Here follows the AFL news list for this week.
1 PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local)
Round Twenty Three:
Friday August 26
Adelaide Crows v West Coast at Adelaide Oval, 7.40pm; Curtain Raiser – Adelaide FC Legends Match
Saturday August 27
Geelong Cats v Melbourne at Simonds Stadium, 1.45pm
Essendon v Carlton at the MCG, 2.10pm
Sydney Swans v Richmond at the SCG, 4.35pm
North Melbourne v GWS Giants at Etihad Stadium, 7.25pm
Gold Coast Suns v Port Adelaide at Metricon Stadium, 7.25pm
Sunday August 28
St Kilda v Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium, 1.10pm
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs at Domain Stadium, 2.40pm
Hawthorn v Collingwood at the MCG, 3.20pm
2 IMPENDING MILESTONES
200 games – Daniel Merrett, Brisbane Lions
200 games – Dale Thomas, Carlton
150 games – David Armitage, St Kilda
150 games – Alex Rance, Richmond
100 games – Matt Shaw, Gold Coast Suns
50 games – Patrick Ambrose, Essendon
50 games – Sean Lemmens, Gold Coast Suns
50 club games – Jon Griffin, Fremantle
50 club games – Tom Hickey, St Kilda
50 consecutive games – Mark Blicavs, Geelong Cats, Mark has played 49 consecutive games since round 19, 2014.
700 career goals – Matthew Pavlich, Fremantle. Matthew needs one goal to reach 700 career goals, having kicked 699 goals since his debut in 2000.
Most career goals – Lance Franklin, Sydney Swans. Lance needs five goals to draw level with Kevin Bartlett (778 goals for Richmond 1965-83) in 12th spot overall in VFL/AFL history, having so far kicked 773 goals since his debut in 2005.
Most career goals – Nick Riewoldt, St Kilda. Nick needs one goal to draw level with Bob Pratt (681 goals for South Melbourne 1930-46) in 23rd spot overall in VFL/AFL history, having so far kicked 680 goals since his debut in 2001.
Most Games Coached at One Club – Alastair Clarkson, Hawthorn. Alastair is due to coach his 281st game with Hawthorn this week, since assuming the position in 2005. This will take him into equal 10th spot in VFL/AFL history for most games coached at one club. Jock McHale (714 games with Collingwood); Kevin Sheedy (635 games with Essendon); Dick Reynolds (415 games with Essendon); David Parkin (355 games with Carlton); Allan Jeans (333 games with St Kilda); Norm Smith (307 games with Melbourne); Reg Hickey (304 games with Geelong); John Kennedy (299 games with Hawthorn); Michael Malthouse (286 games with Collingwood); Percy Bentley (281 games with Carlton); John Worsfold (281 games with West Coast); Alastair Clarkson (280 games currently with Hawthorn).
3 TRIBUNAL MATCH REVIEW PROCESS
The expected process for the 2016 AFL Season under the AFL Match Review system is that the AFL will issue a media release late on the Monday after each round detailing the penalties to be offered to players for incidents from that round of matches, or the reasons why no further action was to be taken.
The clubs and players then have until 11am on the Tuesday morning to decide whether to accept the penalty on offer, or whether they wish to contest the charge at a Tribunal hearing, to usually be held on the Tuesday night. The AFL will formally detail all instances on the Tuesday of whether cases will proceed to the Tribunal or not.
There were no players reported from the weekend’s matches.
4 TRIBUNAL HEARING LOCATION
The AFL Tribunal is held in the AFL media room on Level LB2 at Etihad Stadium. The AFL wishes to advise that all media covering the Tribunal hearings at Etihad Stadium need to park in the B2 car park (entry off the Bourke St extension) and report to the Etihad Stadium security office to gain admittance via the internal ring road. There will be no access via AFL House to any AFL Tribunal hearing through the season, as our offices will have closed by 6pm each day.
5 WOMEN’S EXHIBITION MATCH, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3
Media working at the Women’s All Stars Match between the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne at the VU Whitten Oval on Saturday September 3 will require their 2016 AFL Media Accreditation.
