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Dare I say it but no Mitch King either. Feel sorry for the kid but he hasn’t kicked on since his injuries and footy’s a tough industry. Still, as a young ruckman, he will still have opportunities in the future.

19th September, 1964 Neil Crompton (#5) kicks the goal that seals the premiership. Ronald Dale Barassi's last game for Melbourne (and Bluey Adams' too). Hopefully, not much longer to wait for the next one? cccc

I was involved in such a situation in junior football in the early 90s at a time when the rules of the game had just been changed to something close to what they are now. The original rule said if you had 19 players then your entire score would automatically be scrubbed. With the introduction of interchanges, it was recognised that an innocent mistake could be made and therefore the rule was changed to give the governing body (not the field umpire) to decide on the outcome. In the case where I was involved, there had been an innocent mistake by a player who remained on the ground after the three quarter time break for about 3 minutes during which time no scores were recorded. When the count was taken at the behest of the team manager of the opposition side (and not the captain as the rules stated), the umpire took it upon himself to take off the entire score of the team with the extra player. The case went to appeal and the league compromised by taking off a portion of that team's score but the outcome was still wrong. Thankfully, the changed result did not affect the final ladders for the season but a number of officials took their eyes off the objectives of junior football and it was really as if they were playing for sheep stations. In the current situation, the team that offended should have whatever they scored while they had 19 men on the ground deducted from the score.

Anyone notice the Collingwood players celebrating a bit too much?

INDICATIVE DRAFT ORDER (after week two of the finals) ROUND ONE 1. Carlton 2. Gold Coast 3. St Kilda 4. Brisbane 5. Fremantle 6. Western Bulldogs 7. Adelaide 8. Essendon 9. Port Adelaide 10. North Melbourne 11. Geelong 12. Sydney 13. Greater Western Sydney 14. Hawthorn 15. Adelaide (received from Melbourne) 16. Collingwood 17: Gold Coast (received off West Coast) 18. Richmond ROUND TWO 19. Adelaide (received from Carlton) 20. West Coast (received from Gold Coast) 21. Port Adelaide (received from St Kilda) 22. Brisbane 23. Greater Western Sydney (received from Fremantle) 24. Carlton (received from Western Bulldogs) 25. Carlton (received from Adelaide) 26. Gold Coast (received from Essendon) 27. Port Adelaide 28. North Melbourne 29. Gold Coast (received from Geelong) 30. Sydney 31. Essendon (received from Greater Western Sydney) 32. Hawthorn 33. Melbourne 34. Sydney (received from Collingwood) 35. West Coast 36. Richmond ROUND THREE 37. Adelaide (received from Carlton) 38. Gold Coast 39. North Melbourne (received off St Kilda via on-trades) 40. Brisbane 41. Gold Coast (received from Fremantle) 42. Western Bulldogs 43. Melbourne (received from Adelaide) 44. Greater Western Sydney (received from Essendon) 45. Port Adelaide 46. Port Adelaide (received from North Melbourne) 47. Geelong 48. Collingwood (received from Sydney) 49. Greater Western Sydney 50. Hawthorn 51. Melbourne 52. Collingwood 53. North Melbourne (received from West Coast via on-trades) 54. Geelong (received from Richmond) ROUND FOUR 55. Geelong (received from Carlton) 56. Geelong (received from Gold Coast) 57. St Kilda 58. Brisbane 59. Western Bulldogs (received from Fremantle) 60. Western Bulldogs 61. St Kilda (received from Adelaide via on-trades) 62. Essendon 63. St Kilda (received from Port Adelaide) 64. North Melbourne 65. Carlton (received from Geelong) 66. Sydney 67. Greater Western Sydney 68. West Coast (received from Hawthorn via on-trades) 69. Adelaide (received from Melbourne) 70. Collingwood 71. West Coast 72. Richmond ROUND FIVE 73. Carlton 74. Gold Coast 75. St Kilda 76. Brisbane 77. Fremantle 78. Western Bulldogs 79. Adelaide 80. Essendon 81. Port Adelaide 82. North Melbourne 83. Geelong 84. Sydney 85. Greater Western Sydney 86. Hawthorn 87. Melbourne 88. Collingwood 89. West Coast 90. Richmond ROUND SIX 91. Carlton 92. Gold Coast 93. St Kilda 94. Brisbane 95. Fremantle 96. Western Bulldogs 97. Adelaide 98. Essendon 99. Port Adelaide 100. North Melbourne 101. Geelong 102. Sydney 103. Greater Western Sydney 104. Hawthorn 105. Melbourne 106. Collingwood 107. West Coast 108. Richmond

There have been some talented players in the past to come out of the Amateurs. Mitch Hannan was playing with St Bernards and now is a step away from an AFL Grand Final. Here’s another player who could follow in his footsteps. Ammos star's big season sees recruiters lurking

