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Community Award Honors Stynes

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2012-05-20 10:30 — Last Updated: Wed, 2012-05-23 08:49

by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago

The AFL and the Reach Foundation has honored the late Jim Stynes with a community award in his name. The Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award will be presented on Brownlow Night to a player for his community work and who "demonstrates the values of Jim Stynes in his commitment to the community and understanding the value of helping others". The announcement was made by Jim Stynes’ widow, Sam Stynes, Reach chairman and Melbourne president Don McLardy and AFL Chief Executive Officer Andrew Demetriou. The League was considering a presentation on Grand Final Day but opted to present it on Brownlow Night as Stynes won the prestigious award in 1991.  read more »

AFL Preview Round 8 2012

by fondacaro — Thu, 2012-05-17 20:12 — Last Updated: Thu, 2012-05-17 20:16

AFL Preview

Round 8

I was looking at the injury lists for clubs earlier today and I was sort of surprised at the number of knee injuries that results in that player missing the whole season. The current count is 11 AFL players out for the season.  read more »

Power Less

by rickb — Wed, 2012-05-16 07:18 — Last Updated: Wed, 2012-05-16 08:16

Rick Browner reporting from Patersons Stadium, Subiaco, Western Australia

Two teams representing the port towns of Perth and Adelaide met in Round 7 with much on the line. Port Adelaide Power has a good record at the “House of Pain”, Patersons Stadium, winning more than they have lost there against the Fremantle Dockers. The Dockers believe they are finalists this year and would be expected to flex some muscle against their struggling opponents, if only to show the competition that they are genuine contenders. Giant ruckman Aaron Sandilands was back from injury for the Dockers, while Danyle Pearce had been dropped due to lack of intent for Power. David Rodan was back after having previously suffered the same fate.  read more »

Tigers Earn Their Stripes

by Boris Kilpatrick — Wed, 2012-05-16 07:02 — Last Updated: Wed, 2012-05-16 08:39

Brook “Boris” Kilpatrick reporting for AFANA from Australia

A solid crowd of 40,000 plus pushed through the turnstiles of the MCG to witness the Round 7 twilight clash between the Richmond Tigers and the Sydney Swans. The Richmond faithful, feeling good after a win against Port Adelaide, were once again pinning their hopes on victory against a Top Four contender, this time in the guise of the ultra-consistent Sydney. The Swans on the other hand were looking to rebound after a shock home loss to the Adelaide Crows after previously being undefeated.  read more »

AFL Preview 2012 Round 7

by fondacaro — Thu, 2012-05-10 17:37 — Last Updated: Thu, 2012-05-10 17:41

AFL Preview

Round 7

AFL Update: The fortunes of a few of the AFL teams that will finish in the top 4 or 5 rests on their ability to be able to field a full side devoid of injuries. Last year's grand finalists Collingwood have already lost 3 of their better players to long-term injury.  read more »

Unbeaten Eagles

by rickb — Wed, 2012-05-09 02:53 — Last Updated: Thu, 2012-05-10 05:15

Rick Browner reporting for AFANA from Patersons Stadium, Perth

West Coast remains the only unbeaten team at the end of Round 6 after overcoming a gutsy challenge from a determined North Melbourne side. Just before the game it was announced that Eagles’ excitement machine Nic Naitanui had withdrawn and this sent a ripple of unease through supporters. He was replaced by second gamer, Scott Lycett. Kangaroos ruckman Todd Goldstein was also missing so each team would be exposed in the ruck competitions. In a first for the Eagles, Jacob Brennan (son of club great and Premiership player and vice-captain Michael Brennan) was playing his making his debut, the first father/son combination in Eagles’ history.
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Hungry Tigers Shut Down Power

by Boris Kilpatrick — Tue, 2012-05-08 09:53 — Last Updated: Thu, 2012-05-10 05:27

Brook "Boris" Kilpatrick reporting for AFANA from AAMI Stadium, Adelaide

Overcast conditions and a steady drizzle greeted the visiting Richmond Tigers as they ran onto a pristine AAMI Stadium surface to face the Port Adelaide Power. With both teams sporting an equally precarious 1-4 record, the importance of a win and the prized four Premiership points could not be understated. The home fans were buoyed by a strong Port performance a week earlier at the same venue when a late fade out cost them a win against their arch rival Adelaide Crows, while Tiger fans could point to narrow losses against League pacesetters the West Coast Eagles and Geelong Cats as evidence of solid improvement.  read more »

Round Six Milestones

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2012-05-06 15:16 — Last Updated: Thu, 2012-05-10 05:21

Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago

150 consecutive games: Carlton's Kade Simpson played his 150th consecutive game in Round Six. His streak began in Round 15, 2005. It is the longest current streak and Simpson is the 19th player in League history to play 150 or more games consecutively. Former Tiger champion Kevin Bartlett did it twice during his 400-plus game career.  read more »

AFL Preview Round 6 2012

by fondacaro — Fri, 2012-05-04 05:23 — Last Updated: Fri, 2012-05-04 05:28

AFL Preview

Round 6

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What have we learned from the season so far as we head into round 6? It seems that Sydney is far better than we had ever thought and maybe Hawthorn is not. Grand finalists Collingwood and Geelong are slowly working their way up the ladder after average starts  read more »

Crows Take Showdown Honors

by kloeds — Wed, 2012-05-02 18:04 — Last Updated: Thu, 2012-05-03 04:07

Round Five saw cross-town rivals Port Adelaide and Adelaide meet for the 32nd time. Although Port led the overall scorecard 17-14 it was the in-form Crows who went into the game as the favorites. Over the years the “Showdowns” - as these match ups are known - have often been fierce contests with high intensity starts and, not to disappoint, this game featured a phenomenal opening.  read more »

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