Adam Cooper
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AFL
Crows to button up on drug allegations
Ashley Porter, Adelaide, and Adam Cooper Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson asks Crows fans to show the opposition respect.
Demons cop huge fine on the chin
Adam Cooper Melbourne president Don McLardy insists his club’s integrity is intact.
Australian football
Integrity intact: Demons
Adam Cooper Dees slugged $500,000 for being responsible for two former officials who acted outside AFL rules in 2009.
Football
Puzzled Newbold backs AFL boss
Adam Cooper Jeff Kennett's successor as Hawthorn president says the AFL has made some puzzling rulings.
AFL
Sheedy warns 'fat' clubs to lay off Giants
Adam Cooper GWS Giants coach claims some Melbourne clubs have become fat on self-interest.
AFL
AFL to go in hard to curb drug use
Adam Cooper AFL clubs will have their staff audited, sports science staff registered and be instructed to undertake mandatory reporting of any doping issue in an attempt to stamp out widespread illegal drug use...
AFL urges clubs: employ integrity officers
Adam Cooper AFL CHIEF executive Andrew Demetriou has urged clubs to employ their own integrity officers ahead of bolstering coaching panels in a bid to eradicate the problems similar to the supplement scandal...
AFL
Tippett a Swan, as Prismall, Garlett ignored
Adam Cooper Reigning premier Sydney has finally got its man, by recruiting ex-Adelaide forward Kurt Tippett in the AFL pre-season draft on Tuesday.
Wilderness for Dees: Kennett
Adam Cooper Former Hawthorn president says Demons could face a decade in the AFL wilderness.
AFL
Sheedy weighs in on Demons' woes
Adam Cooper Kevin Sheedy says he saw "problems coming" at Melbourne when granted a "Clayton's interview" by the Demons for their then-vacant coaching position in 2007.
Sheedy spotted demons at Melbourne
Adam Cooper KEVIN SHEEDY says he saw ''problems coming'' at Melbourne when granted a ''Clayton's interview'' by the Demons for their then-vacant coaching position in 2007.
AFL
Cloke contract dispute drags on
Adam Cooper and Sam Lienert Collingwood forward Travis Cloke admits his preference is to stay with the Magpies but says he doesn't feel any pressure to temper contract demands to suit the club.























