The four-person panel investigating the racism allegations at Hawthorn has new legal counsel. The Demons,meanwhile,have extended the careers of two veterans.
Former Collingwood past players’ president Paul Tuddenham is among several candidates to be bidding for a board spot at the Magpies,who will have a fiercely contested election this year.
It may be the off-season,but there is plenty riding on what transpires over summer for clubs,players,coaches ... and AFL heavyweights. We take a look at what’s on the agenda.
Essendon’s short-lived chief executive Andrew Thorburn has hired legal counsel and is pursuing legal action against the club after he was forced to resign.
Associate Professor Paul McCrory,since found to have plagiarised the work of other scientists,wanted AFL players to miss two or three weeks after head trauma,before he quit his role in frustration. But the league says this was a “sudden change in view”.
Collingwood CEO Mark Anderson has quit the club after nearly five years at the helm of the powerful AFL club,while the president of Warner Music Australasia Dan Rosen has withdrawn his candidacy for the Pies board.
Alastair Clarkson’s official first day on the job at Arden St was overshadowed by the racism allegations from his time at Hawthorn,but the four-time premiership coach insists he is ready to lead pre-season training.
Invited by then-coach Ron Barassi to run water at training for the Swans in the early 1990s,Kenny Williams never really left,weaving himself into the club’s fabric.
The twin sons of former Bombers livewire Alwyn Davey want to head to Essendon in November’s national draft. Meanwhile,Alastair Clarkson’s first official day at North Melbourne may not be until Wednesday.
Top two are locked in for finals,with Brisbane securing the minor premiership and Melbourne coming agonisingly close to stealing it,just falling 0.3 in percentage behind the ladder-leaders,while Geelong stay in the hunt for a top four finish with thrashing over Sydney.
Stephanie and Lucy Wales have always done everything together,until they were drafted to famous rivals:one to Essendon,the other to Hawthorn.