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Painful loss for WA under-18s SA 2.1.13 5.5.35 6.7.43 10.11.71 WA 2.2.14 3.4.22 7.10.52 9.12.66 GOALS - SA: Press 3; Johansen, Neal-Bullen, Burton 2; Hone. WA: Pickett, Keitel 3; Stewart, Cripps, Bevan. BEST - SA: Johansen, Stretch, Press, Gore, Neal-Bullen, Wigg. WA: Pickett, Winton, Watson, Lim, Stewart, Walsh. Vic Metro v Vic Country Game Notes (Round 3) Vic Country Scouting Notes Vic Metro Scouting Notes Bloodlines

It was good to see the way Richmond responded to Rex Hunt's pre match warm up by following his example and emulating the great man's career. In the first half, they played tough football like the Tiger of old and in the second, they went fishing.

Having just spent a few days in NYC I can assure you there's no tyranny of distance in that place. Staying in midtown Manhattan, I caught the subway to Coney Island in the Borough of Brooklyn (50 minutes each way) and I had covered only 5 of New York's boroughs. To make it big, you have to think big!

MFC player stats from the game: Dom Barry 2 goals 13 disposals 8 kicks 5 handballs 2 marks 3 tackles 54 Dream Team Points Sam Blease 26 disposals 19 kicks 7 handballs 1 marks 3 tackles 86 Dream Team Points Michael Evans 16 disposals 12 kicks 4 handballs 8 tackles 67 Dream Team Points Jack Fitzpatrick 1 behind 10 disposals 6 kicks 4 handballs 1 mark 1 tackle 40 hit outs 71 Dream Team Points Alexis Georgiou 6 disposals 6 kicks 2 marks 3 tackles 35 Dream Team Points James Harmes 13 disposals 5 kicks 8 handballs 1 mark 3 tackles 33 Dream Team Points Dean Kent 3 goals 21 disposals 17 kicks 4 handballs 5 marks 3 tackles 1 hit out 103 Dream Team Points Jordie McKenzie 22 disposals 9 kicks 13 handballs 12 tackles 94 Dream Team Points Viv Michie 1 goal 1 behind 19 disposals 16 kicks 3 handballs 2 marks 5 tackles 87 Dream Team Points Dan Nicholson 14 disposals 10 kicks 4 handballs 4 marks 6 tackles 46 Dream Team Points Aidan Riley 18 disposals 5 kicks 13 handballs 12 tackles 77 Dream Team Points James Strauss 1 behind 14 disposals 9 kicks 5 handballs 6 tackles 63 Dream Team Points Luke Tapscott 1 goal 12 disposals 9 kicks 3 handballs 2 marks 9 tackles 74 Dream Team Points Jimmy Toumpas 12 disposals 8 kicks 4 handballs 1 mark 4 tackles 45 Dream Team Points

The Brunswick Street Oval was the scene of Melbourne's encounter with lowly Fitzroy on 6 June, the game attracting a meagre attendance of 12,727. The home team was thrashed although the Demons, coached by Ron Barassi in place of Norm Smith who was in Adelaide coaching the Victorian team, took the foot off the pedal in the final term allowing the Lions to gain some respectability on a dismal day. Melbourne 3.6.24 4.10.3414.14.98 17.16.118 Fitzroy 1.2.8 2.4.16 2.4.16 7.9.51 THE TEAM B: Neil Crompton Bernie Massey Bob Miller HB: Don Williams Bob "Tassie" Johnson Brian Leahy C: Brian Dixon Graeme Watson David Robbie HF: Peter McLean Graeme Jacobs Barrie Vagg F: John Lord Barry Bourke John Townsend FOLL: Graham Wise Bryan Kenneally Ken Emselle 19/20: Bob Carroll Herb Matthews Goals Ken Emselle Graeme Jacobs John Townsend 3 Bryan Kenneally John Lord 2 Barry Bourke Peter McLean Barrie Vagg Best Brian Dixon Graeme Jacobs Ken Emselle David Robbie Tas Johnson John Townsend This is the day I've always considered to be on of the most significant in the club's history. With Smith and the state representatives away and Barassi at the helm of a makeshift side, the Demons ran rampant in the third quarter scoring 10.4 to nothing in a brilliant display that would most certainly have quenched his ambitions to coach in the future. By year's end, he was coach of Carlton and while he was to play in his sixth winning grand final with Melbourne in the interim, the foundation was laid for a far different Melbourne going far into the future than that which had ruled supremely for more than a decade.

Here's an unbiased look at the controversy over legal fees from Titus O'Reily Lawyers welcome AFLs decision on Essendon legal fees ... and his version of ASADA show cause letter template

Just a few comments on Tom Rockliff and the fact that we didn't draft him in 2008. Rockliff won the Murray Bushrangers' Best and Fairest award, was the leading goalkicker in the TAC Cup with 59 goals and kicked four goals in the Bushrangers' 2008 premiership team. He was overshadowed in the grand final by Steele Sidebottom who kicked 10 that day. The knock on both players is that they were slow but that didn't stop Collingwood from taking Sidebottom who has become one of their important players in an outstanding midfield. It didn't stop Rockliff in the end because he's now VC at the Lions and one of their best players. He was however, overlooked in the main draft of 2008 and subsequently trained with Melbourne. I was at the club's training run at Casey Fields the day before the pre season and rookie drafts. There were two young invitees who both impressed - Rockliff and Jordie McKenzie. Since we had first pick in both the PSD (where there were six live picks) and the rookie draft, there was every chance we could have taken both of them but then the news was filtering in that we were keen on Liam Jurrah and he was keen to come and nobody questioned the selection afterwards until the wheels fell off badly for Liam two years ago. Anyway, Brisbane swooped on him at pick 5 and because Richmond was always going to take Ben Cousins with pick 6, we effectively missed out on Rockliff by one selection and we took Jordie instead. McKenzie had been a good pick for a rookie selection and obviously, Rockliff would have been a sensational pick if available but you really can't blame anybody. Nobody had a retospectoscope to predict the future for Jurrah or the rate of progress of the slow midfielder/forward who was overshadowed in that TAC Cup final.

