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Practice Games (March 24-27)

By Robbo March 20, 2016

THURSDAY MARCH 24
Richmond vs Northern Blues at Punt Road 4pm

FRIDAY MARCH 25
(Dev League)Northern Blues vs Coburg at IKON Park 10am

SATURDAY MARCH 26
Footscray vs Essendon at Whitten Oval 12pm
Geelong vs North Ballarat at Simonds Stadium 12pm
Frankston vs Port Melbourne at Frankston DL 11am VFL 2pm
Collingwood vs Coburg at Holden Centre 3pm

SUNDAY MARCH 27
Sandringham vs Box Hill Hawks at Trevor Barker Oval,Sandringham 1pm

Practice Games (March 18-19)

By Robbo March 16, 2016

FRIDAY MARCH 18
Richmond vs Geelong at Punt Road 6:30pm

SATURDAY MARCH 19
Footscray vs North Ballarat at Whitten Oval 12pm
Casey Scorpions vs Port Melbourne at Casey Fields DL 11am VFL 2pm
Frankston vs Williamstown at Frankston DL 11am VFL 2pm
Coburg vs Werribee at Highgate Rec Reserve DL 11:45am VFL 2:30pm

Four field umpires will work VFL games in the first half of the 2016 season

By NorthPort March 09, 2016

From the Caulfield-Glen Eira Leader and localfooty.com.au
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FOUR field umpires will work VFL games this season in a possible forerunner to an extra official being brought in for AFL matches in 2017.

The four-umpire system will operate in the state league for one match per round in the first 10 rounds.

Clubs will be briefed about it at a VFL general managers’ meeting at AFL Victoria tomorrow.

The AFL has announced that four umpires will handle games in the split rounds of this year’s home-and-away fixture.

The system was tested in a handful of league matches last year.

“It’s a trial thing for us. The AFL have tried it. They’re continuing to have a look at it and may bring it in permanently in the near future,’’ VFL talent manager Cam Nash said today.

We’re just trying to be proactive and getting our guys used to it.

“We’ll do a game a week for the first 10 rounds, see how it goes and then reassess at the halfway mark.’’

Nash said the AFL hadn’t asked AFL Victoria to trial the extra umpire.

Practice Games (March 12)

By Robbo March 06, 2016

SATURDAY MARCH 12
Casey Scorpions vs Williamstown at Casey Fields DL 10am VFL 12:30pm
Northern Blues vs Box Hill Hawks at IKON Park VFL 10am DL 1pm
Essendon vs Geelong at True Value Solar Centre 12pm
North Ballarat vs Port Melbourne at Marty Busch Reserve,Sebastapol 1pm
Collingwood vs Footscray at Holden Centre 2pm
Frankston vs Sandringham at Frankston DL 11am VFL 2pm

Dalgleish’s addition to ‘complement’ Footscray’s VFL set-up

By NorthPort March 02, 2016

From Leader Groups Local Footy
Reported by Luke D'Anello
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FOOTSCRAY coach Ashley Hansen says he plans to unleash Lauchlan Dalgleish in the VFL club’s midfield.

The 22-year-old former Essendon-listed player headlines five new signatures at the Dogs, who progressed to the semi-finals in 2015.

Dalgleish made three senior appearances during his three seasons with the Bombers, but was a key contributor for their VFL team as a defender.

“He’ll be a real asset and I think he has the flexibility to play across all three lines, which we need from our VFL-listed players and which we have a strong philosophy on,” Hansen said.

“He spent a fair bit of time at Essendon down back, but I think his primary role for us will be through the midfield, with his ability to connect inside 50 and use his athletic ability.

“I think he’ll complement what we’ve got already.

Calder Cannons strengthen partnership with VFL side Coburg as TAC Cup graduates look to keep AFL dream alive

By NorthPort February 17, 2016

From localfooty.com.au
Reported by Chris Cavanagh and Tim Michell for the Moreland Leader
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CALDER Cannons talent manager Ian Kyte would always toe the company line.

He would tell TAC Cup graduates who were not drafted by AFL clubs their best option was to head to VFL side Coburg, a traditional pathway club.

But deep down, he did not always believe what he was saying.

“Before I would be recommending that was a place that kids continue their career but I’m not sure I believed it myself,” Kyte said.

After splitting from its alignment with Richmond at the end of the 2012 season, some suggested Coburg would not survive a year as a stand-alone club.

How things have changed.

The Lions have thrived under the leadership of general manager Craig Lees and coach Peter German and building stronger bridges with the Cannons has been crucial to their success.

At least 22 of Coburg’s 60 listed players this year will be Calder graduates.

“If you look back to when Germo and I first got there at the start of 2014 there was maybe five Cannons on the list,” Lees said.

“No one wanted to go there. It wasn’t a pathway. So we’ve done really well.”

By the end of the 2014 season, Lees and German had a story to sell.

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