Here follows the AFL news list for this week.
1 PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local)
Round Nine:
Friday May 20
Hawthorn v Sydney Swans at the MCG, 7.50pm
Saturday May 21
Collingwood v Geelong Cats at the MCG, 1.45pm
Gold Coast Suns v Adelaide Crows at Metricon Stadium, 2.10pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – Gold Coast Suns v Redland, 10.30am
Port Adelaide v West Coast at Adelaide Oval, 4.05pm; Curtain Raiser – APC match, 2.10pm
Fremantle v Richmond at Domain Stadium, 5.40pm; Curtain Raiser – Woodside Cup – Clontarf Academy, 3.10pm
North Melbourne v Carlton at Etihad Stadium, 7.25pm
Sunday May 22
Melbourne v Brisbane Lions at the MCG, 1.10pm; Curtain Raiser (Women’s match) – Melbourne v Qld State Team, 10.05am
GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs at Spotless Stadium, 3.20pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – UWS Giants v Brisbane Lions, 11.40am
St Kilda v Essendon at Etihad Stadium, 4.40pm
2016 NAB AFL U18s CHAMPIONSHIPS
Division 2
Sunday May 22
Qld v Tas at Metricon Stadium, 11am
NSW/ACT v NT at Metricon Stadium, 1.30pm
FEMALE FOOTBALL EXHIBITION SERIES
Sunday May 22
Melbourne v Queensland at the MCG, 10.40am
2 IMPENDING MILESTONES
Most Club Games – Jimmy Bartel, Geelong Cats. Jimmy is due to play his 292nd game this week, drawing level with Darren Milburn in fourth spot in the club’s history. The most games for the Geelong Cats are Ian Nankervis (325 games), Corey Enright (316 games), John Newman (300 games), Darren Milburn (292 games), Jimmy Bartel (291 games), Peter Riccardi (288 games), Matthew Scarlett (284 games), Joel Corey (276 games), Garry Hocking (274 games) and James Kelly (273 games).
150 games – Steele Sidebottom, Collingwood
150 games – Nick Smith, Sydney Swans
150 games umpired – Rob Findlay
100 games – Clancee Pearce, Fremantle
50 games – Tom Hickey, St Kilda
50 games – Aaron Young, Port Adelaide
50 consecutive games – Luke Dahlhaus, Western Bulldogs. Luke has played 49 consecutive games since round five, 2014.
50 consecutive games – Shannon Hurn, West Coast. Shannon has played 49 consecutive games since round seven, 2014.
Most Career Goals – Lance Franklin, Sydney Swans. Lance needs six goals to draw level with Barry Hall (746 goals for St Kilda, Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs 1996-2011) in 14th spot overall in VFL/AFL history, having so far kicked 740 goals since his debut in 2005.
Most Career Goals, Matthew Pavlich, Fremantle. Matthew needs two goals to draw level with Bob Pratt (681 goals for South Melbourne 1930-46) in 22nd spot overall in VFL/AFL history, having so far kicking 679 goals since his debut in 2000.
3 TRIBUNAL MATCH REVIEW PROCESS
The expected process for the 2016 AFL Season under the AFL Match Review system is that the AFL will issue a media release late on the Monday after each round detailing the penalties to be offered to players for incidents from that round of matches, or the reasons why no further action was to be taken.
The clubs and players then have until 11am on the Tuesday morning to decide whether to accept the penalty on offer, or whether they wish to contest the charge at a Tribunal hearing, to usually be held on the Tuesday night. The AFL will formally detail all instances on the Tuesday of whether cases will proceed to the Tribunal or not.
The following players were reported from the weekend’s matches:
Bernie Vince, Melbourne, reported by umpire Rob Findlay for engaging in rough conduct against Mitch Wallis, Western Bulldogs, during the second quarter of the Round Eight match between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs, played at the MCG on Sunday May 15, 2016.
4 TRIBUNAL HEARING LOCATION
The AFL Tribunal is held in the AFL media room on Level LB2 at Etihad Stadium. The AFL wishes to advise that all media covering the Tribunal hearings at Etihad Stadium need to park in the B2 car park (entry off the Bourke St extension) and report to the Etihad Stadium security office to gain admittance via the internal ring road. There will be no access via AFL House to any AFL Tribunal hearing through the season, as our offices will have closed by 6pm each day.
5 CURRENTLY SUSPENDED PLAYERS
The AFL wishes to advise the players that have completed and currently serving MRP suspensions across the competition are as follows:
Completed:
Nil.
Currently Suspended:
Steven May, Gold Coast Suns. One match to serve. Five matches from round four.
