Mighty Joe a steal for the Dons

Bombers coach James Hird is licking his lips at the prospect of the 201cm father-son selection dominating in the ruck and full-forward for the next decade. Watch exclusive footage and analysis of him ahead of the AFL draft. Joe Daniher, who was drafted to Essendon under the father-son rule, with his happy parents Anthony and Joanne. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun ...

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Tippett just wants to be a Swan

Despite an AFL investigation in salary cap breeches, Kurt Tippett is still keen on moving to Sydney to kick goals for the Swans. Picture: George Salpigtidis. Source: Herald Sun KURT Tippett still wants to play for Sydney, despite the Greater Western Sydney push to pluck him from the Swans' grasp. Yet even the Swans admit it will take something exceptional for the Adelaide forward to...

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No big change to pre-season: Hird

Essendon players hit the pavement this morning as pre-season begins. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun ESSENDON coach James Hird says the Bombers will not be making dramatic changes to their pre-season program in the wake of this year's soft tissue injury epidemic. Hird admitted earlier in the year the team's gruelling training load last summer may have contributed to a rash of...

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Voss: AFL will move on quickly

Lions coach Michael Voss says AFL will quickly get over Israel Folau leaving. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images ISRAEL Folau's dumping of AFL has barely hurt the code and is just a "mossie bite'' the game will easily overcome, Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss says. Voss was adamant the code would not be damaged by Folau's "retirement'' from the game yesterday. Folau is set...

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Izzy on the skids

Israel Folau appears set to quit the GWS Giants. Source: The Daily Telegraph ISRAEL Folau's AFL career appears over. The multi-million signing is seemingly headed back to rugby league, which would end the two-year, four million dollar experiment as the high-profile code-jumper. Folau sensationally joined Greater Western Sydney in 2011 after a successful career in league. The Herald...

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Pick Me: Draft analysis series

Get the first look at the AFL's future stars in this preview of draft analysis series 'Pick Me' Ollie Wines, Lachie Whitfield and Jono O'Rourke, three of the best midfielders in the draft, share a laugh on the first day of testing. They will all feature in the Pick Me draft series. Picture: Getty Images Source: Herald Sun WANT first look at your club's next superstar?...

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Ed, Gardner dismayed at tanking

Dean Bailey's coaching days have come under fire amid tanking allegations. Picture: Michael Dodge. Source: AdelaideNow COLLINGWOOD president Eddie McGuire and former Melbourne president Paul Gardner have both expressed dismay about the tanking allegations against the Demons, but criticised the AFL for putting a system in place that provided a disincentive to win games. McGuire said the...

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Demetriou: Tank probe top priority

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has spoken about the tanking investigation. Source: Herald Sun EXCLUSIVE: AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou says there will be no whitewash of any investigation into tanking. While the AFL chief would not speak specifically about the ongoing probe into the Melbourne Football Club, he insisted the league treated any questioning of the game's integrity...

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Tanking affair just won't go away

Former Melbourne coach Dean Bailey is believed to have been reinterviewed by the AFL as it continues its invesigation into the Melbourne tanking affair. Picture: Michael Dodge Source: Herald Sun No case to answer? Andrew Demetriou has consistently defended the Demons. Picture: Chris Scott Source: Herald Sun IT'S back. Just when AFL supremo Andrew Demetriou thought it was safe, the...

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Dee-termined to play on

Delisted Melbourne forward Ricky Petterd is keen to prove himself on the AFL stage after six injury-ravaged seasons. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun DELISTED Demon Ricky Petterd is holding out hope of a rival club handing him a football lifeline. But the 24-year-old forward has conceded his options are limited."My manager has had a few words with a few people, but I'm not...

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Hudson set to retire... again

Ben Hudson has retired. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun BEN Hudson's AFL comeback is over. The former Western Bulldogs and Adelaide ruckman is poised to announce his retirement, this time for good, a year after answering an SOS call from the Brisbane Lions.The 34-year-old shelved retirement plans to join the Lions for the 2012 season and the surprise pick-up proved invaluable...

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Crows avoid compulsory cut

Adelaide young gun Brad Crouch celebrates kicking a goal in the SANFL preliminary final. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: The Advertiser ADELAIDE finally has had a victory in the Kurt Tippett saga. The AFL is allowing the Crows to push teenage midfielder Brad Crouch on Adelaide's 2012 player list as a "traded player" rather than demand the club free up a draft pick for him.The significance...

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West Coast trades 'omen'

NEW FACES: Midfielder Sharrod Wellingham and fellow recruits Cale Morton and Jamie Cripps will add midfield pace at West Coast. Source: Herald Sun WEST Coast Eagles coach John Worsfold has compared the club's trade spree to when the Eagles brought in Tyson Stenglein and Daniel Chick in the lead-up to the 2006 premiership. The Eagles won't have a pick in the first two rounds of the national...

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Freo could be 'lite' Eagles with move

STANDING FIRM: Chris Lewis (second from left) and Keep Freo in Freo members Richard Utting, Peter Newman and Peter Dowding are keen for the Dockers to remain at Fremantle Oval. Picture: Justin Benson-Cooper Source: PerthNow FREMANTLE board nominee Chris Lewis says the Dockers risk becoming "West Coast Eagles lite" if they turn their back on their heritage and set up a new training base in...

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