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Darren Jarman Frank Johnson Paul Kelly Dean Kemp Michael Long Guy McKenna Bob McLean Murray Weideman

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CONTENTS THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

DEPARTMENTS 6

The Interchange News, views and interviews.

33 Game Guide Stats, history and line-ups.

81 Back Pocket Questions, memorabilia and trivia.

FEATURES 67 Hall of Fame >

There are nine new inductees to the Australian Football Hall of Fame and a new Legend. By Jim Main

ROUND 16,

74 ‘Richo’s’ 250th Matthew Richardson registers a well-deserved milestone for the Tigers this weekend. By Peter Ryan

INTERVIEW 94 Darren Jarman

LEGEND - NORM IND UCTEE

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OUR COVER Norm Smith was a legendary coach and now he has been honoured with Legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Ex-teammates and now Hall of Fame inductees catch up with each other. By Dipper

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MILESTONE: Matthew Richardson is set to achieve a great landmark – his 250th game for the Tigers.

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FIRST BOUNCE>

EDITOR’S DESK With

MICHAEL LOVETT

Ron Evans honoured Former AFL Commission chairman Ron Evans was awarded AFL life membership this week.

RECOGNISED: Ron Evans received his AFL life membership posthumously this week.

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on Evans would have been looking down on Thursday night proud as punch at what was taking place at the annual Australian Football Hall of Fame induction dinner.

For the first time since 1998, the former AFL Commission chairman was not there to welcome guests, following his passing earlier this year.

But you could feel Evans’ spirit in the room. He genuinely loved the occasion and what it means for football. “It’s a football night,” he used to say.

And long may it continue that way. For those of us in the game’s backroom, it is a night you mark

on the calendar the moment your invitation arrives.

You look around the room and see living legends – Ron Barassi, Bob Skilton, Polly Farmer, John Nicholls and Peter Hudson to name a few – mingling with stars of their day and the game’s more recent champions.

On Thursday, however, there was a break from the normal Hall of Fame schedule when Evans’ wife Andrea accepted AFL life membership from new AFL

Commission chairman Mike Fitzpatrick. Usually, AFL life memberships are presented at the League’s season launch but, sadly, Evans passed away a few weeks before this year’s launch.

We were given a timely reminder of his legacy and his long list of achievements: star footballer, loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather, successful businessman and, thankfully for followers of our game, football visionary and wise counsel.

Evans was never a man for lauding his own personal achievements. He would have much preferred to have shaken the hand of Michael Long and congratulate the former Essendon star on his induction to the Hall of Fame.

After all, Evans was president of the Bombers when a skinny young lad arrived from Darwin in 1989 to ply his trade with Essendon.

The red and black in Evans loved what Long achieved on the field but later, like so many of us, he marvelled at the way Long broke down several old, stereotypical racial barriers.

This week the AFL Record has recognised the induction of Long, Robert DiPierdomenico, Darren Jarman, Frank Johnson, Paul Kelly, Dean Kemp, Guy McKenna, Bob McLean and Murray Weideman and the elevation of Norm Smith to Legend status.

No doubt, Ron Evans will join them one day. ■

TRUE FITZROY COLOURS t’s more than 10 years since the Brisbane Bears merged with Fitzroy to create one of the most successful clubs we have seen – the Brisbane Lions.

One of the strengths of the merger has been the determination of the new entity to recognise Fitzroy’s history which of course dates back long before it became a foundation member of the VFL in 1897.

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Two weeks ago, I detected a spring in the step of some old Fitzroy supporters I know.

It probably had more to do with the Lions’ upset win over the West Coast Eagles but their night was made even sweeter by the Lions wearing the Fitzroy jumper.

Standby for a permanent ‘change’.

Brisbane chief executive Michael Bowers has admitted the Fitzroy jumper is on the club’s agenda next

year, with the Lions looking to wear it in their Melbourne-based games.

“I and a lot of other people watching the West Coast game thought the Fitzroy colours looked magnificent out there on Subiaco,” Bowers said.

“So we’re having a good think about maybe duplicating that on the MCG or Telstra Dome for our future Melbournebased fixtures.” The club is looking for members’ feedback on the idea.

I’d suggest it will get a big tick.

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>interchange ■

VIEWS ■ NEWS ■ FIRST PERSON ■ FACTS ■ DATA ■ CULTURE

Spirit of the ‘90s revisited Former champions Anthony Stevens and Malcolm Blight can see strong similarities between the Roos of 2007 and the Kangaroo premiership teams of the 1990s. By Ben Collins.

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t might be tempting fate, and perhaps foolhardy, to draw even the most superficial parallel between the Kangaroos and their heroic forbears of the 1990s, but when former skipper Anthony Stevens does just that, you have to take notice.

Stevens played with men from both eras – he was a member of the 1996 and 1999 premiership sides and only fi nished his 292game career in 2004 – and is well qualified to make such a comparison.

The heart-and-soul Shinboner believes the present-day ’Roos – who have surprised everyone by winning 10 of their past 12

games and sit third on the AFL ladder – boasts a similar mindset to ‘the team of the ’90s’.

“Two of our great strengths in the ’90s, apart from the great players we had, were that we were a very good one-on-one side and we applied a lot of defensive pressure,” Stevens said.

“And they’re what the Kangas are good at now. They have the self-belief to play direct, contested footy, and their work for each other, their onepercenters and their do-or-die attitude have been fantastic.”

Stevens’ comparisons and positive outlook for the ’07 model Roos, didn’t end there.

WE WON, NO KIDDING: A happy Brent Harvey explains how the Kangaroos won to Glenn Archer (middle) and Corey Jones.

THE BUZZ > PLAYER

BEN McGLYNN Hawthorn

JUDE BOLTON Sydney

JOEL MACDONALD

> MY WORST TRAIT

> MY PRE-GAME SUPERSTITIONS

Indecisive

Carry a footy in hand as I run up the race

Competitiveness

Pasta the night before

Getting put in my place by older brothers

Impatience

To kick for at least 20 minutes

Appendix operation

Being annoying

Eat a Summer Roll the night before game

Being competitive with Chad

Brisbane Lions

KANE CORNES Port Adelaide

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> MY WORST CHILDHOOD MEMORY Growing up with my brothers

RUNNING IN NUMBERS...

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The number of Richmond players to have played 250 or more games for the Tigers before round 16. This weekend, star forward Matthew Richardson (see page 74) becomes the 11th Tiger to reach that mark but he will overtake Kevin Sheedy (251) next week to move into the top 10.

The leader is Kevin Bartlett (403 games between 1965-83).

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possible in the finals.”

Meanwhile, another club great, Malcolm Blight, was similarly optimistic, but warned of the challenges the Roos will confront in coming weeks. “(Hamish) McIntosh has been great in the ruck, and the midfield is going superbly, but who’s going to kick the goals?”

Blight pondered.

“Even (Drew) Petrie, after kicking a couple of bags, still has to fi nd a way to kick two or three on a bad day, instead of none like last week.

“They haven’t found a consistent tall forward all year.

If they are going to fi nish top four, someone needs to emerge from their big man department at both ends of the ground in the last seven weeks. It will be a big test of their personnel to see if they can get through it.”

Blight said the most exciting development had been their dramatic change in game plan.

“I firmly believe that the way they were playing wasn’t going to take them anywhere,” he said.

“They’re playing more direct footy with only occasional slowdowns. They’ve changed their style 180 degrees, which is rare, so I think there are still question marks on all of that.” ■

‘WHO’S TO SAY THEY CAN’T STAY IN THE TOP FOUR.’ ANTHONY STEVENS

“They’re not a St Kilda or a West Coast, who have all the talent in the world, but the team aspect of their game is huge,” he said.

“Most people expect them to fall over, but they keep defying the odds. If they keep up this attitude and work rate, who’s to say they can’t stay in the top four? And then anything is

HIM OR HIM?

WHICH MIDFIELDER WOULD YOU RATHER IN YOUR SIDE?

JIMMY BARTEL Geelong Bartel has joined the elite bracket of midfielders this season and is leading the Cats in general kicks and tackles.

Bartel’s work rate is superb, and his effectiveness at stoppages has been one of the reasons the Cats are playing a different brand of footy. He is also a great mark for his size and his courage – TIM AGIUS is unquestioned.

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SAM MITCHELL Hawthorn It’s common knowledge that winning football games starts by getting first hands to the ball out of the middle. With that in mind, Mitchell is one of the most valuable players in the AFL. The 24year-old is brilliant at winning centre clearances, he uses the ball well and averages over 25 possessions in 2007.

– GEORGE FARRUGIA

CAN I ASK YOU THIS?

MILESTONE: Russell Robertson plays his 200th AFL game this weekend.

>RUSSELL

ROBERTSON

KATHERINE EVERIST speaks with high-fl ying Melbourne forward Russell Robertson on the eve of his 200th game.

How important has it been to stay with one club?

It’s been very important – it’s been crucial. I knew I would be able to grow at Melbourne. I always wanted to be loyal.

Did you imagine playing 200 games?

No, never in a million years. The AFL was the land of super-giants and so far away. When I got my opportunity, it was awe-inspiring and it still is. It’s an honour and a privilege to play in the AFL. I’m the luckiest guy on earth.

What has been the most significant moment in your career?

When I was on Melbourne’s rookie list (in 1997), reserves coach Matt Rendell told me I was a bit of an emotional wreck and to go out there and enjoy my football. It struck a chord and I decided I was always going to live by that. I got myself back on the list that year.

What’s been most enjoyable about playing at Melbourne?

The whole lot – the relationships with players and people, and playing in the Grand Final in 2000 was amazing.

How have you maintained consistency over the years?

Consistency goes hand-in-hand with maturing, mentally and physically. The older you get, the more consistent you get. When you start playing next to players such as (former captain) Garry Lyon, you don’t feel you should be there, but five years later, you feel you should. Confidence plays a huge part.

How has the transition to (new coach) Mark Riley been?

It’s been smooth because ‘Bomber’ (Riley) has been there for a long time, he knows the system and has picked up where Neale (Daniher) left off. His approach is straight down the line.

How have the players coped with this season?

Very well. People think when you lose games everything crumbles, but the boys have stuck thick. We understand things haven’t gone our way, but it’s just one year. We’ll have a fresh start and hopefully next year is the year of the Demon!

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THE iNTERCHANGE>CULTURE

DEARDOROTHY With

DOROTHY KIX

ADVICE ON FOOTBALL ETIQUETTE AND CULTURE FROM THE AFL RECORD’S RESIDENT SAGE.

