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Wednesday August 29, 2007

Teams

Team coloursADELAIDE CROWS

Burton has nothing to Crow about

Brett Burton As Vice-President of the AFL Players' Association, and on behalf of all players, Adelaide's Brett Burton did his best to shun a Channel Seven reporter.

Team coloursBRISBANE LIONS

Bulldog, Lion may hang up their boots

Chris Grant Chris Grant and Chris Scott could join the extraordinary exodus of champions from football at the end of this season.

Team coloursCARLTON BLUES

No kid gloves for Gibbs

The much-hyped No. 1 draft pick has played every game in a solid, if not spectacular, start to his career.

Team coloursCOLLINGWOOD MAGPIES

Players give Seven the cold shoulder

Collingwood and Adelaide players will deliver a silent protest to Channel Seven in Friday night's match.

Team coloursESSENDON BOMBERS

Is this it for Camporeale?

If there is a good time to get a knee injury that may well require a reconstruction it is not when you are 32, out of contract and at a club yet to appoint a new coach.

Team coloursFREMANTLE DOCKERS

Season over for Neitz and Black

Melbourne captain's season is over, but Demons confident he has escaped major knee damage.

Team coloursGEELONG CATS

Narrow loss disappoints Thompson

It was not the loss they had to have, just a very disappointing defeat, Geelong coach reasons.

Team coloursHAWTHORN HAWKS

Don's kicking a point of conjecture

"Buddy" Franklin's two goals 11 behinds for Hawthorn on Sunday had scribes flicking through the record books to see how he stacked up in the all-time inaccuracy stakes.

Team coloursKANGAROOS

Roos not 'fair dinkum' about flag: Laidley

The Kangaroos administration had not been "fair dinkum" about winning a premiership for the last five years, according to coach Dean Laidley.

Team coloursMELBOURNE DEMONS

Demons injury-hit, but not tanking: Riley

Melbourne is likely to have only 26 players from whom to select its round-22 team, but caretaker coach Mark Riley insists the Demons will not be tanking.

Team coloursPORT ADELAIDE

The Power of Williams

Mark Williams Mark Williams has confounded the critics who believed his team was bottom-eight material.

Team coloursRICHMOND TIGERS

Hird 'spent' but life left in Sheedy yet

James Hird describes himself as "spent" and "gone" after his MCG send-off game, Kevin Sheedy still believes he is neither of those things.

Team coloursST KILDA SAINTS

Judd seeks 'magic'

St Kilda midfielder Luke Ball reveals injured West Coast captain Chris Judd quizzed him about any "magic tricks" he might have for treating groin problems.

Team coloursSYDNEY SWANS

With their fate assured, Swans take time to freshen up

THE Swans had expected Sunday's sold-out match against Hawthorn to be a cut-throat battle against in-form opposition with both clubs' finals prospects on the line.

Team coloursWEST COAST EAGLES

Eagles, Power to fight long distance

Scoreboard is a favourite bit of football jargon, but more relevant than ever to Port Adelaide and West Coast this week.

Team coloursWESTERN BULLDOGS

Bulldog, Lion may hang up their boots

Chris Grant Chris Grant and Chris Scott could join the extraordinary exodus of champions from football at the end of this season.