Here follows the AFL news list for this week.

1 PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local)

AFL (Round 22):
Friday August 18
Adelaide Crows v Sydney Swans at Adelaide Oval, 7.20pm

Saturday August 19
Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide at Eureka Stadium, 1.45pm
Collingwood v Geelong Cats at the MCG, 2.10pm; Curtain Raiser – International Cup Men’s Grand Final, 11.15am
GWS Giants v West Coast at Spotless Stadium, 4.35pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – GWS Giants v Brisbane Lions, 12.55pm
Gold Coast Suns v Essendon at Metricon Stadium, 7.25pm; Curtain Raiser (NEAFL) – Gold Coast Suns v Sydney Swans, 12pm
Carlton v Hawthorn at Etihad Stadium, 7.25pm; Curtain Raiser – International Cup Women’s Grand Final, 4.30pm

Sunday August 20
Melbourne v Brisbane Lions at the MCG, 1.10pm
Fremantle v Richmond at Domain Stadium, 2.40pm
St Kilda v North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium, 3.20pm


2 IMPENDING MILESTONES

Most games, indigenous player – Shaun Burgoyne, Hawthorn. Shaun is due to play his 340th game this week, drawing level with Andrew McLeod (340 games for the Adelaide Crows) in second spot for most games by an Aboriginal/Torres Strait Island player. Lance Franklin is also due to draw level with Darryl White in seventh position on this same list. The most games are Adam Goodes (372 games for the Sydney Swans), Andrew McLeod (340 games for the Adelaide Crows), Shaun Burgoyne (339 games for Port Adelaide and Hawthorn), Michael O’Loughlin (303 games for the Sydney Swans), Gavin Wanganeen (300 games for Essendon and Port Adelaide), Eddie Betts (272 games for Carlton and the Adelaide Crows), Darryl White (268 games for the Brisbane Lions), Lance Franklin (267 games for Hawthorn and the Sydney Swans), Chris Johnson (264 games for Fitzroy and the Brisbane Lions), Danyle Pearce (255 games for Port Adelaide and Fremantle).

Most Games Coached at One Club – Alastair Clarkson, Hawthorn. Alastair is due to coach his 304th game with Hawthorn this week, drawing level with Reg Hickey in seventh spot for most games coached at one club in VFL/AFL history. The most games at one club are 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) and Alastair Clarkson (303 games with Hawthorn).

150 games – Hayden Ballantyne, Fremantle
150 games – Taylor Walker, Adelaide Crows
150 games – Scott Selwood, Geelong Cats
150 games – Matt de Boer, GWS Giants
100 games – Taylor Duryea, Hawthorn
100 games – Dylan Grimes, Richmond
100 club games – Jamie Cripps, West Coast
50 games – Jesse Hogan, Melbourne
50 games – Tom Boyd, Western Bulldogs
50 games – Brayden Maynard, Collingwood
50 club games – Billy Longer, St Kilda
50 consecutive games – Richard Douglas, Adelaide Crows. Richard has played 49 consecutive games since round 21, 2015.
850 career goals – Lance Franklin, Sydney Swans. Lance needs seven goals to reach 850 career goals, having kicked 843 goals for Hawthorn and the Sydney Swans since his debut in 2005. He would become the 10th player in VFL/AFL history to reach this mark behind Tony Lockett (1360 goals for St Kilda and the Sydney Swans), Gordon Coventry (1299 goals for Collingwood), Jason Dunstall (1254 goals for Hawthorn), Doug Wade (1057 goals for Geelong and North Melbourne), Gary Ablett senior (1030 goals for Hawthorn and Geelong), Jack Titus (970 goals for Richmond), Matthew Lloyd (926 goals for Essendon), Leigh Matthews (915 goals for Hawthorn) and Peter McKenna (874 goals for Collingwood and Carlton).
500 club goals – Josh Kennedy, West Coast. Josh has kicked 499 goals for the club since his debut in 2008. He needs one goal to become the second Eagles’ player after Peter Sumich (514 goals, 1989-97) to reach 500 career goals for the club.


