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Football Nation’s league-wide round up providing our readers with a quick update of news from all clubs around the league.
Adelaide:
The Crows believe they have found a gem for the backline, robbed in recent years by the departures of Nathan Bock, Phil Davis and Scott Stevens.
Brisbane:
Imagine being drafted as the replacement for Jonathan Brown. That’s what East Fremantle forward Marco Paparone experienced yesterday.
Carlton:
Carlton is confident it has snared one of the best two youngsters in Australia in the shape of South Australian forward Troy Menzel.
Collingwood:
The Magpies have had to put Dale Thomas and Tyson Goldsack in for ankle operations after hoping rest alone would have them ready for the AFL preseason.
Essendon:
The club’s $400,000 2012 profit will be dwarfed by the $25 million bill for the Bombers’ new Melbourne Airport training base.
Fremantle:
Dockers recruit Max Duffy channels Geelong star Steve Johnson every time he steps on a football field.
Geelong:
The Cats have added depth to both ends of the ground, taking two versatile interstaters in tonight’s national draft.
Gold Coast:
Suns chairman John Witheriff has boldly ordered the club to win a premiership and bust the 20,000 membership barrier within three years.
GWS Giants:
Greater Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy says Kurt Tippett and the Giants can prove a great combination, even if the club has to drag him there.
Hawthorn:
Michael Osborne will continue into a 13th season as a Hawthorn player, but really, there was never much doubt he would.
Melbourne:
Demons co-captain Jack Grimes will wear the club’s most famous number in 2013, No.31.
North Melbourne:
Former Port Adelaide defender Ben Jacobs finally found his way to North Melbourne in Thursday’s AFL Draft, but the Kangaroos also pulled two more potential diamonds out of the recycling bin.
Port Adelaide:
National recruiting manager Geoff Parker says he was surprised but pleased to secure under 18 All-Australian midfielder Ollie Wines at pick seven in Thursday’s AFL draft.
Richmond:
Coach Damien Hardwick has no problem with young superstar Dustin Martin picking his own friends, but admits he needs to choose carefully.
St Kilda:
St Kilda’s mixed bag of talented draftees is a result of a calculated and strategic plan by the Club to recruit the best talent available, while also filling crucial requirements for the 2013 playing list.
Sydney Swans:
Tipped by many to be snaffled in the first round of the NAB AFL Draft, Tim Membrey instead became the night’s biggest slider when he was still available for the Sydney Swans to snap him up at pick No.46.
West Coast:
The Eagles want troubled teenager Murray Newman to make an “absolute commitment” to the club to help him deal with the trying month that coach John Worsfold says lies ahead of him
Western Bulldogs:
The Bulldogs shape as winners in the AFL national draft, with an unexpected slider and another player they feel slipped under the radar complementing their early picks.