Summit to scrutinise Mad Monday

Collingwood chief executive Gary Pert sparked the drugs issue in a speech late last year. Picture: Jay Town Source: Herald Sun "MAD Monday" and post-season football trips will be heavily scrutinised at Wednesday's AFL's drug summit. With the AFL Players Association confirming it is prepared to discuss changes to the code's three-strikes illicit drugs policy, the long-held traditions...

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Eight AFL players top $1m

Gold Coast Suns skipper Gary Ablett is believed to be one of the AFL's $1 million men. Picture: Darren England. Source: The Courier-Mail THE number of AFL players earning more than $1 million rocketed to a record eight last year. The highest number of million-dollar-earners previously was two in 2008 and 2011. AFL figures released yesterday revealed the dramatic rise in player salaries...

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AFL freezes prices again

Footy tickets will not rise in price this year. Picture: Jason Edwards Source: HWT Image Library FOOTY fans have had a win before the season has even started with the AFL freezing ticket prices for the third straight year. General admission prices will remain unchanged in 2013 with adults $20, concessions $12 and family tickets $40.The AFL announced the move this morning.Junior tickets...

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Saints train in Wellington

SuperFooty's Mark Robinson joins training with St Kilda at Westpac Stadium as they prepare for their Anzac Day clash St Kilda will play at Westpac Stadium. Picture: Getty Images Source: HWT Image Library VIDEO: FROM Moorabbin to Seaford to Wellington, take a look at St Kilda's latest training base. Herald Sun chief football writer Mark Robinson takes you inside Westpac...

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Scotland cops two-week ban

Carlton suspends Heath Scotland for two matches. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun HEATH Scotland will miss Carlton's first two home-and-away clashes against Richmond and Collingwood after the Blues banned him over his guilty plea in an assault case. Scotland will miss the two blockbusters and will have to make a $3000 charitable donation. The charges arose from an incident...

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Suns suffer injury blow

Liam Patrick celebrates a goal. Picture: Darren England Source: The Courier-Mail SUNS forward Liam Patrick looks set to miss the NAB Cup after injuring his hamstring at training today. The 24-year-old, who has played 11 senior games for the club, was carried from Metricon Stadium and later emerged on crutches and with ice strapped to his hamstring.He has been sent for scans.Patrick...

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Draft hopes safe after fire scare

Gippsland Power player Josh Cashman shows how close the bushfire came to players hiking on Mt Feathertop. Picture: Gippsland Power Source: Supplied THIRTY of Victoria's brightest football hopes are home safe and sound after blazing bushfires ruined their pre-season training camp. Gippsland Power was forced to evacuate Mt Hotham at about 7.30pm last night, with emergency helicopters called...

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Tough Eagle joins rules committee

Essendon players make their feelings known after Jobe Watson was felled in a collision with Beau Waters (left). Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: The Sunday Times Eagle Beau Waters takes a diving mark. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: The Sunday Times DON'T expect a crackdown on the bump any time soon after Eagles hard man Beau Waters joined the AFL laws committee. Waters,...

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Scully shocked by vice-captain job

Tom Scully during a GWS AFL training session in Blacktown, western Sydney. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: Herald Sun GREATER Western Sydney $6 million man Tom Scully has been promoted to vice-captain but missed out on the co-captaincy spot vacated by Luke Power. Scully, 21, joined the Giants from Melbourne on a huge contract and has been rated a future captain. But those ambitions...

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Lions welcome traning aggro

Former Demon Brent Moloney at Brisbane Lions training. Picture: Darren England Source: The Courier-Mail Daniel Merrett (centre) watches at Brisbane Lions training at Coorparoo. Picture: Peter Wallis Source: The Courier-Mail BRISBANE vice-captain Daniel Merrett could not be happier that things are getting "narky'' at Lions training. Competitive drills pitting the forward...

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New Roo can run and jump again

Former Port Adelaide utility Ben Jacobs is relishing a fresh start at North Melbourne. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun BEN Jacobs felt anchored to the ground. The problem was the bones impinging on nerves in his ankles. After surgery to remove them, even more restrictive was the scar tissue that formed in his joints. By the time the curtain fell on his second season at...

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Tex just one of six Crow targets

Taylor Walker has been a standout for the Adelaide Crows on the track this pre-season. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: The Advertiser CROWS fans may want to hold off on loading up on Taylor Walker for the Coleman Medal because of Adelaide's determination to keep an unpredictable forward line this season. Walker (63 goals) was one of four Crows - along with Kurt Tippett (39), Ian Callinan...

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One tiny reason why Roberton left Freo

FAMILY FIRST: Former Docker Dylan Roberton with the reasons he left Fremantle to return to Victoria - his Girlfriend Amy and their 11-week old baby boy Boston. Picture: Paul Loughnan Source: PerthNow MEET baby Boston - the reason Dylan Roberton walked out on Fremantle at the end of last season to return home to Melbourne. Roberton, who played 37 games for the Dockers in three seasons,...

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Birthday boys stump Suns

Young Gold Coast stars Harley Bennell (left) and David Swallow (centre), pictured running with Jaeger O'Meara, are among 17 Suns players who will celebrate their 21st birthday this year. Picture: David Clark Source: Gold Coast Bulletin TWENTY One today, 21 today ... and next week and on NAB Cup Grand Final week, and dotted throughout the season and the finals. It is party season on the...

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