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Daw is banned by the Kangaroos

4:00 AM | MELBOURNE _ North Melbourne says that the expectations of being the only Sudanese-born AFL-listed player might have contributed to banned rookie Majak Daw breaking team rules.

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Tigers have to take next step, says Cotchin

4:00 AM | MELBOURNE _ Richmond's star midfielder Trent Cotchin says that it's time for the Tigers to take the next step after showing steady improvement in the past two AFL seasons.

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Riewoldt excited over skippering Saints again

4:00 AM | MELBOURNE _ St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt says he has never felt so excited to be leading the AFL club.

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Hawks help launch netball club season

4:00 AM | HAWTHORN duo Brent Guerra and Brendan Whitecross were on hand to help launch the season of the Northern Hawks Netball Club at Aurora Stadium on Tuesday night.

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Bombers look for right mix

08 Feb 12 | ESSENDON will continue trying to work David Hille, Paddy Ryder and Tasmanian Thomas Bellchambers into the same side this season, with Hille's preseason so improved that the 30-year-old has been told not to overwork himself.

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Hawks start season with a clean slate

08 Feb 12 | HAWTHORN players won't be using last year's heartbreaking preliminary final loss to Collingwood as motivation when they come up against the 2010 premiers again on the first day of this season.

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Green meets the elite mark

07 Feb 12 | HE MAY not be deemed good enough to lead the club, but according to Champion Data, Brad Green is still one of Melbourne's few elite players.

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Brownlow rules remain despite Mitchell's near miss

07 Feb 12 | MELBOURNE - Brownlow Medal eligibility rules will be unchanged this year, despite an AFL review.

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Young guns to take on leading roles

04 Feb 12 | MELBOURNE - North Melbourne might have found the decision to appoint a new AFL captain clear-cut, but Melbourne found the task impossible.

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Shaw forgiven for trip to the `dark side'

04 Feb 12 | MELBOURNE - Heath Shaw hopes his visits ``to the dark side and back'' will help him light the way for Collingwood's younger players as one of the AFL club's leaders.

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AFL to fight broadcast rights ruling

03 Feb 12 | MELBOURNE _ The AFL has vowed to take every legal avenue available to protect its multi million-dollar broadcast rights deal with Telstra, but its fight might take up to two years.

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Kings Meadows set to go country

03 Feb 12 | ROUND 15 of the northern men's bowls pennant will see Kings Meadows playing Cressy on the country green. Rodney Murray and Peter Zoon led the charge for Kings Meadows in its last encounter with solid victories.

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Krakouer will be at this peak for finals

03 Feb 12 | New Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has backed Andrew Krakouer's off-season, saying the forward needed downtime in the wake of his momentous comeback.

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Roos set to name a new leader

03 Feb 12 | North Melbourne will name its captain today with 20-year-old Jack Ziebell among the leading candidates.

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Stynes steps down to focus on cancer fight

02 Feb 12 | MELBOURNE _ As he assumed the Melbourne presidency, Jim Stynes wept while speaking of his dream of watching the Demons with his grandchildren.

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Hawks head to Tassie for preseason community camp

01 Feb 12 | HAWTHORN'S playing list will converge on Tasmania next week for the club's 10th community camp in the state.

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Clarkson sings praises of Birchall

31 Jan 12 | HAWTHORN coach Alastair Clarkson believes his Devonport dasher Grant Birchall can get even better in 2012, a scenario that should see the Hawks go even deeper into September.

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Hayes rarin' to go again

28 Jan 12 | SYDNEY - Over the next eight weeks, AFL players across the nation will say they're looking forward to the start of the season but, when the words come from St Kilda veteran Lenny Hayes, they carry a rare gravitas.

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Roos set to fight to win over Tassie fans

28 Jan 12 | THE battle to win the hearts, minds and money of Tasmanian football supporters intensified this week when North Melbourne began to fortify its new base in Hobart.

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Swans recruit US college basketballer

26 Jan 12 | SYDNEY - AFL club Sydney has fashioned Australian rules footballers from rugby league, rugby union and Gaelic football - now the Swans have signed US college basketballer Alex Starling.

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