1 PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local)
Round 11
Friday June 12
Port Adelaide v Geelong Cats at Adelaide Oval, 7.20pm
Saturday June 13
Gold Coast Suns v Fremantle at Metricon Stadium, 1.40pm
West Coast v Essendon at Domain Stadium, 2.35pm
North Melbourne v Sydney Swans at Etihad Stadium, 7.20pm
Sunday June 14
Collingwood v GWS Giants at the MCG, 1.10pm
St Kilda v Melbourne at Etihad Stadium, 4.40pm
NAB AFL U18s CHAMPIONSHIPS
Division One, Round Four
Saturday June 13 - WA v Vic Metro at Domain Stadium, 11.20am
Sunday June 14 – SA v Vic Country at AAMI Stadium, 11am
2 IMPENDING MILESTONES
AFL Life Membership – Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn. Sam is due to qualify for automatic AFL Life Membership this week with his 300th official game since his debut in 2002, having so far played 270 premiership matches, 27 pre-season games, one State of Origin match and one International Rules match.
150 games – Lynden Dunn, Melbourne
100 games – Jesse White, Collingwood
100 games – Michael Barlow, Fremantle
100 games – Ben Reid, Collingwood
50 games – Kyle Cheney, Adelaide Crows
50 games – Jack Hombsch, Port Adelaide
50 games – Elliott Yeo, West Coast
50 consecutive games – Trent Cotchin, Richmond. Trent has played 49 consecutive games for Richmond since Round Eight, 2013.
50 consecutive games – Lynden Dunn, Melbourne. Lynden has played 49 consecutive games for Melbourne since Round Six, 2013.
Most Games, Rookie List Player – Michael Firrito, North Melbourne. Michael is due to play his 241st league game this week, taking him level with Brett Kirk in fifth spot for most games by any player who began his career on an AFL rookie list. The most games by rookie list players are - Dean Cox (290 games, 2000 Rookie Draft), Stephen Milne (275 games, 2000 Rookie Draft), James McDonald (264 games, 1997 Rookie Draft), Matthew Boyd (247 games, 2002 Rookie Draft), Brett Kirk (241 games, 1999 Rookie Draft), Michael Firrito (240 games, 2003 Rookie Draft), Mal Michael (238 games, 1997 Rookie Draft), Darren Jolly (237 games, 2001 Rookie Draft), Michael Doughty (231 games, 2000 Rookie Draft), Ben Rutten (229 games, 2002 Rookie Draft).
3 TRIBUNAL MATCH REVIEW PROCESS
The expected process for the 2015 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 yesterday’s match at the MCG:
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 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:
Maverick Weller, St Kilda. One match from round nine.
Currently Suspended:
Nil.
6 LONG-TERM INJURY LIST CHANGES
The AFL wishes to advise the following recent changes have been made to the long-term injury list.
Brisbane Lions have reinstated Pearce Hanley to the senior list from the long-term injury list, and returned Zac O’Brien to the rookie list.
Brisbane Lions have placed Michael Close on the long-term injury list and upgraded Zac O’Brien from the rookie list as his replacement.
Brisbane Lions have placed Jackson Paine on the long-term injury list and upgraded Jordon Bourke from the rookie list as his replacement.
Brisbane Lions have placed Claye Beams on the long-term injury list and upgraded Hugh Beasley from the rookie list as his replacement.
Collingwood has reinstated Levi Greenwood to the senior list from the long-term injury list, and returned Tony Armstrong to the rookie list.
Essendon has reinstated Jason Winderlich to the senior list from the long-term injury list, and returned Shaun McKernan to the rookie list.
Port Adelaide has reinstated William Frampton to the senior list from the long-term injury list, and returned Nathan Krakouer to the rookie list.
7 APPLICATIONS FOR DAY PASSES FOR AFL MATCHES
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 premiership season. 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. Please contact Patrick Keane for any further queries.
8 NOMINATED ROOKIE PLAYERS
The following list changes were made in the lead-up to round one under the AFL player rules regarding Nominated Rookie Players, who can play during the premiership season:
Carlton – Ciaran Sheehan and Cameron Wood.
Collingwood –Jack Frost.
Gold Coast Suns – Greg Broughton and Adam Saad.
Richmond – Kane Lambert.
