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Cloke home at kennel

By administrator November 10, 2007
From the Herald-Sun

Reported by Mark Stevens
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JASON Cloke has found his way into the Bulldogs' back yard, signing a two-year deal with Williamstown.

Cloke, hoping to revive his AFL career via the national or pre-season draft, will play for the Dogs' new VFL affiliate if he doesn't get picked up.

Seagulls coach and Bulldogs development coach Brad Gotch was keen to lure Cloke from the Bendigo Bombers.

Gotch has no doubt the former Magpie could still have something to offer at the higher level.

"I have mentioned to the recruiting guys here (Bulldogs) that he would be a ready-made, solid backman," Gotch said. "It is up to them if they want to have a look at him."

Cloke, 25, was runner-up in Bendigo's best-and-fairest this season.

Geelong Football Club tries to revive VFL curtain-raiser

By administrator November 10, 2007
From the Geelong Advertiser

Reported by Michael Auciello
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GEELONG and Collingwood are hoping to bring some tradition back to the MCG next year, requesting a VFL curtain-raiser before their round nine AFL clash.

The two clubs have forwarded the idea to the VFL as part of their requests for the 2008 fixture.

The Pies will join Geelong in fielding a stand alone VFL team next season, after ending their alliance with affiliate Williamstown this year.

Collingwood approached the premiers about the idea of playing a curtain-raiser before the Friday night AFL game on May 23.

Although the Cats are supportive of the idea, the AFL is believed to have said the fixture would be unlikely because round nine is indigenous round and three AFL games are planned for the MCG that weekend.


VFL players training with AFL Clubs

By administrator November 08, 2007
Hawthorn - James Allen (Box Hill Hawks); Luke Barker (Box Hills Hawks); Brett Collins (Hawthorn rookie); Sam Gibson (Hawthorn rookie); Tom Langford (Port Melbourne)


Melbourne - Alister Neville (Coburg); Peter Summers (Sandringham); Shane Valenti (Sandringham)


Richmond - Joe Gazzo (Coburg); Andrew Horne (Coburg); Jarrod Silvester (Coburg)


Western Bulldogs - Cameron Lockwood (Williamstown); Scott Meyer (Williamstown); Liam Picken (Williamstown); Patrick Rose (Williamstown)

Devils sign up former Demon

By administrator November 02, 2007
From The Mercury

Reported by James Bresnehan
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DELISTED by Melbourne last month, Tasmanian Heath Neville has signed to the Devils in the VFL next year, in the hope of rekindling his AFL career

Devils coach Daryn Cresswell signed Neville yesterday as one of four recruits in Melbourne this week.

AFL Tasmania will announced the quartet in Hobart today, with the promise of more recruits to follow.

Neville, who played for Clarence and the Mariners, was taken by the Demons at No. 68 in the 2005 draft.

His shot at the AFL was ruined by a frustrating fight with osteopubis, restricting him to only a handful of games with Melbourne's VFL affiliate Sandringham over the past two seasons.

But Neville has now put his groin issues to bed.

Triple premiership coach departs Zebras

By administrator October 29, 2007
From the Bayside Leader
Courtesy Leader Group Newspapers

Reported by Simon McEvoy

THE man behind Sandringham's triple premiership golden era, coach Mark Williams, is moving on.

Last Friday Williams took a full-time job as development coach at Melbourne Football Club. It's an exciting opportunity for the 43-year-old, who has ambitions to be an AFL senior coach.

"My ambitions are to hopefully become a senior coach if I can, so this was a step forward in that regard," he said.  "I went for the senior job last year at Melbourne and they basically said to me if I want to move forward I've got to do some assistant coaching and go from there."

Williams' association with Sandringham was filled with success and he will always be known as a club legend.  A former Carlton and Footscray utility, Williams played in the Zebras' 1992 flag. A decade later, in October, 2003, he was appointed coach of the club, and he made a breathtaking entrance, guiding the Zebras to the 2004 premiership, followed by the '05 and '06 flags.

This year, Sandringham finished on top of the ladder but bowed out of the finals in the semis.

Deal struck for Swans Reserves

By administrator October 25, 2007
From The Sydney Swans website
Reported by Tara White
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After weeks of negotiations with AFL Canberra, the Sydney Swans have signed a new three-year deal for the Swans Reserves to remain in the competition.

It was appropriate after the initial five-year agreement to review the terms of being in the AFL Canberra competition, especially given the Swans dominance over the past three years.

The Swans accepted their dominance wasn’t healthy for the overall competition and worked with AFL Canberra to rectify those issues.

The priority for the Swans was to firstly stay in the NSW/ACT competition, as they felt this was important to the development of the code in their home state.

Secondly they believed the way to achieve equalisation of the competition was to improve the standard of the competition in Canberra instead of looking at a simple solution of restricting the three-time consecutive premiers.

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