3 TRIBUNAL MATCH REVIEW PROCESS

The expected process for the 2017 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.

The following players were reported from the weekend’s matches:

Toby Greene, GWS Giants, reported by umpire Dean Margetts for engaging in rough conduct against Luke Dahlhaus, Western Bulldogs, during the third quarter of the Round 21 match between the GWS Giants and the Western Bulldogs, played at Etihad Stadium on Friday August 11, 2017.


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 2017 AFL INTERNATIONAL CUP

The 2017 AFL International Cup continues this week. Matches will be played in Royal Park in Melbourne, on Tuesday, August 15 and Friday, August 18. The full fixture is available here: http://www.afl.com.au/internationalcup/ Grand finals will be played on Saturday, August 19. The Division One Men’s grand final will be played as curtain-raiser to Collingwood v Geelong Cats at the MCG. The Women’s grand final will be played as a curtain-raiser to Carlton v Hawthorn at Etihad Stadium. Twenty-six teams are competing in the carnival; 18 men’s and eight women’s.

Men’s teams: Canada, China, Croatia, Fiji, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Nauru, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Sri Lanka, USA.
Women’s teams: Canada, European Crusaders, Fiji, Great Britain, Ireland, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, USA.

The AFL International Cup is played every three years. No expatriate Australians are eligible to play. Teams comprise solely of amateurs who must be nationals of the country they represent. For media enquiries, please contact Lilly Skacej: lilly.skacej@afl.com.au


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:
Tomas Bugg, Melbourne. Six matches from round 15.
Mitch Duncan, Geelong Cats. One match from round 20.
Shane Mumford, GWS Giants. One match from round 20.
Zac Merrett, Essendon. One match from round 20.

Currently Suspended:
Tom Hawkins, Geelong Cats. One match to serve. Two matches from round 20.
Brodie Grundy, Collingwood. One match to serve. Two matches from round 20.


7 UPGRADED ROOKIES

As a reminder to all media, the following players have been upgraded to senior lists under the provisions of the pre-season / mid-season nominated rookie rules:
Adelaide Crows – Jonathon Beech (mid-season).
Collingwood – Henry Schade (pre-season).
Collingwood – Josh Thomas (mid-season).
Essendon – Shaun McKernan (mid-season).
Gold Coast Suns – Ryan Davis (mid-season).
GWS Giants – Daniel Lloyd (pre-season).
GWS Giants – Sam Reid (pre-season).
GWS Giants – Jake Stein (mid-season).
Melbourne – Joel Smith (mid-season).
North Melbourne – Cameron Zurhaar (mid-season)
Port Adelaide – Brett Eddy (pre-season).
Port Adelaide – Dan Houston (pre-season).
Richmond – Ivan Soldo (mid-season).
St Kilda – Rowan Marshall (mid-season).
West Coast – Fraser McInnes (mid-season).


8 LONG TERM INJURY LIST

The AFL wishes to advise the following changes have been made to club lists via the long-term injury list rules;

The Geelong Cats have upgraded Jack Henry from the rookie list as the replacement for Lincoln McCarthy, who was already on the long-term injury list.
Richmond has reinstated Shaun Hampson to the senior list from the long-term injury list.


9 KEY DATES, NAB AFL TRADE PERIOD / DRAFT PROCESS

Please find below the key dates for the 2017 season around club list requirements, NAB AFL Trade Period and the NAB AFL Draft Process:

