Round Five
Friday April 20
Sydney Swans v Adelaide Crows at the SCG, 7.50pm
Saturday April 21
St Kilda v GWS Giants at Etihad Stadium, 1.45pm
Carlton v West Coast at the MCG, 4.35pm
Port Adelaide v Geelong Cats at the Adelaide Oval, 7.10pm; Curtain Raiser – Australian Defence Force v Australian Combined Emergency Services, 4.20pm
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium, 6.10pm
Sunday April 22
North Melbourne v Hawthorn at Etihad Stadium, 3.20pm
Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns at the Gabba, 4.40pm
Tuesday April 24
Melbourne v Richmond at the MCG, 7.25pm
Wednesday April 25
Collingwood v Essendon at the MCG, 3.20pm
2018 NAB AFL Under 18 Academy Series Fixture
Saturday April 21
Sydney Swans v GWS Giants at Blacktown, 1pm
Saturday April 21
Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns at Southpine, 9.30am
Tasmania v NT at Dandenong, 10am
2 UPCOMING MILESTONES
AFL Life Membership – David Mundy, Fremantle. David qualifies for AFL Life Membership with his 300th official game since his debut in 2005, comprising 276 premiership matches, 21 pre-season matches and two International Rules Tests.
AFL Life Membership – Ray Chamberlain. Ray qualifies for AFL Life Membership with this 300th official game umpired this week, comprising 268 premiership matches, 29 pre-season matches and two International Rules Tests.
Most Games Club Captain – Scott Pendlebury, Collingwood. Scott is due to captain the club for the 105th time this round, drawing level with Phonse Kyne in fifth spot for most games as captain in club history. The most games as Collingwood captain are Nathan Buckley (161 games, 1998-2007), Syd Coventry (153 games, 1925-34), Tony Shaw (123 games, 1987-93), Wayne Richardson (116 games, 1970-75), Phonse Kyne (105 games, 1938-50), Scott Pendlebury (104 games, 2014 – current) and Nick Maxwell (104 games, 2007-13).
150 games – Zach Tuohy, Geelong Cats
100 games – Stewart Crameri, Geelong Cats
100 games – Liam Jones, Carlton
100 games – Stephen Coniglio, GWS Giants
100 games – Sam Mayes, Brisbane Lions
100 games – Nick Vlastuin, Richmond
50 games – Liam Duggan, West Coast
50 games – Orazio Fantasia, Essendon
50 games – Darcy Moore, Collingwood
50 games – Tom Boyd, Western Bulldogs
50 consecutive games – Ollie Wines, Port Adelaide. Ollie has played 49 consecutive games since round one, 2016.
50 club games coached – John Worsfold, Essendon
450 combined father/son games – Kennedy family. Josh Kennedy is due to play his 209th league game this week after father John played 241 games for Hawthorn. They will become the 10th father / single son pair in VFL/AFL history to reach this mark – the most games by a father/son pair are Fletcher (664 games comprising 264 games for Ken and 400 games for Dustin), Tuck (599 games comprising 426 games for Michael and 173 games for Shane), Cloke (589 games comprising 333 games for David and 256 games for Travis), Ablett (553 games comprising 248 games for Gary senior and 305 games for Gary junior), Silvagni (551 games comprising 239 games for Sergio and 312 games for Stephen), Watson (527 games comprising 307 games for Tim and 220 games for Jobe), Scarlett (496 games comprising 212 games for John and 284 games for Matthew), Murphy (485 games comprising 246 games for John and 239 games for Marc), Whitten (465 games comprising 321 games for Ted snr and 144 games for Ted jnr), Kennedy (449 games comprising 241 games for John junior and 208 games for Josh).
550 Career Goals – Jack Riewoldt, Richmond. Jack needs four goals to reach 550 career goals.
Club Record Goals – Josh Kennedy, West Coast. Josh (513 goals, 2008-current) needs one goal to draw level with Peter Sumich (514 goals, 1989-97) for most goals for the club in its history.
300 club goals – Lance Franklin, Sydney Swans. Lance has kicked 297 goals for the club since joining the Sydney Swans in 2014. He can become the 11th player in South Melbourne / Sydney history to reach this mark.
3 TRIBUNAL MATCH REVIEW PROCESS
The expected process for the 2018 AFLW 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. Match Review Officer Michael Christian will also be made available at a general media call at a time to be determined.
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 games:
Jack Graham, Richmond, reported by umpire Simon Meredith for striking Dayne Zorko, Brisbane Lions, during the third quarter of the Round Four match between Richmond and the Brisbane Lions, played at the MCG on Saturday April 14, 2018.
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:
Currently Suspended:
Conor McKenna, Essendon. Two matches to Serve. Three Matches from Round Three.
Completed:
Zaine Cordy, Western Bulldogs. One match from Round Three.
6 AFL ANZAC ROUND TEAM SELECTIONS REQUIRMENTS – Melbourne v Richmond and Collingwood v Essendon
The AFL advises that team selection details for the two round five matches – Melbourne/Richmond, April 24 and Collingwood/Essendon, April 25 – will be publicly released as finalised teams at 6.20pm on Monday April 23. There will be no preliminary squads released on Thursday April 19 when all other teams for the round are named, due to the time lag until these matches are played at the end of the round.
