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Stepping stone to the big time

By Robbo May 18, 2007
From Herald Sun
Reported by Geoff Poulter

KANGAROOS assistant coach Donald McDonald has always believed in the value of the VFL as an AFL breeding ground.

The 2001 Box Hill Hawks premiership coach has again had his faith in the stepping-stone system vindicated with the progress of Kangaroos forward Aaron Edwards.

Edwards, delisted by West Coast, won a second shot at the AFL after a 2006 VFL season in which he booted 100 goals in 20 games for Frankston to head the goalkicking list and win the Liston Trophy as the league's best-and-fairest.

"(Our recruiters) were confident that Aaron could make the change to AFL footy and we thought he could be a really good foil for Nathan Thompson, because of what he showed at VFL level," McDonald said.

McDonald said when he coached in the VFL, he thought there were players who could be ranked between 10 and 30 at AFL clubs, but the clubs were looking at those capable of filling numbers one to 10.

Tom Lonergan says "I'll be back in a month"

By Robbo May 18, 2007
From Geelong Advertiser
Reported by Jason Shields

COURAGEOUS Cat Tom Lonergan expects to return to the football field in four weeks' time, 293 days after the sickening onfield collision which almost cost him his life.

Lonergan, who celebrated his 23rd birthday yesterday, revealed he "could finally see the light" after enduring a painful off-field recovery, setting himself for a comeback through the VFL in about a month.

Lonergan was placed in an induced coma and underwent emergency surgery to remove his right kidney after colliding heavily with Melbourne's Brad Green at Skilled Stadium on August 26 last year.

"I made the decision about two months ago that I would aim to return mid-year and I'm on track at the moment,'' Lonergan said.

"I'm progressing each week now. At the start it was just about seeing how my body was going with the load and at the moment it's going pretty well.''

Devils' finals hopes on line tomorrow

By Robbo May 18, 2007
From Launceston Examiner
Reported by Phil Edwards

THE pride, passion and 2007 finals hopes of the Tassie Devils will be on the line when Tasmania takes on the Coburg Tigers in their round seven VFL clash at Bellerive Oval tomorrow.

Coming off last week's humiliating fifth-straight loss to Werribee and crisis meetings during the week, Devils coach Daryn Cresswell said yesterday that he was happy with the commitment his players had shown during a tough week on the training track.

"It's been a tough week for everyone including the players, and they aren't happy with the position we're in," he said.

"We've approached things a bit differently this week and have concentrated on the defensive side of our game with a lot of tackling and physical pressure in the hope we can turn around our poor performances this week.

"This is a must-win game - if we do not win this game, we will not play finals footy."

Cresswell said he had spoken to his leadership group this week about lifting their performance.

Tassie's leaders bedevilled

By Robbo May 17, 2007
From The Mercury
Reported by James Bresnehan

EVERYONE from the chairman to the boot studder took responsibility yesterday for the Tasmanian Devils' woeful winter, but the biggest blame went to one particular bunch -- the leadership group.

Their ears were ringing after the bake Devils coach Daryn Cresswell gave them on Monday night before flogging the entire squad on the training track.

The seven senior players -- co-captains Brett Geappen and Scott Stephens (dropped last Saturday), Paul Koulouriotis, Cameron Thurley, Nathan Street (also dropped), Ken Hall and Matthew Westfield (dropped) -- took the brunt of Cresswell's frustration from a 1-5 start.

"When you become a leader, there's an expectation there that you deliver," Cresswell said. "Unfortunately, our leaders haven't done that."

When asked how firmly he spoke to the seven, Cresswell said, with furrowed brow: "I got my message across."

The leadership group is just as sorry about the Devils sitting second-last on the VFL ladder.

"They're not happy with the position we're in either," Cresswell said.

19 Year olds added to U23 Squad

By administrator May 17, 2007
With 19 year-old players now eligible for selection in the U23 North vs South VFL match on May 26, six players have been added from the TAC U18 competition.


The following players have been added to the squads for their respective teams.

 South 19 Year Olds

North 19 Year Olds

Gippsland Power

Luke

Webber   

Calder Cannons

Peter

Robertson

Sandringham Dragons 

John

Shaw

Murray Bushrangers 

James

Saker


Dean

Scheetz   

Western Jets

Steven

Morris

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