Here follows the AFL news list for this week.
1 PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local)
Round Sixteen:
Thursday July 7
Port Adelaide v Hawthorn at Adelaide Oval, 7.20pm
Friday July 8
Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans at Simonds Stadium, 7.50pm
Saturday July 9
GWS Giants v Collingwood at Spotless Stadium, 1.40pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – Giants v Southport, 10am
Gold Coast Suns v Brisbane Lions at Metricon Stadium, 4.35pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – Gold Coast Suns v Brisbane Lions, 12.55pm
Melbourne v Fremantle at TIO Stadium, 7.10pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – NT Thunder v Sydney Uni, 3.30pm
Western Bulldogs v Richmond at Etihad Stadium, 7.25pm
Sunday July 10
Carlton v Adelaide Crows at the MCG, 1.10pm
West Coast v North Melbourne at Domain Stadium, 1.20pm; Curtain Raiser – Multicultural Match, 10.45am
Essendon v St Kilda at Etihad Stadium, 4.40pm
NAB AFL Under 16s Championships
Monday July 4
SA v Vic Metro at Metricon Stadium, 1pm
Vic Country v WA at Metricon Stadium, 3.15pm
Tuesday July 5
NSW/ACT v Qld at Metricon Stadium, 10am
Tas v NT at Metricon Stadium, 12.15pm
Friday July 8
Vic Metro v WA at Southport, 10am
SA v Vic Country at Southport, 12.10pm
Saturday July 9
NSW/ACT v Tas at Southport, 10am
Qld v NT at Southport, 12.10pm
2 IMPENDING MILESTONES
250 games umpired – Shaun Ryan
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).
200 games – Andrew Swallow, North Melbourne
200 games – Kieren Jack, Sydney Swans
150 games – Sharrod Wellingham, West Coast
150 games – Sam Butler, West Coast. Sam is set to play his 150th game 12 years and 42 days after his debut, which represents the seventh longest wait in VFL / AFL history to play 150 games. The longest waits are Bill Cubbins (Footscray, 15 years, 289 days), Paddy Shea (Essendon, 14 yrs, 45 d), Gordon Dangerfield (St Kilda, 14 yrs, 31 d), Ken Baxter (Carlton, 12 yrs, 90d), Michael Gardiner (St Kilda, 12 yrs, 70d), Clarrie Hall (Richmond, 12 yrs, 69d).
150 games coached – Damien Hardwick, Richmond
100 games – Trent McKenzie, Gold Coast Suns
100 games at two clubs – Michael Rischitelli, Gold Coast Suns. Michael is due to become the 38th player in VFL/AFL history to play 100 games at two clubs, having previously played 111 games with the Brisbane Lions. The full list is: Bernie Quinlan 366 games (177 Western Bulldogs, 189 Fitzroy), John Blakey 359 games (135 Fitzroy, 224 North Melbourne), David Cloke 333 games (219 Richmond, 114 Collingwood), Gary Dempsey 329 games (207 Western Bulldogs, 122 North Melbourne), Barry Round 328 games (135 Western Bulldogs, 193 Sydney Swans), Paul Salmon 324 games (224 Essendon, 100 Hawthorn), Roger Merrett 313 games (149 Essendon, 164 Brisbane), Shaun Burgoyne 309 games (157 Port Adelaide, 152 Hawthorn), Alastair Lynch 306 games (120 Fitzroy, 186 Brisbane), Paul Williams 306 games (189 Collingwood, 117 Sydney Swans), Russell Greene 304 games (120 St Kilda, 184 Hawthorn), Gavin Wanganeen 300 games (127 Essendon, 173 Port Adelaide), Peter Bell 286 games (123 North Melbourne, 163 Fremantle), Chris Judd 279 games (134 West Coast, 145 Carlton), Darryl Wakelin 261 games (115 St Kilda, 146 Port Adelaide), Fraser Gehrig 260 games (115 West Coast, 145 St Kilda), Matthew Clarke 258 games (130 Brisbane, 118 Adelaide Crows, 10 St Kilda), Sav Rocca 257 games (156 Collingwood, 101 North Melbourne), Daniel Chick 252 games (149 Hawthorn 103 West Coast), Greg Williams 250 games (34 Geelong Cats, 107 Sydney Swans, 109 Carlton), Jeff Farmer 249 games (118 Melbourne, 131 Fremantle), Robert Scott 245 games (132 Geelong Cats, 