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FEV TWIST: Mystery O and M club emerges
The Border Mail
BRENDAN Fevola's playing future took another unexpected twist yesterday when the former Carlton and Brisbane Lions full-forward claimed he was talking to two Ovens and Murray clubs. While Yarrawonga is in the market for the dual Coleman medallist, ...

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Young footy fans were Lappin it up
The Border Mail
CHILTERN Football Club's two favourite sons — Brisbane Lions triple premiership player Nigel Lappin and former Carlton star Matthew Lappin — believe last year's Tallangatta League easy-beats can return to their former glory this season.

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The Age

The gloves are off
The Age
THERE is mounting concern in AFL playing ranks that rapid advances in football gloves, particularly those from overseas, could give key players a significant advantage. Several players have told The Age they are concerned that certain models of gloves ...

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Geraldine Sheedy ready for some Giant changes
Herald Sun
The wife of AFL legend Kevin Sheedy is steeling herself as Sheeds takes the helm at the Greater Western Sydney Giants. But whatever pressure the game brings, she's probably seen it before. In a wide-ranging interview with the Herald Sun, she revealed ...
Meet the woman behind Kevin SheedyThe Daily Telegraph

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Meet the woman behind Kevin Sheedy
The Daily Telegraph
GERALDINE Sheedy, the first lady of the AFL, has broken her silence about the pressures of the game and raising her children. Mrs Sheedy is heading into her 40th season as a football partner and she says Kevin, who will coach Greater Western Sydney ...
Geraldine Sheedy ready for some Giant changesHerald Sun

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AFL supporters buying memberships despite thinner wallets
Courier Mail
AFL fans are sticking by their clubs and buying memberships despite financial pressures. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: HWT Image Library STOCK markets have crashed, banks have been bailed out, the euro and the American dollar have weakened and jobs are ...

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Shaun Burgoyne and Melbourne Storm's Cameron Smith strike up friendship
Herald Sun
AFL has grown on me pretty quickly. "I watch more AFL than I do league now. We talk about how we train and the differences there, and it's just good to get a different perspective from a guy who plays a different elite sport." Burgoyne thrives on the ...

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AFL supporters buying memberships despite thinner wallets
Herald Sun
"In fact football itself, AFL/VFL, seems to thrive at times when there was adversity or when the economic conditions weren't ideal. "You look at the 1920s and 1930s, during the Depression years ... in the case of the football you had the VFL ...

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AFL priority pick system under review
Herald Sun
THE AFL has put the priority pick back on the agenda before the first uncompromised draft in three years. AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson confirmed yesterday the league would review the priority pick system. The issue flared last year ...
priority pick system under reviewCourier Mail
Port's draft pick chances plungeAdelaide Now

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Football fans buying more club memberships despite new TV deal
Herald Sun
It represents an increase of more than 8 per cent on 12 months ago (excluding new club Greater Western Sydney's figures). Some clubs were concerned privately that the AFL's record $1.25 billion TV deal would hit memberships.

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