AFL get it right, St Kilda get it wrong!
Tonight in the game St Kilda vs North Melbourne (in which the Saints had a great come from behind win), the AFL’s interchange rules where challenged again when the Saints had 19 men on the field for a brief few seconds. But after the huge media focus on the 19 men incident involving Sydney and North, they changed the rule. Where in the past, the Captain needed to call for a head count and if either club has more then the normal 18, the team with too many players on the field losing there entire score, the rule was changed to the more appropriate and easier to administer rule of the interchange steward and reserve umpire handling the rule with the penalty being either free kick from the center and a 50m penalty or a free kick where the ball is and a 50m penalty which ever puts the team closer to goal. But back to the incident at hand. Read more
Dream Team Squad for the Hall of Fame Tribute match
Andrew McLeod (captain), Adelaide - 31 years old, 287 games, 249 goals
Chance Bateman, Hawthorn - 26 years old, 100 games, 32 goals
Simon Black, Brisbane Lions - 29 years old, 216 games, 135 goals
Nathan Bock, Adelaide - 25 years old, 67 games, 51 goals
Craig Bolton, Sydney - 27 years old, 154 games, 23 goals
Peter Burgoyne, Port Adelaide - 30 years old, 212 games, 185 goals
Shaun Burgoyne, Port Adelaide - 25 years old, 133 games, 154 goals
Brett Burton, Adelaide - 29 years old, 155 games, 219 goals
Jamie Charman, Brisbane Lions - 25 years old, 108 games, 47 goals
Adam Cooney, Western Bulldogs - 22 years old, 91 games, 93 goals
Joel Corey, Geelong - 26 years old, 155 games, 51 goals
Chad Cornes, Port Adelaide - 28 years old, 189 games, 154 goals
Kane Cornes, Port Adelaide - 25 years old, 144 games, 66 goals
Dean Cox, West Coast - 26 years old, 149 games, 75 goals
Alwyn Davey, Essendon - 24 years old, 18 games, 20 goals
Leon Davis, Collingwood - 26 years old, 143 games, 175 goals
Alan Didak, Collingwood - 25 years old, 124 games, 177 goals
Tyson Edwards, Adelaide - 31 years old , 270 games, 168 goals
Corey Enright, Geelong - 26 years old, 129 games, 40 goals
Lance Franklin, Hawthorn - 21 years old, 60 games, 146 goals
Darren Glass, West Coast - 27 years old, 149 games, eight goals
Simon Goodwin, Adelaide - 31 years old, 219 games, 136 goals
Ryan Griffen, Western Bulldogs - 21 years old, 55 games, 22 goals
Tom Harley, Geelong - 29 years old, 163 games, 10 goals
Lenny Hayes, St Kilda - 28 years old, 172 games, 62 goals
Adam Hunter, West Coast - 26 years old, 136 games, 71 goals
Graham Johncock, Adelaide - 25 years old, 130 games, 82 goals
Tadhg Kennelly, Sydney - 26 years old, 140 games, 29 goals
Daniel Kerr, West Coast - 24 years old, 148 games, 85 goals
Brett Kirk, Sydney - 31 years old, 175 games, 71 goals
Justin Koschitzke, St Kilda - 25 years old, 101 games, 101 goals
Matthew Leuenberger, Brisbane Lions - 19 years old, 13 games, one goal
Tarkyn Lockyer, Collingwood - 28 years old, 171 games, 91 goals
Luke McPharlin, Fremantle - 26 years old, 116 games, 78 goals
Cameron Mooney, Geelong - 28 years old, 148 games, 163 goals
Matthew Pavlich, Fremantle - 26 years old, 179 games, 324 goals
Matthew Richardson, Richmond - 33 years old, 260 games, 755 goals
Nick Riewoldt, St Kilda - 25 years old, 138 games, 264 goals
Ben Rutten, Adelaide - 24 years old, 84 games, five goals
Matthew Stokes, Geelong - 23 years old, 34 games, 49 goals
Suprised by the Selection of Leuenberger? Surely he won’t play and (again from my Biased Hawthorn View) why would he get in before Simon Taylor that has the runs on the board (compared to him)?
