Here follows the AFL news list for this week.

1 PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local)  

Round 23

Friday August 29

Collingwood v Hawthorn at the MCG, 7.50pm

Saturday August 30

Carlton v Essendon at the MCG, 1.45pm

Fremantle v Port Adelaide at Patersons Stadium, 1.10pm

Sydney Swans v Richmond at ANZ Stadium, 4.40pm

Geelong Cats v Brisbane Lions at Simonds Stadium, 7.40pm

North Melbourne v Melbourne at Etihad Stadium, 7.40pm

Sunday August 31

Gold Coast Suns v West Coast at Metricon Stadium, 1.10pm

Adelaide Crows v St Kilda at Adelaide Oval, 2.50pm

Western Bulldogs v GWS Giants at Etihad Stadium, 4.40pm

2 IMPENDING MILESTONES

Most Games Coached – Mark Thompson, Essendon. Mark is due to coach his 282nd game this week, drawing him level with Bob Rose in 20th spot in VFL/AFL history for most games coached.

Most club games – Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn. Sam is due to play his 258th game for Hawthorn this week, drawing him level with John Platten in tenth position for most games in the club’s history. The most games for Hawthorn are Michael Tuck (426 games, 1972-91), Leigh Matthews (332 games, 1969-85), Shane Crawford (305 games, 1993-2008), Chris Langford (303 games, 1983-97), Don Scott (302 games, 1967-81), Kelvin Moore (300 games, 1970-84), Gary Ayres (269 games, 1978-93), Jason Dunstall (269 games, 1985-98), Peter Knights (264 games, 1969-85), John Platten (258 games, 1986-97), and Sam Mitchell (257 games, 2002-current).

250 games – Chris Newman, Richmond

Most club games – David Mundy, Fremantle. David is due to play his 208th game for Fremantle this week, drawing him level with Paul Hasleby in sixth position for most games in the club’s history. The most games for Fremantle are Matthew Pavlich (310 games, 2000-current), Shane Parker (238 games, 1995-2007), Shaun McManus (228 games, 1995-2008), Luke McPharlin (226 games, 2002-current), Aaron Sandilands (213 games, 2003-current), Paul Hasleby (208 games, 2000-10) and David Mundy (207 games, 2005-current).

200 games umpired – Ray Chamberlain

Most Games Club Captain – Nick Riewoldt, St Kilda. Nick is due to captain St Kilda for the 182nd time in this round, which will draw him level with Paul Kelly (182 games as Sydney Swans captain) in seventh position for most games as a club captain in VFL/AFL history. The most games in history as captain are Stephen Kernahan (226 games as captain), Dick Reynolds (224 games as captain), Ted Whitten (212 games as captain), Michael Voss (210 games as captain), John Nicholls (188 games as captain), Wayne Carey (184 games as captain), Paul Kelly (182 games as captain), Nick Riewoldt (181 games as captain), Danny Frawley (177 games as captain), David Neitz (175 games as captain).

150 games umpired – Chris Kamolins

150 games – Mark Jamar, Melbourne

150 games – Alipate Carlile, Port Adelaide

100 games – Ben Reid, Collingwood

100 games – Lewis Jetta, Sydney Swans

100 games – Rory Sloane, Adelaide Crows

50 games – Jamie Cripps, St Kilda

50 games – Koby Stevens, Western Bulldogs

50 games – Dylan Shiel, GWS Giants

50 games – Charlie Dixon, Gold Coast Suns

3 TRIBUNAL MATCH REVIEW PROCESS

The expected process for the 2014 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 were 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 AFL INJURY LIST

The AFL wishes to advise the following recent changes have been made to the long-term injury list:

Collingwood – Upgraded Corey Gault from the rookie list to the primary list as the replacement for Adam Oxley, who was already on the long-term injury list.

6 CURRENTLY SUSPENDED PLAYERS

The AFL wishes to advise the players that are serving or have completed MRP suspensions across the competition are as follows:

Completed:

Daniel Wells, North Melbourne. One Match. One match from round 21.

Ty Vickery, Richmond. Four matches. Four matches from round 18.

Currently Suspended:

Nat Fyfe, Fremantle. One match to serve. Two matches from round 21.

Brent Harvey, North Melbourne. Two matches to serve. Three matches from round 21.

7 UPGRADE OF NOMINATED ROOKIES TO SENIOR LIST

The AFL wishes to advise the following list changes have been made in the pre-season period and after round 11 under the AFL player rules regarding Nominated Rookie Players.

Pre-Season

Carlton – Jaryd Cachia

Carlton – Heath Scotland

Collingwood – Ben Hudson

Richmond – Matt Thomas

Richmond – Orren Stephenson

Mid-Season

Mav Weller - St Kilda

Mark Austin – Western Bulldogs

8 2014 INTERNATIONAL RULES SERIES

Australia will host Ireland in a one-off Test at Patersons Stadium in Perth on Saturday November 22. Tickets can be purchased from Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com.au or on 136 100 with prices as follows:

9 BROWNLOW MEDAL ELIGIBILITY

Following a number of media queries, please find attached a list of those players currently ineligible for the 2014 Brownlow Medal, as at the conclusion of round 21:

Adelaide Crows (Richard Douglas, r5); Brisbane Lions (Luke McGuane, r7; Daniel Merrett, r3; Tom Rockliff, r1); Carlton (Dennis Armfield, r13; Nick Graham, r19; Mitch Robinson, r8; Andrew Walker, r1); Collingwood (Taylor Adams, r3; Jarryd Blair, r10; Steele Sidebottom, r11; Clinton Young, r6); Essendon (Paul Chapman, r8; Brendon Goddard, r16; Jason Winderlich, r6); Fremantle (Hayden Ballantyne, r5; Zac Clarke, r9; Zac Dawson, r13; Paul Duffield, r8; Nat Fyfe, r2; Michael Johnson, r6; David Mundy, r7); Geelong Cats (Taylor Hunt, r2; Steve Johnson, r9; Matthew Stokes, r7); Gold Coast Suns (Jarrod Harbrow, r15; Brandon Matera, r3; Tom Murphy, r17; Rory Thompson, r16); GWS Giants (Jeremy Cameron, r10; Toby Greene, r5; Devon Smith, r3); Hawthorn (Josh Gibson, r6; Brian Lake, r16; Jarryd Roughead, r8); Melbourne (Chris Dawes, r9; Alex Georgiou, r6; Neville Jetta, r15; Jordie McKenzie, r14); North Melbourne (Leigh Adams, r18; Brent Harvey, r21; Daniel Wells, r21); Port Adelaide (Kane Cornes, r17; Hamish Hartlett, r10); Richmond (Reece Conca, r19; Brett Deledio, r7; Steven Morris, r15; Matt Thomas, r3; Ty Vickery, r12); St Kilda (Adam Schneider, r5); Sydney Swans (Tom Derickx, r2; Jeremy Laidler, r18); West Coast (Mark LeCras, r8; Darren Glass, r5; Josh Kennedy, r16; Luke Shuey, r3); Western Bulldogs (Daniel Giansiracusa, r6; Liam Jones, r8; Dale Morris, r4; Clay Smith, r10).

10 GOLD COAST SUNS EXPANSION COMPENSATION PICKS

As a reminder to all media, the AFL wishes to advise the following Gold Coast Suns’ expansion compensation picks MUST be used at this year’s 2014 NAB AFL Draft. Expansion picks were able to be activated and used in any of the five drafts in the period 2010-2014 and the following three still-unused selections must therefore be used this year.

Gold Coast Suns, round one selection. Received from the Geelong Cats (compensation for the loss of Gary Ablett) in a trade in 2012.

GWS Giants, end round one selection. Received from the Brisbane Lions (compensation for the loss of Jared Brennan) via a trade to the GC Suns in 2010 and then a trade to the GWS Giants in 2012.

Gold Coast Suns, round three selection. Received from Collingwood (compensation for the loss of Josh Fraser) via a trade to West Coast in 2010 and then a trade to the GC Suns in 2013.

Clubs are able to trade these selections during the 2014 AFL Exchange Period.

11 2014 AFL KEY DATES

Please find below the key dates for the 2014 season around club list requirements, Gillette AFL Trade Period and the NAB AFL Draft Process. Please note there have been a number of date changes which are underlined, including the date of the 2014 NAB AFL Draft:

Friday 3 October - NAB AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period Commences.

Friday 3 October by 2pm – NAB AFL Father-Son Bidding Nominations; Academy Bidding Nominations lodged with AFL.

Monday 6 October 10am - Father/Son & Academy Players Bidding Meeting; NAB AFL Trade Period Commences.

Monday 13 October at 5pm - Close of NAB AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period.

Thursday 16 October - NAB AFL Restricted Free Agency Matching Offer Three-Day Period Ends

Friday 17 October at 2pm - NABAFL Trade Period Closes.

Friday 31 October by 2pm - List Lodgement (1); Rookie Promotion to Primary List; Retained 2nd & 3rd Year Rookies; Scholarship Players; Alternate Talent Player Nominations, TPP Estimates.

Saturday 1 November - NAB AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (1) Commences.

Wednesday 12 November - NAB 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; New or Expired (after 3 years) Draft Nomination Form Lodgement.

Thursday 13 November by 2pm - List Lodgement (2).

Friday 14 November - NAB AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Commences.

Wednesday 19 November  - Delisted Primary List Draft Nomination Form Lodgement; Non–Retained Rookie Players Draft Nomination Form Lodgement; Players Not Registered or Played for Three years Rookie Nomination. NAB AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Closes.

Thursday 27 November –(CONFIRMED DATE) - NAB AFL Draft Selection Meeting (Gold Coast Convention Centre).

Friday November 28 (new date)– NAB AFL Delisted Free Agency Period (3) Commences.

Monday December 1 (new date)- NABAFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (3) Concludes.  AFL Club List Lodgement (3) and TPP Estimates.

International Players Inclusion on Rookie List Form; Scholarship Players Rookie List Form Lodged; Father-Son and Academy Pre-Selected Rookie Nominations.

Wednesday December 3 (new date)- NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft Selection Meeting (11am, Telstra Webex); Notification of Pre-Selected Rookies Nominated on Monday November 25 if not selected in the Pre-Season Draft (11.05am); NAB AFL Rookie Draft Selection Meeting (11.10am, Telstra Webex).

Monday 5 December – Final Club List Lodgement.

Friday 12 December by 2pm - International Players Inclusion on Rookie List.

12 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.

13 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.