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Daily One Liners: 22 Mar 2013
Football Nation’s league-wide round up providing our readers with a quick update of news from all clubs around the league. Adelaide: Some stars shine brighter than others. After just 32 games, Adelaide...
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Daily One Liners: 5 Apr 2013
Football Nation’s league-wide round up providing our readers with a quick update of news from all clubs around the league. Adelaide: Brad Crouch will make his much-anticipated AFL debut with Adelaide...
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Hird out to clear his name amid drug claims
UPDATE: ESSENDON coach James Hird was hoping for just another normal week in the lead up to Friday night’s clash against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium. Instead, it has become one of backlash...
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Daily One Liners: 11 Apr 2013
Football Nation’s league-wide round up providing our readers with a quick update of news from all clubs around the league. Adelaide: Crows defender Sam Shaw has been placed on the club’s long-term...
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ABC report casts doubt on what Hird knew
THE Herald Sun has this morning reported that under-fire Essendon coach James Hird will tell anti-doping authorities that he received two injections in March last year and he understood that they were...
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Hird stands his ground
ESSENDON coach James Hird has decided to ignore AFL chief Andrew Demetriou’s call for him to consider standing down as coach ahead of tonight’s clash against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium. Earlier...
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Extraordinary game takes its toll on players
THERE was no doubt that last night’s game between Fremantle and Essendon was a thrilling contest ending in heartbreak for the home team and elation for the visitors. Also on Football Nation: What we...
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Michael Hurley in doubt for ANZAC Day clash
ESSENDON key forward Michael Hurley is now in doubt for next Thursday’s ANZAC Day clash against Collingwood after injuring his ankle in yesterday’s match against St Kilda. Hurley, 22, was subbed off...
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Bombers re-sign Dyson Heppell
THE Essendon Football Club has announced that Dyson Heppell has agreed to a two year contract extension with the club. Heppell, 20, won the Ron Evans Medal in 2011 as the NAB Rising Star award winner...
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Bombers re-sign Watson
THE Essendon Football Club has just announced that they have re-signed team captain Jobe Watson to a new four-year deal that will see remain with the club through to the end of the 2017 season. At 28...
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Bombers re-sign trio of players
THE Essendon Football Club has kept busy during it’s bye week with news just released that they have re-signed Mark Baguley, Jackson Merrett and Elliott Kavanagh to two-year contract extensions. The...
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Bombers’ season begins to look like a sinking ship
ESSENDON’S chances of escaping a severe penalty is shortening by the day with evidence of a purchase of another banned substance – Thymosin beta 4 – which was purchased by controversial sports...
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Watson set to miss four weeks
ESSENDON will be without Jobe Watson for the next month after the Bombers captain broke his left collarbone in the club’s 30 point win over Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium last night. Watson, 28,...
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Drugs scandal begins to take toll on Hird
ESSENDON coach James Hird made an emotional statement about the “constant innuendo” surrounding the Bombers as the performance enhancing drugs scandal begins to take a toll. The Bombers have been under...
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Hird says ‘we are not drug cheats’
THERE was a strong feeling of distress in James Hird’s voice in the after match press conference at Etihad Stadium last night. He strongly defended his club and said the Bombers weren’t “drug cheats”...
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Breaking news: Evans stands down as president
ESSENDON chairman David Evans has resigned effectively immediately. In another twist to the performance enhancing drugs scandal that has rocked the club since February, Evans, who only on Friday night...
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Dean ‘the Weapon’ strikes one back
UPDATE: ESSENDON has rejected the claims of sacked fitness coach Dean Robinson that James Hird had requested wacky sports scientist Stephen Dank to perform ‘black ops’ with its new supplements...
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More claims by Dean Robinson emerge
FORMER Essendon high performance manager Dean Robinson has made additional claims about the club and it’s supplements program according to a story on tonight’s news by Channel 7′s chief football...
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ASADA report springs leaks, raises more questions
THE AFL received the 400 page interim report on Essendon from the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority last Friday night and just a few days later the contents of the highly anticipated and...
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Hird makes plea for Bombers to play finals
ESSENDON coach James Hird still won’t take any responsibility for his role in the supplement saga and believes taking away the clubs’ right to play finals this year is not the answer. The AFL are set...
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