Lifting the lid on cover-up be getting ahead of themselves.

Last weekend, one of the boys turned up to an away game without his boots and had to borrow a pair

Dear Dorothy KIX, What is this ‘lid’ I keep hearing and reading about. What is it being kept on top of? What is its connection to football?

two sizes too small, while another struggled through the match after a night on the tiles. What can we do to address this issue before it gets out of hand?

UNCOVERED, LARA, VIC.

Thanks, Uncovered, for bringing to my attention one of the many clichés often offered by football club personnel in an effort to curb their fans’ enthusiasm. Yes, we know we’re going well, but we’re trying to keep a lid on it.

Please shut up, they’re saying, lest we sound like bigheads, or hex ourselves. The “keeping the lid on” cliché is also often used in political circles, especially when an election is looming and the opposition has a massive lead in the polls.

Geelong, for example, has won 10 matches in a row – the best streak since St Kilda won its opening 10 in 2004 – but its key people keep playing it down, trying to counter the noise and fervour building in the city that worships and lives for the blue and white hooped affair.

The front page of last Monday’s Geelong Advertiser – ‘BOMBER: THE LID IS OFF’ – tried to trick readers into thinking coach Mark Thompson had suddenly broken ranks, and let it all hang out after his team brushed off the Magpies last Saturday. Yet close reading of the story showed that while Thompson had acknowledged 8

NOT IN MY DAY, NORTH HOBART, TAS.

TIGHT-LIPPED: Geelong coach Mark Thompson has taken a leaf out of former coaching great Allan Jeans’ book by taking it “one week at a time”.

his team was playing super footy, he had made sure to add a lid-related rider, suggesting this weekend’s match against the Western Bulldogs was the ONLY thing the club was concerned about. Not top spot. Not the Grand Final. Not a premiership that would end a 43-season drought. Only the Bulldogs!

Second-placed Hawthorn is also taking a similar route, refusing to look beyond its next opponent, despite the likelihood it will reach the finals for the first time since 2001 with a team creating much excitement. That shouldn’t surprise veteran brown and gold observers used to the likes of the wily Allan Jeans,

who after a 15-goal win would deflect attention from his men by heaping praise on the shattered opposition. “Oh well, they’re a very good side. We were just lucky to get the points today” he’d say, with a roll of his eyes. Or this, from Alan Joyce, another former coach, after the Hawks beat Carlton in the second semi-final to progress to the 1988 Grand Final: “We’re just happy to get the four points.” Four points in a final! – that’s close to the ultimate in keeping a lid on things!

Dear Dorothy KIX, My local club is flying (unbeaten and on top of the ladder), but I’m afraid several of our players might

A player leaving his tools at home isn’t as bad as another turning up “tired and emotional”, as a former TV star did when hosting an episode of a top rating current affairs program, but both acts show the boys haven’t quite got their mind on the job.

Act quickly. Don’t make a song and dance, but make sure you discipline the offenders, especially if they happen to be your best players.

You don’t want people accusing you of double standards. Gather the squad as one and reiterate the team rules. Be hard, but fair.

The shoeless one might need to run some extra laps after a particularly hard training session, while wearing his own boots, of course. The other could probably do with a week off, and perhaps a fine. Importantly, make sure they understand why they’re being punished. A good team is a disciplined one. ■ WRITE TO DOROTHY KIX, GEOFF SLATTERY PUBLISHING, 140 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands, 3008 or email dorothykix@geoffslattery.com.au

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THE iNTERCHANGE>GAME TRENDS

Football’s little big man Can Brad Johnson win the Coleman Medal? By Peter Ryan.

IN SOME WAYS, JOHNSON IS A FREAK, APPEARING TO DEFY FOOTBALL NORMS, AND HISTORY.

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he medium-sized forward’s importance is growing as the threat of the running full-back – such as Geelong’s Matthew Scarlett – increases.

Brad Johnson is the master: good in the air, desperate and dangerous on the ground.

Johnson’s just seven games short of 300 and could win the Coleman Medal: he leads the goalkicking by three.

This weekend, he might face Scarlett, a matchup to delight those who relish legitimate, old-style contests.

In some ways, Johnson is a freak, appearing to defy football norms, and history. Last week, he kicked out from full-back after a behind; earlier in the same quarter he kicked a goal.

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his skills and coolness under pressure are needed elsewhere.

This the sixth season in seven he has kicked more than 40 goals. Matthew Lloyd and Barry Hall, two of the modern game’s best forwards, are the only two players to match that effort in that period.

For a man Johnson’s size and experience to be the competition’s leading goalkicker is rare. Bernie Quinlan won a Coleman Medal after playing 300 games – the only player to have done that.

You need to go back to Malcolm Blight in 1982 or Leigh Matthews in 1975 to fi nd two players who weren’t built like traditional full-forwards, or at least made their name in that position, leading the table at season’s end.

In 1975, Matthews was the leading goalkicker after round 15 with just 49 – Johnson’s tally. Matthews fi nished that season with 67 goals. The most recent small forward to lead the goalkicking after 15 rounds was Hawthorn’s Mark Williams. He was on 55 but kicked only eight more to fi nish fifth on 63.

Low tallies help. Johnson’s tally is the second lowest of a leading goalkicker at round 15 since 1965. In 2002, Melbourne’s David Neitz sat on 47 after round 15. He won the Coleman Medal with 75. We haven’t seen 100 goals in 22 rounds since 1998 when Tony Lockett kicked 107.

This year, Johnson has kicked 49 goals and 19 behinds in 15 matches. He has managed 35 goals after a mark, free or 50-metre penalty and 14 from general play. More than half his goals (26) have come from marks. He is deadly kicking from anywhere in the corridor.

Champion Data statistics show he has kicked 36 goals and six behinds from this area, regardless of the range.

If Scarlett versus Johnson happens, we’re in for a ripper. ■

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THE iNTERCHANGE>IN PROFILE

KICKING on late Queensland’s home-grown Josh Drummond is blooming.

By Peter Ryan.

J

osh Drummond gives left-footers a good name. His accurate kicks hit teammates as consistently as Australian golfer Nick O’Hern’s second iron hits greens.

It’s a skill Drummond developed by shadowing his father, Geoff, around Buderim, a small town five minutes from Maroochydore on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

‘IT WAS A BIT STRANGE GROWING UP. I COULDN’T GRAB ANY MATES AT LUNCHTIME TO HAVE A KICK OF THE FOOTY.’ Nobody at Drummond’s high school played Australian Football, but his family had moved from Avoca in Victoria’s Central Highlands so he took to the game his dad had played.

“It was a bit strange growing up. I couldn’t grab any mates at lunchtime to have a kick of the footy. They were all playing rugby and soccer,” he said.

“Dad was the one who got stitched up as I was always having to kick the footy with him.”

As a result of kicking against Queensland’s sporting grain, Drummond’s football development took longer than it might have otherwise.

He’d played for Maroochydore, represented Queensland in the 2003 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships (he kicked six goals against Tasmania) and 12

then moved to Brisbane to play with the Northern Eagles.

He kept being overlooked in the NAB AFL Draft but, importantly, he kept his head. Drummond did a couple of big pre-seasons with his mate Jeremy Stiller (rookie-listed by the Lions in 2004), but didn’t put unnecessary pressure on himself.

“I said, ‘If this is not going to happen, it’s not going to happen’. I wanted to have a good year for the Eagles and not worry about the outside stuff. I ended up playing better footy.” In 2004, he was placed on the Lions’ rookie list after three years with the Eagles, and made his debut in round eight, 2005.

A shoulder injury that required surgery at the end of last season derailed his preparation for this year, with nerve problems making his back ginger during the pre-season. He played his first game for the year in round eight. Since his return, his form has been superb and he has been a key to Brisbane’s return to winning form in recent weeks.

He’s also the Lions’ designated kicker after a behind has been scored. His dad is obviously a good teacher. Drummond’s uncomplicated Sunshine Coast approach helps too. “It’s an important role to take and I enjoy it. If you make a mistake there it can be pretty costly but I enjoy doing it. I play my best footy when I’m not thinking what could be, and just acting on instinct.” ■

LATE DEVELOPER: Josh Drummond is now finding his feet with the Brisbane Lions.

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THE iNTERCHANGE>CHANGING FORTUNES

From sinners to Saints Their ‘ugly’ clash earlier this season drew wide-spread condemnation, but St Kilda has undergone a dramatic makeover and this weekend’s return match with Hawthorn shapes as a beauty. By John Murray.

‘H

awks win snorefest’ and ‘There’s no winner from that rubbish’ were just a couple of the uncomplimentary headlines that followed St Kilda’s loss to Hawthorn in round eight.

Melbourne’s Herald Sun mocked up Ugly Betty, the star of the Channel Seven comedy, in a St Kilda scarf and hat, while former Saint Aussie Jones hinted Fraser Gehrig would retire if his team continued to play that way.

The reason behind such a backlash – lest anyone needs reminding – was a game widely described as the worst football spectacle in recent memory.

For the record, the Hawks won by 28 points – their first victory over St Kilda since 2002 – but the match will be remembered as a dour, low-scoring affair.

With both teams deploying defensive tactics (the Saints started the match with two spare backmen), a total of seven goals were kicked up to three-quarter time. St Kilda contributed just six of 16 majors, not to mention only four contested marks.

Now, almost exactly two months on, the teams will meet again in round 16. After round eight, the Saints sat 12th on the ladder with four wins; now they are 11th with seven wins, still clinging on to the coattails of the top eight teams. Meanwhile, 14

DOUR STRUGGLE: St Kilda forward Fraser Gehrig is swamped by Hawks Trent Croad and Simon Taylor in the round eight encounter.

the Hawks have doubled their win tally from five to 10, as they continue to make a strong bid for a top-four berth.

The Hawthorn defeat was the first of four consecutive losses for the Saints, but since the mid-season break, things have changed dramatically. Ross Lyon’s team has won three of its past four games, including an impressive victory over West Coast at Subiaco.

Crucial to the revival has

been the return from injury of several key contributors.

So depleted were the Saints against Hawthorn, they had to field three debutants – David Armitage, Brad Howard and Justin Sweeney – as well as the out-of-favour Barry Brooks. The quartet managed just 23 touches between them.

Absentees for St Kilda that night included Jason Gram, Xavier Clarke, Lenny Hayes, Steven Baker, Matt Maguire and

Andrew Thompson. All six played against the Crows last week.

