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Saturday May 17, 2008

Teams

Team coloursADELAIDE CROWS

Crows feel pressure of Dees' win

Adelaide coach Neil Craig was predictably heard preaching against complacency as his side revved up to resume its AFL season by facing lowly Melbourne.

Team coloursBRISBANE LIONS

Queensland's Lethal injection

Leigh Matthews could have retired from coaching a happy man, but knew that up north, the job wasn't done.

Team coloursCARLTON BLUES

Pretty good Nick

Nick Stevens has endured disappointment, criticism and a career threatening pain in the neck.

Team coloursCOLLINGWOOD MAGPIES

Magpies outlast Saints

Collingwood beat St Kilda by nine points in a high-intensity match in which both teams ran to a standstill.

Team coloursESSENDON BOMBERS

Watson to miss for Dons

Essendon has been dealt a blow, with Jobe Watson a late omission from a side already depleted.

Team coloursFREMANTLE DOCKERS

Four on the floor

Nothing can prepare a new coach for the tough job of steering an AFL club.

Team coloursGEELONG CATS

Richmond v Geelong

Geelong have long toyed with Richmond. However, this year's Tigers are a tougher, quicker breed. Can they start to convert competitiveness into wins?

Team coloursHAWTHORN HAWKS

Hawthorn quest about glory

A Hawthorn premiership flag might bear a label reading, 'Made in Port Adelaide'.

Team coloursKANGAROOS

AFL prepares for Gold Coast fizzer

The AFL is preparing for an abysmal turnout at the match between North Melbourne and West Coast at Carrara.

Team coloursMELBOURNE DEMONS

Dees limit Gold Coast to over 25s

Melbourne has proposed the Gold Coast team be limited to signing uncontracted players over 25.

Team coloursPORT ADELAIDE

Hawthorn quest about glory

A Hawthorn premiership flag might bear a label reading, 'Made in Port Adelaide'.

Team coloursRICHMOND TIGERS

Tigers relish Cats rematch

The Tigers will run out onto the MCG with the intention of showing they have turned their fortunes around.

Team coloursST KILDA SAINTS

Magpies outlast Saints

Collingwood beat St Kilda by nine points in a high-intensity match in which both teams ran to a standstill.

Team coloursSYDNEY SWANS

Malceski returns for Swans - and for everyone with a bad knee

THE decision, in the end, was simple for Swans coach Paul Roos.

Team coloursWEST COAST EAGLES

Eagles not tanking: Cox

Dean Cox has denied the club has been forced into tanking mode despite reaching ever deeper into its player reserves.

Team coloursWESTERN BULLDOGS

Ex-Cat Callan finding a home at Bulldogs' kennel

Tim Callan was trimmed from Geelong's only to discover a new passion for the game at the Western Bulldogs.