Here follows the AFL news list for this week.
1 PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local)
Round Fifteen:
Thursday June 30
West Coast v Essendon at Domain Stadium, 6.10pm
Friday July 1
Port Adelaide v Richmond at Adelaide Oval, 7.20pm
Saturday July 2
Gold Coast Suns v St Kilda at Metricon Stadium, 1.40pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – Gold Coast Suns v Southport, 10am
Sydney Swans v Western Bulldogs at the SCG, 4.35pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – Sydney Swans v NT Thunder, 12.55pm
Carlton v Collingwood at the MCG, 7.25pm
Sunday July 3
Melbourne v Adelaide Crows at the MCG, 3.20pm
NAB AFL Under 18s Championships
Division 1
Wednesday June 29
Vic Metro v WA at Simonds Stadium, 2.35pm
Vic Country v Allies at Simonds Stadum, 4.35pm
2 IMPENDING MILESTONES
AFL Life Membership – Jarrad McVeigh, Sydney Swans. Jarrad is due to qualify for AFL Life Membership with his next official game, having played 276 premiership matches, 20 pre-season games and three International Rules Tests since his debut in 2004.
350 games coached – Rodney Eade. Rodney is due to become the 15th coach in VFL/AFL history to coach 350 games, having so far coached 152 games with the Sydney Swans, 162 games with the Western Bulldogs and 35 games with the Gold Coast Suns.
Most club games – David Mundy, Fremantle. David is due to play his 244th game since his debut in 2005, drawing level with Luke McPharlin in second spot in Fremantle club history. The leading players in club history are Matthew Pavlich (347 games, 2000-current), Luke McPharlin (244 games, 2002-15), David Mundy (243 games, 2005-current), Aaron Sandilands (241 games, 2003-current), Shane Parker (238 games, 1995-2007), Shaun McManus (228 games, 1995-2008), Michael Johnson (209 games, 2005-current), Paul Hasleby (208 games, 2000-10), Antoni Grover (202 games, 1999-2012) and Ryan Crowley (188 games, 2005-14).
Most games as captain – Nick Riewoldt, St Kilda. Nick is due to lead St Kilda in his 212th game this week, joining Ted Whitten in third spot on the all time VFL/AFL list. The most games as captain in history are Stephen Kernahan (Carlton, 226 games as captain), Dick Reynolds (Essendon, 224), Ted Whitten (Footscray, 212), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda, 211) and Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions, 210).
200 games – Andrew Swallow, North Melbourne
200 games – Andrew Walker, Carlton
150 games – James Gwilt, Essendon
100 games – Trent McKenzie, Gold Coast Suns. Trent is due to become the second player for the club to reach 100 games, since it entered the AFL competition for the 2011 season.
100 consecutive games from debut – Sam Gibson, North Melbourne
50 games – Lachie Hunter, Western Bulldogs
50 games – Jackson Merrett, Essendon
50 club games – Dom Tyson, Melbourne
50 club games – Maverick Weller, St Kilda
50 games umpired – Craig Fleer
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.
There were no players reported from the weekend’s matches:
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:
Tom Jonas, Port Adelaide. One match to serve. Six matches from round nine.
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).
St Kilda – Jason Holmes (WADA-banned player 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:
Brisbane Lions have placed Ryan Harwood on the long -term injury list and upgraded Matthew Hammelmann from the rookie list as his replacement.
Carlton has reinstated Harry McKay to the senior list from the long-term injury list and returned Cameron Wood to the rookie list.
North Melbourne has upgraded Robbie Nahas from the rookie list as the replacement for Sam Wright, who was already on the long-term injury list.
Sydney Swans have placed Kurt Tippett on the long-term injury list with no replacement named from the rookie list at this time.
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
Melbourne defeated Queensland on May 22
Western Bulldogs defeated Western Australia on June 5
South Australia defeated New South Wales on June 5
Round Three – Hampson-Hardeman Cup
Saturday September 3
Western Bulldogs v Melbourne at venue tbc
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
Qld def Tas on May 22
NSW/ACT def NT on May 22
Division 1
SA def Allies on June 4
WA def Vic Country on June 5
SA def WA on June 12
Vic Metro def Vic Country on June 13
WA def Allies on June 18
Vic Metro def SA on June 19
SA def Vic Country on June 24
Vic Metro def Allies on June 24
Wed June 29, Vic Metro v WA at Simonds Stadium, 2.35pm
Wed June 29, Vic Country v Allies at Simonds Stadum, 4.35pm
12 FIXTURE FOR 2016 NAB AFL U16s CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tas def Qld on June 11
NSW/ACT def NT on June 11
SA def WA on June 25
Vic Country def Vic Metro on June 26
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.
