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Demon Skipper Bows Out

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2010-08-22 09:38 — Last Updated: Tue, 2010-08-24 18:32

Demon captain James McDonald has announced that he will retire after Melbourne's Round 22 game. It was a mutual decision reached between McDonald, Coach Dean Bailey and club president Jim Stynes. McDonald said he felt he could have gone on for another season but that he was comfortable with the club's decision to give younger players more game time.  read more »

Coaches Oppose Interchange Limits

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2010-08-15 08:43 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-08-18 05:34

In the week leading up to Round 20 the AFL announced a number of proposed rule changes, the most controversial being a limit on interchanges. Should any or all of the rules be accepted by the 17 clubs, who were notified of the proposals by Operations Manager Adrian Anderson, they will be introduced next season.  read more »

Round 18 Tribunal

by Lisa Albergo — Tue, 2010-08-03 19:58 — Last Updated: Thu, 2010-08-05 05:48

Hawthorn took Cyril Rioli's case to the Tribunal in an effort to have one of the charges dismissed. They were contesting the charge of attempting to strike as the incident occurred during a brawl which saw nine players, including Rioli, fined. Rioli accepted the fine as well as the charge of striking and later admitted that frustration led to his brain fade. He said he would take responsibility for his actions but did not testify.  read more »

Malthouse Climbs Victory Ladder

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2010-08-01 09:28 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-08-04 11:07

After the win over Carlton in Round 18, Collingwood Coach Mick Malthouse is equal third for most wins in League history. The victory was the 358th for Malthouse, who began his coaching career with Footscray (now the Western Bulldogs) before taking the helm at West Coast. He is tied with Allan Jeans (St Kilda, Hawthorn and Richmond).  read more »

Etihad Officials Promise Surface Improvement

by Lisa Albergo — Wed, 2010-07-28 22:11 — Last Updated: Thu, 2010-08-05 06:15

Ian Collins, manager of Etihad Stadium, has finally admitted that the playing surface needs to be improved after months of defending it. This comes after heavy criticism of the ground from commentators, the media, players, coaches and a host of fans in website comments and on talkback radio.  read more »

Controversy After Round 17

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2010-07-25 14:16 — Last Updated: Sun, 2010-08-01 19:14

A controversial interchange penalty against Hawthorn could well be responsible for denying the Hawks victory against St Kilda. Cyril Rioli had just kicked a goal with two minutes remaining in the final term to give Hawthorn a 13 point lead. However, the goal was disallowed due to Hawk Grant Birchall briefly putting a foot across the interchange line before a teammate had come off the ground. The emergency umpire signaled the infringement to the field umpire who then awarded a 50 meter penalty to the Saints.  read more »

Viewing Parties for Carlton v Hawthorn on ESPN2

by admincms — Mon, 2010-05-17 17:41 — Last Updated: Mon, 2010-05-17 18:29

The following locations have announced special viewing parties for the ESPN2 airing of Carlton vs Hawthorn on May 23, 2010 at 12:00 MN EDT.  AFANA has no formal association with these events and you must contact the organizers at the contact information below for more details.  If you know of an event, please send it to us.  All submissions must have an e-mail or telephone contact and provide the venue, city, and state where the event is occurring.  If you omit any of this information we cannot list your event. 

Columbus, OH:

Byrne's Irish Pub, 1248 W. 3rd St., Columbus, OH hosted by the Columbus Jackaroos Australian Rules Football Club.  For more info, contact Chet Ridenour, Club President at colu...@gmail.com

Albany, NY:  read more »

Bleak Hawks Down

by rickb — Wed, 2010-05-12 05:19 — Last Updated: Thu, 2010-05-13 19:32

Hawthorn were heavily criticized last week after their embarrassing and humiliating defeat against the struggling Essendon. They were labeled “soft” by their supporters and their courage when going for the ball was questioned. This week they found themselves playing in Perth without key forward Buddy Franklin, out with injury, in a game that was set to be an even match up. The disconcerting fact for the Hawks was their dismal record at Subiaco Oval where they have won only one game in the last fifteen years. The Eagles were playing for pride in front of their home crowd with a one win and five loss record and expectations were high for them to run all over the hapless Hawks. To atone for their shocking performance in Round Six, the Hawks declared they had come to play and their fans were certainly hoping to see them bring some more backbone to this encounter.  read more »

Captains Predict Winners While Hawks Rue Injuries

by Lisa Albergo — Sat, 2010-03-20 19:15 — Last Updated: Sat, 2010-04-10 22:10

March 18 marked the AFL's official 2010 season launch. Among the activities was the annual survey presented to all AFL club captains who gathered at the MCG for photographs. The majority believed that Geelong would be seriously challenged by Saint Kilda and the Western Bulldogs. Ten of the captains predicted the 2010 Rising Star Award would be won either by West Coast's Nic Naitanui or by Kangaroo Jack Ziebell whose 2009 season was cut short due a broken leg. Geelong's Gary Ablett and Joel Selwood (the 2007 Rising Star) were widely fancied to take out the Brownlow Medal while Barry Hall, Brendan Fevola and Lance Franklin were favorites to win the Coleman Medal for the leading goalscorer.  read more »

Eagles Naitanui Shakes His Tailfeather

by janetl — Thu, 2009-07-02 08:26 — Last Updated: Thu, 2009-07-02 08:55

Gale force winds and teeming rain made for challenging conditions in the Round 13 encounter between the West Coast Eagles and reigning Premiers Hawthorn. It may have been an unlikely stage for individual brilliance, but the rugged weather was not enough to stop Nic Naitanui from showing the special brand of football magic that caught the eye of West Coast Eagles recruiters and saw him taken at number two in the 2008 AFL Draft.  read more »

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