Round Four
Friday April 17
Brisbane Lions v Collingwood at the Gabba, 7.40pm
Saturday April 18
Sydney Swans v Carlton at the SCG, 2.10pm; Curtain Raiser – Sydney Reserves v Ainslie, 10.50am
Hawthorn v Port Adelaide at the MCG, 2.10pm
St Kilda v Fremantle at Docklands, 7.10pm
Adelaide v Geelong Cats at AAMI Stadium, 7.10pm; Curtain Raiser – JDL, 5.20pm
Sunday April 19
North Melbourne v Essendon at Docklands, 1.10pm
Richmond v Melbourne at the MCG, 2.10pm
West Coast Eagles v Western Bulldogs at Subiaco, 2.40am
IMPENDING MILESTONES
200 club games – Shane O’Bree, Collingwood
150 games – Graham Johncock, Adelaide
150 games – Gary Ablett, Geelong
150 games – Antoni Grover, Fremantle
Club Record Games Coached – Neil Craig, Adelaide. Neil is due to coach his 108th game with Adelaide this week, breaking the previous record of 107 games held by Gary Ayres, who led the club between 2000 – 2004.
100 games – Sam Fisher, St Kilda
100 games – Rick Ladson, Hawthorn
100 games - Matt Maguire, St Kilda
100 club games – Darren Jolly, Sydney
100 consecutive games – Brent Harvey, North Melbourne. Brent is due to play his 100th consecutive game since round 20, 2004. He is set to become only the fifth currently actively player with a streak of 100 games or more, joining Brett Kirk (157 games since round 15, 2002), Kane Cornes (130 games since round 17, 2003), Tarkyn Lockyer (110 games since round 10, 2004) and Adam Cooney (102 games since round 17, 2004).
50 games – Kelvin Moore, Richmond
Most Games Four Brothers – Selwood Family. The Selwood brothers have played a combined tally of 218 league games, comprising 98 games for Adam, 63 games for Troy, 48 games for Joel and nine games for Scott. They are due to move into fifth place this week on the all-time list for most games played by a family of four or more brothers. The leading families are the Danihers (752 games comprising 313 games for Terry, 82 games for Neale, 233 games for Anthony and 124 games for Chris), the Cordners (376 games comprising 166 games for Don, 52 games for Ted, 152 games for Denis and six games for John), the Hiskins (375 games comprising 50 games for Fred, 185 games for Arthur, 66 games for Stan and 74 games for Rupert), the Roses (374 games comprising 152 games for Bob, 40 games for Bill, 159 games for Kevin and 23 games for Ralph) and the Graces (220 games comprising 47 games for Jim, 167 games for Mick, four games for Bill and two games for Joe).
900 goals - Matthew Lloyd, Essendon. Matthew needs four goals to become the eighth player in the history of the game to reach 900 goals, joining Tony Lockett (1360 goals for St Kilda and Sydney Swans), Gordon Coventry (1299 goals for Collingwood), Jason Dunstall (1254 goals for Hawthorn), Doug Wade (1057 goals for Geelong Cats and North Melbourne), Gary Ablett senior (1030 goals for Hawthorn and Geelong Cats), Jack Titus (970 goals for Richmond) and Leigh Matthews (915 goals for Hawthorn).
800 goals - Matthew Richardson, Richmond. Matthew needs three goals to become the 11th player in the history of the game to reach 800 goals, joining the players listed above, as well as Peter McKenna (874 goals for Collingwood and Carlton) and Bernie Quinlan (817 goals for the Western Bulldogs and Fitzroy).
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.
Match Review Panel Chairman Andrew McKay will not be available to media queries, as he and his team assess all games and consider all incidents. The following players were reported over the weekend:
Liam Picken, Western Bulldogs, reported by umpire Justin Schmitt for striking Brett Deledio, Richmond, during the second quarter of the Round Three match between the Western Bulldogs and Richmond, played at Docklands on Monday April 13, 2009.
UMPIRE RECOGNITION ROUND
Throughout Round four, the AFL will highlight the development of umpires at all levels of the game and recognise the important contribution umpires make to the success of Australian football matches on a weekly basis. This week all AFL field umpires will wear light green shirts, while goal umpires will wave light green flags, representing some 1800 junior and developing umpires across the country involved in the Green Shirt mentoring program. It is hoped that players, coaches, officials and spectators can identify developing umpires wearing the light green shirts and offer greater levels understanding and encouragement.
AFL LONG-TERM INJURY LIST
The AFL wishes to advise the following changes have been made to club lists, under the provision of the AFL injury list rules.
Geelong – Placed Josh Hunt on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named at this stage.
Geelong – Placed Matthew Egan on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named at this stage.
Port Adelaide – Placed Justin Westhoff on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named at this stage.
2009 NAB AFL DRAFT KEY DATES
The AFL wishes to advise the key dates for the 2009 NAB AFL Draft / Trading period have now been determined. The dates 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, 10am - 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).
2009 NAB AFL Under 18s Championships
Detailed below are the proposed dates for the 2009 NAB AFL Under Championships. 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.
Round One
May 23
Qld v NSW/ACT in Qld
Tas v NT in Qld
May 30
WA v SA at Subiaco
May 31
Vic Country v Vic Metro at the MCG
Round Two
June 5
NT v WA in Darwin
June 6
NSW/ACT v Vic Metro in Sydney
Qld v SA in Sydney
June 7
Tas v Vic Country at Aurora Stadium
Round Three
June 13
WA v Vic Metro at Subiaco
June 14
SA v Vic Country at AAMI Stadium
June 20
NSW/ACT v NT at ANZ Stadium
June 21
Tas v Qld at Bellerive Oval
Round Four
June 27
Vic Metro v Qld at Casey Fields
Vic Country v NT at Casey Fields
NSW/ACT v SA at Casey Fields
Tas v WA at Casey Fields
Round Five
July 1
Tas v NSW/ACT at Telstra Dome
Qld v NT at Telstra Dome
Vic Country v WA at Telstra Dome
Vic Metro v SA at Telstra Dome
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
