Adam Cooper
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After bombardment, Bombers bond
Adam Cooper Essendon coach James Hird is hopeful the way his players have handled their endless summer will create a tighter bond among them, but knows that emotion alone cannot help the Bombers make up the...
AFL
Key pair a boost for Bombers
Matt Murnane and Adam Cooper Essendon can be thankful all its troops will be on call for opening night battle against Adelaide.
AFL
Faceless Bombers in the mix
Adam Cooper Two relative unknowns, Dylan Van Unen and Nick Kommer, could be vying for selection for round one.
After a season full of injuries, no major changes for Bombers
Adam Cooper Essendon coach James Hird wants his players to increase aerobic capacity for 2013.
AFL
Bombs away
Adam Cooper Essendon coach James Hird is hopeful the way his players have dealt with the supplements probe that has centred on his club will have a galvanising effect on the team this season.
AFL
AFL says no power to strike deal with ASADA
Adam Cooper Andrew Demetriou confirms league inquired how players might beat two-year suspension.
Dons feel the strain
Adam Cooper and Matt Murnane Skipper Jobe Watson admits Bombers stressed and flat during a turbulent past six weeks.
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.
Football
No 'plan B' for TV football
Adam Cooper Broadcasters have not devised plans should Essendon be unable to field a team in 2013.
Watson says Brownlow is safe
Adam Cooper and Adrian Lowe Essendon great Tim Watson says he would be devastated if his son, Bombers skipper Jobe Watson, is stripped of his Brownlow Medal as part of the supplements investigation centred on the club, but has...
Nothing to hide: Geelong
Adam Cooper, Emma Quayle Investigation into Essendon's use of supplements will prompt discussions among conditioning staff at other clubs and is likely to lift the pressure on players to question any substance they are given.
Sports science body wants greater regulation
Adam Cooper Australia's peak body for sports scientists claims its members' image has been damaged through the Essendon supplements scandal and has called on the AFL to better regulate the industry for the sake...
AFL
Bomber blow: Melksham breaks hand at training
Adam Cooper ESSENDON’S horror week worsened on Friday when young midfielder Jake Melksham broke his hand in the club’s intra-club match.
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
Injury adds to Dons' woes
Adam Cooper Essendon's horror week worsened on Friday when young midfielder Jake Melksham broke his hand in the club's intra-club match.
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
Minson agrees Dons' drama off-limits
Adam Cooper Western Bulldogs ruckman swears he will not sledge Essendon players in Friday night's match.
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.
Hurley in fitness push
Adam Cooper Essendon forward hopeful increase in aerobic fitness will make him less vulnerable to injuries.
AFL
Goddard made decision that was 'outside team structure': Watters
Adam Cooper St Kilda coach Scott Watters has lashed out at Brendon Goddard, accusing the star player of making big money his priority in joining Essendon.