It is inevitable that any playing group takes time to gel with a new coach. And in the past few weeks, the players appear to have developed an understanding of what is required under Lyon’s game plan, and the results have been clear to see.

The Saints are back in form, their belief is back too, and they loom as the most dangerous team outside the eight. ■

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THE iNTERCHANGE> ALL OVER: Chris Connolly had almost six seasons with the Dockers.

CONNOLLY calls it quits Chris Connolly, who resigned as Fremantle coach this week, will be remembered for lifting the Dockers from the depths of despair to within one game of a Grand Final berth. By Peter Di Sisto.

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hen Chris Connolly walked away from Fremantle on Wednesday, he was sticking true to one of his favourite theories: “You have to be able to read the play, mate”.

Connolly resigned as coach of the Dockers after nearly six full seasons that netted the club 67 wins in 129 matches, including its first in a final last season.

“It was the right thing to do.

It will take away the dark storm clouds that are hanging over the club,” Connolly said, bringing an end to weeks of debate about his future.

Fremantle was considered by some to be a genuine premiership threat at the start of the year after a flying preliminary final finish to 2006, but won just six of its first 15 matches, leading to the predictable conjecture that can often hover over the coach of a struggling team.

For at least most of the next six seasons, Connolly will be known as the young club’s longest-serving senior coach.

But, more importantly, especially after life at the club returns to normal, he will be recognised for becoming the public face of a demoralised club 16

after a disastrous 2-20 wooden spoon effort in 2001.

Connolly, who likely would have taken the St Kilda job had the Saints not managed to convince Malcolm Blight to have one more go, was prepared to uproot his family and move west from Victoria, where he had established himself as an astute football brain and a popular member of staff at Hawthorn, having spent six seasons there as an assistant coach.

Fremantle appointed Connolly primarily for his football coaching skills, but it also wanted a strong character to drag it from the depths. It wanted a leader.

HE WILL BE RECOGNISED FOR BECOMING THE PUBLIC FACE OF THE CLUB. “Chris joined us at the lowest time in our club’s history, both on and off the field,” president Rick Hart said. “We were seeking a person with the energy, commitment and dedication to help us grow as a club.”

The transformation was quick, and tangible. This is what the AFL Record wrote about him at the start of 2004: In two years, Connolly has willed his team – via

his infectious enthusiasm, extensive football knowledge and abundant rat cunning – to play exciting, efficient and most importantly, winning football. Just as critically, by combining quasi-amateur theatrics – hoisting a giant anchor after a win or celebrating the colours and song, motifs playfully mocked by others – and with a genuine understanding for what moulds and bonds a football community, Connolly has also helped galvanise the club’s supporter base giving it – like any charismatic leader wooing his disciples – reason to believe.

There was a lot of Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy about Connolly in his first few seasons at Fremantle; in fact Connolly agreed to take part in a bizarre press conference in 2004, held among boiling pots and pans in a Telstra Dome kitchen to help

promote an Essendon-Fremantle match at the ground.

Connolly was happy to be involved, partly because it helped promote his club but also as a way of repaying Sheedy for similar work the old master had done back west for the Dockers.

Fremantle showed in the second half of last season (when it won its last nine home and away matches) that it was better than merely capable. It was an exciting run that culminated in a preliminary final appearance, an end that – as is often the way in football circles – sent expectations for the club’s immediate future sky-high, perhaps out of line with reality.

With injury and suspension impacting on the team’s ability to meet those expectations, Connolly simply did what he knows best: he read the play. ■

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IN FINE VOICE: Swan stars Leo Barry (left) and Adam Goodes had plenty to sing about after a record win over Carlton last week.

ROUND 16 AFL LIFE MEMBERSHIP Peter Bell (Fremantle)

> MATTERS OF FACT FROM AROUND THE AFL

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Co-captain Nick Riewoldt and midfielder Nick Dal Santo signed new three-year deals with St Kilda this week. Riewoldt, 24, has been the face of the club for several years. “I’m looking forward to working with the playing group and coaches to achieve a premiership at the Saints,” he said. Dal Santo, 23, is considered one the club’s most important playmakers.

Essendon also announced it had re-signed Paddy Ryder and Courtenay Dempsey, with the two, both 19, agreeing to two-year contracts. Ryder, who has excelled in defence but is currently missing because of injury, was the round one nomination for the NAB AFL Rising Star Award.

200 GAMES Byron Pickett (Melbourne) Russell Robertson (Melbourne) Max Hudghton (St Kilda) Jared Crouch (Sydney)

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SWANS FIRE

The 85,497 crowd for last Saturday’s Geelong-Collingwood match at the MCG was the second best for a Geelong home and away match. The highest Geelong home and away attendance was 87,653 for a game against Essendon in round 11, 1989.

Last Saturday marked the 23rd time in League history more than 85,000 people have attended a home and away match. The Magpies have played in 17 of those matches, with Carlton appearing seven times, Richmond and Melbourne three, Geelong twice and Hawthorn once.

Sydney, on the back of a superb effort from Peter Everitt, broke a 73-year record when it posted its highest score against Carlton last weekend. The 25.12 (162) score was the club’s highest against the Blues since its 23.13 (151) in round 13 of the 1934 season at the Lake Oval, when Bob Pratt booted 11 goals. The Swans have won 10 straight against Carlton, a record streak that started in round 14 of 2001.

DEMON SEARCH ON Melbourne last weekend officially started its search for a new coach, with the club looking to appoint 18

someone who has either played or been a senior or assistant coach at AFL level, or a senior coach at state league level.

The club has sought input on its selection process from a host of former players and coaches, with ex-skipper Gary Lyon and former St Kilda captain Nathan Burke to assess a short list of candidates supplied by a recruitment firm.

Neale Daniher, who coached the Demons for nearly 10 seasons, resigned in late June and was

replaced on an interim basis by Mark Riley.

PETTERD PROGRESSING Melbourne’s Ricky Petterd will not play again this season after having chest surgery late last week. Petterd received a knock in the round 14 match against Carlton that resulted in a collapsed lung.

Doctors removed a cyst at the top of his left lung and repaired surface damage to it. ■

GREATEST HALF-TIME MARGINS 120 points – Brisbane 19.10 (124) v Sydney 0.4 (4) at the Gabba (R8, 1993) 113 – Brisbane 21.5 (131) v Fremantle 2.6 (18) at the Gabba (R20, 1999) 107 – Richmond 17.9 (111) v North Melb 0.4 (4) at Punt Rd Oval (R2, 1931) 107 – Geelong 20.6 (126) v Richmond 2.7 (19) at Telstra Dome (R6, 2007) 106 – Adelaide 19.3 (117) v Fitzroy 1.5 (11) at Football Park (R17, 1996) 100 – Essendon 18.8 (116) v North Melb 2.4 (16) at Windy Hill (R18, 1985) 92 – Carlton 18.11 (119) v Footscray 4.3 (27) at Princes Park (R18, 1982) 91 – Sydney 17.4 (106) v Fitzroy 2.3 (15) at Whitten Oval (R19, 1995) 90 – Geelong 13.13 (91) v St Kilda 0.1 (1) at Corio Oval (R17, 1899) 89 – Geelong 16.9 (105) v Brisbane 2.4 (16) at Carrara (R7, 1992) RESEARCH BY COL HUTCHINSON

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Heart and soul Sydney-West Coast matches are not for the faint-hearted. By Jim Main.

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lectrocardiogram (ECG)? Hi-tech nonsense! Blood test for cholesterol levels? Too messy and, besides, needles hurt.

Anyway, who needs to pay a doctor for a heart test when any Sydney supporter can get one free twice, sometimes three times a year.

What better way to test the old ticker than to sit through a Sydney-West Coast game? You go right through the wringer, shake for more than 100 minutes and end up in a lather of sweat.

The pulse races and, depending on the state of affairs at the fi nal siren, you experience the sweetest of ecstasy or pain sharp enough to kill.

But the heart pulls through and you live to see the next Swans-Eagles encounter.

Think of this! These clubs have had three consecutive one-point results, one to the Swans and two to the Eagles. Sydney won by that

meanest of margins in a qualifying final last year and West Coast turned the tables by the same margin in the Grand Final.

Then, in the opening round this year, the Eagles defeated the Swans by a point at Telstra Stadium.

WHAT BETTER WAY TO TEST THE OLD TICKER? But, in the words of the advertisement, there’s more — and we are not talking steak knives. Sydney and West Coast have played six consecutive matches decided by four points or less.

It started in a 2005 qualifying final in which the Eagles pipped the Swans by four points. And we all know that Sydney reversed the result in that year’s Grand Final.

The ECG was all in the mind that day, the heart pumping like a steam engine about to explode.

How many of you have watched your team lead over the fi nal 10 minutes of a Grand Final with the margin less than a kick?

The ball goes up and down, West Coast has chance after chance and, all the while, you hold your chest fearing your heart will burst through flesh and bone.

Finally, the Eagles drive the ball long towards the goalsquare and all you can see is Mark Seaby setting himself for the mark from behind a huge pack. His fingers are spread in anticipation and your heart sinks to the sick pits of your stomach.

Then! Is it a bird, or is it a plane? No, it’s Superman in red and white. In Stephen Quartermain’s immortal words: “Leo Barry, you star.”

The siren blares, yet the heart races even faster. The Swans have won a fl ag for the first time in 72 long and miserable years. A lifetime, at least for me!

Then, of course, there was the anguish of last year’s Grand Final, but I don’t remember anything except storming from the MCG as soon as the fi nal siren ordered my heart to stop thumping.

Swans and Eagles fans will go through it again this week at Subiaco and I am reminded of banter between supporters during the recent Geelong-Sydney match at Skilled Stadium.

Taunted by a Cats’ fan, I showed him my red and white premiership scarf and told him he was too young to have seen a Geelong premiership.

He retorted: “Yeah, well you’ll be long dead when the Swans win another one, you old buzzard (or words to that effect).” This remark has made me determined to live to 100, as long as my heart can see me through this week’s clash with the Eagles. ■

CHANGING FORTUNES: What a difference a year makes. In 2005, it was all smiles for Sydney on Grand Final day as the Swans ended a 72-year premiership drought. Twelve months later, the shoe was on the other foot, with Sydney desolate in defeat and West Coast ecstatic in victory.

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BEVA PITCH With

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Keep on keeping on W James Hird aside, we could see several superstar veterans continuing their careers.

hen asked to write about, and while contemplating, the next batch of AFL ‘statesmen’, one realises this piece may be a tad premature.