The TAC Cup Grand Final will be fought out between the Dandenong Stingrays and Oakleigh Chargers. Both easily won their respective preliminary final matches. The potential Demon zone selection Toby Bedford kicked three for the Stingrays. TAC Cup 2018 Dandenong Stingrays 2.1.13 6.3.39 11.7.73 14.11.95 Sandringham Dragons 1.1.7 5.3.33 6.3.39 8.5.53 Goals Dandenong Stingrays Williams 3 Bedford 3 Cahill 2 Sturt 2 Taylor 2 Foot Bayne Sandringham Dragons Mahony 2 Chirgwin 2 King 2 Grey Maginness Best Dandenong Stingrays Hustwaite Hamill Williams Fletcher Bedford Bowman Sandringham Dragons Rendell Worrell Dean Stocker Chirgwin Byrnes AFL Draft Wrap: Toby Bedford stands out against Sandringham TAC Cup 2018 Gippsland Power 0.0.0 0.3.3 0.4.4 3.4.22 Oakleigh Chargers 4.4.28 9.5.59 14.10.94 17.13.115 Goals Gippsland Power Serong 2 Gown Oakleigh Chargers Williams 3 Gasper 3 Day 2 Rowbottom Anderson Collier-Dawkins Answerth Ross O'Neill Bosenavulagi Wraith Rowell Best Gippsland Power Duursma Sparkes Beck Patterson Gown Smith Oakleigh Chargers Ross Ayton-Delaney Rowbottom Wraith O'Neill Rowell

Incorrect. He applied 2 tackles.

Agreed that together with Melbourne’s interest in North Melbourne’s Brayden Preuss, this suggests that both King and Filipovic are on shaky ground.

Agree. The volume was far too loud (reminiscent of the Meatloaf fiasco) and I was disappointed they didn’t fire one of their free Hawks T shirts in my direction because I was feeling lucky.

The Richmond club doctor, their medical and rehab team are the best thing going around in the AFL since sliced bread. Nothing to see there.

The problem is that Rohan can’t get onto a park of any significance these days. Last weekend, he was running around in the NEAFL in front of a few hundred people while the likes of Mitch Hannan were dashing towards goal in front of 90k. Rohan’s best chance of reinvigorating his career is back home in Geelong but I don’t think his chances are strong because of his history of injuries and the fact that he’s getting on a bit.

Weekend Previews: TAC Cup – Preliminary finals The TAC Cup is in preliminary finals mode today with two cracking games coming up at Ikon Park. For those who don’t know where that is, a formerly great AFL club used to play there. The first game between the Dandenong Stingrays and the Sandringham Dragons should be a cracker. There’s also plenty of interest in the Oakleigh Chargers v Gippsland Power. With this year’s draft being deep in terms of talent, there is an array of talent who are likely to be available in the latter part of the second round where the Demons’ choices are likely to be found.

Typical front cover from the Hun

Now, how many top 8 teams have we beaten this year?

Several years ago when Hawthorn beat Geelong in the Grand Final of 2008, the critics were raving about Cyril’s game in which he had a low number of possessions. Charlie Spargo had only a dozen disposals tonight but it was one of the best games of 12 touches you could get. He kicked 2 goals and was involved in at least three goal assists of which I was aware. His “quiet” game was probably the difference between the sides. Spargo plays in WA.

Bruce Woodley, a third generation Demon and a member of The Seekers who has written songs with the legendary Paul Simon was on our train. What an omen!!!

I’m surprised that there hasn’t been any comment about the makeup of the team selected to take on Pakistan in the UAE and in particular, the non selection of Maxwell and Hanscombe. What’s happening here?

Another match report from Footy Almanac - Finals Week 1 – Melbourne v Geelong: The love for Melbourne in Melbourne

An interesting review of the draft from Peter Williams posted on bigfooty:-

Ben King, the big Sandringham key forward, confirmed his status as a top 5 draft pick with 5 goals today. TAC Cup 2018 Oakleigh Chargers 7.1.43 14.6.90 20.10.130 25.13.163 Western Jets 4.0.24 5.1.31 6.3.39 6.7.43 Goals Oakleigh Chargers Williams 6 Bosenavulagi 4 Whitehead 3 Gasper 3 Day 3 Robertson 2 Rowell Collier-Dawkins O'Neill Wraith Western Jets Watkins Andrews O'Halloran Kyriazis Manton Pantalleresco Best Oakleigh Chargers Williams Jordon Rowell Answerth Day Bosenavulagi Western Jets O'Halloran Khamis Thar Watkins Manton Radovanovic Sandringham Dragons 1.4.10 5.8.38 9.10.64 13.16.94 Murray Bushrangers 2.4.16 2.7.19 5.8.38 7.9.51 Goals Sandringham Dragons King 5 Maginness 2 Stocker Mahony Grey Chirgwin Rendell Hanrahan Murray Bushrangers Garoni 3 Hollands 2 Ash Frauenfelder Best Sandringham Dragons King Mahony Byrnes Denborough Stocker Worrell Murray Bushrangers Boyd Butts Irvine Hollands Bollinghaus Boyer

Assuming we name an unchanged line up this week, that makes it - In: Dom Tyson, Tom McDonald, Sam Weideman, Jack Viney, Mitch Hannan, Charlie Spargo, Aaron vandenBerg Out: Jake Lever, Bernie Vince, Tom Bugg, Jesse Hogan, Dean Kent, Jeff Garlett, Josh Wagner The players “in” mostly speak for themselves and I would add that Angus Brayshaw who did play against the Hawks was a trifle underdone at the time. The main “outs” would be Jesse Hogan and Jake Lever. Hogan had a good game but Lever was still finding his way. I think we have a far superior team now, one that’s playing with a lot more purpose and cohesion and is more dangerous in every aspect of the game - in attack, defence and the midfield. They seem to have most of their stars from that day intact (Stratton and Rioli who won’t be playing on Friday night were just so-so on the day from memory) but I haven’t closely scrutinized their current line up. The difference in the make up of the team’s appears to suggest that we will make a much better fist of things this time around.