6 APPLICATIONS FOR DAY PASSES FOR AFL MATCHES
The AFL wishes to advise it has updated its system for the production of day passes for late accreditation applications to cover single matches during the Toyota AFL premiership season. Day passes are now printed with a headshot, meaning any application must be lodged by Wednesday 5pm in the week of the match being requested, with a suitable headshot. Please contact Patrick Keane for any further queries.
7 NOMINATED ROOKIE PROMOTIONS
The AFL wishes to advise the following players have been promoted to the senior list under the various provisions of the rookie rules:
Carlton – Ciaran Byrne (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
Collingwood – Corey Gault (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
Essendon – Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (WADA-banned player rookie promotion).
Essendon – Conor McKenna (WADA-banned player rookie promotion).
Gold Coast Suns – Danny Stanley (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
Melbourne – Josh Wagner (WADA-banned player rookie promotion).
North Melbourne – Majak Daw (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
Port Adelaide – Nathan Krakouer (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
Richmond – Jason Castagna (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
8 LONG TERM INJURY LIST
The AFL wishes to advise the following recent changes have been made to player lists, via the long-term injury list rules:
Essendon has placed Jon Simpkin on the long-term injury list with no replacement named from the rookie list at this time.
Fremantle has placed Harley Balic on the long-term injury list with no replacement named from the rookie list at this time.
North Melbourne has placed Shaun Higgins on the long-term injury list and upgraded Farren Ray from the rookie list as his replacement.
Richmond has placed Reece McKenzie on the long-term injury list with no replacement named from the rookie list at this time.
Richmond has reinstated Reece Conca to the senior list from the long-term injury list and returned Jayden Short to the rookie list.
Richmond has placed Kamdyn McIntosh on the long-term injury list and upgraded Jayden Short from the rookie list as his replacement.
9 KEY DATES, NAB AFL TRADE PERIOD / DRAFT PROCESS
Please find below the INDICATIVE key dates for the 2016 season around club list requirements, NAB AFL Trade Period and the NAB AFL Draft Process:
Thursday 6 October – Sunday 9 October – AFL Draft Combine
Friday 7 October - AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period Commences
Monday 10 October 10am - NAB AFL Trade Period Commences
Sunday 16 October 5pm - Close of AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period.
Wednesday 19 October - AFL Restricted Free Agency Matching Offer Three-Day Period Ends
Thursday 20 October 2pm – NAB AFL Trade Period Closes
Friday 21 October 5pm - Application to Relist a Player Close
Monday 31 October 2pm - List Lodgement (1) ; Rookie Promotion to Primary List; Retained 2nd & 3rd Year Rookies; International Scholarship Player; Alternate Talent Player Nominations; Club Notification of Rookie Players Not Accepting a Contract of Offer; Nomination of Draft Eligible Father/Son Players Lodged; TPP Pre-Season Estimates (1).
Tuesday 1 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (1) Commences
Tuesday 8 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (1) Closes, Out of Contract Listed AFL Primary List Players Draft Nomination Form and Player Request for Removal from List Form Lodged with AFL
Wednesday 9 November 2pm - List Lodgement (2); TPP Pre-Season Estimates (2)
Thursday 10 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Commences
Friday 18 November 2pm - Delisted Primary List Draft Nomination Form Lodgement; Non–Retained Rookie Players Draft Nomination Form Lodgement; Players Not Registered or Played for Three years Rookie List Form lodgement; New or Expired (after 3 years) Draft Nomination Form Lodgement, AFL Father-Son Bidding Nominations.
Friday 18 November 5pm - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Closes
Friday 25 November - NAB AFL Draft Selection Meeting (Sydney) including Father/Son & Academy Players Bidding.
Saturday 26 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (3) Commences
Sunday 27 November 2pm - AFL Delisted Free Agency Period (3) Concludes
Monday 28 November - AFL Club List Lodgement (3).
Monday 28 November 4pm - NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft Selection Meeting (Telstra Webex)
Monday 28 November 4.05pm - Notification of Pre-Selected Rookies if not selected in the Pre-Season Draft.
