Round Thirteen

Friday June 26

Essendon v Carlton at the MCG, 7.40pm

Saturday June 27

Collingwood v Fremantle at the MCG, 2.10pm

Adelaide v Sydney Swans at AAMI Stadium, 2.40pm; Curtain Raiser – Macca’s JDL, 12.50pm

Brisbane Lions v Melbourne at the Gabba, 7.10pm

West Coast v Hawthorn at Subiaco, 5.40pm; Curtain Raiser – Belt Up Cup Jakovich Grand Final, 3.40pm

Sunday June 28

Geelong Cats v Port Adelaide at Skilled Stadium, 1.10pm; Curtain Raiser – Geelong v Northern Bullants, 9.40am

North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs at the MCG, 2.10pm

St Kilda v Richmond at Docklands, 4.40pm

NAB AFL Under 18s Championships (round four)

Friday June 26

NSW/ACT v South Australia at Visy Park, 2.45pm

Saturday, June 27

Vic Country v Northern Territory at Casey Fields, 11am

Vic Metro v Queensland at Casey Fields, 1pm

Tasmania v WA at Casey Fields, 3pm

IMPENDING MILESTONES

300 games umpired – Stephen McBurney

Most Games Together as a Pair of Players – Tyson Edwards and Andrew McLeod, Adelaide. Tyson and Andrew are due to play their 287th match together for Adelaide this week, since first playing together in Round 11, 1995 against the Western Bulldogs at AAMI Stadium. That would take them into equal second spot in the history of the game for the most matches played together by two players. The leading pairs are Kevin Bartlett and Francis Bourke (289 matches together of a possible 358 for Richmond between 1967-81), Brad Johnson and Scott West (287 matches together of a possible 345 for the Western Bulldogs between 1994-2008), Tyson Edwards and Andrew McLeod (286 matches together of a possible 318 for Adelaide since 1995) and Nathan Burke and Stewart Loewe (280 matches together of a possible 358 for St Kilda between 1987-2002).

250 games - Simon Goodwin, Adelaide. Simon is due to become the seventh player in the history of the club to reach 250 games, joining Andrew McLeod (315 games), Mark Ricciuto (312 games), Ben Hart (311 games), Tyson Edwards (300 games), Nigel Smart (278 games) and Mark Bickley (272 games).

250 games – Barry Hall, Sydney Swans

250 games coached – Mark Williams. Mark is due to become the 25th person in the history of the game to coach 250 games, joining Jock McHale (714 games), Kevin Sheedy (635 games), Michael Malthouse (600 games), Allan Jeans (575 games), Tom Hafey (522 games), David Parkin (518 games), Ron Barassi (514 games), Leigh Matthews (461 games), Norm Smith (449 games), Dick Reynolds (415 games), Percy Bentley (414 games), John Kennedy (411 games), Checker Hughes (378 games), Dan Minogue (363 games), Robert Walls (347 games), Denis Pagan (344 games), John Northey (315 games), Reg Hickey (304 games), Bob Rose (281 games), Jack Worrall (279 games), Phonse Kyne (271 games), Bill Stephen (258 games), Rodney Eade (257 games) and Malcolm Blight (250 games).

150 games – Michael Gardiner, St Kilda

150 games – Mitch Hahn, Western Bulldogs

100 games – Kade Simpson, Carlton

100 games – Matt Maguire, St Kilda

100 games – Dale Morris, Western Bulldogs

100 games – Rick Ladson, Hawthorn

100 games umpired – Ray Chamberlain

100 games at two clubs – Tyson Stenglein, West Coast. Tyson is due to become the 32nd player in the history of the game to record 100 games at two separate clubs, having played 106 games with Adelaide. The full list is Bernie Quinlan 366 games (177 Western Bulldogs, 189 Fitzroy), John Blakey 359 games (135 Fitzroy, 224 Kangaroos), David Cloke 333 games (219 Richmond, 114 Collingwood), Gary Dempsey 329 games (207 Western Bulldogs, 122 Kangaroos), Barry Round 328 games (135 Western Bulldogs, 193 Sydney), Paul Salmon 324 games (224 Essendon, 100 Hawthorn), Roger Merrett 313 games (149 Essendon, 164 Brisbane), Alastair Lynch 306 games (120 Fitzroy, 186 Brisbane), Paul Williams 306 games (189 Collingwood, 117 Sydney), Russell Greene 304 games (120 St Kilda, 184 Hawthorn), Gavin Wanganeen 300 games (127 Essendon, 173 Port Adelaide), Peter Bell 286 games (123 Kangaroos, 163 Fremantle), Darryl Wakelin 261 games (115 St Kilda, 146 Port Adelaide), Fraser Gehrig 260 games (115 West Coast, 145 St Kilda), Matthew Clarke 258 games (130 Brisbane, 118 Adelaide, 10 St Kilda), Sav Rocca 257 games (156 Collingwood, 101 Kangaroos), Daniel Chick 252 games (149 Hawthorn 103 West Coast), Greg Williams 250 games (34 Geelong, 107 Sydney, 109 Carlton), Jeff Farmer 249 games (118 Melbourne, 131 Fremantle), Robert Scott 245 games (132 Geelong, 113 Kangaroos), Paul Hudson 245 games (134 Hawthorn, 107 Western Bulldogs, four Richmond), Stephen Paxman 240 games (102 Fitzroy, 138 Port Adelaide), Dean Rice 234 games (116 St Kilda, 118 Carlton), Anthony Daniher 233 games (115 Sydney, 118 Essendon), Darren Jarman 230 games (109 Hawthorn, 121 Adelaide), Ian Hampshire 224 games (113 Geelong, 111 Western Bulldogs), Tony McGuinness 222 games (109 Western Bulldogs, 113 Adelaide), Kane Johnson 220 games (104 Adelaide, 116 Richmond, Tim Pekin 219 games (107 Fitzroy, 112 St Kilda), Earl Spalding 211 games (109 Melbourne, 102 Carlton), Leigh Colbert 209 games (105 Geelong, 104 Kangaroos) and Tyson Stenglein 205 games (106 Adelaide, 99 West Coast).

