Archive for May, 2010
Folau leaps into AFL
Israel Folau has decided to walk out on rugby league and has signed a $1 million-a-season contract with the Greater Western Sydney AFL team.
GWS make first key signings
An indigenous prodigy in the mould of Adelaide Crows superstar Andrew McLeod headlines the first key signings for the Greater Western Sydney AFL club.
Hunt salary claim sparks civil war
A civil war has erupted between the Gold Coast and Brisbane Lions over the value Karmichael Hunt’s trailblazing code swap will provide the AFL and his new club.
Laycock gone for season
Essendon have confirmed ruckman Jason Laycock won’t play again this AFL season because he needs surgery on a broken foot.
Johnson vows to regain lost trust
Troubled Fremantle utility Michael Johnson has vowed to clean up his act but Dockers skipper Matthew Pavlich says the 25-year-old must now back up his words with actions.
AFL Talking Points: round 10
Jason Akermanis is again in the headlines but he’s not the only one. This week’s AFL Talking Points covered the calamity Crows and Richmond’s newest star. You had your say.
Akermanis remains in doghouse
Western Bulldogs star Jason Akermanis expects to be sitting out Sunday’s game against Collingwood, even though his AFL club chose to sleep on how best to punish him.
Franklin faces one-week ban
Hawthorn are weighing up another risky AFL Tribunal visit for their star forward Lance Franklin after he was suspended again for high contact.
Crow defender Nathan Bock out injured
Adelaide Crows defender Nathan Bock will miss at least the next AFL match to be played against Fremantle, due to a groin injury sustained against St Kilda.
Hunt pleads for patience
High-priced Gold Coast recruit Karmichael Hunt concedes he doesn’t expect to be a strong contributor on the field immediately after reporting in for his first day of duty at the AFL club.