Hinkley not worried about confines of SCG

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley, left, chats with captain Travis Boak, who is returning from injury. Picture: Tom Huntley. Source: News Corp Australia PORT Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley is heading into the unknown as he takes the Power to the small Sydney Cricket Ground for the first time in his cracking senior coaching career. If he has any nerves or reservations about playing on what...

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Drugs body thinks Bombers players were duped

James Hird has launched a fresh legal challenge.. Source: HeraldSun JAMES Hird last night launched from Paris his own legal war on the AFL and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority. The dramatic legal ploy comes as ASADA investigators determine that the 34 Bombers players who stand accused of taking banned performance-enhancing substances in 2012 were deceived into taking the drugs....

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Monfries ’should not confirm nor deny’ legal notice

Port Adelaide player Angus Monfries at training. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: News Corp Australia FORMER Essendon-turned-Port Adelaide player Angus Monfries is under advice not to confirm nor deny if he has been served a show cause note from ASADA – even to his current AFL club. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has informed 34 players they have a case to answer over the club's...

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Time for stars to step up: Sando

Adelaide Crows coach Brenton Sanderson. Picture: Tait Schmaal Source: News Corp Australia CROWS coach Brenton Sanderson has put the blowtorch on his stars and experienced players to stand up in the crucial clash against North Melbourne on Saturday night. Revealing he and his assistant coaches gave club champion votes to only three players after last Sunday's 40-point loss to Fremantle,...

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Trust in Sando, says Crows chairman Rob Chapman

Adelaide Crows coach Brenton Sanderson arrives back from Perth. Picture: Tait Schmaal. Source: News Corp Australia ADELAIDE chairman Rob Chapman has backed the direction of his club and coach Brenton Sanderson as they negotiate a tricky AFL landscape. The Crows enter Saturday's clash with North Melbourne at Adelaide Oval saddled with a 5-6 win-loss record - never in the black for a season...

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Pies clear Dane Swan over ‘Gatto link’

Eddie McGuire said he will "chat" to Dane Swan about the event attended by Mick Gatto. Source: News Corp Australia COLLINGWOOD boss Gary Pert says Dane Swan did not deceive the club over his attendance at a fundraising event with links to former underworld figure Mick Gatto. Swan was the star attraction at a $200-a-head dinner attended by 50 people on Tuesday at Gatto Nero, a Coburg...

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