The Dandenong Stingrays and Gippsland Power won yesterday - TAC Cup 2018 Dandenong Stingrays 5.6.30 11.11.77 14.14.98 19.20.134 Greater Western Victoria Rebels 0.2.2 2.2.14 2.4.16 3.6.24 Goals Dandenong Stingrays Cahill 4 McDonnell 3 Bayne 2 Hustwaite Frawley Cottrell Fletcher Williams Bedford Goonan Bowman Taylor Cumming Greater Western Victoria Rebels Jennings McEldrew Wilson Best Dandenong Stingrays Fletcher Cahill Cottrell Gahan Frampton Hustwaite Greater Western Victoria Rebels Helyar Wright Carlin Dawson Wareham Ugle-Hagan Gippsland Power 5.1.31 8.3.51 8.5.53 13.10.88 Geelong Falcons 2.3.15 4.7.31 6.9.45 7.11.53 Goals Gippsland Power Smith 2 Connolly 2 Henkel 2 Pepper Beck Gown Duursma Serong Neocleous Mosquito Geelong Falcons Idun 2 Ham 2 Sprague Walsh Schlensog Best Gippsland Power Beck Gown Motton Duursma Hourigan Baldi Geelong Falcons Brownless Schlensog Stephens Walsh Clark Bruhn

INDICATIVE DRAFT ORDER (after week one of the finals) ROUND ONE 1. Carlton 2. Gold Coast 3. St Kilda 4. Brisbane 5. Fremantle 6. Western Bulldogs 7. Adelaide 8. Essendon 9. Port Adelaide 10. North Melbourne 11. Geelong 12. Sydney 13. Greater Western Sydney 14. Adelaide (received from Melbourne) 15. Hawthorn 16. Collingwood 17: Gold Coast (received off West Coast) 18. Richmond ROUND TWO 19. Adelaide (received from Carlton) 20. West Coast (received from Gold Coast) 21. Port Adelaide (received from St Kilda) 22. Brisbane 23. Greater Western Sydney (received from Fremantle) 24. Carlton (received from Western Bulldogs) 25. Carlton (received from Adelaide) 26. Gold Coast (received from Essendon) 27. Port Adelaide 28. North Melbourne 29. Gold Coast (received from Geelong) 30. Sydney 31. Essendon (received from Greater Western Sydney) 32. Melbourne 33. Hawthorn 34. Sydney (received from Collingwood) 35. West Coast 36. Richmond ROUND THREE 37. Adelaide (received from Carlton) 38. Gold Coast 39. North Melbourne (received off St Kilda via on-trades) 40. Brisbane 41. Gold Coast (received from Fremantle) 42. Western Bulldogs 43. Melbourne (received from Adelaide) 44. Greater Western Sydney (received from Essendon) 45. Port Adelaide 46. Port Adelaide (received from North Melbourne) 47. Geelong 48. Collingwood (received from Sydney) 49. Greater Western Sydney 50. Melbourne 51. Hawthorn 52. Collingwood 53: North Melbourne (received from West Coast via on-trades) 54. Geelong (received from Richmond) ROUND FOUR 55. Geelong (received from Carlton) 56. Geelong (received from Gold Coast) 57. St Kilda 58. Brisbane 59. Western Bulldogs (received from Fremantle) 60. Western Bulldogs 61. St Kilda (received from Adelaide via on-trades) 62. Essendon 63. St Kilda (received from Port Adelaide) 64. North Melbourne 65. Carlton (received from Geelong) 66. Sydney 67. Greater Western Sydney 68. Adelaide (received from Melbourne) 69. West Coast (received from Hawthorn via on-trades) 70. Collingwood 71. West Coast 72. Richmond ROUND FIVE 73. Carlton 74. Gold Coast 75. St Kilda 76. Brisbane 77. Fremantle 78. Western Bulldogs 79. Adelaide 80. Essendon 81. Port Adelaide 82. North Melbourne 83. Geelong 84. Sydney 85. Greater Western Sydney 86. Melbourne 87. Hawthorn 88. Collingwood 89. West Coast 90. Richmond ROUND SIX 91. Carlton 92. Gold Coast 93. St Kilda 94. Brisbane 95. Fremantle 96. Western Bulldogs 97. Adelaide 98. Essendon 99. Port Adelaide 100. North Melbourne 101. Geelong 102. Sydney 103. Greater Western Sydney 104. Melbourne 105. Hawthorn 106. Collingwood 107. West Coast 108. Richmond