News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
THE sickening collision between James Hird and Mark McVeigh at Subiaco Oval six years ago continues to hurt Essendon, with McVeigh forced to have knee surgery.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
... premier player is a reminder of the three-way battle from the mid-1990s between Michael Voss, James Hird and Nathan Buckley until their retirements during the past two years. They won 16 club best-and-fairest awards between them, 15 of them in the period 1994-2003. They're gone, yet there's no void. It's the nature of the game. We lament the passing of the greats and wonder if we...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
... and having the outstanding quality of young kids we have got coming through." While the likes of James Hird, Luke Darcy, Anthony Koutoufides, Glenn Archer and Chris Grant retired last year, they have been replaced. "I think Gerard Healy said last night the game has never been in better shape when you talk about the quality of the players," McLachlan said. "Gary Ablett, Lance Franklin,...
