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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:31:53 GMT

AFL: Swallow new North Melbourne Football Club captain
Ballarat Courier
BY MELANIE WHELAN AND AAP NORTH Melbourne's new skipper Andrew Swallow will have his first real chance to show his on-field leadership in Ballarat next week. The Kangaroos have an intra-club hit-out scheduled at Eureka Stadium on Tuesday afternoon as ...
Swallow takes helm, Roos share spotlightThe Age
North Melbourne captain Andrew Swallow vows to lead the hard wayCourier Mail
Kangaroos hop into AFL captaincy issueSydney Morning Herald
AFL.com -Herald Sun -The Border Mail
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:16:29 GMT

AFL: North Melbourne to launch Ballarat membership package
Ballarat Courier
BY DAVID BREHAUT NORTH Melbourne will launch a new Ballarat-specific membership package for the 2012 AFL season at its community camp in the city on Monday. The Kangaroos will make the announcement at a civic reception, which is the first official ...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:05:33 GMT

FiveAA

Demons pick two captains
Sydney Morning Herald
North Melbourne might have found the decision to appoint a new AFL captain clear-cut, but Melbourne found the task impossible. And so the Demons went for co-captains on Friday - and two of the youngest in the sport's history.
Young guns step up as onfield leadersThe Australian
Trengove youngest ever AFL captainSportal.com.au
Grimes, Trengove share Demons captaincysportsnewsfirst
FiveAA -Herald Sun
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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:23 GMT

AFL.com

A hero's march
AFL.com
The unofficial public face of the tragedy was then -North Melbourne defender Jason McCartney, who overcame life-threatening burns and overwhelming odds to play one final game of AFL football less than eight months later. It seems unfair then that ...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:55:26 GMT

Swallow to captain North Melbourne in AFL
Sydney Morning Herald
Midfielder Andrew Swallow has been appointed captain for AFL club North Melbourne, replacing veteran Brent Harvey. Swallow, 24, was also chosen ahead of Drew Petrie, 29, who remains a vice-captain and is joined in that role by 20-year-old Jack Ziebell.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:32:30 GMT

AFL.com

Kangaroos in fight to keep young gun
Fox Sports
By Greg Denham Ryan Bastinac ... the Kangaroos face a struggle to keep him. Source: George Salpigtidis / News Limited Speculation remains that North Melbourne midfielder Ryan Bastinac is bound for Greater Western Sydney at the end of the AFL season.
North Melbourne is confident of retaining Ryan BastinacThe Australian

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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:52:08 GMT

Swallow out to emulate Boomer
Sportal.com.au
New North Melbourne captain Andrew Swallow says he hopes to follow the lead of the man he is replacing in the role, Brent Harvey. He may no longer be skipper after three years in the top job but Harvey will stay on in a leadership group that also ...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:34:38 GMT

AFL.com

Three's a charm for Krakouer
AFL.com
3 guernsey when he runs out for Collingwood this season, the number his father Jim wore throughout his career at North Melbourne and St Kilda. The Magpies' forward, who made a successful return to the AFL last year after serving 16 months in a Western ...

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:30:30 GMT

Wayne Carey: Timeline of trouble
Adelaide Now
Wayne Carey after North Melbourne's loss to Adelaide in the 1998 Grand Final. Picture: Jay Town Source: Herald Sun Wayne "the King" Carey, 40, played AFL for North Melbourne from 1989 to 2001 and Adelaide from 2003 to 2004.

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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:34:49 GMT

AFL.com

Swallows' pride
AFL.com
By Nick Bowen 4:23 PM Fri 03 Feb, 2012 ELISE Swallow has watched every step of her husband Andrew's journey from junior footballer to North Melbourne captain over the past eight years. And she says if one thing has catapulted Andrew into the AFL's ...

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Just get it done now north . Captaincy Whats the hold up surely Bonn nows who's captain . It's not good for boomer surely to keep being...
Optus ruling could have a major impact on AFL tv rights deal This ruling is probably good for consumers, but not so good potentially for AFL clubs... ...
competitions The OFFICIAL Season 2012 DT/SC questions thread.....nowhere else, here only. quick question on Tom Curran. Will he play this year or not? Cheers guys ...
Conversation starters "How Good is Jack Ziebell?" To stop de-railing the other thread... ---Quote (Originally by marklovesbeer)--- obviously...
Culture to Keep Basti - Brad on Sen Article on AFL site: http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/128389/default.aspx ...
Caro's on the ball again Says that if Ward is co-captain at GWS he will become the youngest captain in the AFL, barring a...
broadcast guides 2004-2006 Has anyone got any old fixtures that show the television broadcasters for the 2004-2006 seasons? ...
The Defence Reading quite a number of "best 22's" on here, watching training and obviously having my own...
news NMFC Auctions - RELAUNCHED Hi all, Close to 100 new items online at: http://www.aflauctions.com.au/kangaroos.htm Our...
toast So we find out tomorrow.... Grats [insert name] on the Captaincy Grats either Boomer or newbie. :thumbsu::thumbsu::thumbsu:
who is the player that .... everyone has a player that in their mind is not quite up to scratch , but who is the one player who...

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Has Buddy Franklin already passed his peak? I was just reading a thread on the polls board and someone was talking about Franklins potential....
Carackers uses the Bombons to question the legitimacy of the Brownlow Crackers Keenan questions how we reconcile the Brownlow as the Comps best & the Bombons talk up...
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Years Where The Number One Draft Pick Doesn't Have A Case For Being The Top Chosen Player? For mine, there are two clear standout years where this has occurred and the player has played...
Lesser known young guns We all know about the martins, fyfes and hurleys of the league. But what about those other...
Carlton's 2012 Slogans - is Carlton's the worst? As ever, some ordinary membership slogans abound this year, but I feel compelled to lambast the one...
Collingwood and Geelong - Are they becoming AFL superpowers? With free agency coming in at the end of the year, and unlimited football department spending...
Facebook followers Everybody has hacked into me for posting this so I have removed it. Sorry, nothing to see here...
Mobile TV Coverage - Optus Won http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/live-sport-win-for-optus/story-e6frf9jf-1226259694084 ...
Who will be going to GWS at year's end? Speculation, theories, all that here. My mail is that Bastinac is safe for North (loves the...
Jim Stynes to step down as Melbourne President Just reported on Superfooty.com. Its fair to say Jimma has given everything and above and beyond...
Biggest Hit, Bump, Tackle You've Seen! This has probably been done before but it's still the off season and interested to hear people's...
Team of the Century Statues I was going through the North Auctions page as my brother's birthday is coming up and I see these...
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