Here follows the AFL news list for this week.

1 PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local)  

Round 21

Friday August 15

Carlton v Geelong Cats at Etihad Stadium, 7.50pm

Saturday August 16

Sydney Swans v St Kilda at the SCG, 1.45pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – Sydney Swans v UWS Giants, 10am

Gold Coast Suns v Port Adelaide at Metricon Stadium, 2.10pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – Gold Coast Suns v Brisbane Lions, 10.20am

Essendon v West Coast at Etihad Stadium, 4.40pm

Adelaide Crows v Richmond at the Adelaide Oval, 7.10pm; Curtain Raiser – McDonalds Premiers Cup Grand Final

Collingwood v Brisbane Lions at the MCG, 7.40pm

Sunday August 17

North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium, 1.10pm

Melbourne v GWS Giants at the MCG, 3.20pm

Fremantle v Hawthorn at Patersons Stadium, 2.40pm; Curtain Raiser – Freo Dockers Cup

2 IMPENDING MILESTONES

Most Club Games – Corey Enright, Geelong Cats. Corey is due to play his 284th game this week, drawing level with Matthew Scarlett in fifth 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), Corey Enright (283 games), Joel Corey (276 games), Garry Hocking (274 games), Jimmy Bartel (268 games) and Paul Couch (259 games).

Most Games Coached – Mark Thompson, Essendon. Mark is due to coach his 279th game this week, drawing him level with Jack Worrall in 22nd spot in VFL/AFL history for most games coached.

Most Games, Indigenous Player – Shaun Burgoyne, Hawthorn. Shaun is due to play his 264th game this week, equalling Chris Johnson in sixth position for most VFL/AFL games by an indigenous player. The leading indigenous players in history are Adam Goodes (345 games for the Sydney Swans), Andrew McLeod (340 games for the Adelaide Crows), Michael O’Loughlin (303 games for the Sydney Swans), Gavin Wanganeen (300 games for Essendon and Port Adelaide), Darryl White (268 games for Brisbane), Chris Johnson (264 games for Fitzroy and Brisbane), Shaun Burgoyne (263 games for Port Adelaide and Hawthorn), Peter Matera (253 games for West Coast), Nicky Winmar (251 games for St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs), Jeff Farmer (249 games for Melbourne and Fremantle).

200 games – Lance Franklin, Sydney Swans

200 games – Ryan Griffen, Western Bulldogs

200 games umpired – Chris Donlon

150 games – Shannon Hurn, West Coast

150 games – Travis Boak, Port Adelaide

100 games – Tom Rockliff, Brisbane Lions

100 games – Jarryd Blair, Collingwood

50 games – Alex Fasolo, Collingwood

Most Career Goals – Lance Franklin, Sydney Swans. Lance has kicked 632 career goals and needs one goal to reach David Neitz (633 goals for Melbourne) and Alastair Lynch (633 goals for Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears / Brisbane Lions) in equal 23rd spot in the game’s history.

Oldest Players – Dustin Fletcher, Essendon. With his next game for Essendon, Dustin will become the fifth oldest player to take the field in VFL/AFL history. Dustin will be 39 years and 101 days old as at this weekend’s game, moving him past Ted Rowell who was 39 years and 94 days old when he played for Collingwood in the 1915 Grand Final. The oldest players in VFL/AFL history at the date of their last game are Vic Cumberland (43 years 48 days for St Kilda in 1920), Jack Leith (39y,295d for Melbourne in 1912), Syd Barker (39y,239dy for North Melbourne in 1927), Jim Flynn (39y,180d for Carlton in 1910), Dustin Fletcher (39y,101d as at this weekend), Ted Rowell (39y,94d for Collingwood in 1915), Craig Bradley (38y,291d for Carlton in 2002), Les Hughes (38y,143d for Collingwood in 1922).

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 following players were reported from the weekend’s matches:

Jarryd Roughead, Hawthorn, reported by umpire Ben Ryan for tripping Dom Tyson, Melbourne, during the second quarter of the Round 20 match between Hawthorn and Melbourne, played at the MCG on Saturday August 9, 2014.

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 ROUND 23 FIXTURE

Round 23 was originally left as a floating round when the AFL fixture was announced in October 2013. The schedule of games will be as follows (local time and host broadcaster in each case):

Friday August 29

Collingwood v Hawthorn at the MCG, 7.50pm (Channel 7)

Saturday August 30

Carlton v Essendon at the MCG, 1.45pm (Channel 7)

Fremantle v Port Adelaide at Patersons Stadium, 1.10pm (Foxtel / Fox Sports)

Sydney Swans v Richmond at ANZ Stadium, 4.40pm (Foxtel / Fox Sports)

Geelong Cats v Brisbane Lions at Simonds Stadium, 7.40pm (Channel 7)

North Melbourne v Melbourne at Etihad Stadium, 7.40pm (Foxtel / Fox Sports)

Sunday August 31

Gold Coast Suns v West Coast Eagles at Metricon Stadium, 1.10pm (Foxtel / Fox Sports)

Adelaide Crows v St Kilda at Adelaide Oval, 2.50pm (Channel 7)

Western Bulldogs v GWS Giants at Etihad Stadium, 4.40pm (Foxtel / Fox Sports)

6 AFL INJURY LIST

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

Carlton – Placed Andrew Walker on the long-term injury list and upgraded Ciaran Sheehan from the rookie list as his replacement.

Carlton – Placed Lachlan Henderson on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named at this stage.

North Melbourne – Placed Robbie Tarrant on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named at this stage.

North Melbourne – Placed Cameron Delaney on the long-term injury list and upgraded Kayne Turner from the rookie list as his replacement.

North Melbourne – Re-instated Joel Tippett to the senior list from the long-term injury list.

Sydney Swans - Placed Tom Derickx on the long-term injury list and upgraded Sam Naismith from the rookie list as his replacement.

Sydney Swans – Upgraded Shane Biggs from the rookie list as the replacement for Aliir Aliir, who was already on the long-term injury list.

7 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:

Brian Lake, Hawthorn. Four Matches. Four matches from round 16.

Currently Suspended:

Ty Vickery, Richmond. Two matches to serve. Four matches from round 18.

Reece Conca, Richmond. One match to serve. Two matches from round 19.

8 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

9 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:

10 2014 INTERNATIONAL CUP

The 2014 International Cup is underway and is being be played in Melbourne from August 9 to 23. There will be 18 men’s and seven women’s teams competing.

Men’s teams: Canada, China, Fiji, Finland, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Great Britain, India, Japan, Nauru, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Sweden, Tonga, USA.

Women’s teams: Canada – Northern Lights, Canada – Midnight Suns, Ireland, Fiji, Tonga, USA – Freedom, USA – Liberty.

The women’s grand final will be played at Punt Road Oval and the men’s grand final will be the curtain-raiser to the Round 22 AFL match between Hawthorn and the Geelong Cats at the MCG.

The men’s fixture is divided into three pools. Each team will play three pool matches and will then be ranked from one to 18. Teams will then be split into three groups for finals; top four, Division One and Division Two.

Wednesday Aug 13    Round Two matches – Royal Park

Saturday Aug 16         Round Three matches – Community Round

Tuesday Aug 19          Round Finals & Division matches – Royal Park

Friday Aug 22             Third place play off & Division matches – Royal Park

Saturday Aug 23         Women’s Grand Final – Punt Road Oval, Richmond

                                    Men’s Grand Final – MCG

The full fixture can be viewed at www.aflic14.com.au

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 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.

13 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.

14 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.