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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 »

Bulldog Coach Eade Record

by Lisa Albergo — Tue, 2010-08-17 19:56 — Last Updated: Sat, 2010-08-21 19:39

Round 21 represents the 550th game for Bulldog Coach Rodney Eade as a player or coach. Eade played 229 games with Hawthorn and 30 games for the Brisbane Bears. He coached Sydney in 152 games before joining the Bulldogs. Eade becomes just the 13th person in the history of the League to reach this mark.
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Round 15 Injury Report

by Lisa Albergo — Tue, 2010-07-06 20:10 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-07-07 19:14

FREMANTLE
Michael Barlow, broken leg, season
Greg Broughton, hamstring, 1 week
Antoni Grover, hamstring, 1-2 weeks
Chris Mayne, ankle, 1 week  read more »

Two Lose At Tribunal

by Lisa Albergo — Wed, 2010-05-05 18:02 — Last Updated: Tue, 2010-05-11 19:21

TRIBUNAL

Charges Laid:
James McDonald (MELB), striking North Melbourne's Andrew Swallow: assessed as intentional conduct (three points), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point), equaling five activation points, a Level Two offense, 125 demerits, and a one game suspension. His five year good record reduces the penalty 25% to 93.75 demerits. He accepted, reducing the penalty a further 25% to 70.31 demerits. As a result, he comes away with a reprimand with the demerits held over toward his future record.  read more »

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