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AFL Weekly Review Round Nine 2007

AFL Round 9

by Tim Murphy

At Subiaco:

Fremantle   6.6   8.6   10.9   15.11.101
St. Kilda   1.4   2.11   5.16   6.19.55

Freo stayed in touch by winning but weren’t convincing against a bedraggled Sinkilda side. Despite dominating stoppages through their following team, the Dockulaters fiddled about with the ball far too much in the middle quarters. The Saints allegedly had 24 fit players to choose from last weekend and not many more here,

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Round Nine Tribunal Results

by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA fron Chicago

Charges Laid:

Heath Black (FRE), engaging in rough conduct against St. Kilda's Andrew McQualter: assessed as negligent conduct (one point), low impact (one point), and body contact (one point), equaling three points, a Level One offense, 125 demerits, and a one game suspension. He has no existing good or bad record and accepted, reducing the penalty 25% to 93.75 demerits and a reprimand with the demerits held over toward his future record.
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Round 10 Injury Report

by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago

ADELAIDE
Injury Update:
Trent Hentschel & Rhett Biglands, knee, season
Matthew Bode, knee, 10-12 weeks
Kurt Tippett, shoulder reconstruction, season
Darren Pfeiffer, glandular fever, indefinite

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World Anti-Doping Agency And Feds Weigh In On AFL Drugs Policy

by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has told the AFL it must abandon its current drug policy. The agency believes the code "lacks transparency" and could take football down the same path as American baseball and its recent drug scandal.
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Round Nine Scores

by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago

David Neitz (knee), Russell Robertson (knee) and Brock McLean (foot) returned to play this week for Melbourne, but Colin Sylvia (hamstring), Matthew Whelan (foot) and Ryan Ferguson (thumb) all missed.

After being ruled out for 3-4 weeks with a fractured eye socket, Matthew Richardson was a shock inclusion for the Tigers this week. Richardson suffered the facial fracture just last week. Also coming into the side this week was Jack Riewoldt for his senior debut. He is cousin to St. Kilda's Nick Riewoldt.

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Dockers Best Saints in Indigenous Round

by Janet Linn reporting for AFANA from Subiaco Oval

Round 9 of the AFL season is known as the Indigenous Round and coincides with the beginning of National Reconciliation Week in Australia. It is an acknowledgment of the unique contributions made to Australian Rules Football by indigenous footballers of whom there are currently 71 playing in the AFL (10% of the total player group). All matches this weekend began with Welcome to Country ceremonies; five games were preceded by curtain-raiser matches between indigenous teams.

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Round Eight Tribunal Results

by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago

TRIBUNAL
Charges Laid:

Josh Carr (FRE), striking Geelong's Steve Johnson: assessed as intentional conduct (three points), low impact (one point), and body contact (one point), equaling five points, a Level Two offense, 125 demerits, and a one game suspension. He has an existing poor record of three matches suspended within the last three years, increasing the penalty 30%. He also has 25 demerits held over from the previous 12 months, further increasing his penalty to 187.50 demerits.
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Round Nine Injury

by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago

ADELAIDE
Injury Update:
Trent Hentschel & Rhett Biglands, knee, season
Mark Ricciuto, back, ongoing assessment
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