)
8. North Ballarat (AFL Alignment - Kangaroos)
9. Northern Bullants (AFL Alignment - Carlton)
10. Port Melbourne
11. Sandringham (AFL Alignment - Melbourne)
12. Tasmania
13. Werribee (AFL Alignment - Kangaroos)
14. Williamstown (AFL Alignment - Western Bulldogs)

The VFL fixture incorporates 20 Home and Away Rounds, 2 Split Round weekends and a full competition bye for the Interstate Representative Match to be played in South Australia on Saturday 31st May.

AFL Curtain Raiser matches are subject to approval by the AFL.

Finals Dates

Qualifying and Eliminations Finals
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September

Semi Finals
Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September

Preliminary Finals
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September

Grand Final
Friday 26th September

VFL Senior Fixture - By Round
VFL Senior Fixture - By Club
* This fixture may be subject to change at the discretion of the Victorian Football League.

O'Keefe lines up for Port

By administrator December 04, 2007
Courtesy of Leader Group Newspapers

Reported by Paul Amy

FORMER Essendon rookie Tim O'Keefe has joined VFL club Port Melbourne.

O'Keefe has been tailed by injuries in the past two years but new Port coach Gary Ayres said the 191cm defender was getting himself fit and would be a good acquisition.

"He can be a nice running back for us, or someone who can give you a bit of height through the midfield," he said.

"He can run and carry the footy."

O'Keefe, originally from Seymour, was rookie-listed after a good 2005 season with the Bendigo Bombers.

Another Bendigo player, Michael Dillon, has also joined Port. Dillon won the reserves best and fairest this year and also made half-a-dozen senior appearances. He tried his luck at VFL level after some outstanding seasons for Gisborne.

Media Release - Facilities upgrade

By administrator November 23, 2007
21st November 2007

MEDIA RELEASE

The Frankston Football club today happily joined the City of Frankston and the St Kilda Football Club in announcing the agreement to progress the move of St Kilda to Frankston Park.

As a stand-alone VFL club, Frankston sees a number of significant opportunities from the
co-tenancy with St Kilda.

The President of the Frankston Football Club, Jay McGrath said “We know that there are a number of compromises involved in sharing facilities, but from our discussions to date, we are confident that any difficulties will be worked through, and this will, at least in some part, be offset by improved facilities.”

VFL, WAFL may throw a lifeline

By administrator November 20, 2007
From The Age

Reported by Rohan Connolly
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WHILE the door has been closed for now on his AFL career, Ben Cousins could become one of the highest-qualified players to grace the ranks of the lower leagues next year.

The Brownlow medallist, four-time best-and-fairest winner and six-time All-Australian may be free to ply his trade in either the West Australian Football League or in VFL ranks as he goes about his rehabilitation from drug addiction and tries to return to the AFL in 2009.

A spokesman for the AFL said last night that while Cousins was prohibited from training with an AFL club, his capacity to play in Victoria at a lower level was a decision for the VFL to make, and that the former Eagles' champion technically could be free to play in the competition.

That would preclude Cousins joining either Geelong or Collingwood, both now with stand-alone reserves teams, but could leave him free to play with teams aligned with AFL sides, such as Coburg, Sandringham, Casey or Bendigo, or the unaligned likes of Port Melbourne should he decide to make a clean break from his home state in order to secure a place on the list of a second AFL club.

Hutchison heads up Scorpions

By administrator November 17, 2007
From the Berwick News

Reported by Marc McGowan
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Picture: Stewart Chambers.JUST over a month after Peter Banfield’s controversial departure, the Casey Scorpions have announced former Melbourne utility Greg Hutchison as their new senior head coach.

The appointment was confirmed on Tuesday after a procession of coaches had been interviewed.

Former St Kilda star and two-time Narre Warren premiership coach Austinn Jones was notified on Monday that he had not been offered the job.

Jones is now a prime candidate for the vacant Gippsland Power TAC Cup coaching post.

Hutchison, 50, played 96 games and kicked 21 goals for the Demons from 1975-84, and also had a 13-game stint as caretaker coach of the club in 1997 after Neil Balme was sacked.

He has been involved in a variety of roles as an assistant coach at Australian Football League (AFL) level with Richmond and the Kangaroos since 1999.

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