Apart from the seemingly unswayable James Hird, we could easily be sitting here this time next year preparing (yet again) for the farewells of Robert Harvey, Glenn Archer, Nathan Buckley, Chris Grant and Shane Crawford.

The Essendon superstar Hird, who in his 250th match in round 14 suffered yet another injury, is unbending that the game is up at the end of this campaign. He will be saluted in style.

Harvey, simply one of the best midfielders ever, dodges the question of retirement with the same grace as he cuts through a congested centre square. “I can’t play forever,” he offers, but given his form, that doesn’t mean he can’t play in 2008 or, as Saints fans pray, 2009.

Similarly, Archer, the Kangaroos’ Shinboner of the Century, is not turning in performances that demand his pension plan be brought to the top of the pile in his AFL paperwork. Last Sunday at Subiaco – a ground that can expose old-timers – he had 16 disposals, laid five tackles and booted two goals, including the

PRIME TIME: St Kilda’s Lenny Hayes is in the peak of his career at 27.

final one of the match, in the Roos’ best win of the season.

Crawford, just a baby at almost 33, is understandably making noises about playing for several more seasons, given his form and the young talent he is now surrounded by in brown and gold; while the lack of football Buckley (no games in 2007) and Grant (two) have played this year due to injury may well be the catalyst for them to go again.

Allowing for all of that, there are two ways you can look at the next generation in regard to the

THE HEROES NEARING THE FINISHING LINE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR. passing of the baton or changing of the guard.

First, a few of the soon-to-begone legends have teammates tracking them with similarities in either playing style, leadership, respect across the competition or a combination of all three.

James Clement, who turns 31 in early September, is the obvious

next ‘Buckley-esque’ character at Magpieland; Brad Johnson, who turned 31 this week and is the reigning All-Australian captain, can play the combined role of Grant and Scott West, and is much-loved across the AFL; Lenny Hayes, 27, with 161 games to his name and a co-captain of the Saints, is often compared to Harvey; while the dashing Sam Mitchell, 24 and having just ticked past the 100-game mark, is clearly the Hawks’ ‘next Crawford’.

Matthew Lloyd, 30 early next season, the captain of Essendon and on track to be the next man to 1000 goals, is already in rarefied air, but the impending retirement of Hird should elevate his status even further.

Or one can simply run through the superstars of the League who are in their prime and having the biggest impact: Jonathan Brown, Matthew Pavlich, Nick Riewoldt, Adam Goodes and, of course, Chris Judd a premiership captain just three weeks after his 23rd birthday, a Brownlow medallist two weeks after his 21st birthday, a Norm Smith medallist and with a couple of All-Australian jumpers.

The heroes nearing the finish line have nothing to fear. The game’s in good hands. ■ • BRUCE EVA HOSTS THE EVENING SHOW, BEVA AFTER DARK, BETWEEN 7-11PM, MONDAY TO THURSDAY, AND CALLS AFL MATCHES, ON AUSTRALIA’S ONLY 24-HOUR SPORTS RADIO STATION, 1116 SEN.

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Turning Japanese Fleeing to the land of the rising sun seemed the perfect way to escape the sinking feeling of winning the wooden spoon. By Andrew Wallace.

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n 1999, Collingwood finished dead last for only the second time in the club’s history. As a lifelong fan confronted with a tornado of ridicule and delight from opposition supporters, I took the only course of action available – I left the country immediately.

Weighing up the odds of bumping into such gloating Magpie haters in the UK or Europe, I decided to hole up as an English teacher in Kanazawa, a remote town in western Japan.

Away from the major hubs of Tokyo and Osaka, this seemed the perfect place to forget about the pathetic Pies and lose myself in a culture far removed from football-mad Melbourne. How futile this self-imposed hiatus would prove.

My first lapse came with the first sign of snow in January 2000 (a wondrous sight for this boy from the ’burbs). It seemed obligatory to erect a snowman in front of my apartment, which was adjacent to one of the town’s busiest intersections. Up it went, complete with carrot stick nose, twig arms, button eyes and curious stares from passing motorists, who were stunned to actually see a “gaijin”, as foreigners are known in Japan, let alone an adult one engaged in child’s play.

Standing back to admire my handiwork, I observed something was strangely lacking from my plump white friend. Then, like a spearing Nathan Buckley pass, it

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hit me. I bolted inside, rummaged through my suitcase and yanked out my Collingwood beanie and scarf. ‘Frosty’ was about to become a fully-fledged member of the Magpie Army.

The next morning, I peered out of my front door to see the snowman still proudly flying the black and white, and, surprisingly, felt a pang of disappointment. Such a provocative being would never have survived the night back home, or would have been decorated with a wooden spoon at the very least.

From then on, I took it as my duty to educate the Japanese on the beauty of Australian Football.

In my English classes, instead of using the recommended text with its carefully planned lessons on the past, present and

‘FROSTY’ WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A FULLYFLEDGED MEMBER OF THE MAGPIE ARMY. perfect tense, I started taking in a drawing of a football field, complete with goalposts, 50m arcs and centre square, as well as a Melbourne souvenir book.

I preached to Japanese businessmen, housewives and high school students about the great game, explaining the rules and scorings system in detail while using images of the MCG and football games as visual aids.

By the time the 2000 premiership season kicked off in March, I was hungry for football again. Under new coach Mick Malthouse, Collingwood made a great start to the year, but with no radio or television coverage

available, the only way to stay tuned to games was via live score updates on the internet. This entailed cycling a few kilometres to the local library for a 15-minute session on the computer, hoping to time my slot perfectly to the game’s ending.

Kanazawa was plonked in the wettest part of the country.

So, more often than not, the trip involved pedalling through howling wind and rain on my gearless Japanese bicycle (complete with iron basket on the front), mastering the art of clutching an umbrella in one hand while steering and braking with the other.

When the Magpies’ scored a thrilling comeback win over Adelaide in round two, I was dripping wet, yet glued to the computer screen, hitting the F5 refresh button frantically until the magical words “full-time” appeared on the website scoreboard. Forgetting my place inside a library of a notoriously conservative country, I bellowed a loud “Go Pies”, before hurrying, head down and red-faced, out the door.

Typically, Collingwood’s unbeaten five-game start flowed into a nine-match losing streak.

The Magpies finished second last in 2000, aiding my decision to stay put in Japan for another year. Only after the Pies climbed up the ladder the following season, narrowly missing the finals, was I ready to return from the land of the rising sun to the land of the AFL. ■

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BLAST FROM THE PAST

RISING STARS: WA’s Cale Morton (left) and Craig Bird from NSW/ ACT.

DAVID GRENVOLD (ESSENDON) Grenvold joined Essendon in 1989 after crossing from SANFL club Glenelg. He played 112 games for Essendon mainly in defence, was a member of the Bombers’ 1993 premiership side and also represented South Australia that year.

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Watch these medal winners Two young stars from this year’s NAB AFL Under-18 Championships are set to follow in the footsteps of previous Larke and Harrison medallists. By Andrew Wallace.

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ollowing each year’s NAB AFL Under-18 Championships, a medal is awarded to the player adjudged the best in his division over the three games. The award is not only a huge honour due to the elite company from which it is chosen, but also a boost to a youngster’s chances of being drafted.

At the 2007 championships, which ended in Melbourne last week, Western Australia’s Cale Morton capped a superb carnival by taking home the Larke Medal for the best player in Division One, while NSW/ACT’s Craig Bird did likewise by securing the Harrison Medal in Division Two.

Morton, the son of former Claremont star Noel and brother of West Coast 10-gamer Mitch and uncapped first-year Hawthorn recruit Jarryd, was among the best in each game of WA’s title-winning performance, pipping teammate Rhys Palmer by one vote.

AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan was impressed by what he saw.

“Cale’s had that wonderful family support around him, so there were no surprises about him bobbing up at the championships,” Sheehan said. “He came in cool, calm and collected and played exactly that way.”

At 192cm, the lightly built midfielder boasts a deadly

right foot, clean hands and a great combination of speed and endurance, shaping as a mouthwatering AFL prospect.

Bird justified the Sydney Swans’ decision to choose him under the AFL scholarship scheme by snaring the Harrison Medal on top of back-to-back Under-18 All-Australian nominations.

“Craig is an absolute star at stoppages and has a brilliant side-stepping ability that gets him through heavy traffic,” Sheehan said.

Morton and Bird join a distinguished list of players to have won either the Larke or Harrison Medal, including Michael Voss, Paul Hasleby, Brad Green, Marc Murphy, Grant Birchall and Tom Hawkins. ■

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VOTE FOR LAST WEEK’S AFL ARMY AWARD NOMINEE.

AFL ARMY AWARD ROUND 15 NOMINEES JOEL SELWOOD Geelong youngster Joel Selwood spoiled Collingwood’s Paul Medhurst from behind and followed through with a tap-on and a smother to gain possession.

DANIEL MOTLOP Port Adelaide’s Daniel Motlop chased two West Coast players out of defence and applied enough pressure on Brett Jones to cause him to miskick for a turnover.

ROUND 14 WINNER MATTHEW EGAN

RHAN HOOPER Lightly-framed Brisbane forward Rhan Hooper dived to make a superb spoil and knock the ball out of play when Melbourne’s Colin Garland seemed certain to take an easy mark.

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hen Geelong nominated Matthew Egan as the No. 62 selection at the 2004 NAB AFL Draft, it knew it had a player who could hold down a key defensive position.

The powerfully built Egan, originally from Oak Park, had been playing in the VFL with Geelong where he impressed with his strong aerial skills.

He made his AFL debut in 2005

and since has developed into one of the most reliable defenders in the competition.

Egan plays with wonderful commitment and his second and third efforts help inspire the Cats.

This attention to detail went on display against Essendon at Telstra Dome in round 14 when Egan made a stunning smother.

He dived full length to knock the ball away from Bomber forward Scott Lucas, who seemed certain to kick a goal from just five metres.

Egan received 44 per cent of the votes by supporters to be a worthy round 14 AFL Army Award winner.

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ANDREW DEMETRIOU

Club members increase Once again, fans are showing their loyalty by becoming AFL club members.

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wish to thank members and supporters of the 16 clubs for their fantastic commitment to the game this year.

That commitment and passion, combined with the work the 16 clubs have put into building membership, has resulted in yet another year of record membership and has put us on course to topple the previous all-time attendance record.

The 16 AFL clubs combined to post a final membership tally of 532,697 – up 2.6 per cent on the previous record tally of 519,126 members posted last year.