50 games – Richard Douglas, Adelaide.

TRIBUNAL MATCH REVIEW PROCESS

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

Mark McVeigh, Essendon, reported by umpire Scott McLaren for striking Jared Rivers, Melbourne, during the third quarter of the Round 12 match between Essendon and Melbourne, played at Docklands on Friday June 20, 2009.

Antoni Grover, Fremantle, reported by umpire Stefan Grun for striking Steve Johnson, Geelong Cats, during the second quarter of the Round 12 match between Fremantle and the Geelong Cats, played at Subiaco on Sunday June 22, 2009.

AFL LONG-TERM INJURY LIST

The AFL wishes to advise the following recent changes have been made to club lists, under the provision of the AFL injury list rules.

Fremantle – Placed Ryan Crowley on the long-term injury list, and upgraded Clancee Pearce from the rookie list as his replacement.

AFL ROOKIE LIST, MID-SEASON UPGRADES TO SENIOR LIST

The AFL wishes to advise the following players have been upgraded to club senior lists, since round 11, under the revised rule allowing for one player per club to be upgraded after the mid-point of the season, provided that TPP requirements have been met.

North Melbourne – Cruize Garlett.

Richmond – Robin Nahas.

Port Adelaide – Danny Meyer.

2009 NAB AFL Under 18s Championships

The 2009 NAB AFL Under Championships are now underway. Under the format that will apply this year, to allow for a greater exposure of elite young players, all teams will play five matches. Teams in Division One will play all three other Division One sides and two sides from Division Two. Teams in Division Two will play all three other Division Two sides and two sides from Division One.

Results so far

WA 3-0

Vic Country 2-1

SA 2-1

NSW/ACT 2-1

Vic Metro 1-2

NT 1-2

Tas 1-2

Qld 0-3

Matches to Come

Round Four

June 26

NSW ACT v SA at Visy Park

June 27

Vic Metro v Qld at Casey Fields

Vic Country v NT at Casey Fields

Tas v WA at Casey Fields

Round Five

July 1

Tas v NSW/ACT at Docklands

Qld v NT at Docklands

Vic Country v WA at Docklands

Vic Metro v SA at Docklands

2009 NAB AFL Under 16s Championships / Key Dates

The 2009 NAB AFL Under 16s Championships will be played at Blacktown in Western Sydney from July 4 to July 11. Please find attached the fixture for Division One and Division Two as follows:

Division One

Saturday July 4

Match 1 - Vic Country v Vic Metro

Match 2 - SA v WA

Tuesday July 7

Vic Metro v SA

WA v Vic Country

Friday July 10

Vic Metro v WA

SA v Vic Country

Division Two

Sunday July 5

Tas v NT

Qld v NSW/ACT

Wednesday July 8

NT v Qld

NSW/ACT v Tas

Saturday July 11

Qld v Tas

NT v NSW/ACT

2009 NAB AFL DRAFT KEY DATES

The AFL wishes to advise the key dates for the 2009 NAB AFL Draft / Trading period are as follows (all times are EST):

Tue Sept 29 - Commencement of 2009 Draft Camp, AIS Canberra.

Fri Oct 2 - Conclusion of 2009 Draft Camp.

Fri Oct 2, 2pm - Father / son nominations lodged with AFL.

Mon Oct 5, 10am - Father / son bidding meeting (Docklands).

Mon Oct 5 - Commencement of 2009 AFL Exchange Period.

Fri Oct 9, 2pm - Conclusion of 2009 AFL Exchange Period.

Fri Oct 30, 2pm – List Lodgement One. Rookie promotion to Primary List, Retained Second Year Rookies, Retained Third Year International Rookies, Retained Third Year Non-Registered Rookies.

Tue Nov 10, 2pm – Out of Contract Listed AFL Primary List Players Draft Nomination Deadline.

Fri Nov 13, 2pm – List Lodgement Two.

Wed Nov 18, 2pm – Delisted Primary List Player Draft Nomination Deadline.

Sat Nov 28 - 2009 NAB AFL Draft selection meeting (Docklands).

Tue Dec 1, 2pm – Out of Contract AFL Primary List Player Draft Nomination Deadline, NSW Scholarship-Listed Players and International Scholarship-Listed Players Inclusion on Rookie List Deadline.

Wed Dec 2, 2pm – List Lodgement Three and TPP Estimates.

Tue Dec 8, 2pm – Delisted Primary List Player Draft Nomination Deadline.

Tue Dec 15, 10am – NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft (Microsoft Live meeting).

Tue Dec 15, 10.15am – Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans Rookie List Nominations, Third Year Rookie List Nominations.

Tue Dec 15, 10.20am – NAB AFL Rookie Draft (Microsoft Live meeting).