Monday 28 November 4.10pm - NAB AFL Rookie Draft Selection Meeting (Telstra Webex)
Wednesday 30 November 2pm - Final AFL Club List Lodgement; Final TPP Pre-Season Estimates
10 2016 FEMALE FOOTBALL EXHIBITION SERIES
Please find attached the schedule of remaining matches for 2016 (all times are local):
Western Bulldogs defeated Melbourne on March 6
SA Blue defeated SA Red on April 2
Sydney Swans defeated GWS Giants on April 9
West Coast defeated Fremantle on April 9
NT defeated Tasmania on April 10
Brisbane Lions defeated Gold Coast Suns on April 16
Round 2
Sunday May 22
Melbourne v Queensland at the MCG, 10.40am
Sunday June 5
Western Bulldogs v Western Australia at Etihad Stadium, 12.40pm
South Australia v New South Wales at Adelaide Oval, 1.10pm
Round Three – Hampson-Hardeman Cup
Saturday September 2
Western Bulldogs v Melbourne at venue tbc, 7.20pm
11 FIXTURE FOR 2016 NAB AFL U18s CHAMPIONSHIPS
Division 2
NT def Tas on May 6
NSW/ACT def Qld on May 8
Qld def NT on May 14
NSW/ACT def Tas on May 14
Sun May 22, Qld v Tas at Metricon Stadium, 11am
Sun May 22, NSW/ACT v NT at Metricon Stadium, 1.30pm
Division 1
Sat June 4, SA v Allies at AAMI Stadium, 10.30am
Sun June 5, WA v Vic Country at Perth, 11am
Sun June 12, SA v WA at AAMI Stadium, 11.20am
Mon June 13, Vic Country v Vic Metro at Simonds Stadium, 12pm
Sat June 18, WA v Allies at Perth, 11.20am
Sun June 19, SA v Vic Metro at AAMI Stadium, 10.45am
Fri June 24, SA v Vic Country at Etihad Stadium, 12.35pm
Fri June 24, Allies v Vic Metro at Etihad Stadium, 2.35pm
Wed June 29, Vic Metro v WA at Simonds Stadium, 3.05pm
Wed June 29, Vic Country v Allies at Simonds Stadum, 5.05pm
12 FIXTURE FOR 2016 NAB AFL U16s CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sat June 11, Tas v Qld at Hobart, 12pm
Sat June 11, NT v NSW/ACT at Darwin, 6.30pm
Sat June 25, SA v WA at Adelaide, 11.20am
Sun June 26, Vic Metro v Vic Country at 11.30am
Mon July 4, SA v Vic Metro at Metricon Stadium, 1pm
Mon July 4, Vic Country v WA at Metricon Stadium, 3pm
Tues July 5, NSW/ACT v Qld at Metricon Stadium, 11am
Tues July 5, Tas v NT at Metricon Stadium, 1pm
Fri July 8, SA v Vic Country at Southport, 10am
Fri July 8, Vic Metro v WA at Southport, 12pm
Sat July 9, NSW/ACT v Tas at Southport, 10am
Sat July 9, Qld v NT at Southport, 12pm
13 2016 NAB AFL DRAFT – TRADED FUTURE SELECTIONS
As a reminder to all media, the following selections at this year’s 2016 NAB AFL Draft were traded during last year’s trade period.
Round One
Gold Coast Suns received Melbourne round one selection.
GWS Giants received Collingwood round one selection.
GWS Giants received Geelong round one selection, via Carlton on-trade.
Round Two
Brisbane Lions received St Kilda round two selection, via Collingwood on-trade.
Gold Coast Suns received Fremantle round two selection.
Gold Coast Suns received Port Adelaide round two selection.
Gold Coats Suns received Richmond round two selection.
GWS Giants received Adelaide Crows' round two selection.
Round Three
Brisbane Lions received North Melbourne round three selection.
Carlton received Western Bulldogs round three selection.
Geelong Cats received Brisbane Lions round three selection.
Round Four
Western Bulldogs received Carlton round four selection.
Western Bulldogs received Sydney Swans round four selection.
Round Five
Geelong Cats received GWS Giants round five selection.
14 SIMONDS STADIUM MEDIA ACCESS DURING REDEVELOPMENT
For all matches at Simonds Stadium this season, during the Brownlow Stand re-development, enclosed, flat footwear must be worn. Please note that the construction area, behind the temporary benches, is a closed area under site rules while play is underway during all matches.
15 MEDIA ENTRY TO THE MCG
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) wishes to advise all media working at matches at the MCG they should enter the ground through Gate 3, unless they have underground parking for particular matches. Access control at the ground does not allow entry at Gate 2, for AFL accreditation passes. Further, the MCC also wishes to advise that any equipment being taken up to the host radio boxes or television broadcast boxes should be taken up via goods lift 8, and not the patron lifts 5-7.
16 MEDIA ENTRY TO ETIHAD STADIUM, PRIOR TO PUBLIC GATE TIMES / COLLECTION OF AFL RECORDS
All media who require entry to Etihad Stadium before public gates are open can do the following: Media may enter via Gate 9 from Level B3 (carpark) and Level 1 (concourse) one and a half hours prior to gate entry time. There will be a staff member at each entry point who will check AFL accreditation and will grant access to the Corporate Suites Level where they can access the Press Box, Radio Boxes and TV Broadcast area. A match day AFL record can be collected (one per person) from the customer service staff on the corporate suites level.
