From the Warnambool Standard
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WARRNAMBOOL will host a VFL match between Coburg Tigers and Geelong Cats next year.
The feline rivals are scheduled to meet at Reid Oval on July 1 in a bid to promote the VFL brand in country areas.
From ABC News
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The Bendigo council has intervened in a decision about use of the city's main football ground on Good Friday.
Both the Bendigo Football Netball League and the city's VFL team, the Bendigo Football Club, were scheduled to play games at the Queen Elizabeth Oval next year on Good Friday.
From The Age
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ESSENDON is keen to snare Port Melbourne's Shane Valenti, a former Melbourne midfielder and two-time Liston Trophy winner, in Tuesday's AFL rookie draft.
Valenti, who turns 25 next month, trained with the Bombers on Friday and is one of a number of mature-age VFL players who are set to be picked up.
From AFL Website
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WILLIAMSTOWN will defend its 2011 Foxtel Cup in next season's knockout competition, which will feature 16 teams including two from Tasmania.
The VFL side won the inaugural cup from WAFL club Claremont, and both will feature again in 2012.
There will be three teams from the VFL, WAFL and SANFL, two from the TSL, two from Queensland, the NT Thunder, and one team from each of NSW and the ACT.
From the Ballarat Courier
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DUAL premiership player Michael Searl has arrived back to the North Ballarat Roosters.
Searl was keen to get started in his first training session on Friday night after a two-year hiatus from the Victorian Football League to work and travel overseas.
From The Mercury
Reported by Brett Stubbs
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THE good news is the TSL will test itself on the big stage against the might of the VFL next season.
The bad news is the state league and its broadcaster have parted company, meaning there will be no live coverage of the TSL from 2012 or beyond.
