News.com.au (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... the club as successfully as he did when he first took over and had to replace champions like Tony Lockett, Paul Kelly, Wayne Schwass and Andrew Dunkley.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
... enter the national draft if cleared to play. "No, the precedent has applied with Paul Salmon and Tony Lockett. They were out of the competition and then returned," AFL spokesman Patrick Keane said. "The rule is there for someone who has been listed. In both those cases, they retired and left the competition and came back (through the pre-season draft)." Clubs will not have to give...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
... just 25. And Sydney has a strong history of getting the best out of troubled souls, with hot-heads Tony Lockett and Barry Hall the best examples. Roos claimed that out of respect to West Coast, the Swans would make no move on Kerr while he remained contracted. "If they were to say that they weren't interested in keeping him or wanted to trade him or whatever we would certainly look...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
... considered. The Swans player group needs to help re-conjure some excitement, buzz and charisma. Tony Lockett did it for them in the 1990s and Barry Hall had done it for the Swans until he alienated many supporters by his actions in round four of this year. As it stands, the Swans are the only team in the AFL who are forced to factor marketing concerns into their trade-period strategies....
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... on the track and then I'll see how far I do go." This from a man who became the first player since Tony Lockett, the AFL's greatest goalkicker, to kick 100 goals within a season. From a player who basically ruined the Bulldogs' premiership hopes, but enlivened September with eight brilliant goals in last Friday's qualifying final. Heaven help any side, Geelong included, when Buddy...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
SYDNEY premiership player Ben Mathews has announced his retirement, saying he was satisfied he had squeezed everything he possibly could out of a 198-game career.The 29-year-old from Corowa-Rutherglen was third in Sydney's 2001 best-and-fairest award, but has played only two senior games this year.Mathews made his debut in 1997 and is perhaps best known for standing up to star forward Tony Lockett,...
ABC (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
... reach triple figures.Franklin did so just before quarter-time, becoming the first AFL player since Tony Lockett in 1998 to reach the century mark in a regular season.In league tradition, swarms of people stormed on to the ground to celebrate with Franklin, who was quickly surrounded by team-mates and security guards.He was then ushered into the dressing rooms until the crowd dispersed,...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
... with a centre bounce. Franklin became the first AFL player since all-time goals record holder Tony Lockett in 1998 to kick 100 in a regular season.Franklin also became the first Hawthorn player since star full-forward Jason Dunstall in 1996 to reach 100 in a season. Tonight's game had no impact on the final eight, but the Dome was close to capacity because Franklin started two short...
ABC (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
... Fevola is six goals back on 92.No player has kicked 100 goals in the regular season since Sydney's Tony Lockett in 1998.Ratten says he would love to see both players reach the famous landmark in the same match."I think the atmosphere will be electric, and I think (there'll be) anticipation every time these two players go for the ball," he said."Both teams will want (it), the opposition...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
... that people go to watch play," Matthews said this season. Consider the awe-struck respect of Tony Lockett, the former Saint and Swan who kicked more goals than any other with 1360 and was the last to reach the 100-goal milestone within a season at the MCG in 1998. "He looks a bit freakish to me. He's got a lot of untapped ability and is just one of those players that could be absolutely...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
A big crowd is expected at Telstra Dome as Franklin is poised to become the first indigenous player and the first footballer since Tony Lockett in 1998 to kick 100 goals in a home and away season, needing only two against the Blues. Carlton's Brendan Fevola is eight shy of triple figures, adding spark to an otherwise dead rubber final-round encounter. But a business-like Clarkson was...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
ADELAIDE stalwart Nathan Bassett has announced his retirement from the AFL, acknowledging the help given to him by Crows coach Neil Craig and full-back Ben Rutten.Bassett arrived in Adelaide from Melbourne at the start of 1998, when he was known as a courageous but cantankerous and often comically under-sized fullback. Matched against the likes of Tony Lockett, Alastair Lynch and David...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... to hit the magical mark. Should either one achieve the feat, they would become the first since Tony Lockett in 1998 to do so in home-and-away games. Should both crack the ton, it would be the first time in the game's history that two players had kicked their 100th goal in the same match. The match is expected to draw the biggest AFL crowd ever at Telstra Dome, with the record of 53,459...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... to hit the magical mark. Should either one achieve the feat, they would become the first since Tony Lockett in 1998 to do so in home-and-away games. Should both crack the ton, it would be the first time in the game's history that two players had kicked their 100th goal in the same match. The match is expected to draw the biggest AFL crowd ever at Telstra Dome, with the record of 53,459...
