Here follows the AFL news list for this week.
1 PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local)
Round 13
Friday June 13
Carlton v Hawthorn at the MCG, 7.50pm
Saturday June 14
Richmond v Fremantle at the MCG, 1.45pm
Sydney Swans v Port Adelaide at the SCG, 2.10pm
West Coast v Gold Coast Suns, 2.40pm
Adelaide Crows v North Melbourne at Adelaide Oval, 7.10pm; Curtain Raiser – Junior District League, 5.20pm
Brisbane Lions v GWS Giants at the Gabba, 7.40pm
Sunday June 15
Geelong Cats v St Kilda at Simonds Stadium, 1.10pm
Collingwood v Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium, 3.20pm
Essendon v Melbourne at the MCG, 4.40pm
NAB AFL Under 18s Championships
Saturday June 14
SA v Vic Metro at AAMI Stadium, 11am
Sunday June 15
WA v Vic Country at Fremantle Oval, 11am
2 IMPENDING MILESTONES
700 games coached – Michael Malthouse. Michael is due to become the second man in VFL/AFL history to coach 700 games this week, comprising 135 games with Footscray, 243 games with West Coast, 286 games with Collingwood and 35 games so far with Carlton. The only previous man to this mark was Jock McHale (714 games for Collingwood 1912-49).
Most Club Games – Corey Enright, Geelong Cats. Corey is due to play his 276th game this week, drawing level with Joel Corey in sixth spot in the club’s history. The most games for the Geelong Cats are Ian Nankervis (325 games), John Newman (300 games), Darren Milburn (292 games), Peter Riccardi (288 games), Matthew Scarlett (284 games), Joel Corey (276 games), Corey Enright (275 games), Garry Hocking (274 games), Jimmy Bartel (260 games) and Paul Couch (259 games).
Most Games Coached – Mark Thompson, Essendon. Mark is due to coach his 272nd game this week, drawing him level with Phonse Kyne in 24th spot in VFL/AFL history.
Most Club Games – Daniel Giansiracusa and Robert Murphy, Western Bulldogs. Daniel and Robert are both due to play their 261st game this week, drawing level with Steve Wallis in ninth spot for most games in the club’s history. The most games in Footscray / Western Bulldogs history are Brad Johnson (364 games, 1994-2010), Chris Grant (341 games, 1990-2007), Doug Hawkins (329 games, 1978-94), Scott West (324 games, 1993-2008), Ted Whitten (321 games, 1951-70), Rohan Smith (300 games, 1992-2006), Tony Liberatore (283 games, 1986-2002), Arthur Olliver (272 games, 1935-50), Steven Wallis (261 games, 1983-96), Robert Murphy (260 games, 2000-current) and Daniel Giansiracusa (260 games, 2001-current).
200 games – Brent Reilly, Adelaide Crows
150 games – Kieren Jack, Sydney Swans
150 games – Brock McLean, Carlton
100 games – Nic Naitanui, West Coast
100 games – Cale Hooker, Essendon
50 games – Brandon Matera, Gold Coast Suns
50 games – Rhys Stanley, St Kilda
50 games – Dayne Zorko, Brisbane Lions
50 games – Tom Lynch, Gold Coast Suns
600 goals – Jonathan Brown, Brisbane Lions. Jonathan needs eight goals to become the 31st player in VFL/AFL history to kick 600 career goals, after Matthew Pavlich, Nick Riewoldt and Lance Franklin reached the mark earlier this season.
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.
The match review panel sat yesterday to review the first eight games of round 12 and will review the holiday Monday game later today:
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:
Essendon – Placed Will Hams on the long-term injury list and upgraded Cory Dell’Olio from the rookie list as his replacement.
Essendon – Placed Nick Kommer on the long-term injury list, with no replacement from the rookie list named at this time.
Western Bulldogs – Reinstated Daniel Pearce to the senior list from the long-term injury list and returned Lin Jong to the rookie 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:
Clay Smith, Western Bulldogs. Two matches. Two matches served from round 10.
Jeremy Cameron, GWS Giants. One match. One match served from round 11.
Currently Suspended:
Steele Sidebottom, Collingwood. Three matches. One match served from round 11.
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 under the AFL player rules regarding Nominated Rookie Players. Under the Nominated Rookie Rule, a club is eligible to nominate a rookie player who can play during the premiership season and finals series if a club has 38 players on its list (not including veteran players) and it satisfies the Total Player Payments requirements.