Media who do not have 2016 AFL Media Accreditation and/or to reserve a place in the press box, please contact Michelle Clyne 0411 964 141.
6 CURRENTLY SUSPENDED PLAYERS
The AFL wishes to advise the players that have completed and currently serving MRP suspensions across the competition are as follows:
Completed:
Zac Dawson, Fremantle. Three matches from round 19.
Currently Suspended:
Simon Tunbridge, West Coast. Two matches to serve. Three matches from round 21.
7 APPLICATIONS FOR DAY PASSES FOR AFL FINALS
The AFL wishes to advise it has updated its system for the production of day passes for late accreditation applications to cover single matches during the Toyota AFL Finals Series. Day passes are now printed with a headshot, meaning any application must be lodged by Wednesday 5pm in the week of the match being requested, with a suitable headshot. Requests for the Grand Final will need to be lodged by Friday September 16, and the AFL cannot guarantee that all requests will be met. Please contact Patrick Keane for any further queries.
8 NOMINATED ROOKIE PROMOTIONS
The AFL wishes to advise the following players have been promoted to the senior list under the various provisions of the rookie rules:
Adelaide Crows – Reilly O’Brien (mid-season rookie promotion).
Carlton – Ciaran Byrne (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
Collingwood – Corey Gault (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
Essendon – Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (WADA-banned player rookie promotion).
Essendon – Conor McKenna (WADA-banned player rookie promotion).
Essendon – Jake Long (mid-season rookie promotion).
Gold Coast Suns – Danny Stanley (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
Melbourne – Josh Wagner (WADA-banned player rookie promotion).
Melbourne – Mitchell White (mid-season rookie promotion).
North Melbourne – Majak Daw (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
North Melbourne – Robin Nahas (mid-season rookie promotion).
Port Adelaide – Nathan Krakouer (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
Port Adelaide – Kane Mitchell (WADA-banned player rookie promotion).
Richmond – Jason Castagna (pre-season nominated rookie promotion).
Richmond – Adam Marcon (mid-season rookie promotion).
St Kilda – Jason Holmes (WADA-banned player rookie promotion).
West Coast – Simon Tunbridge (mid-season rookie promotion).
Western Bulldogs – Roarke Smith (mid-season rookie promotion).
9 LONG TERM INJURY LIST
The AFL wishes to advise the following recent changes have been made to player lists, via the long-term injury list rules:
The Adelaide Crows have placed Sam Shaw on the long-term injury list and upgraded Jonathon Beech from the rookie list as his replacement.
Melbourne has placed Heritier Lumumba on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named from the rookie list at this time.
Richmond has placed Jake Batchelor on the long-term injury list and upgraded Callum Moore from the rookie list as his replacement.
The Sydney Swans have reinstated Kurt Tippett to the senior list from the long-term injury list.
The Sydney Swans have upgraded Harrison Marsh from the rookie list as the replacement for Michael Talia, who was already on the long-term injury list.
The Sydney Swans have upgraded Jordan Foote from the rookie list as the replacement for Daniel Robinson, who was already on the long-term injury list.
10 KEY DATES, NAB AFL TRADE PERIOD / DRAFT PROCESS
Please find below the INDICATIVE key dates for the 2016 season around club list requirements, NAB AFL Trade Period and the NAB AFL Draft Process:
Thursday 6 October – Sunday 9 October – AFL Draft Combine
Friday 7 October - AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period Commences
Monday 10 October 10am - NAB AFL Trade Period Commences
Sunday 16 October 5pm - Close of AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period.
Wednesday 19 October - AFL Restricted Free Agency Matching Offer Three-Day Period Ends
Thursday 20 October 2pm – NAB AFL Trade Period Closes
Friday 21 October 5pm - Application to Relist a Player Close
Monday 31 October 2pm - List Lodgement (1) ; Rookie Promotion to Primary List; Retained 2nd & 3rd Year Rookies; International Scholarship Player; Alternate Talent Player Nominations; Club Notification of Rookie Players Not Accepting a Contract of Offer; Nomination of Draft Eligible Father/Son Players Lodged; TPP Pre-Season Estimates (1).