So who missed out? Leave your thoughts below.
Molly
Victorian Squad for the Hall of Fame Tribute match
Jonathan Brown (captain), Brisbane Lions - 26 years old. 143 games, 281 goals
Gary Ablett, Geelong - 23 years old. 129 games, 169 goals
Jimmy Bartel, Geelong - 24 years old. 112 games, 64 goals
Daniel Bradshaw, Brisbane Lions - 29 years old. 185 games, 379 goals
Campbell Brown, Hawthorn - 24 years old. 100 games, 38 goals
Paul Chapman, Geelong - 26 years old. 140 games, 176 goals
Travis Cloke, Collingwood - 21 years old. 59 games, 61 goals
Nick Dal Santo, St Kilda - 24 years old. 124 games, 60 goals
Brendan Fevola, Carlton - 27 years old. 146 games, 406 goals
Dustin Fletcher, Essendon - 32 years old. 280 games, 64 goals
Nathan Foley, Richmond — 22 years old. 53 games, 12 goals
Josh Fraser, Collingwood - 26 years old. 160 games, 133 goals
Adam Goodes, Sydney - 28 years old. 213 games, 203 goals
Jason Gram, St Kilda - 24 years old. 56 games, 21 goals
Brent Harvey, North Melbourne - 30 years old. 245 games, 283 goals
David Hille, Essendon - 26 years old. 126 games, 92 goals
Luke Hodge, Hawthorn - 23 years old. 115 games, 73 goals
Brad Johnson, Western Bulldogs - 31 years old. 303 games, 471 goals
Kane Johnson, Richmond - 30 years old. 205 games, 71 goals
Steve Johnson, Geelong - 24 years old. 91 games, 165 goals
Chris Judd, Carlton - 24 years old. 138 games, 140 goals
James Kelly, Geelong - 24 years old. 112 games, 56 goals
Nigel Lappin, Brisbane Lions - 31 years old. 279 games, 174 goals
Cameron Ling, Geelong - 27 years old. 163 games, 96 goals
Matthew Lloyd, Essendon - 30 years old. 234 games, 839 goals
Darren Milburn, Geelong - 31 years old. 217 games, 81 goals
Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn - 25 years old. 112 games, 18 goals
Leigh Montagna, St Kilda - 24 years old. 77 games, 50 goals
Ryan O’Keefe, Sydney - 27 years old. 145 games, 158 goals
Luke Power, Brisbane Lions - 28 years old. 199 games, 186 goals
Matthew Scarlett, Geelong - 28 years old. 188 games, 16 goals
Heath Shaw, Collingwood — 22 years old. 57 games, 12 goals
Adam Simpson, North Melbourne - 32 years old. 271 games, 75 goals
Brent Stanton, Essendon - 21 years old. 80 games, 46 goals
Dane Swan, Collingwood - 24 years old. 80 games, 39 goals
Dale Thomas, Collingwood - 20 years old. 45 games, 37 goals
Jeff White, Melbourne - 31 years old. 257 games, 110 goals
Dale Morris, Western Bulldogs - 25 years old. 66 games, one goal
Robert Murphy, Western Bulldogs - 25 years old. 131 games, 101 goals
David Wirrpanda, West Coast - 28 years old. 195 games, 100 goals
So who missed out? The obvious one I see from my Hawks Bias is Brad Sewell! How did he miss out?
Leave your names below.
See the Dream Team Squad here.
Molly
No Points for you! Hall sent to Tribunal
Well, Hall said that he was going to accept his punishment and that won’t be decided on by the Match Review Panel (MRP) as it is being reported that it has been announced that he will be sent directly to the tribunal to answer for his actions. This would suggest that its not going to be a small penalty.