113 North Melbourne), Paul Hudson 245 games (134 Hawthorn, 107 Western Bulldogs, four Richmond), Brad Ottens 245 games (129 Richmond, 116 Geelong Cats), Stephen Paxman 240 games (102 Fitzroy, 138 Port Adelaide), David Hale 237 games (129 North Melbourne, 108 Hawthorn), Dean Rice 234 games (116 St Kilda, 118 Carlton), Anthony Daniher 233 games (115 Sydney Swans, 118 Essendon), Nick Stevens 231 games (127 Port Adelaide, 104 Carlton), Darren Jarman 230 games (109 Hawthorn, 121 Adelaide Crows), Ian Hampshire 224 games (113 Geelong Cats, 111 Western Bulldogs), Tony McGuinness 222 games (109 Western Bulldogs, 113 Adelaide Crows), Kane Johnson 220 games (104 Adelaide Crows, 116 Richmond), Tim Pekin 219 games (107 Fitzroy, 112 St Kilda), Earl Spalding 211 games (109 Melbourne, 102 Carlton), Michael Rischitelli 210 games (111 games Brisbane Lions, 99 games Gold Coast Suns), Leigh Colbert 209 games (105 Geelong, 104 North Melbourne) and Tyson Stenglein 208 games (106 Adelaide Crows, 102 West Coast).
100 consecutive games from debut – Sam Gibson, North Melbourne. Sam is set to become the 10th player in VFL/AFL history to play 100 consecutive games from debut.
50 games – Marco Paparone, Brisbane Lions
50 club games – Sam Docherty, Carlton
50 club games – Andrejs Everitt, Carlton
50 club games – Anthony Miles, Richmond
50 club games – Elliot Yeo, West Coast
50 consecutive games – Luke Shuey, West Cost. Luke has played 49 consecutive games since round 14, 2014.
550 combined games, brothers – Burgoyne family. Peter (240 games) and Shaun (309 games) are due to reach a combined 550 games, making them the seventh family of brothers to reach this mark. The most games by brothers are Daniher (752 games comprising 313 games for Terry, 82 for Neale, 233 for Tony and 124 for Chris), Madden (710 games comprising 378 games for Simon and 332 for Justin), Selwood (615 games comprising 187 games for Adam, 75 games for Troy, 218 games for Joel and 135 games for Scott), Morwood (611 games comprising 170 games for Paul, 229 for Tony and 212 for Shane), Nankervis (578 games comprising 325 games for Ian and 253 for Bruce), Cornes (555 games comprising 255 games for Chad and 300 games for Kane), Burgoyne (549 games comprising 240 games for Peter and 309 for Shaun), Coventry (533 games comprising 227 games for Syd and 306 for Gordon), Richardson (518 games comprising 277 games for Wayne and 241 games for Max), Ablett (515 games comprising 229 games for Geoff, 38 for Kevin and 248 for Gary senior).
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.
The following players were reported from the weekend’s matches:
Mark Jamar, Essendon, reported by umpire Dean Margetts for striking Jeremy McGovern, West Coast, during the third quarter of the Round 15 match between Essendon and West Coast, played at Domain Stadium on Thursday June 30, 2016.
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:
Tom Jonas, Port Adelaide. Six matches from round nine.
Currently Suspended:
Nil.
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).
Port Adelaide – Kane Mitchell (WADA-banned player 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 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, 3.15pm
Tues July 5, NSW/ACT v Qld at Metricon Stadium, 10am
Tues July 5, Tas v NT at Metricon Stadium, 12.15pm
Fri July 8, Vic Metro v WA at Southport, 10am
Fri July 8, SA v Vic Country at Southport, 12.10pm
Sat July 9, NSW/ACT v Tas at Southport, 10am
Sat July 9, Qld v NT at Southport, 12.10pm
12 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.
13 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.
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.
