one, catching players out with blood tests is certainly not. In fact, former Carlton coach David Parkin has made a shock revelation that, had it become known at the time, would have made big headlines of its own. Addressing the Carlton faithful at the Blues' pre-match function at the MCG on Sunday, the three-times Princes Park in the early 1980s, his players were of concern to their coach, too, because of their liking of alcohol.
Parkin, a renowned teetotaller, instructed the club dietitian to blood. Remarkably, despite the tests being taken at 11am, and after workout, 14 of the 41 tested positive, with four of these above the legal limit of .05, one of them recording a staggering level of .
113. "And some of these blokes would then go to the social club and begin drinking again," Parkin said yesterday, elaborating on his boys, who that year went on to win back-to-back flags. "The drinking culture in AFL footy has changed now, of course, but it was certainly evident in that day.
I'd go home straight after and girlfriends would be ringing me asking me where they were."
moment too soon by the looks of it. In a year in which the name of Victoria's greatest club cricketer, the late John Scholes, cricket, now this: after Dandenong claimed its first Premier weekend, officials rolled out the flag, only to realise it was, in fact, the pennant intended for the one-day series winners, so they commonly referred to as "over the odds".
It's easy to say so now, Coast beat Sydney by a point, bringing to six the number of teams at the final siren. Funny thing is, the TAB Sportsbet Tri-Bet option, which allows you to back either side winning by under 15 points, paid a very healthy winning dividend of $3.25.
THE Swans, of course, are kicking themselves that they have lost to it's fair to say that on both occasions, they only have themselves to blame that they didn't at least tie. On Saturday night, Darren Jolly conceded a rushed behind in the final quarter, AND on the subject of footy punting, omen bettors could have appeared twice. Not only did the Demons, the opening match favourites, pretty much go missing against St Kilda, but the Bombers, the underdogs against Adelaide, proceeded to romp home by hands-on president at Carlton this year.
Before hosting his first AFL match-day gatherings in years at the MCG on Sunday, he made a surprise appearance in the team's dressing rooms, arriving Friday night but it did have its supporters. Craig Reardon, a long-time outspoken advocate of alternative strips, especially for his team, concedes the white jumper may be a little bland a kick the difference and seconds left in the preliminary final, a player in the Saints' forward line, allowing the ball to be cleared and snuffing out any chance of playing in the grand final. "So I'd due to clashing strips.
" did he show encouraging pre-season form, but in his official Blues debut against Richmond on Sunday, he had nine possessions and 15 hitouts, providing more than adequate back-up for No. 1 ruckman gain and Collingwood's loss. In fact, according to Cloke's father and manager, former champion ruckman David Cloke, Magpies at the end of last year.
mistake" in letting the 22-year-old go. The former Richmond and to make their presence felt at a club early in their career. He revealed that, when he first tried out with Richmond in the early 1970s, Alan Schwab (the then Tiger powerbroker) told him he lacked size but in the next eight months, "I grew six inches" (15 I still have a bit in me yet, I reckon.
MARK RICCIUTO, Adelaide's captain, quashes speculation he sideline him for at least four weeks.
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