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Saturday December 20, 2008

Teams

Team coloursADELAIDE CROWS

Rob Chapman appointed Crows chairman

Bank of SA managing director Rob Chapman has been appointed chairman of AFL club Adelaide by its newly-formed board.

Team coloursBRISBANE LIONS

New hope for Davis

The door has been left ajar for former Sydney premiership player Nick Davis at the Brisbane Lions ahead of Tuesday's AFL pre-season draft.

Team coloursCARLTON BLUES

Blue Skies

Brett Ratten can't believe his "good fortune" in arriving at a battered Carlton during a time of great change.

Team coloursCOLLINGWOOD MAGPIES

Buckley endorses Maxwell as the Pies' captain

Collingwood opts for a no-frills appointment for its 45th captain, announcing Nick Maxwell will assume mantle vacated by Scott Burns at end of last season.

Team coloursESSENDON BOMBERS

Skipworth a worthy addition

Eight years ago, Hayden Skipworth's dream came true. At 17, was drafted by Adelaide, his favourite football team, with the No. 53 pick.

Team coloursFREMANTLE DOCKERS

Dockers 'no' to Polak rookie bid

Fremantle will oppose Richmond's application to move injured forward Graham Polak on to the rookie list, in what looms as a potential road block for Ben Cousins.

Team coloursGEELONG CATS

McKenna admits: I've talked to Ablett

Nathan Ablett Former Geelong forward Nathan Ablett is likely to become a development project for AFL's newest team on the Gold Coast.

Team coloursHAWTHORN HAWKS

Pre-season delay for Hodge

Premiership player Luke Hodge's pre-season training derailed by surgery, preventing him from joining full-contact drills for up to three months.

Team coloursKANGAROOS

Here is the non-news: Roos choose Harvey

This is not a news story. A news story is when we tell you something you didn't know or couldn't have reasonably assumed. This is not one of those occasions.

Team coloursMELBOURNE DEMONS

Demons secure $2m in deal

Melbourne Football Club has secured $2 million in funding after the Melbourne Cricket Club agreed to match the AFL's $1 million lifeline.

Team coloursPORT ADELAIDE

Carr revs up for return to Power

Port Adelaide premiership star Josh Carr says he hopes his future at the club will be as good as his past after four years playing with Fremantle.

Team coloursRICHMOND TIGERS

Cousins confident and clean

A humbled Ben Cousins admits to "a healthy confidence" in his football ability, but says drug use fuelled his resentment at being portrayed as a role model.

Team coloursST KILDA SAINTS

Maguire endures the long, long wait

Few milestones would mean more to a player than St Kilda's Matt Maguire, who sits stranded on 99 games after his 2008 season was called off in May.

Team coloursSYDNEY SWANS

Sydney pick up third Irishman

THE international and experimental nature of the Swans' playing list continues to develop, with the club adding a third Irishman and possibly the AFL's first Canadian in yesterday's pre-season draft in an attempt to bolster its ranks from outside the game's traditional territories.

Team coloursWEST COAST EAGLES

Dockers 'no' to Polak rookie bid

Fremantle will oppose Richmond's application to move injured forward Graham Polak on to the rookie list, in what looms as a potential road block for Ben Cousins.

Team coloursWESTERN BULLDOGS

Bulldogs to bite back as Eade aims high for 2009

Several young pups showed renewed upper body strength returning from pre-season trip to Arizona, but the old Dogs showed plenty of muscle at training yesterday.