The left hook was devastating, it was hard impact from someone that knows how to box. He has admitted that there was no reason for it! He said he isn’t going to defend it. Public comment in the press and on radio suggests that 6 weeks is about the penalty but this doesn’t seem that bad for what was done especially since Hall will miss this long with a wrist injury anyway.
More information when it comes to hand.
Molly
Live Coaches Box Podcast - 9 April 2008
Hi guys,
Just a reminder that there will be another live Coaches Box AFL Fantasy Football (Dream Team and Super Coach) Podcast. Show starts at 10:30pm. The easiest way to get to it is by the link on the Left (or down below some times in IE). The show opens about 15min before the start time.
You can dial in either via the phone number (although its a US number) or via the Talkshoe Pro client (get it at their site). A headset is preferred but mic is fine. You can also participate in the chat.
TIA
Molly
Wayne Carey on Enough Rope
I have been a big fan of Andrew Denton for a long time and for some reason have never taken the time to watch much of his interview show, Enough Rope. This weeks show touched on an area that is of interest to us on this blog. He interviewed fall star, Wayne Carey.
This wasn’t any fluffy puff piece of an interview, it was a warts and all interview that pulled no punches. Denton said of it:
I’ll give him credit - to sit there for two hours and have all his misdemeanours on the public record and a few others dished up to him - it was not an easy thing to do.
Carey’s life ‘relentlessly grim’ - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
I am not going to go on about it as I think if it interests you and you missed it, go to the Enough Rope website and watch the interview and decide for yourself what you think of the interview.
I personally think it took a lot of courage and whether it was done for PR value or not, you have to take it at face value that he is taking responsibility for what he has done and is trying to turn the ship around and get himself right. He obviously has issues and as I would with anyone, I wish him well in his attempts to get his life on track.
What did you think?
Molly
Ladder after Round 1, 2008
Are AFL Players taking the Piss out of us, or just in pissing in Public!
There are many people that love to have a go at AFL Players and what they in public. Drunkenness, violence against women, speeding and drink driving! I for one have argued that these are young guys and that they will get into trouble like the rest of society and especially like males around there same age. This however has been a bad couple of weeks for AFL players. Last week, in the lead up to round one, serial idiot drunk Brendan Fevola was caught at 4am Urinating on the front window of a night club. Fev has a terrible record and his club decided that fining him over suspension but throwing out that this will be his last drinking related incident that would be dealt with as part of the Carlton Football Club. There CEO, Greg Swan, announced in a Press Conference announced that if Fev got caught in another Alcohol related issue, he would be sacked!
So after that you would think the last thing that any AFL players would got caught doing is pissing in public, right? Then along comes the Tigers and of all people, their Captain Kane Johnson!
RICHMOND captain Kane Johnson was arrested and locked up after being caught urinating on the wall of the St Kilda Rd police complex. Johnson, who was caught in the act by a policewoman and her colleague, was later bailed by police on a charge of being drunk in a public place.
Tinkle, tinkle little star | Herald Sun
There is no excuse for this! There is especially no excuse for this this week! There is especially no excuse for this from your captain! And it is definitely no excuse that the place you piss on is right next to your home. In fact, to me this is a huge negative that you were either too drunk or too stupid to walk up stairs to your place and piss in your own toilet! Now the kicker is, if your going to piss in public (as many of us have when we can’t find a toilet after a huge night out) why would you do it on the head quarters of the police?
Now Johnson does have a clean record but I am not buying that he has offered to stand out for one match. In my opinion the Tigers have to go further then fine him $5,000! They have to announce what suspensions they would give him and I also think that they have to remove him from the leadership group which means removing him as Captain. This story broke today, Easter Sunday, so lets give the Tigers a day or two to get their shit together (or should that be there piss)!
Molly
POLL: Who will win the NAB Cup?
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