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Team coloursADELAIDE CROWS

Crow Burton aims to fly

Livewire Adelaide forward Brett Burton will make his much-anticipated return from a knee reconstruction in the SANFL tomorrow, and does not intend to bide his time in the local league for long.

Team coloursBRISBANE LIONS

Power cleans the slate

Port Adelaide's battle with the Brisbane Lions today will be the first game of the rest of the Power's season.

Team coloursCARLTON BLUES

Blues wield axe for Dockers clash

Carlton dumps midfielder Nick Stevens and three other senior players for Sunday's game against Fremantle.

Team coloursCOLLINGWOOD MAGPIES

Pies return fire to ease ache

Collingwood eases some of the lingering ache from Anzac Day with a win as much about atonement as entrenching its place in the top four, a comfortable 35-point victory over Essendon.

Team coloursESSENDON BOMBERS

Pies return fire to ease ache

Collingwood eases some of the lingering ache from Anzac Day with a win as much about atonement as entrenching its place in the top four, a comfortable 35-point victory over Essendon.

Team coloursFREMANTLE DOCKERS

Solomon suspended for one game

The Sunday-night drinking session which cost Mark McVeigh his place in the Essendon team has claimed another victim: Fremantle's Dean Solomon.

Team coloursGEELONG CATS

Battle of the best

One more chance for Cats-Saints to tinker in their search for perfection.

Team coloursHAWTHORN HAWKS

Hawks aim higher

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson has denied the reigning premier's finals hopes will be sunk if it loses to the in-form Western Bulldogs tonight.

Team coloursKANGAROOS

Roos brings in experience for Kangaroos clash

While Paul Roos has introduced youth into his team in recent weeks, the Swans coach has added players with almost 500 games of senior experience for Sydney's clash with North Melbourne at the SCG on Sunday.

Team coloursMELBOURNE DEMONS

Emotion-charged Dees' test

With their president in hospital being treated for cancer, Melbourne coach Dean Bailey knows motivation will not be an issue for his players against West Coast. Instead, Bailey's task is to ensure that Jim Stynes' health remains a priority for the team — but not the priority.

Team coloursPORT ADELAIDE

Power cleans the slate

Port Adelaide's battle with the Brisbane Lions today will be the first game of the rest of the Power's season.

Team coloursRICHMOND TIGERS

Jade flees Sheedymania

THE hysteria whipped up by Kevin Sheedy's decision to vie for the Richmond job has not distracted incumbent coach Jade Rawlings. It seems he's got enough to worry about.

Team coloursST KILDA SAINTS

Battle of the best

One more chance for Cats-Saints to tinker in their search for perfection.

Team coloursSYDNEY SWANS

Roos won't send Hall to the canvas

IN THE hours leading up to Paul Roos's pre-match press conference at the SCG yesterday, a wild whisper spread around town that the Sydney coach would deliver news of the dismissal of key forward Barry Hall.

Team coloursWEST COAST EAGLES

All in a day's work for super Naitanui

Nic Naitanui's first task in the AFL was to go out and "hit" a bloke.

Team coloursWESTERN BULLDOGS

Mr 800 one of Bulldog breed

There are devoted football followers and then there's Garry Hincks, a 65-year-old retired meatworker who will tonight attend his 800th consecutive Bulldogs match.