TEN CLUBS POSTED INCREASES ON THEIR 2006 FIGURES. Ten clubs posted increases on their 2006 figures – Adelaide, Carlton, Collingwood,

Essendon, Fremantle, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Richmond, West Coast and the Western Bulldogs – with Adelaide again surpassing 50,000 members.

That total of 532,697 doesn’t include the 42,022 people who buy membership products that don’t provide access to the home and away matches.

This membership support is crucial for clubs. Not only does it provide revenue to ensure on and off-field competitiveness, it allows clubs to communicate directly with supporters.

Attendances at AFL matches also continue to grow. After 15 rounds, the AFL is on track to surpass the all-time mark for the premiership season attendances set in 2005.

So far 4,410,289 supporters have filed through the gates in 2007 – an increase of 177,762 or 4.2 per cent on the same time last

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BRISBANE LIONS

21,976

26,459

-16.9%

CARLTON

35,431

28,756

23.2%

COLLINGWOOD

38,587

38,038

1.4%

ESSENDON

32,759

32,511

0.8%

FREMANTLE

43,343

35,666

21.5%

GEELONG

30,169

32,290

-6.6%

HAWTHORN

31,064

28,003

10.9%

KANGAROOS

22,366

24,624

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MELBOURNE

28,077

24,698

13.7%

PORT ADELAIDE

34,073

35,648

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RICHMOND

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29,406

2.2%

ST KILDA

30,394

32,327

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SYDNEY

28,764

30,382

-5.3%

WEST COAST EAGLES

45,949

44,138

4.1%

WESTERN BULLDOGS

28,725

26,042

10.3%

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519,126

2.6% *June 30

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FORWARD THINKING>NAB AFL RISING STAR

Blast-off for Westhoff With 17 goals in just six games, Port Adelaide youngster Justin Westhoff has made a flying start to his AFL career. By George Farrugia.

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popular Australian television show throughout the 1970s and 1980s was Young Talent Time, which was responsible for launching the careers of several gifted singers.

While it’s unlikely the popular series will return to our screens, the working title could be used when watching Port Adelaide go through its paces.

In the past 35 home and away rounds, the Power have had six NAB AFL Rising Star nominees, including this week’s selection Justin Westhoff.

The 20-year-old was brilliant in the 91-point win over West Coast last week, fi nishing with 14 possessions, six marks and four goals.

Taken with pick No. 71 in the 2006 NAB AFL Draft, Westhoff has kicked 17 goals in his first six matches in Power colours, including three on debut against Hawthorn in round 10.

The young forward admits he has been surprised with the flying start to his AFL career.

“I certainly didn’t expect a start like this. I would have been happy to play one or two games in the seniors for the year to be honest,” he said.

‘I CERTAINLY DIDN’T EXPECT A START LIKE THIS. I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO PLAY ONE OR TWO GAMES.’

“To kick that many to start my career is very surprising.”

Westhoff credits his good start to advice from some of his more experienced teammates.

“Guys like Warren Tredrea, Josh Mahoney and Brett Ebert have been a huge help,” he said.

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speed of the AFL, but says his time in the SANFL prepared him well for his time in the big smoke.

“I have been pretty lucky to play on the bigger bodies in the SANFL, which has been a great advantage when you come into the AFL,” he said.

MAKING HIS MARK: Port youngster Justin Westhoff has been outstanding in attack for Port Adelaide since making his debut in round 10.

“They have been able to give me heaps of advice and have tried to make me play to my strengths, which has been important.”

A former Central District player, Westhoff acknowledges there is a big step-up in the will be chosen as the 2007 NAB AFL Rising Star winner. The 2007 winner will receive an investment folio, a dedicated personal banker, a financial planner and the Ron Evans Medal, all courtesy of the NAB. The

“I’ve played up forward for the last couple of years, and you get to play on much more experienced guys who force you to improve your own game.”

Despite standing 199cm, Westhoff is happiest in the Port Adelaide forward line.

“Every now and then I get thrown in the ruck, but I don’t really like playing there,” he said.

“You get tossed around a bit, especially for somebody as skinny as I am, so it is a bit hard to play in there.

“Going into the ruck at times is okay but I think I might stay in the forward line, which is a good place to be at the moment.” ■ NAB Rising Star award is the final stage of the NAB AFL Rising Stars Program, which supports grassroots players and football communities and helps young Australians fulfil their dream of playing in the AFL.

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GAME’S

ELITE T here are nine new members of football’s most illustrious club – the Australian Football Hall of Fame – with another past champion and coach elevated to Legend status. The new inductees are Robert DiPierdomenico, Darren

Jarman, Frank Johnson, Paul Kelly, Dean Kemp, Michael Long, Guy McKenna, Bob McLean and Murray Weideman.

They were honoured on Thursday night.

Former champion Melbourne and Fitzroy forward Norm Smith, who also coached the

Demons, the Maroons and South Melbourne, has been officially recognised as a Legend of the game.

The Australian Football Hall of Fame seeks to recognise and enshrine players, coaches, administrators and media representatives who have made

Football pays tribute to those who have made significant contributions to the game. They have been officially recognised as football’s elite.

By Jim Main. significant contributions to Australian Football – at any level – since the game’s inception in 1858.

Candidates are considered from all parts of Australia and from all Australian Football competitions within Australia.

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HALL OF FAME LEGEND

HALL OF F

BIG-TIME PERFORMERS: Robert DiPierdomenico (left) and Darren Jarman (right) saved their best for football’s biggest stage.

LEGEND: Norm Smith has become the 21st person to be elevated to Legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

NORM SMITH Norm Smith vies with Collingwood’s Jock McHale – already an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame – for the title of the greatest coach in AFL/VFL history.

Between 1954 and 1964, Smith guided Melbourne to eight Grand Finals for six premierships – including a record five in six years from 1955-60.

Smith started his coaching career at Fitzroy, where he spent three seasons (1949-51), and twice was desperately unlucky to miss the finals.

His much-anticipated return to Melbourne, where he had been a star full-forward in the 1939-40-41 premiership sides, didn’t result in immediate success. In fact, the Demons slumped to second-bottom in Smith’s second season at the helm, 1953. But that year, and

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in 1954, he blooded a total of 21 players, among them youngsters who would become champions – Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Ian Ridley, Bob Johnson and Frank Adams.

Smith developed the fittest and meanest team in the competition, and a game plan that encouraged fast, play-on football and long kicking.

His career was closely entwined with that of his ‘foster son’, Barassi, who was the biggame performer Smith turned to in a crisis.

In mid-1965, Smith was sensationally sacked and reinstated by Melbourne after a dispute with the committee.

He eventually retired as Demon coach in 1967 after suffering heart problems.

In 1970, he coached South Melbourne to its first finals appearance in 25 years. He died in 1973 at the age of 57.

PLAYERS ROBERT DiPIERDOMENICO No overnight sensation, Robert DiPierdomenico made his senior debut with Hawthorn in 1975, but did not play another game until 1978. Recruited from North Kew, he had more than a few rough edges when he joined the Hawks, but became one of the most feared wingmen the game has seen.

Strong and aggressive, he patrolled his wing with rare ferocity and his attack on the ball was fearless.

He played in five Hawthorn premiership sides (1978, 1983, 1986 and 1988-89) in 240 games in the brown and gold to 1991.

His 1989 premiership medallion is particularly significant as he showed enormous courage in playing on with a punctured lung in the Grand Final win

over Geelong after being collected

by Geelong star Gary Ablett.

‘Dipper’ was a big-game expert and created history in 1986 when he shared Brownlow Medal honours with Sydney’s Greg Williams. DiPierdomenico famously said he only attended the count because of “the free feed”. He was underselling himself as he had had a superb season, even though he did not win the Hawks best and fairest, that honour going to Gary Ayres.

A regular Victorian representative, DiPierdomenico was named All-Australian in 1984, 1986 and 1987. Enormously popular with supporters, he now is synonymous with the NAB AFL Auskick program and has been a familiar figure in the media, including the AFL Record, for many years.

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F FAME INDUCTEES DARREN JARMAN

FRANK JOHNSON

Those who saw Darren Jarman’s final quarter in Adelaide’s 1997 Grand Final against St Kilda will never forget his goalkicking brilliance. With the game up for grabs, Jarman kicked five goals to help lift the Crows to victory.

It was a stunning turnaround from his previous premiership appearance, with Hawthorn, in 1991, when he admitted he froze and had few possessions in the win over West Coast. This time he made one of the most emphatic statements ever seen on football’s biggest stage as he single-handedly destroyed the Saints.

Jarman, who played with North Adelaide and Norwood, was drafted by Melbourne and Brisbane before joining Hawthorn in 1991.

He played 109 games and kicked 122 goals with the Hawks to 1995 and crossed to Adelaide the following season.

A brilliant opportunist near goal, he combined freakish ball skills with excellent disposal to become one of the most dangerous players in the game. After turning the 1997 Grand Final in the Crows’ favour, he also played in Adelaide’s 1998 premiership side, kicking five goals.

One of his greatest ambitions was to play at AFL level alongside brother Andrew and he got that wish in 1996, after which Andrew retired. Jarman played 121 games and kicked 264 goals for the Crows to his retirement in 2001.

He won Hawthorn’s best and fairest in 1995 and was named All-Australian in 1992, 1995 and 1996. He also was runnerup to Sydney’s Paul Kelly for the 1995 Brownlow Medal.

After working with the Crows as an assistant coach, Jarman now helps out at North Adelaide.

Raw-boned ruckman Frank Johnson was a star footballer long before he made his VFL debut with South Melbourne at almost 28 in 1960. Playing in the VFA for Port Melbourne, he won All-Australian blazers at the 1953 and 1956 Carnivals.

The Swans desperately tried to woo him from Port, but he resisted all offers and won a club record five best and fairest awards before being captain-coach of South Warrnambool for three seasons to the end of 1959.

Johnson eventually agreed to join South in 1960 and was an instant sensation. He represented Victoria in his debut season and established himself as one of the best big men in the VFL. A clever ruckman, despite being just 189cm, he also was a brilliant mark and clever ground player.

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INSTANT SUCCESS: Frank Johnson was a big hit when he moved from the VFA to the VFL.

Although Johnson played just 64 games with the Swans to his retirement in 1964, he established a wonderful reputation as one of the club’s greatest ruckmen. He won the Swans’ best and fairest in his debut season of 1960 and his ruck tapping to triple Brownlow Medal winner Bob Skilton was a treat for fans.

