From the Geelong Advertiser
Reported by Joel Cresswell

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GEELONG Falcons not picked up in the AFL draft - the Werribee Tigers want you!

This is the message the VFL club is pushing in the Geelong region, stepping up its claim as the key local pathway back to the AFL.

Werribee has launched a bid to have its TAC Cup feeder-club, the Falcons, play several curtain-raisers before home games next year.

Throughout the pre-season, the Tigers will also hold one of their tri-weekly training sessions at Little River, with Geelong-based players allowed to spend another session locally with the Falcons.

The club will also advertise to support its campaign.

Werribee's lure is its presence in both the VFL senior and reserve competitions, while it maintains only a part-time allegiance with an AFL club.

Reported by Luke West
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THE Bendigo Bank Bombers have secured one of country Victoria’s most renowned midfielders for the 2009 VFL season.

The Bombers have landed the signature of former Seymour ball-magnet Paul Scanlon.

Scanlon has built up an impressive country football CV that has included two Goulburn Valley Football League premierships with Seymour, as well as representing Victoria Country at the Australian Country Football Championships.

The 30-year-old was also the vice-captain of the Victoria Country team that played the Victorian Amateurs in their bi-annual clash at Ballarat in 2007.

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CASEY Scorpions general manager Brian Woodman is hailing the club’s 2009 VFL draw as ‘one of its best’.

The Scorpions face their former St Kilda teammates first up next year when they travel to Trevor Barker Oval to take on Sandringham on 12 April.

The two VFL clubs swapped AFL affiliates this year, with Casey and Melbourne joining forces.

Woodman was thrilled with the club’s 11 Sunday games, including seven at Casey Fields, and the better link between its senior and reserves matches.

“We specifically wanted more Sunday games to get the local football crowd to come and watch us,” he said.