Tuesday 3 October – Friday 6 October – AFL Draft Combine
Friday 6 October - AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period Commences
Monday 9 October 9am - NAB AFL Trade Period Commences
Saturday 14 October - South Australian Draft Combine
Sunday 15 October - West Australian Draft Combine
Sunday 15 October 5pm - Close of AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period.
Wednesday 18 October - AFL Restricted Free Agency Matching Offer Three-Day Period Ends
Thursday 19 October 2pm – NAB AFL Trade Period Closes
Friday 20 October 5pm - Application to Relist a Player Close
Tuesday 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; Northern Academy, Next Generation Academy Players Lodged; TPP Pre-Season Estimates (1).
Wednesday 1 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (1) Commences
Wednesday 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
Thursday 9 November 2pm - List Lodgement (2); TPP Pre-Season Estimates (2)
Friday 10 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Commences
Friday 17 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, Final Draft Nomination Form Lodgement.
Friday 17 November 5pm - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Closes
Friday 24 November - NAB AFL Draft Selection Meeting (Sydney, time and location tbc) including Father/Son & Academy Players Bidding.
Saturday 25 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (3) Commences
Sunday 26 November 2pm - AFL Delisted Free Agency Period (3) Concludes
Monday 27 November - AFL Club List Lodgement (3).
Monday 27 November 5pm - NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft Selection Meeting (Telstra Webex)
Monday 27 November 5.05pm - Notification of Pre-Selected Rookies if not selected in the Pre-Season Draft.
Monday 27 November 5.10pm - NAB AFL Rookie Draft Selection Meeting (Telstra Webex)
Wednesday 29 November 2pm - Final AFL Club List Lodgement; Final TPP Pre-Season Estimates


10 AFL PHOTOGRAPHER ONFIELD VESTS

For all accredited photographers for the 2017 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, only those with an on-field vest may access the playing surface inside the boundary line for the quarter breaks and post-game when players are leaving the field. All other photographers must remain between the fence and boundary line under the accreditation terms. 2017 on-field vests are fluro green with 2017 on back (accredited organisations), dark blue (AFL photos) and light blue (club/AFL social media).


11 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT – TRADED FUTURE SELECTIONS / DRAFT PENALTY

As a reminder to all media, the following selections at this year’s 2017 NAB AFL Draft were traded during last year’s trade period.

Round One:
Brisbane Lions, received from Port Adelaide.
St Kilda, received from Hawthorn.
Richmond, received from the Geelong Cats, via Carlton and GWS Giants’ on-trades.

Round Two:
Geelong Cats, received from Carlton.
Gold Coast Suns, received from Fremantle.
Gold Coast Suns, received from Richmond.
Gold Coast Suns, received from Hawthorn.
GWS Giants, received from Collingwood.
GWS Giants, received from St Kilda.
Hawthorn, received from GWS Giants, via Carlton.

Round Three:
Brisbane Lions, received from Collingwood.
Collingwood, received from the Brisbane Lions.
Western Bulldogs, received from North Melbourne.
Richmond, received from the GWS Giants.
North Melbourne, received from the Western Bulldogs.

Round Four:
Collingwood, received from the Brisbane Lions.
Fremantle, received from the Gold Coast Suns.
St Kilda, received from North Melbourne, via Western Bulldogs on-trade.
North Melbourne, received from the Western Bulldogs.

Round Five
Western Bulldogs, received from St Kilda.

Further, the GWS Giants had a penalty of 1000 draft points imposed by the AFL Commission at a hearing in Melbourne on December 22, 2016. The penalty of 1000 points will be deducted from the round one pick the club is assigned after the completion of the 2017 Toyota AFL Finals Series.


12 2017 CLUB NEXT GENERATION ACADEMIES, 2017 DRAFT ELIGIBLE PLAYERS

The following players, who are registered with Club Next Generation Academies, are draft-age eligible for the 2017 NAB AFL Draft:
Carlton – Ethan Penrith (Reservoir); Artan Cabdi (Heidelberg Heights).
Essendon – Daniel Hanna (East Keilor).
Geelong Cats – Titak Nyak (Corio).
Hawthorn – Tony Olungu (Marrara); Changkuoth Jiath (Morwell); Bol Jok (Pakenham); Tyrone Hayes (Lakes Entrance).
Richmond – Derek Smith (Mildura); David Smith (Shepparton); Anthony Walker (Kialla).


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.