Originally from Port Melbourne YMCA, Johnson played in eight consecutive Port Melbourne Grand Final sides for one premiership.

He is the only VFA (now VFL) player to have been named in two All-Australian sides.

PAUL KELLY

Kelly always set the perfect example and his willingness to work harder than anyone to win the ball, earned him many admirers.

A four-time Sydney best and fairest winner, he led the Swans in the 1996 Grand Final loss to the Kangaroos and signed off at the end of 2002 with 234 games and 200 goals in the red and white.

He later became a director of the club he served with such great distinction.

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COURAGE PERSONIFIED: Paul Kelly always led the way for Sydney, often against the odds.

When teenager Paul Kelly was first invited to trial with the Sydney Swans, he kept his options open and retained his job as an apprentice plumber in his home town of Wagga, NSW. He need not have worried as he developed into one of the finest footballers of his era and established a new benchmark for courage.

Kelly, who had played with the Wagga Tigers, also had a rugby league background and there were plenty of kinks in his rough and ready playing style when he made his debut with the Swans in 1990. There also was an almost indefinable quality, of being able to show the way against almost impossible odds.

Sydney recognised Kelly’s leadership qualities and appointed the youngster captain in 1993, in just his fourth AFL season. Kelly had won the best and fairest the previous season and he proved the Swans’ decision a masterstroke by leading Sydney to his retirement in 2002.

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HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES DEAN KEMP One of the most courageous footballers to play for West Coast, Kemp played a vital role for the Eagles over 243 games from 1990-2001. He could play in a number of positions, from halfforward to half-back.

Wonderfully skilled, he was particularly noted for his marking ability, despite a spindly 182cm frame.

The Eagles recruited Kemp from WAFL club Subiaco as a zone selection player in 1989 and he soon showed enough talent to suggest he would develop into one of the most talented players in the competition. Kemp played in the Eagles’ 1991 Grand Final loss to Hawthorn, but made amends with a fine performance in the following year’s Grand Final win over Geelong. He also won the West Coast best and fairest in that premiership season.

A noted big-game player, Kemp won the Norm Smith Medal as best on the ground in the Eagles’ 1994 Grand Final win over the Cats. A WA State of Origin representative, he was named All-Australian in 1992. Kemp also shared the Eagle captaincy with Ben Cousins in his final season of 2001. His career was cut short at 30 by a succession of injuries.

Originally from Kalgoorlie, Kemp was a firm favourite with Eagle fans because of his willingness to stand his ground and soak enormous pressure.

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with either hand or foot marked him as one of the great West Coast players of his era.

MICHAEL LONG

POISE AND GRACE: Those two words best describe West Coast’s Dean Kemp (above) and Essendon’s Michael Long (below).

No one who saw Michael Long’s magical jinking run and goal in the 1993 Grand Final will ever forget it. The star Essendon winger mesmerised the Carlton defence with one of the most brilliant goals in finals history. It was typical Long, all style, grace and explosive power. Yet there were many other times when Long seemed to taunt the opposition with his exceptional skills.

Essendon recruited Long from the St Mary’s club in Darwin and he made an immediate impact with the Bombers in his debut season of 1989. He played in the Bombers’ 1990 Grand Final loss to Collingwood, but made amends by being the Norm Smith Medal winner as best on ground in the Grand Final win over the Blues in 1993. His medal was presented by another indigenous star, former Richmond star Maurice Rioli, who had been Long’s hero.

Sadly, Long ran into severe injury problems, including badly damaged knee ligaments when he slipped while kicking the ball in an MCG match in 1996. Long bounced back to provide the Bombers with excellent service over 190 games to 2001, and was a member of the 2000 premiership side against Melbourne. He captained Essendon over most of the 1999 season in James Hird’s absence through injury and was always seen as a natural leader.

Long also proved himself a leader off-field and his fight against racism in football won him many admirers. One of the most popular players to represent Essendon,

he announced his retirement just before the Bombers went down to Brisbane in the 2001 Grand Final.

GUY McKENNA Rival fans had a love-hate relationship with West Coast defender Guy McKenna. They loved his brilliance, but hated the way he destroyed so many attacking thrusts. He was one of the most brilliant defenders of his era in 267 games with the Eagles from 1988-2000. Always cool under pressure, he was a great mark for his height and totally fearless.

West Coast recruited McKenna from WAFL club Claremont and he quickly established a reputation as a player opposition teams had to counter for any chance of defeating the Eagles. In fact, he often was paid the compliment of being manned by a tagger to restrict his run and influence from half-back.

The first player to notch 200 games with the Eagles, he played in the 1992 and 1994 premiership

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DASHING: Guy McKenna could set up attacks from defence for the West Coast Eagles.

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ALL-ROUNDER: Bob McLean gave his all as a player and, later as an administrator, to Port Adelaide in the SANFL.

FAN FAVOURITE: Murray Weideman was enormously popular with Collingwood fans in an era when supporters could run on the ground to get close to their heroes. Weideman led the Magpies to a famous premiership win in 1958.

sides and was named in the AllAustralian sides of 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1994. Immensely reliable, McKenna captained West Coast in 1999 and 2000 and won the best and fairest in 1989 and 1999.

A real dasher with great marking skills, McKenna also was runnerup in the Eagles’ 1988 and 1991 best and fairest counts. He played four State of Origin games for Western Australia from 1988-97.

He later coached Claremont before being appointed an assistant coach with Collingwood in 2004.

MURRAY WEIDEMAN Known as the ‘Enforcer’ during his 180 games with Collingwood from 1953-63, Murray Weideman was one of football’s most ferocious competitors. He played mainly as a ruckman and heaven help any 72

rival player who took a liberty with any Magpie player. Weideman was the ultimate protector, hence his nickname.

Weideman perhaps is most famous for leading Collingwood to the 1958 Grand Final win over Melbourne in the absence of regular captain Frank Tuck. The Demons were clear favourites, but Weideman’s brute strength around the packs lifted the Magpies to an unexpected triumph.

Collingwood recruited Weideman from the Preston and District Junior Football Association and he worked his way through the ranks to make his debut in 1953 and play in the Magpies’ premiership side (as a reserve) that season. The ‘Weed’, as he also was known, was a natural leader and was Collingwood captain from 1960-63. He won the club best

and fairest in 1957, 1961 and 1962 and also topped the Magpies’ goalkicking list in 1959, 1960 and 1962.

A burly competitor, Weideman used his bulk to perfection and often wore down bigger and more naturally talented ruckmen.

He left Collingwood at 27 to captain-coach Albury and then was playing coach of West Adelaide.

Immensely popular with Magpie fans, Weideman returned to Collingwood as non-playing coach for the 1975-76 seasons.

ADMINISTRATOR BOB McLEAN There are few bigger names in South Australian football than Bob McLean. Known as ‘Big Bob’, he played 221 games for the Port Adelaide Magpies and Norwood.

He also played three games for St Kilda while in Victoria on military service in 1941 during World War II. McLean’s record is extraordinary as he topped Port’s goalkicking four times even though he also excelled as a ruckman.

He played in the 1939 Port premiership side and represented South Australia nine times. He also topped the SANFL goalkicking list in 1947. McLean played 147 games for Port and 74 for Norwood and booted a total of 471 goals in the SANFL. He also served his beloved Magpies for 41 years as an administrator.

He was club secretary (194980), chairman (1983-89), a SANFL league director for 29 years and is a life member of the SANFL. He was also awarded an OBE for his servives to football.

McLean, who died on November 9, 1989, aged 75, was also a state selector for 17 years.

A fearless competitor who always protected his smaller teammates and was an excellent mark, McLean was inducted into the SANFL Hall of Fame in 2002. He made a huge contribution to Australian Football, on and off-field, for more than half a century. ■

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RICHM ND, THROUGH THE

EYES OF A TRUE TIGER

Matthew Richardson is due to play his 250th game this weekend with the club struggling.

Football has been his life, and his hope for success remains undiminished. Here, he gives the AFL Recordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peter Ryan an insight into his connection with Richmond, his home since 1993.

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MATTHEW RICHARDSON> 250 GAMES

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always had dreams of playing in the AFL and it was always with Richmond. My first football memory was sitting at home in Tasmania with dad (1967 Richmond premiership player Alan Richardson) and his friends watching the Tigers win the 1980 Grand Final. Dad’s not a big talker and he certainly doesn’t talk about himself or his career. I learned about Richmond and his career through the scrapbooks that mum and my grandma put together. I used to look at them religiously. I read about great Tigers such as Freddy Swift, Ronny Branton, Mike Patterson and Barry Cameron, who were part of dad’s early career, and then Royce Hart and Francis Bourke and Kevin Bartlett who came along towards the end of dad’s career and became legends of the club.

As I was growing up, we would go across to Melbourne every couple of years from Devonport to see Richmond play. I liked getting into the rooms with dad and watching him chatting to people he’d been involved with at the club. I used to love that. It gave me a real sense of excitement.

I used to look forward to the day I might get down here. Having been here 15 years now, it’s still one of my favourite parts of footy: that 20 minutes after a game when you’ve had a win and you’ve got all your friends and family in the rooms and everyone’s excited. That’s why you play football.

You play for the real Richmond diehards too; the people who made me feel so welcome right from the day I walked in. They’re guys I really identify with. The first property steward was ‘Dusty’ O’Brien.

He was funny. He was a grumpy old bugger but everyone loved him. Teddy Soderblom, the property steward now, has been here 15 years and is great too. I’ve got good relationships with people in the

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21 marks, 24 disposals and seven goals against Fitzroy, round 21, 1996.

10 goals against the Bulldogs, round eight, 2004.

19 marks, 24 disposals and nine goals against Essendon, round 21, 2006.

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past players’ group – people such as Billy Meaklim, who is the club historian, and Mike Perry, a premiership player with dad, has been fantastic. They show great loyalty and respect, and I hope I show it back.

LOYAL TIGER: Matthew Richardson loves the Tigers and their diehard fans.

‘IT’S BEEN A HARD YEAR BUT I STILL ENJOY PLAYING. YOU KNOW, IT CAN TURN PRETTY QUICKLY.’ The thing I love about real diehard Richmond people is that they are never critical.

They’re always supportive, never grumpy; always positive. Even in the worst of times, they’re always there. They just want the best for you and are the core of Richmond. They’re the type that if you achieved success, they’d get so much out of it. They’re the ones you do it for, I guess.

