Voss excited about Lions' midfield

Tom Rockliff and Daniel Rich are a crucial part of the Brisbane Lions' emerging midfield. Picture: Mark Cranitch. Source: The Courier-Mail BRISBANE coach Michael Voss has flagged the emergence of a potential premiership-winning midfield as the Lions embark on the next stage to playing finals football again. Voss isn't predicting a fourth AFL flag for the club next season. But he spoke...

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Bombers protect Scott Gumbleton

Scott Gumbleton, right, at Essendon pre-season training with Dustin Fletcher and Paddy Ryder. Picture: Wayne Ludbey. Source: Herald Sun ESSENDON has wrapped Scott Gumbleton in cotton wool after the injury-prone forward complained of hamstring tightness yesterday. Gumbleton, who has a history of hamstring problems, will be given next week off training - the Bombers' last week on the...

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Bolton raring to go for 15th season

Jude Bolton celebrates Sydney's 2012 Grand Final win against Hawthorn. Picture: Alex Coppel Source: Herald Sun JUDE Bolton is not a man for second thoughts. But if anyone else harboured doubts about the Sydney veteran's decision to extend his 301-game AFL career, they would have done well to watch his 3km time-trial today, when the premiers' full squad returned to pre-season training....

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Dockers won't take Tippett

Kurt Tippett hopes to get to Sydney in the pre-season draft. Picture: Wayne Ludbey. Source: Herald Sun FREMANTLE won't spoil Sydney's party by swooping on Kurt Tippett in Tuesday's pre-season draft. The Dockers today ruled out a surprise move to select Tippett with their No.8 pick before the Swans' first selection at 11. With GWS already making it clear it won't pick Tippett, the former...

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Trengove to miss six weeks

Brad Ebert's ready to lead Port Jack Trengove will be in a moon boot for six weeks. Source: Herald Sun MELBOURNE'S pre-season has suffered a blow with news co-captain Jack Trengove will have to spend the next six weeks in a moon boot. Scans revealed the early onset of a stress fracture in the 22-year-old's left foot, meaning Trengove will be forced to not only miss the...

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Dockers edge closer to Cockburn move

Brad Ebert's ready to lead Port ON THE MOVE? Fremantle could be shifting to Cockburn for a new training base. Picture: Richard Polden Source: PerthNow FREMANTLE edged closer to establishing a new home base in Perth's southern suburbs after the City of Cockburn last night accepted a heads of agreement for the construction of a new facility. The council voted in favour...

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Step down, Juddy: McLean

Carlton captain Chris Judd during today's pre-season training session at Visy Park. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun CARLTON superstar Chris Judd should relinquish the captaincy to focus on his game. That's the opinion of teammate Brock McLean, who believes the time has come for Judd, 29, to hand over the reins."I can only speak for myself, but personally I think it would be...

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Power reveal McCarthy tributes

TRIBUTE: Port Adelaide will retire John McCarthy's jumper for next season. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: adelaidenow PORT Adelaide is set to honour John McCarthy's memory with a program of tributes, including retiring his jumper for next season. The Power, its players, coaches and the McCarthy family this week finalised plans on how to best remember McCarthy, who died in Las Vegas last...

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Swan 'in great nick': Jolly

Darren Jolly wrestles with Collingwood's top draft pick Brodie Grundy at Magpies training. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun COLLINGWOOD ruckman Darren Jolly says he has no problem with the off-season behaviour, or fitness, of star teammate Dane Swan. The club was last week forced to defend Swan after media reports that he had been "a law unto himself" since the Magpies' season...

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Tigers turn up heat on hoodoo

Dustin Martin leads his team in a canoeing challenge during Richmond's training camp in Cairns. Picture: Tom Lee Source: The Cairns Post Karmichael Hunt celebrates after kicking the winning goal after the siren against Richmond in Cairns. Picture: Stewart McLean Source: Herald Sun FORMER Richmond captain Chris Newman hopes an intense tropical training camp will snap the Tigers'...

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Liam's more X-factor than distractor

Former Melbourne footballer Liam Jurrah (left) at Port Adelaide training. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: Herald Sun PORT Adelaide believes Liam Jurrah will prove more X-Factor than distraction with the forward's pending court case clouding a recruit with massive upside. Power great Warren Tredrea has urged the club to cool its interest in drafting the former Melbourne cult figure until...

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Crows faithful behind Trigg

Adelaide CEO Steven Trigg chats with fans at Crows training. Picture: Sarah Reed BELEAGUERED Adelaide Crows chief executive, Steven Trigg, has met face to face with a group of supporters urging him to stay on in the job. Accompanied by Crows chairman Rob Chapman, Trigg walked out of his office this morning at AAMI stadium to speak with the group of around 20 who are all Crows Gold...

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Trigg stays but still packs his bags

Adelaide Crows chief executive Steven Trigg says he offered his resignation to the club but they declined it. Adelaide Crows chief executive Steven Trigg speaks to members of the media at Crows HQ in West Lakes, the day after the AFL Commission. Picture: Dylan Coker. Source: Sunday Mail (SA) Tell us: Have the Crows been dealt with fairly by the AFL? CROWS boss Steven...

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Sun rises again for Brennan

Jared Brennan trains with the Suns at Metricon Stadium. Picture: David Clark Source: Gold Coast Bulletin FROM the back of the bus to the front of the plane. Jared Brennan's road to redemption is all but complete. The mercurial 28-year-old was on the brink of quitting the AFL after a horror 2012 season in which the high-priced recruit was twice dumped to the Gold Coast reserves. Disillusioned...

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