Here follows the AFL news list for this week.

1 PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local)

AFL (Round 21):
Friday August 11
Western Bulldogs v GWS Giants at Etihad Stadium, 7.50pm

Saturday August 12
Sydney Swans v Fremantle at the SCG, 1.45pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – Sydney Swans v Redland, 10.05am
Geelong Cats v Richmond at Simonds Stadium, 2.10pm; Curtain Raiser (VFL) – Geelong v Richmond, 10.15am
Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns at the Gabba, 4.35pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns, 12.45pm
West Coast v Carlton at Domain Stadium, 5.40pm
Essendon v Adelaide Crows at Etihad Stadium, 7.25pm

Sunday August 13
Melbourne v St Kilda at the MCG, 1.10pm
Hawthorn v North Melbourne at UTas Stadium, 3.20pm
Port Adelaide v Collingwood at Adelaide Oval, 4.10pm; Curtain Raiser – Legends Game, 2.20pm


2 IMPENDING MILESTONES

Most Games Coached – Rodney Eade, Gold Coast Suns. Rodney is due to coach his 378th league game this week, drawing level with Checker Hughes in 13th spot in VFL/AFL history. The leading 15 coaches in the game’s history are Michael Malthouse (718 games with Footscray, West Coast, Collingwood and Carlton), Jock McHale (714 games with Collingwood), Kevin Sheedy (679 games with Essendon and the GWS Giants), Allan Jeans (576 games with St Kilda, Hawthorn and Richmond), Tom Hafey (522 games with Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong and the Sydney Swans), David Parkin (518 games with Hawthorn, Carlton and Fitzroy), Ron Barassi (515 games with Melbourne, Carlton, North Melbourne and the Sydney Swans), Leigh Matthews (461 games with Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions), Norm Smith (449 games with Fitzroy, Melbourne and South Melbourne), Dick Reynolds (415 games with Essendon), Percy Bentley (414 games with Richmond and Carlton), John Kennedy (412 games with Hawthorn and North Melbourne), Checker Hughes (378 games with Richmond and Melbourne), Rodney Eade (377 games with the Sydney Swans, the Western Bulldogs and the Gold Coast Suns), Dan Minogue (367 games with Richmond, Hawthorn, Carlton, St Kilda and Fitzroy).
200 games – Matt Rosa, Gold Coast Suns
200 games – Jarrod Harbrow, Gold Coast Suns
150 games – Nathan Brown, St Kilda
150 games – Lewis Jetta, West Coast
100 games – Michael Hibberd, Melbourne
100 games – Alex Fasolo, Collingwood
100 games – Ryan Lester, Brisbane Lions
50 games – Jesse Hogan, Melbourne
50 games – Tom Boyd, Western Bulldogs
50 games – Zak Jones, Sydney Swans
50 games – Jordan de Goey, Collingwood
50 games – Nathan Hrovat, North Melbourne
50 club games – Shane Biggs, Western Bulldogs
50 consecutive games – Tom Mitchell, Hawthorn. Tom has played 49 consecutive games for the Sydney Swans and Hawthorn since round 22, 2015.
500 club goals – Josh Kennedy, West Coast. Josh has kicked 493 goals for the club since his debut in 2008. He needs seven goals to become the second Eagles’ player after Peter Sumich (514 goals, 1989-97) to reach 500 career goals for the club.


3 TRIBUNAL MATCH REVIEW PROCESS

The expected process for the 2017 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:

Luke Dunstan, St Kilda, reported by umpire Shane McInerney for tripping Jack Redden, West Coast, during the second quarter of the round 20 match between St Kilda and West Coast, played at Etihad Stadium on Sunday August 6, 2017.


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 2017 AFL INTERNATIONAL CUP

The 2017 AFL International Cup is currently underway, running through to August 19. Twenty-six teams will compete in the carnival; 18 men’s and eight women’s.
Matches will be played at schools in Melbourne, on Wednesday, August 9 and at community grounds in and around Melbourne on Saturday, August 12. The full fixture is available here: http://www.afl.com.au/internationalcup/

Men’s teams: Canada, China, Croatia, Fiji, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Nauru, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Sri Lanka, USA.
Women’s teams: Canada, European Crusaders, Fiji, Great Britain, Ireland, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, USA.

The AFL International Cup is played every three years. No expatriate Australians are eligible to play. Teams comprise solely of amateurs who must be nationals of the country they represent.
For media enquiries, please contact Lilly Skacej: lilly.skacej@afl.com.au


6 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:
Toby Greene, GWS Giants. Two matches from round 18.
Luke Hodge, Hawthorn. One match from round 19.
Patrick Dangerfield, Geelong Cats. One match from round 19.

Currently Suspended:
Tomas Bugg, Melbourne. One match to serve. Six matches from round 15.


7 AFL PLAYER RULES SANCTION

The AFL advises that the Carlton Football Club has been sanctioned under the AFL Rules relating to player whereabouts information. While no tests were missed for players from the club, under the operation of the AFL Rules it is the club that is sanctioned for the failure to provide complete up-to-date whereabouts information at all times for testing purposes.
Carlton was sanctioned $2500 after not immediately notifying that an unwell player would be missing an upcoming training session.