What drives me on now is just the hope that one day… it would just be amazing to be there when everything clicks. I’ve always got hope that we are going to have some success. People think it’s being optimistic, but you only have to look at this stage last season when Geelong was battling and everyone was writing them off. The supporters have that hope too. We haven’t had finals success for 20 years now but they just keep coming.

I admire and respect that so much. They might get emotional about it but they still come and watch their side. That’s what I like about them. I often think how scary it would be if we could sustain some success for a while. If we could get on a roll, it would be amazing.

I’ve played with great people too – characters such as Craig Lambert and Wayne Campbell, who taught me how to train at the start of my career. John Northey was my first coach and he helped me a lot. He played with dad and I had a good relationship with him. I looked up to ‘Benny’ (Brendon) Gale because he came from North West Tasmania like me and was a key position player. They’re just four but many have given so much. A milestone such as this gives me a chance to acknowledge that. It’s been a hard year but I still enjoy playing. You know, it can turn pretty quickly. ■ TIGER TRIBUTES FOR ‘RICHO’ > SEE OVER

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WAYNE CAMPBELL

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(297 games from 19912005) “He wants the ball in his hands at every possible opportunity, and as has been widely discussed, his kicking at goal is not the best. He might miss two or three in a row but the next time it comes down, he’ll do his absolute best to get the ball in his hands and get another shot, whereas some would choose to not do that so they don’t put themselves under pressure. His willingness to put himself in the position to help the side no matter what the position of the game is admirable. He’s very loyal and a very humourous man. People are just getting to see that side of him.”

“There’s a lot to admire about ‘Richo’. He’s just got a massive heart and I use that word in a very broad way. He has given and continues to give so much. He just loves to compete and give his all for the Tigers. Sometimes that spills over but he loves to compete to such an extent that he plays with awful injuries. His ability to recover and get back on the track from terrible injuries is just astounding at times. Off-field, he’s very open and giving of his spirit and humour and energy; often it’s self-deprecating and that is really important in a footy club. He’s got a big heart for his family and supporters and the community.”

JOEL BOWDEN 228 games (from 1996) “He’s an absolute champion. To be the focal point of an attack for 15 years and do what he has been able to do with not only one opponent but two or three at times shows that he is a very talented footballer. His work rate is unsurpassed for a player of his size. He always stays in the contest, wants to get the next ball and his desire and want to succeed sets him apart from a lot of players. It will probably be only on reflection we’ll realise how good Matthew is. Looking back we’ll say, ‘How did a guy that big (195cm, 104kg) perform in that manner for that amount of time?’”

MATTHEW RICHARDSON GAMES > 249 GOALS > 727 > > > > >

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Recruited 1992 under father-son rule.

Debuted round seven, 1993.

The 11th Tiger to reach 250 games.

Has led club goalkicking 11 times.

Third on Richmond’s all-time goalkicking list, behind Jack Titus (970) and Kevin Bartlett (778).

Most goals in a season: 91 in 1996.

Most goals in a game: 10 v Western Bulldogs, round eight, 2004.

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in 1991) and Scott Cummings (23

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for Essendon in 1994).

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a team being held goalless in a

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with significant goal harvests in

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the Saints finished with 0.18 (18)

their first six appearances include

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The much-awaited debut of Hawthorn’s Mitch Thorp finally occurred last weekend. Thorp/ Thorpe is a well-known name in League history, especially at Richmond and Footscray.

Thorp(e) came into the English language from the Vikings, the Old Norse word thorp (hamlet/village). It is mostly seen now as part of place names, e.g. Thorpedale.

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The surname of Essendon’s recent debutant, Tom Hislop, derives from Old English words hœsel (hazel) and hop (enclosed valley). This links him, linguistically at least, to Fremantle’s Paul Hasleby, whose surname is also from hœsel plus another Viking word, by (town).

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ROUND 5 (Anzac Day)

ROUND 9 (Indigenous Round)

Friday, March 30 Melb 9.8 (62) v St K 13.15 (93) (MCG) (N) Saturday, March 31 Kang 10.19 (79) v Coll 12.10 (82) (MCG) Frem 16.9 (105) v PA 19.7 (121) (S) BL 9.15 (69) v Haw 6.8 (44) (G) (N) Syd 10.13 (73) v WCE 11.8 (74) (TS) (N) Sunday, April 1 Adel 10.14 (74) v Ess 16.9 (105) (AS) (E) WB 17.11 (113) v Geel 13.15 (93) (TD) Carl 15.25 (115) v Rich 15.8 (98) (MCG) (T)

Wednesday, April 25 Ess 11.13 (79) v Coll 12.23 (95) (MCG) Friday, April 27 PA 14.12 (96) v StK 6.7 (43) (AS) (N) Saturday, April 28 Rich 11.10 (76) v WCE 14.15 (99) (MCG) Carl 18.16 (124) v BL 21.10 (136) (TD) (N) Syd 17.7 (109) v Melb 8.12 (60) (SCG) (N) Sunday, April 29 Haw 13.15 (93) v WB 16.14 (110) (MCG) (E) Geel 15.12 (102) v Kang 18.10 (118) (SS) Frem 7.16 (58) v Adel 8.9 (57) (S)

Friday, May 25 Frem 15.11 (101) v StK 6.19 (55) (S) (N) Saturday, May 26 Carl 12.14 (86) v Adel 15.15 (105) (TD) Haw 15.9 (99) v WCE 8.16 (64) (AU) BL 13.9 (87) v Coll 18.12 (120) (G) (N) Rich 12.12 (84) v Ess 12.20 (92) (MCG) (N) Sunday, May 27 WB 8.9 (57) v Syd 15.10 (100) (MO) (E) Melb 11.12 (78) v Kang 10.19 (79) (MCG) PA 8.12 (60) v Geel 16.20 (116) (AS) (T)

In Round 1, TipStar 8 paid $3,910.30 on Pick8 winning entries.

ROUND 2 (Easter) Thursday, April 5 BL 15.12 (102) v St K 7.8 (50) (G) (N) Saturday, April 7 Rich 11.6 (72) v Syd 13.10 (88) (MCG) Geel 24.18 (162) v Carl 12.12 (84) (TD) (N) WCE 12.15 (87) v Coll 11.9 (75) (S) (N) Sunday, April 8 PA 17.20 (122) v Kang 15.14 (104) (AS) (E) Ess 19.8 (122) v Frem 17.10 (112) (TD) WB 11.6 (72) v Adel 16.14 (110) (MCG) (T) Monday, April 9 Haw 17.14 (116) v Melb 14.10 (94) (MCG)

In Round 5, TipStar 8 paid $793.45 on Pick8 winning entries.

ROUND 10

ROUND 6 In Round 2, TipStar 8 paid $796.20 on Pick8 winning entries.

Friday, May 4 StK 18.17 (125) v Carl 11.16 (82) (TD) (N) Saturday, May 5 Ess 15.6 (96) v Haw 20.11 (131) (MCG) WCE 10.17 (77) v WB 9.8 (62) (S) Kang 16.15 (111) v Syd 14.11 (95) (TD) (N) Adel 9.8 (62) v Coll 11.20 (86) (AS) (N) Sunday, May 6 BL 17.18 (120) v Frem 10.15 (75) (G) (E) Melb 9.17 (71) v PA 10.16 (76) (MCG) Rich 9.11 (65) v Geel 35.12 (222) (TD) (T)

ROUND 3 (Rivalry Round)

ROUND 7 (Mothersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Day)

Friday, April 13 Coll 17.13 (115) v Rich 13.12 (90) (MCG) (N) Saturday, April 14 Carl 18.17 (125) v Ess 17.20 (122) (MCG) PA 8.15 (63) v Adel 13.9 (87) (AS) St K 17.14 (116) v WB 9.12 (66) (TD) (N) Frem 11.4 (70) v WCE 14.17 (101) (S) (N) Sunday, April 15 Syd 13.18 (96) v BL 10.9 (69) (SCG) (E) Melb 8.9 (57) v Geel 15.19 (109) (MCG) Kang 10.10 (70) v Haw 13.13 (91) (TD) (T)

Friday, May 11 Kang 18.9 (117) v Ess 13.17 (95) (TD) (N) Saturday, May 12 Coll 17.17 (119) v Carl 14.11 (95) (MCG) PA 16.19 (115) v Rich 10.15 (75) (AS) BL 9.15 (69) v Adel 14.16 (100) (G) (N) St K 15.7 (97) v Syd 11.5 (71) (TD) (N) Sunday, May 13 Geel 16.13 (109) v WCE 10.10 (70) (SS) (E) WB 16.16 (112) v Melb 16.10 (106) (TD) Frem 14.12 (96) v Haw 11.14 (80) (S)

In Round 3, TipStar 8 paid $917.70 on Pick8 winning entries.

ROUND 4

ROUND 8

Friday, April 20 Rich 14.16 (100) v WB 20.12 (132) (MCG) (N) Saturday, April 21 Coll 9.12 (66) v PA 12.12 (84) (MCG) St K 9.14 (68) v Ess 15.9 (99) (TD) Kang 12.15 (87) v BL 8.15 (63) (C) (N) Adel 9.7 (61) v Syd 5.14 (44) (AS) (N) Sunday, April 22 Haw 10.16 (76) v Geel 9.18 (72) (AU) (E) Melb 13.14 (92) v Frem 21.11 (137) (MCG) WCE 14.16 (100) v Carl 4.15 (39) (S)

Friday, May 18 Adel 14.15 (99) v Rich 14.6 (90) (AS) (N) Saturday, May 19 Ess 18.19 (127) v BL 8.15 (63) (TD) Geel 14.10 (94) v Frem 10.9 (69) (SS) Haw 10.12 (72) v StK 6.8 (44) (MCG) (N) Kang 22.15 (147) v Carl 20.10 (130) (C) (N) Sunday, May 20 Syd 17.16 (118) v PA 13.9 (87) (SCG) (E) WB 20.15 (135) v Coll 14.18 (102) (TD) WCE 19.23 (137) v Melb 9.6 (60) (S)

In Round 4, TipStar 8 paid $1,490.80 on Pick8 winning entries.

In Round 9, TipStar 8 paid $416.05 on Pick8 winning entries.

In Round 6, TipStar 8 paid $931.20 on Pick8 winning entries.