9 2014 LAWS OF THE GAME – INSTRUCTION DVD
A video on the AFL Umpiring Department approach to the 2015 Toyota AFL Premiership Season can be found at this link - http://www.afl.com.au/video/2015-02-18/how-the-game-will-be-umpired-in-2015 . In 2015, umpires have a number of cues to look for when paying a stricter interpretation of Holding the Ball, and also how to adjudge blocking / shepherding in marking contests when it is a 2v1 contest. The full explanation is detailed here for all interested media.
10 GWS GIANTS EXPANSION COMPENSATION PICK
As a reminder to all media, the AFL wishes to advise the following GWS Giants expansion compensation pick MUST be used at this year’s 2015 NAB AFL Draft. Expansion picks were able to be activated in any of the five drafts in the period 2011-2015 and the following selection remains available.
Gold Coast Suns, end round one selection. Received from Fremantle (compensation for the loss of Rhys Palmer) via a trade to the GWS Giants in 2011 and then a trade to the GC Suns in 2012.
The club is able to trade this selection in the 2015 AFL Exchange Period.
11 2015 NAB AFL U18s CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2015 NAB AFL Under 18s Championships are now under underway. The results so far and remaining matches are listed below, but please note the fixture is subject to change (all times are local).
Results
WA def SA on May 23
Vic Country def Vic Metro on May 24
SA def Vic Metro on May 30
Vic Country def WA on May 31
SA def WA on June 6
Vic Country def Vic Metro on June 7
Division One, Round Four
Saturday June 13 - WA v Vic Metro at Domain Stadium, 11.20am
Sunday June 14 – SA v Vic Country at AAMI Stadium, 11am
Division Two, Round One
Saturday June 20
NSW/ACT v Tasmania at Gold Coast, 10am
Queensland v NT at Gold Coast, 12.30pm
Division One, Round Five
Friday June 26
Vic Country v SA at Simonds Stadium, 12.35pm
Vic Metro v WA at Simonds Stadium, 2.35pm
Division Two, Round Two
Saturday June 27
Tasmania v Queensland at Simonds Stadium, 12pm
NSW/ACT v NT at Simonds Stadium, 2.10pm
Division One, Round Six
Wednesday July 1 – Vic Metro v SA at Etihad Stadium, 5.05pm
Thursday July 2 – Vic Country v WA at Simonds Stadium, 1.15pm
Division Two, Round Three
Wednesday July 1 – NT v Tasmania at Etihad Stadium, 3.05pm
Thursday July 2 - NSW/ACT v Queensland at Simonds Stadium, 11.05am
12 2015 NAB AFL U16s CHAMPIONSHIPS
Please find attached the fixture for the 2015 NAB AFL Under 16s Championships. Please note the fixture is subject to change (all times are local).
Round 1
Saturday July 4
WA v Vic Country at Metricon Stadium, 9am
SA v Vic Metro at Metricon Stadium, 11.20am
Sunday July 5
Tas v NSW/ACT at Southport, 11am
Qld v NT at Southport, 1.30pm
Round 2
Tuesday July 7
Vic Country v Vic Metro at Metricon Stadium, 12pm
WA v SA at Metricon Stadium, 2pm
Boomerangs v World XV111 at Metricon Stadium, 4pm
Wednesday July 8
Qld v Tas at Southport, 11am
NT v NSW/ACT at Southport, 1pm
Round 3
Friday July 10
Vic Country v SA at Southport, 10am
Vic Metro v WA at Southport, 12pm
Boomerangs v World XV111 at Southport, 2pm
Saturday July 11
NT v Tas at Metricon Stadium, 10am
Qld v NSW/ACT at Metricon Stadium, 12pm
13 2015 AFL KEY DATES
Please find below the INDICATIVE key dates for the 2015 season around club list requirements, AFL Trade Period and the NAB AFL Draft Process:
Friday 9 October - NAB AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period Commences.
Friday 9 October by 2pm – NAB AFL Father-Son Bidding Nominations; Academy Bidding Nominations lodged with AFL.
Monday 12 October 10am - Father/Son & Academy Players Bidding Meeting; NAB AFL Trade Period Commences.
Sunday 18 October at 5pm - Close of NAB AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period.
Wednesday 21 October - NAB AFL Restricted Free Agency Matching Offer Three-Day Period Ends
Thursday 22 October at 2pm – NAB AFL Trade Period Closes.
Friday 30 October by 2pm - List Lodgement (1); Rookie Promotion to Primary List; Retained 2nd & 3rd Year Rookies; Scholarship Players; Alternate Talent Player Nominations, TPP Estimates.
