From Leader Community Newspapers
Reported by Chris Weaver
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IT had the appearance of boys against men.

The Casey Scorpions suffered a 103-point hiding at the hands of Sandringham in their VFL opener at the Trevor Barker Beach Oval on Sunday.

To make matters worse, it was the Zebras with whom the Scorpions had swapped AFL partners, as Sandringham finds itself married to St Kilda.

From The Age
Reported by Michael Sharkie
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THE Victorian Football League could lose one or more of its traditional clubs to interstate leagues if rumoured funding cuts and a proposed eastern seaboard second-tier competition come to fruition.

From the ABC Grandstand website
Reported by Chris Thompson
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Make sure you check out the ABC Grandstand website for VFL highlights throughout the season.

Other Links:
http://blogs.abc.net.au/grandstand/2009/04/round-one-highl.html
http://blogs.abc.net.au/grandstand/2009/04/round-one-goal.html

From Leader Community Newspapers
Reported by Paul Amy
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ADRIAN “Archie” Deluca did a lot of things in the two years that followed his departure from Carlton at the end of the 2006 season.

Other than to check on how his younger brother Fabian was faring at Port Adelaide, football wasn’t on his mind.

Asked if he’d missed the game, the amiable big man said quickly: “Ah, no.”