Friday, June 1 Coll 15.13 (103) v Frem 13.16 (94) (MCG) (N) Saturday, June 2 Melb 13.11 (89) v Adel 10.12 (72) (MCG) WCE 18.13 (121) v Kang 7.13 (55) (S) Rich 10.13 (73) v BL 10.13 (73) (TD) (N) Syd 11.7 (73) v Ess 11.8 (74) (SCG) (N) Sunday, June 3 PA 10.15 (75) v Haw 17.7 (109) (AS) (E) Carl 21.12 (138) v WB 19.14 (128) (MCG) St K 9.11 (65) v Geel 19.11 (125) (TD) (T)

In Round 10, TipStar 8 paid $1,359.95 on Pick8 winning entries.

ROUND 11 (Queen's Birthday)

In Round 7, TipStar 8 paid $329.65 on Pick8 winning entries.

Friday, June 8 Ess 15.5 (95) v WCE 14.10 (94) (TD) (N) Saturday, June 9 Haw 9.12 (66) v Syd 11.9 (75) (MCG) BL 10.12 (72) v WB 13.17 (95) (G) (N) Carl 22.9 (141) v PA 14.18 (102) (TD) (N) Sunday, June 10 Adel 9.8 (62) v Geel 9.15 (69) (AS) (E) St K 8.10 (58) v Kang 11.14 (80) (TD) Frem 18.15 (123) v Rich 15.12 (102) (S) Monday, June 11 Melb 13.16 (94) v Coll 11.15 (81) (MCG)

In Round 11, TipStar 8 paid $2,171.85 on Pick8 winning entries.

ROUND 12 (Split Round)

In Round 8, TipStar 8 paid $121 on Pick8 winning entries.

Friday, June 15 Carl 12.8 (80) v Haw 27.18 (180) (TD) (N) Saturday, June 16 Kang 7.12 (54) v Adel 15.10 (100) (C) (N) WB 22.9 (141) v Frem 16.19 (115) (TIO) (N) Sunday, June 17 Geel 12.13 (85) v BL 5.5 (35) (SS) (E) PA 19.12 (126) v Ess 13.17 (95) (AS) (T)

In Round 12, TipStar 8 paid $8,077.50 on Pick8 winning entries.

Friday, June 22 Rich 18.16 (124) v Melb 11.9 (75) (MCG) (N) Saturday, June 23 Syd 8.9 (57) v Coll 10.16 (76) (TS) (N) Sunday, June 24 WCE 11.10 (76) v St K 15.9 (99) (S)

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Fixture 2007 ROUND 13

ROUND 17

ROUND 21

Friday, June 29 Ess 19.11 (125) v Melb 18.15 (123) (TD) (N) Saturday, June 30 Geel 13.9 (87) v Syd 10.9 (69) (SS) Frem 27.11 (173) v Carl 13.18 (96) (S) BL 15.15 (105) v PA 17.10 (112) (G) (N) StK 17.15 (117) v Rich 15.10 (100) (TD) (N) Sunday, July 1 Adel 10.14 (74) v WCE 14.11 (95) (AS) (E) Kang 17.9 (111) v WB 11.19 (85) (MCG) Coll 12.15 (87) v Haw 15.5 (95) (TD) (T)

Friday, July 27 Western Bulldogs v West Coast (TD) (N) 7.40pm Saturday, July 28 Carlton v St Kilda (TD) 2.10pm Fremantle v Geelong (S) 2.10pm Collingwood v Brisbane Lions (MCG) (N) 7.15pm Sydney v Richmond (SCG) (N) 7.15pm Sunday, July 29 Hawthorn v Kangaroos (AU) (E) 1.10pm Essendon v Adelaide (TD) 2.10pm Port Adelaide v Melbourne (AS) (T) 4.10pm

Friday, August 24 St Kilda v West Coast (TD) (N) 7.40pm Saturday, August 25 Carlton v Kangaroos (TD) 2.10pm Fremantle v Melbourne (S) 2.10pm Collingwood v Sydney (MCG) (N) 7.15pm Adelaide v Brisbane Lions (AS) (N) 7.10pm Sunday, August 26 Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn (TD) (E) 1.10pm Geelong v Port Adelaide (SS) 2.10pm Essendon v Richmond (MCG) (T) 5.10pm

In Round 13, TipStar 8 paid $225.95 on Pick8 winning entries.

ROUND 14 (Heritage Round)

ROUND 18

Friday, July 6 Ess 12.11 (83) v Geel 19.19 (133) (TD) (N) Saturday, July 7 Coll 12.17 (89) v StK 12.8 (80) (MCG) WB 20.13 (133) v PA 17.11 (113) (TD) Adel 15.12 (102) v Haw 4.7 (31) (AS) (N) WCE 9.10 (64) v BL 13.13 (91) (S) (N) Sunday, July 8 Syd 11.23 (89) v Frem 9.7 (61) (SCG) (E) Carl 14.17 (101) v Melb 19.10 (124) (MCG) Rich 11.13 (79) v Kang 14.20 (104) (TD) (T)

Friday, August 3 Western Bulldogs v St Kilda (TD) (N) 7.40pm Saturday, August 4 Carlton v Collingwood (MCG) 2.10pm Geelong v Richmond (SS) 2.10pm Brisbane Lions v Kangaroos (G) (N) 7.15pm Adelaide v Port Adelaide (AS) (N) 7.10pm Sunday, August 5 Melbourne v Sydney (MO) (E) 1.10pm Hawthorn v Essendon (MCG) 2.10pm West Coast v Fremantle (S) 2.40pm

In Round 14, TipStar 8 paid $2,861.20 on Pick8 winning entries.

ROUND 15

ROUND 19 (Women's Round)

Friday, July 13 StK 11.16 (82) v Adel 12.8 (80) (TD) (N) Saturday, July 14 Geel 11.14 (80) v Coll 9.10 (64) (MCG) PA 22.21 (153) v WCE 9.8 (62) (AS) Ess 14.14 (98) v WB 20.11 (131) (TD) (N) Melb 12.10 (82) v BL 18.18 (126) (G) (N) Sunday, July 15 Syd 25.12 (162) v Carl 15.10 (100) (SCG) (E) Haw 19.15 (129) v Rich 11.10 (76) (MCG) Frem 11.12 (78) v Kang 12.10 (82) (S)

Friday, August 10 Richmond v Collingwood (MCG) (N) 7.40pm Saturday, August 11 Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions (MCG) 2.10pm Port Adelaide v Carlton (AS) 2.40pm Melbourne v Western Bulldogs (TD) (N) 7.15pm Sydney v St Kilda (TS) (N) 7.15pm Sunday, August 12 Kangaroos v West Coast (TD) (E) 1.10pm Geelong v Adelaide (SS) 2.10pm Fremantle v Essendon (S) 2.40pm

In Round 15, TipStar 8 paid $300.90 on Pick8 winning entries.

ROUND 16

ROUND 20

Friday, July 20 Geelong v Western Bulldogs (TD) (N) 7.40pm Saturday, July 21 Collingwood v Essendon (MCG) 2.10pm Adelaide v Fremantle (AS) 2.40pm St Kilda v Hawthorn (TD) (N) 7.15pm West Coast v Sydney (S) (N) 5.40pm Sunday, July 22 Brisbane Lions v Carlton (G) (E) 1.10pm Richmond v Port Adelaide (MCG) 2.10pm Kangaroos v Melbourne (TD) (T) 5.10pm

Friday, August 17 Collingwood v Melbourne (MCG) (N) 7.40pm Saturday, August 18 Essendon v Carlton (MCG) 2.10pm St Kilda v Fremantle (TD) 2.10pm Brisbane Lions v Sydney (G) (N) 7.15pm West Coast v Richmond (S) (N) 5.40pm Sunday, August 19 Hawthorn v Port Adelaide (AU) (E) 1.10pm Kangaroos v Geelong (TD) 2.10pm Adelaide v Western Bulldogs (AS) (T) 4.10pm

ROUND 22 Friday, August 31 Collingwood v Adelaide (TD) (N) 7.40pm Saturday, September 1 Richmond v St Kilda (MCG) 2.10pm West Coast v Essendon (S) 2.10pm Brisbane Lions v Geelong (G) (N) 7.15pm Port Adelaide v Fremantle (AS) (N) 7.10pm Sunday, September 2 Sydney v Hawthorn (SCG) (E) 1.10pm Western Bulldogs v Kangaroos (TD) 2.10pm Melbourne v Carlton (MCG) (T) 5.10pm

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OUTOFBOUNDS With

DIPPER

DARREN

JARMAN A couple of old Hawks were inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame this week. One of them was Dipper, who caught up with former Hawthorn teammate and Adelaide superstar Darren Jarman.

‘I WAS STUNNED, I WAS EXCITED, I WAS OVERWHELMED.’

Welcome to the Australian Football Hall of Fame. You are in some very good company, particularly with this year’s inductees. Thanks, Dipper. It’s a relief to be able to talk about it. I’ve been sworn to secrecy for a few weeks and it’s been killing me!

Who would have thought a couple of old Hawthorn teammates would have been inducted on the same night (Dipper’s last season, 1991, was the year Jarman started with the Hawks)? I remember the first night I came down to Hawthorn and you were my mentor. Here we are together as members of the Hall of Fame … it’s unreal!

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How did you find out? I got home about two or three weeks ago and there was a letter on the bench. I left it there for a while thinking it was something to do with the past players. I picked it up and read it … and read it again … and read it again just to make sure. I was stunned, I was excited, I was overwhelmed – I just couldn’t believe what I was reading.

How did your family react?

It was funny. My wife Sue was in another room and I yelled out to her what it was about. You know what she said? ‘Well done’. I said: ‘Well done! Is that all you can say? Do you know this is the Hall of Fame, one of the biggest honours you can get in footy’.

What does it mean to you? It means a hell of a lot. I guess being the first Crows player and coming from North Adelaide where two of the greatest names in South Australia – Barrie Robran and Ken Farmer – also come from means a lot. I’m absolutely stoked to be in

the Hall of Fame with two legends like that.

Who was the first person you told after Sue? Well, I couldn’t tell anyone. You see your friends and your family but you can’t say anything until a little bit closer to the night. I told (brother) Andrew of course and, you know what Dip, I think he’s a little bit cheesed off! I got into the South Australian Hall of Fame last year and because he started a few years after me, he’s still waiting.

I think he said: ‘You beat me again you so and so’, but deep down he’s absolutely rapt.

And of course we can’t forget your Hawthorn connection. That’s right.

You see legends like (Leigh) Matthews and (Peter) Knights in there and now being part of it with your good self, Dip. Did you enjoy the night? I certainly did. It was great to be there with Sue, my mum Evelyn, my stepfather Geoff, my kids Emma, Kate and Ben, and Greg Griffin, who’s been my manager for a long time. ■

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