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| West joins Demons |
| Former Western Bulldogs champion Scott West will take a part-time coaching role with Melbourne, the Demons confirmed on Friday. |
| Profit for Tigers |
| Richmond has announced a profit of $395,000, its fourth consecutive yearly surplus. |
| Egan may yet return |
| Injury-plagued Geelong defender Matthew Egan will see another surgeon in a bid to continue his AFL career, coach Mark Thompson revealed on Thursday. |
| Gale concerned |
| AFL Players' Association Chief Executive Brendon Gale has labelled the AFL conditions placed on Ben Cousins return to senior football as being a ?serious departure? from the current Illicit Drugs Policy. |
| Cousins keen to play |
| Ben Cousins has declared that he wants to resume his AFL career despite admitting the conditions placed upon his return by the AFL commission are 'very onerous'. |
| Pies post big loss |
| Collingwood has announced a loss of over $3 million for the 2008 season. |
| Newman wants finals |
| New Richmond skipper Chris Newman might currently hold the unwanted record of having played the most AFL games without appearing in a finals match but he expects that statistic to change in his first year in charge of the Tigers in 2009. |
| Hawks remain hungry |
| Hawthorn captain Sam Mitchell believes the Hawks will take the same fanatical attitude that carried them to premiership success in 2008 into next year, vowing the club will not suffer from the dreaded premiership hangover. |
| Cousins cleared to play |
| The AFL has granted former West Coast Eagles captain and recovering drug addict Ben Cousins permission to resume his football career. |
| AFL backs west Sydney |
| Mike Fitzpatrick says Monday's sight-seeing trip into western Sydney failed to dampen enthusiasm over the league's plans to introduce a second club in the city by 2012. |
