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Thursday February 19, 2009

Teams

Team coloursADELAIDE CROWS

Nippy All Stars leave Crows with work to do

All Star Graham Johncock. It was fast, furious and, on the scoreboard, fruitless, but coach Neil Craig said more good than bad came from his team's overwhelming loss to the Indigenous All Stars.

Team coloursBRISBANE LIONS

Walking the borderline between arrogance and self-belief

Michael Voss was just 19 and a veteran of 34 AFL games when, on the eve of the 1995 season, he was asked to tip that year's club champion. The teenager nominated himself.

Team coloursCARLTON BLUES

No holding back for North and Carlton

North Melbourne and Carlton name near-full strength squads for NAB Cup clash, but emergence of some new draftees has them most excited.

Team coloursCOLLINGWOOD MAGPIES

Free Maxwell, say legends

AFL greats Kevin Bartlett and Nathan Buckley believe tribunal got it wrong when it suspended Collingwood's new captain Nick Maxwell.

Team coloursESSENDON BOMBERS

Three injured Dons get all clear to play

Essendon's Scott Lucas at training. The Bombers have received three major boosts to their list ahead of their NAB Cup clash with the Brisbane Lions on Friday week.

Team coloursFREMANTLE DOCKERS

Dockers' loss points to bright future

Dockers coach Mark Harvey still believes the future for Fremantle is extremely bright - despite throwing away the chance for a shock NAB Cup victory over Richmond at Subiaco Oval.

Team coloursGEELONG CATS

Stray kicking mars Cat fight

To the dedicated Cats fan, it was almost the perfect game of footy but a hint of the 2008 premiership loss still lingers.

Team coloursHAWTHORN HAWKS

Fit, muscled-up Demons itching for shot at Hawks

Melbourne coach Dean Bailey has a squad of 33 fit and ready to go against Hawthorn.

Team coloursKANGAROOS

No holding back for North and Carlton

North Melbourne and Carlton name near-full strength squads for NAB Cup clash, but emergence of some new draftees has them most excited.

Team coloursMELBOURNE DEMONS

Fit, muscled-up Demons itching for shot at Hawks

Melbourne coach Dean Bailey has a squad of 33 fit and ready to go against Hawthorn.

Team coloursPORT ADELAIDE

Cassisi named Port Adelaide captain

Midfielder Domenic Cassisi has been appointed captain of Port Adelaide. The 26-year-old replaces Warren Tredrea who relinquished the position.

Team coloursRICHMOND TIGERS

A-League grand final remains at Telstra Dome

The A-League grand final will go ahead as scheduled at Telstra Dome on February 28 after the AFL agreed to move Ben Cousins' likely comeback game.

Team coloursST KILDA SAINTS

AFL deems Eddy-umpire clash an accident

An unfortunate accident is how the clash between rookie umpire Ben Ryan and St Kilda's Robert Eddy has been described by the AFL.

Team coloursSYDNEY SWANS

Lone Irishman resists the green, green grass of home

When Tadhg Kennelly announced last month his AFL career was over, many people were shocked.

Team coloursWEST COAST EAGLES

Criticism takes eye off the ball

The game is not being sanitised, merely refined.

Team coloursWESTERN BULLDOGS

Bulldogs out early, but positive

Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade has found positives out of his team's round-one exit from the NAB Cup, on a night when the focus leaned towards fundraising for bushfire victims.