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AFL-BigPond expands free live steaming offer

by lberns1 — Fri, 2009-07-24 07:01 — Last Updated: Fri, 2009-07-24 07:54

Found this on the BigPond site:  read more »

See Australia v Ireland and Tour With Kevin Sheedy

by admincms — Mon, 2009-04-27 21:14 — Last Updated: Wed, 2009-05-13 19:02

(Updated Tour Brochure added! 05/13/2009)
Voyager Travel of Melbourne has announced a travel and tour package to see the Australia v Ireland matches this coming October to be hosted by Kevin Sheedy.  The tour itinerary includes a tour of Ireland with an option to also cruise in mainland Europe from Prague in the Czech Republic.  American and Canadian residents can join the tour by connecting from flights in the US and Canada.  According to Nathan Feld of Voyager Travel,  read more »

New Faces For 2009

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2008-12-21 19:41 — Last Updated: Fri, 2008-12-26 21:56

Team changes, rookies and the rest

The preseason draft was held on December 16, 2008. It represented the last chance for players to enter or -re-enter AFL ranks for 2009. The biggest story of the day was former Eagle Ben Cousins being picked up by the Richmond Tigers. Players and fans welcomed him with open arms and Cousins promised to repay their faith. He told a massive throng of reporters that he was clean and that his drug rehabilitation was progressing well.  read more »

Draft and Other News

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2008-11-30 17:09 — Last Updated: Tue, 2008-12-23 18:25

Changes of all off season sorts

HAWTHORN
In early November, Shane Crawford announced his retirement. Crawford, 34, had been considering his decision for some weeks before informing Coach Alistair Clarkson and football manager Mark Evans. Crawford suffered from knee tendinitis for much of this past season, but was recently cleared by medical staff to play on in 2009 and had agreed in principle to a new contract.

In making his announcement, Crawford said he had achieved everything he had set out to do in his career and that the 2008 premiership was the highlight. He also said ending his career on such a high was the way to leave the game. He thanked the club for their support and said he was proud to have been a one-club player and would look back on his career with fond memories.  read more »

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