Tuesday 1 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (1) Commences
Tuesday 8 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (1) Closes, Out of Contract Listed AFL Primary List Players Draft Nomination Form and Player Request for Removal from List Form Lodged with AFL
Wednesday 9 November 2pm - List Lodgement (2); TPP Pre-Season Estimates (2)
Thursday 10 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Commences
Friday 18 November 2pm - Delisted Primary List Draft Nomination Form Lodgement; Non–Retained Rookie Players Draft Nomination Form Lodgement; Players Not Registered or Played for Three years Rookie List Form lodgement; New or Expired (after 3 years) Draft Nomination Form Lodgement, AFL Father-Son Bidding Nominations.
Friday 18 November 5pm - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Closes
Friday 25 November - NAB AFL Draft Selection Meeting (Sydney) including Father/Son & Academy Players Bidding.
Saturday 26 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (3) Commences
Sunday 27 November 2pm - AFL Delisted Free Agency Period (3) Concludes
Monday 28 November - AFL Club List Lodgement (3).
Monday 28 November 4pm - NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft Selection Meeting (Telstra Webex)
Monday 28 November 4.05pm - Notification of Pre-Selected Rookies if not selected in the Pre-Season Draft.
Monday 28 November 4.10pm - NAB AFL Rookie Draft Selection Meeting (Telstra Webex)
Wednesday 30 November 2pm - Final AFL Club List Lodgement; Final TPP Pre-Season Estimates
11 2016 FEMALE FOOTBALL EXHIBITION SERIES
Please find attached the schedule of remaining matches for 2016 (all times are local):
Western Bulldogs defeated Melbourne on March 6
SA Blue defeated SA Red on April 2
Sydney Swans defeated GWS Giants on April 9
West Coast defeated Fremantle on April 9
NT defeated Tasmania on April 10
Brisbane Lions defeated Gold Coast Suns on April 16
Melbourne defeated Queensland on May 22
Western Bulldogs defeated Western Australia on June 5
South Australia defeated New South Wales on June 5
Round Three – Hampson-Hardeman Cup
Saturday September 3
Western Bulldogs v Melbourne at VU Whitten Oval, 7.20pm
12 2016 NAB AFL DRAFT – TRADED FUTURE SELECTIONS
As a reminder to all media, the following selections at this year’s 2016 NAB AFL Draft were traded during last year’s trade period.
Round One
Gold Coast Suns received Melbourne round one selection.
GWS Giants received Collingwood round one selection.
GWS Giants received Geelong round one selection, via Carlton on-trade.
Round Two
Brisbane Lions received St Kilda round two selection, via Collingwood on-trade.
Gold Coast Suns received Fremantle round two selection.
Gold Coast Suns received Port Adelaide round two selection.
Gold Coats Suns received Richmond round two selection.
GWS Giants received Adelaide Crows' round two selection.
Round Three
Brisbane Lions received North Melbourne round three selection.
Carlton received Western Bulldogs round three selection.
Geelong Cats received Brisbane Lions round three selection.
Round Four
Western Bulldogs received Carlton round four selection.
Western Bulldogs received Sydney Swans round four selection.
Round Five
Geelong Cats received GWS Giants round five selection.
13 MEDIA ENTRY TO THE MCG
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) wishes to advise all media working at matches at the MCG they should enter the ground through Gate 3, unless they have underground parking for particular matches. Access control at the ground does not allow entry at Gate 2, for AFL accreditation passes. Further, the MCC also wishes to advise that any equipment being taken up to the host radio boxes or television broadcast boxes should be taken up via goods lift 8, and not the patron lifts 5-7.
14 MEDIA ENTRY TO ETIHAD STADIUM, PRIOR TO PUBLIC GATE TIMES / COLLECTION OF AFL RECORDS
All media who require entry to Etihad Stadium before public gates are open can do the following: Media may enter via Gate 9 from Level B3 (carpark) and Level 1 (concourse) one and a half hours prior to gate entry time. There will be a staff member at each entry point who will check AFL accreditation and will grant access to the Corporate Suites Level where they can access the Press Box, Radio Boxes and TV Broadcast area. A match day AFL record can be collected (one per person) from the customer service staff on the corporate suites level.
