Injury List – Round 1

Round 1 of the 2008 AFL Season is over, but it left some injured players in its wake. The most significant of the round were the season ending shoulder injury to young Magpies Sean Rusling, the knee injury to gun Essendon forward Scott Lucas and the dislocated wrist of Trent Croad. Lucas is expected to miss 10 – 12 weeks with a ruptured PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) while Croad escaped a major stint on the sidelines with his injury being better than first thought. Adelaide also lost young Brent Reilly after he broke his wrist against the Western Bulldogs on Sunday. It’s yet to be confirmed how long he will miss, but he is expected to have his arm in a cast for around 6 weeks. Read More »

Bad night for players at tribunal

Dean Solomon and Cam Howat have both failed in their attempts to clear their names for reports made against them during the first round of football in 2008. Solomon turned down a one match suspension with an early guilty plea and decided to fight it knowing what would happen if he failed to win, Solomon will now sit out for two matches and miss the all important derby against West Coast in round 3. Read More »

Roos belted by blistering Bombers

A massive seven goal to one 3rd term saw the Bombers, under new coach Matthew Knights, smash North Melbourne by 55 points at the Telstra Dome on Easter Monday. Read More »

Lucas sidelined for 3 months

ESSENDON’s convincing win over North Melbourne on Easter Monday has come with a very expensive price to pay when gun centre-half-forward Scott Lucas limped to the interchange bench in pain with a serious knee injury late in the first quarter. Read More »

Hawks destroy Dees by 104 points

THE Hawks have spoiled Dean Baileys debut as head coach of the Melbourne Football club after pumping the Demons by 104 points at the MCG the evening of Easter Sunday. Read More »

Johnno gets Dogs home in fairytale 300th

IN a 300th game to remember forever, champion Bulldog Brad Johnson steered his side home, kicking three late goals to sink the Crows at the Telstra Dome. Read More »

Rocca rocks in Pies win

AFTER a fairly lean pre-season for Collingwood, they opened their 2008 Premiership Season with a win over the Dockers at the MCG. Read More »

Saints win pressure match

St Kilda came out two point victors over a determined Sydney side in a low scoring pressure packed match at the Telstra Dome tonight. The pressure put on by both teams made the game intense and exciting even though it made the game low scoring. Read More »

Tigers storm home against Blues

The battle of the bottom two sides in 2007 was battled out in the season opener on Thursday night but it was the Tigers who came out with the 4 points after a strong fourth quarter which blew Carlton out of the game. Read More »

Cats scrape home in Grand Final rematch

AFTER a long summer of nightmares for the Port Adelaide players and fans, trying to rid their minds of last years Grand Final humiliation at the hands of Geelong, the memories and heartache all came flooding back this week with a Grand Final rematch on the cards for Round 1. Read More »