7 NATIONAL SPORTS MUSEUM AT THE MCG
The National Sports Museum is located inside Gate 3 at the MCG, as a must-visit for sports fans of all ages. It is open daily 10am – 5pm. On AFL event days:
All ticketholder’s receive 50% off the price of admission to the National Sports Museum during event mode (from gates open until the match starts).
Kids are admitted FREE to the National Sports Museum for all AFL Sunday Funday games during event mode in 2018
Visit mcg.org.au/nsm for details.
8 2018 NAB AFL DRAFT – TRADED FUTURE SELECTIONS
As a reminder to all media, the following selections at this year’s 2018 NAB AFL Draft were traded during last year’s trade period.
Round One
Adelaide Crows, Received from Melbourne.
Gold Coast Suns, Received from West Coast.
Round Two
Adelaide Crows, Received from Carlton.
Carlton, Received from Adelaide Crows.
Carlton, Received from the Western Bulldogs.
Essendon, Received from GWS Giants.
Gold Coast Suns, Received from Essendon.
Gold Coast Suns, Received from the Geelong Cats.
GWS Giants, Received from Fremantle.
Port Adelaide, Received from St Kilda.
Sydney Swans, Received from Collingwood.
West Coast, Received from the Gold Coast Suns.
Round Three
Adelaide Crows, Received from Carlton.
Collingwood, Received from the Sydney Swans.
Geelong Cats, Received from Richmond.
Gold Coast Suns, Received from Fremantle.
GWS Giants, Received from Essendon.
Melbourne, Received from the Adelaide Crows.
North Melbourne, Received from St Kilda, via on-trades.
North Melbourne, Received from West Coast, via on-trades.
Port Adelaide, Received from North Melbourne.
Round Four
Adelaide Crows, Received from Melbourne.
Carlton, Received from Geelong Cats.
Geelong Cats, Received from Carlton.
Geelong Cats, Received from Gold Coast Suns.
St Kilda, Received from the Adelaide Crows, via on-trades.
St Kilda, Received from Port Adelaide.
West Coast, Received from Hawthorn, via on-trades.
Western Bulldogs, Received from Fremantle.
9 2018 NAB AFL Under18s Championships Fixture
June 3 - SA v WA at Alberton Oval, 11am
June 9 - Allies v Vic Country at Spotless Stadium, 1.10pm
June 10 - WA v Vic Metro at Optus Stadium, 11.30am
June 16 - Allies v Vic Metro at Southport, 11am
June 17 - SA v Vic Country at Thebarton, 11am
June 24 - Vic Country v Vic Metro at the MCG, 12.10pm
June 29 - Allies v South Australia at GMHBA Stadium, 2.10pm
June 29 - Vic Country v WA at GMHBA Stadium, 4.40pm
July 4 - Allies v WA at Etihad Stadium, 2.10pm
July 4 - Vic Metro v SA at Etihad Stadium, 4.40pm
10 2018 NAB AFL Under 18 Academy Series Fixture
Tasmania def Gold Coast Suns on April 14.
GWS Giants def NT on April 14.
Sydney Swans def Brisbane Lions on April 14
April 21 - Sydney Swans v GWS Giants at Blacktown, 1pm
April 22 - Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns at Southpine, 9.30am
April 22 - Tasmania v NT at Dandenong, 10am
April 28 - Brisbane Lions v Tasmania at Broadbeach, 10.30am
April 28 - Gold Coast Suns v GWS Giants at Broadbeach, 1pm
April 28 - NT v Sydney Swans at Alice Springs, 5pm
May 5 - Tasmania v Sydney Swans at Glenorchy, 10.30am
May 6 - Brisbane Lions v GWS Giants at Burpengary, 10.30am
May 6 - NT v Gold Coast Suns at Burpengary, 1pm
May 12 - Sydney Swans v Gold Coast Suns at Blacktown, 10am
May 12 - Tasmania v GWS Giants at Kingston, 10.30am
May 12 - NT v Brisbane Lions at TIO Stadium, 6pm
11 2018 NAB AFL U16 National Championships Fixture
June 11 - Qld v Tasmania at Blacktown, 10am
June 11 - NSW/ACT v NT at Blacktown, 2.30pm
June 23 - Vic Metro v Vic Country at Ikon Park, time tbc
June 24 - SA v WA at Alberton Oval, 12pm
July 9 - SA v Vic Country at Southport, 12pm
July 9 - WA v Vic Metro at Southport, 2.30pm
July 10 - Tasmania v NT at Metricon Stadium, 12pm
July 10 - Qld v NSW/ACT at Metricon Stadium, 2.30pm
July 10 - Boomerangs v World 18 at Metricon Stadium, 4.45pm
July 13 - Vic Country v WA at the Gabba, 10.15am tbc
July 13 - Vic Metro v SA at the Gabba, 12.30pm tbc
July 14 - Tas v NSW/ACT at Yeronga, 10am
July 14 - NT v Qld at Yeronga, 12.15pm
July 14 - Boomerangs v World 18 at Yeronga, 2.20pm
12 ACCESS TO MATCH DAY TEAM SHEETS
AFL match-day teamsheets are no longer distributed via paper handout through the premiership season, and are available via computer log-in. Any accredited media who have not yet accessed the system can contact Patrick Keane via return email for log-in details.
