Adam Cooper
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Hardwick ponders slide rule
Adam Cooper Richmond coach raises concerns over how the new rule will be interpreted in the wet.
AFL
Brisbane knocks Blues over
Adam Cooper It's been a long time, but Jonathan Brown never lost that taste for silverware.
AFL
Lions, Blues at full strength
Adam Cooper Carlton coach Mick Malthouse has forecast more than one role for Chris Judd in his return for Friday night's NAB Cup final against Brisbane in a bid to continue developing greater flexibility in his...
AFL
Rival coaches want to nab some silverware
Adam Cooper Rival coaches Mick Malthouse and Michael Voss are agreed their sides won't be holding back in pursuit of silverware in Friday night’s NAB Cup final at Etihad Stadium.
'Pesky cricketers' disrupting pre-season
Adam Cooper Carlton chief executive Greg Swann concedes Lions deserved to host NAB Cup final.
Saints' burst makes Demons pay
Adam Cooper St Kilda secures a third win from four pre-season games, this time over Melbourne.
AFL
Buckley supports Swan's fine
Adam Cooper Collingwood coach expresses disappointment over Dane Swan's interview.
Eddie McGuire 'a hypocrite' over Swan interview
Adam Cooper Dane Swan's manager has accused Collingwood president Eddie McGuire of hypocrisy over interview protocols and says he's prepared to fight the fine the Magpies impose on their Brownlow medallist.
AFL
Fine not enough: McGuire
Adam Cooper Collingwood president Eddie McGuire says he would like to fine Dane Swan $25,000 if he could.
Brown's fresh approach
Adam Cooper Jonathan Brown says he enters his first game of the pre-season as refreshed as he could be.
Brown rejuvenated and optimistic ahead of 2013 season
Adam Cooper Brisbane captain Jonathan Brown says he enters his first game of the pre-season as refreshed as he could ever be and rejuvenated by the Lions' encouraging showings last year and over the summer.
AFL
McGuire slams Dane Swan and The Footy Show
Adam Cooper Collingwood president Eddie McGuire says he would like to fine Dane Swan $25,000, even though he has no problem with what his star midfielder said in a televised interview.
Big guns hit track as the heat goes up
Adam Cooper Key forwards Jonathan Brown and Nick Riewoldt will play their first games of the pre-season on Saturday.
AFL
Call to ban alcohol ads in TV sports
Adam Cooper A Greens senator pushing for gambling advertising to be banned in the AFL, also wants the promotion of alcohol tbe outlawed in sports broadcasts.
AFL
Hird unfazed by unfolding drama at Cronulla
Adam Cooper and AAP Essendon coach James Hird says it would be unrealistic to think the doping drama unfolding at Cronulla would not have been noted by his own players.
Scotland eyes return
Adam Cooper Carlton veteran to line up on Friday, but Chris Judd will sit out another match.
Keep drug offenders' names secret: players
Adam Cooper and Samantha Lane AFL players' union says proposal ''unnecessary and inappropriate''.
TV stands its ground on betting
Adam Cooper Broadcasters will continue to allow live odds to be shown in AFL television programs outside the coverage of games despite a push for networks to rein in gambling advertising.
Call to reveal drug users
Adam Cooper AFL's investigator and one of Australia's leading sports administrators agree this will safeguard against corruption.
Flexibility key for Blues in defeat of Dockers
Adam Cooper Carlton coach nominates improved flexibility as the most significant step his side took.