8 UPGRADED ROOKIES

As a reminder to all media, the following players have been upgraded to senior lists under the provisions of the pre-season / mid-season nominated rookie rules:
Adelaide Crows – Jonathon Beech (mid-season).
Collingwood – Henry Schade (pre-season).
Collingwood – Josh Thomas (mid-season).
Essendon – Shaun McKernan (mid-season).
Gold Coast Suns – Ryan Davis (mid-season).
GWS Giants – Daniel Lloyd (pre-season).
GWS Giants – Sam Reid (pre-season).
GWS Giants – Jake Stein (mid-season).
Melbourne – Joel Smith (mid-season).
North Melbourne – Cameron Zurhaar (mid-season)
Port Adelaide – Brett Eddy (pre-season).
Port Adelaide – Dan Houston (pre-season).
St Kilda – Rowan Marshall (mid-season).
West Coast – Fraser McInnes (mid-season).


9 LONG TERM INJURY LIST

The AFL wishes to advise the following changes have been made to club lists via the long-term injury list rules;

The Geelong Cats have placed Lincoln McCarthy on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named from the rookie list at this time.
West Coast has placed Sam Butler on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named from the rookie list at this time.


10 KEY DATES, NAB AFL TRADE PERIOD / DRAFT PROCESS

Please find below the INDICATIVE key dates for the 2017 season around club list requirements, NAB AFL Trade Period and the NAB AFL Draft Process:

Tuesday 3 October – Friday 6 October – AFL Draft Combine
Friday 6 October - AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period Commences
Monday 9 October 9am - NAB AFL Trade Period Commences
Saturday 14 October - South Australian Draft Combine
Sunday 15 October - West Australian Draft Combine
Sunday 15 October 5pm - Close of AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period.
Wednesday 18 October - AFL Restricted Free Agency Matching Offer Three-Day Period Ends
Thursday 19 October 2pm – NAB AFL Trade Period Closes
Friday 20 October 5pm - Application to Relist a Player Close
Tuesday 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; Northern Academy, Next Generation Academy Players Lodged; TPP Pre-Season Estimates (1).
Wednesday 1 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (1) Commences
Wednesday 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
Thursday 9 November 2pm - List Lodgement (2); TPP Pre-Season Estimates (2)
Friday 10 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Commences
Friday 17 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, Final Draft Nomination Form Lodgement.
Friday 17 November 5pm - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Closes
Friday 24 November - NAB AFL Draft Selection Meeting (Sydney, time and location tbc) including Father/Son & Academy Players Bidding.
Saturday 25 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (3) Commences
Sunday 26 November 2pm - AFL Delisted Free Agency Period (3) Concludes
Monday 27 November - AFL Club List Lodgement (3).
Monday 27 November 5pm - NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft Selection Meeting (Telstra Webex)
Monday 27 November 5.05pm - Notification of Pre-Selected Rookies if not selected in the Pre-Season Draft.
Monday 27 November 5.10pm - NAB AFL Rookie Draft Selection Meeting (Telstra Webex)
Wednesday 29 November 2pm - Final AFL Club List Lodgement; Final TPP Pre-Season Estimates


11 AFL PHOTOGRAPHER ONFIELD VESTS

For all accredited photographers for the 2017 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, only those with an on-field vest may access the playing surface inside the boundary line for the quarter breaks and post-game when players are leaving the field. All other photographers must remain between the fence and boundary line under the accreditation terms. 2017 on-field vests are fluro green with 2017 on back (accredited organisations), dark blue (AFL photos) and light blue (club/AFL social media).


12 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT – TRADED FUTURE SELECTIONS / DRAFT PENALTY

As a reminder to all media, the following selections at this year’s 2017 NAB AFL Draft were traded during last year’s trade period.

Round One:
Brisbane Lions, received from Port Adelaide.
St Kilda, received from Hawthorn.
Richmond, received from the Geelong Cats, via Carlton and GWS Giants’ on-trades.

Round Two:
Geelong Cats, received from Carlton.
Gold Coast Suns, received from Fremantle.
Gold Coast Suns, received from Richmond.
Gold Coast Suns, received from Hawthorn.
GWS Giants, received from Collingwood.
GWS Giants, received from St Kilda.
Hawthorn, received from GWS Giants, via Carlton.

Round Three:
Brisbane Lions, received from Collingwood.
Collingwood, received from the Brisbane Lions.
Western Bulldogs, received from North Melbourne.
Richmond, received from the GWS Giants.
North Melbourne, received from the Western Bulldogs.

Round Four:
Collingwood, received from the Brisbane Lions.
Fremantle, received from the Gold Coast Suns.
St Kilda, received from North Melbourne, via Western Bulldogs on-trade.
North Melbourne, received from the Western Bulldogs.

Round Five
Western Bulldogs, received from St Kilda.

Further, the GWS Giants had a penalty of 1000 draft points imposed by the AFL Commission at a hearing in Melbourne on December 22, 2016. The penalty of 1000 points will be deducted from the round one pick the club is assigned after the completion of the 2017 Toyota AFL Finals Series.


13 2017 CLUB NEXT GENERATION ACADEMIES, 2017 DRAFT ELIGIBLE PLAYERS

The following players, who are registered with Club Next Generation Academies, are draft-age eligible for the 2017 NAB AFL Draft:
Carlton – Ethan Penrith (Reservoir); Artan Cabdi (Heidelberg Heights).
Essendon – Daniel Hanna (East Keilor).
Geelong Cats – Titak Nyak (Corio).
Hawthorn – Tony Olungu (Marrara); Changkuoth Jiath (Morwell); Bol Jok (Pakenham); Tyrone Hayes (Lakes Entrance).
Richmond – Derek Smith (Mildura); David Smith (Shepparton); Anthony Walker (Kialla).


14 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.


15 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.