Carlton – Jaryd Cachia
Carlton – Heath Scotland
Collingwood – Ben Hudson
Richmond – Matt Thomas
Richmond – Orren Stephenson
8 2014 NAB AFL UNDER 18S CHAMPIONSHIPS FIXTURE
Please find below the fixture for the 2014 NAB AFL Under 18s Championships:
Previous Results:
Vic Country def Vic Metro on May 18
SA def WA on May 24
Vic Metro def WA on May 31
SA def Vic Country on June 1
SA def WA on June 7
Vic Country def Vic Metro on June 8
Saturday June 14
SA v Vic Metro at AAMI Stadium, 11am
Sunday June 15
WA v Vic Country at Fremantle Oval, 11am
Saturday June 21
Tas v Qld at Blacktown International Sports Park, 10.30am
NSW/ACT v NT at Blacktown International Sports Park, 12.50pm
Friday June 27
Vic Metro v WA at Simonds Stadium, 12.35pm
Vic Country v SA at Simonds Stadium, 2.35pm
Saturday June 28
NT v Qld at Visy Park, 12pm
NSW/ACT v Tas at Visy Park, 2.15pm
Wednesday July 2
Qld v NSW/ACT at Etihad Stadium, 3.35pm
Vic Country v WA at Etihad Stadium, 5.35pm
Thursday July 3
NT v Tas at Simonds Stadium, 11am
Vic Metro v SA at Simonds Stadium, 1.15pm
9 2014 NAB AFL UNDER 16S CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURE
Please find below the fixture for the 2014 NAB AFL Under 16s Championships:
Friday July 4
SA v Vic Country Metricon Stadium, 7pm
Saturday July 5
Vic Metro v WA at Metricon Stadium, 10.30am
Sunday July 6
South Pacific v World at Broadbeach, 9am
Tas v Qld at Broadbeach, 11am
NSW/ACT v NT at Broadbeach, 1.20pm
WA NW v Boomerangs at Broadbeach, 3.40pm
Tuesday July 8
WA v Vic Country at Metricon Stadium, 11am
SA v Vic Metro at Metricon Stadium, 1.10pm
Wednesday July 9
South Pacific v WA NW at Broadbeach, 9am
World v Boomerangs at Broadbeach, 11am
Qld v NSW/ACT at Southport, 1.30pm
NT v Tas at Southport, 3.30pm
Friday July 11
WA v WA at Southport, 9.45am
Vic Country v Vic Metro at Southport, 11.45am
Saturday July 12
WA NW v World at Metricon 2, 9.30am
Boomerangs v South Pacific at Metricon 2, 11.30am
Tas v NSW/ACT at Metricon Stadium, 11.30am
NT v Qld at Metricon Stadium, 1.30pm
10 2014 FOXTEL CUP FIXTURE
Please find below the fixture for the 2014 Foxtel Cup. All matches will be broadcast live on Fox Footy at 8.30pm EST.
Results So Far:
Western Storm defeated West Adelaide
West Perth defeated Box Hill Hawks
Williamstown defeated Aspley
East Perth defeated Norwood
Semi-Finals
Tuesday June 24
West Perth v Western Storm at Patersons Stadium, 6.35pm local / 8.35 EST
Tuesday July 1
East Perth v Williamstown at Paterson Stadium, 6.35pm local / 8.35pm EST
Grand Final
Tuesday July 22
Winner SF1 v Winner SF2, Venue TBC, 8.35pm EST
11 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.
12 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 1 August by 2pm - Draft Eligible Academy Player Nominations Lodged.
Friday 3 October - Gillette AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period Commences.
Friday 3 October by 2pm - Gillette AFL Father-Son Bidding Nominations; Academy Bidding Nominations lodged with AFL.
Monday 6 October 10am - Father/Son & Academy Players Bidding Meeting; Gillette AFL Trade Period Commences.
Monday 13 October at 5pm - Close of Gillette AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period.
Thursday 16 October - Gillette AFL Restricted Free Agency Matching Offer Three-Day Period Ends
Friday 17 October at 2pm - Gillette AFL 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 - Gillette AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (1) Commences.
Wednesday 12 November - Gillette 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 - Gillette 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. Gillette 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)– Gillette AFL Delisted Free Agency Period (3) Commences.
Monday December 1 (new date)- Gillette AFL 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.
13 STATE LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES
The following state league representative matches have been scheduled:
June 21 – TSL v NEAFL at Blundstone Arena, 2pm
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. A match day AFL record can be collected (one per person) from the customer service staff on the corporate suites level.
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