Round Two NAB Cup

Thursday February 26

Collingwood v Richmond at Telstra Dome, 7.10pm

Friday February 27

Essendon v Brisbane Lions at Telstra Dome, 7.40pm

Saturday February 28

Port Adelaide v Geelong Cats at AAMI Stadium, 4.40pm

Sunday March 1

Carlton v Hawthorn at Telstra Dome, 4.40pm

NAB Challenge

Friday February 27

St Kilda v Western Bulldogs at Visy Park, 4.30pm

West Coast v Adelaide at Alice Springs, 7pm

Saturday February 28

North Melbourne v Fremantle at Manuka Oval, 1pm

Melbourne v Sydney Swans at Visy Park, 1pm

IMPENDING MILESTONES

Most Pre-Season Games - Nick Stevens, Carlton. Nick is due to play his 32nd pre-season match this week, taking him into the leading 10 players in the history of the game, behind only John Blakey (45), Wayne Carey (36), Glenn Archer (36), Robert Scott (34), Mick Martyn (34), Anthony Stevens (34), Shannon Grant (33) and Adam Simpson (33) and level with Chris Langford (32) and Nigel Smart (32).

TRIBUNAL MATCH REVIEW PROCESS

The expected process for the 2009 AFL Season under the AFL Match Review system is that the AFL will issue a media release late on the Monday afternoon 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:

Paul Johnson Melbourne, reported by umpire Scott McLaren for striking Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn, during the first quarter of the Round One NAB Cup match between Melbourne and Hawthorn, played at Aurora Stadium on Saturday February 21, 2009.

Clinton Young, Hawthorn, reported by umpire Scott McLaren for engaging in rough conduct against Aaron Davey, Melbourne, during the first quarter of the Round One NAB Cup match between Hawthorn and Melbourne, played at Aurora Stadium on Saturday February 21, 2009.

Daniel Motlop, Port Adelaide, reported by umpire Matthew Nicholls for charging Jesse White, Sydney Swans, during the first quarter of the Round One NAB Cup match between Port Adelaide and the Sydney Swans, played at Manuka Oval on Sunday February 22, 2009.

TEAM SELECTION INFORMATION

For all matches in the 2009 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, the AFL wishes to advise that team selection requirements from the AFL are as follows:

Friday and Saturday matches - Teams to be submitted by 5pm the preceding Thursday.

Sunday matches - Squads to be submitted by 5pm on Thursday and confirmed as final teams by 5pm on Friday.

Monday matches - Squads to be submitted by 5pm on Thursday and confirmed as final teams by 4pm on Saturday.