I think djr might mean James Harmes, not Jayden Hunt.

Pies win by a goal leaving Casey well off the pace in the race for the finals. 2014 Peter Jackson VFL Casey Scorpions 2.1.13 4.3.27 9.5.59 11.7.73 Collingwood 2.2.14 3.4.22 8.8.56 11.13.79 Goals Casey Scorpions Kent 3 Barry Rennie 2 Michie Rosier Smith Tapscott Collingwood Allan Reid Martin Suckling 2 Armstrong Ferguson Mooney Casey Scorpions Kent McKenzie Riley Strauss Smith Blease Collingwood Suckling Kennedy Williams Hellier Hudson Marsh Possessions Blease 24 McKenzie 23 Kent 22 Riley 21 Michie 19

Late in the game Collingwood leads by 4 points.

Another lead change. Collingwood by 3 points after a soccer goal.

Tim Smith goals from the pocket after a pass from Strauss. Casey back in front.

Casey bring it back to a two point game.

Collingwood open with a free followed by a 50m penalty, a mark and a goal. And another quick one. Pies lead by 9.

Pies temporarily took the lead before a goal to Rosier on the siren sees the Scorps lead by 3 points at 3/4 time. Casey Scorpions 9.5.59 lead Collingwood 8.8.56.

Three point game 53 - 50 as Collingwood starting to get on top. Yes - helped a bit by the umpires.

Casey leads by 10 points and we're in a crucial part of the game for the Scorps who have lost a couple this year after leading at this stage.

Barry gets his second and first gamer Rennie does likewise. Casey leads 40 - 28.

Kent scores his second late in the term to give Casey a 5 point half time lead. Casey Scorpions 4.3.27 to Collingwood 3.4.22. Goals Kent 2 Barry Rennie Best players for the Scorpions - McKenzie & Kent Possessions McKenzie 23 Evans 15 Riley 14 Kent 12

Pies by 2 points in a low scoring game - 3.4.22 to 3.2.20. The only Casey goal in this quarter to Dom Barry.

Quarter time: Casey Scorpions 2.1.13 to Collingwood 2.2.14 Goals Kent Rennie Disposals McKenzie 9 Riley 8 Kent Michie 7

Scorpions lead by a point late in first quarter in greasy conditions. Jordie McKenzie, Jimmy Toumpas and Aidan Riley are all playing at Casey Fields. Also missing from the selected side is former Demon Troy Davis. Matt Rennie who has an early goal is making his senior debut for the Scorps along with Jackson McDonald.

Casey's Development League team copped a 102 defeat at the hands of Box Hill Hawks. 2014 AFL Victoria Development League Casey Scorpions 1.1.7 3.3.21 4.4.28 7.4.46 Box Hill Hawks 8.5.53 12.10.82 18.12.120 22.16.148 Goals Casey Scorpions Del Papa 2 Wyatt 2 Corry Murray Shiels Box Hill Hawks Gordon 9 McEvoy 4 Tatupu 2 Cassidy Exon Franetic Northe O'Donnell Thompson Wood Best Casey Scorpions Paredes Shiels Corry Drew Welsh Wyatt Box Hill Hawks Gordon Wood Tobin Thompson O'Donnell Tatupu

Chip Le Grand reports on the arrest of Shane 'Dr Ageless' Charter and claims this is "a dramatic blow" to ASADA - ASADA star witness Shane Charter arrested. I reckon Le Grand, who some suggest is the Bomber's PR man, might have been reading too many cheap paperbacks. The arrest of Charter who already has drug dealing convictions is a known associate of Dank and Hird from past days and we're told he supplied some of the peptides used in the Essendon supplements regime. It was also reported last year that he has gone into business with the family accused of laundering money for the Mokbel drug empire. Surely, if evidence is produced of Charter's role at Bomberland, the fact that he's been questioned in relation to an investigation into criminal activity associated with the importation and supply of peptide hormones, is not going to assist their cause one iota? Charter's credibility was probably already in question and based on his experience in the field of peptides, he's probably something of an expert witness on the subject.

It's frustrating to all that the matter has taken so long to reach a conclusion but, catching up on some reading, I note the quote at the end of this article:- New ASADA boss says show cause notices could be issued 'within weeks' That amounts to a substantial body of potential evidence in a case against the clubs and the players involved. I'm not surprised that an understaffed organisation looking at two codes is taking its time. Most of the criticism around ASADA's process appears to be unwarranted. Strangely enough, Essendon which always maintained that the truth would come out doesn't appear to have been particularly co-operative. The investigation would surely have reached a much sooner conclusion had the Bombers and their agents, staff and drug suppliers not lost, misplaced or forgotten the contents of whatever was injected into their players.