News From The Reserves

- Starting in the VFL, Sandringham lost to Port Melbourne by 49 points, with St Kilda's Sean Dempster continuing his push for an AFL recall with a super performance.

Others to impress for Sandy were Saints youngsters Alistair Smith and Nick Heyne although they're both unlikely to break into the undefeated AFL side just yet.

Coburg beat the Northern Bullants by 36 points with the Richmond brigade impressive, with Jordan McMahon collecting 34 disposals off half-back, while Graham Polak did well too with 16 touches and 7 marks.

Mark Coughlan got 20 disposals, Alex Rance collected 19 touches, Andrew Raines had 15 while Cleve Hughes booted 2 goals.

For the Bullants, axed Carlton pair Nick Stevens and Heath Scotland were good, with Stevens collecting 23 touches and Scotland 35.

Williamstown beat Werribee by 59 points, with Bulldogs bigman Wayde Skipper the best afield, while Dylan Addison continues to push for an AFL recall with a solid game.

For Werribee, Leigh Adams was good again (25 disposals, 1 goal) and the Kangas must be thinking about a call-up for him, while Levi Greenwood was also impressive collecting 26 touches.

Casey Scorpions thumped Bendigo Bombers by 111 points, with the Melbourne lads doing well. Defender Daniel Bell must be close to an AFL recall with a BOG performance claiming 32 possessions. Lynden Dunn was good with 3 goals, Kyle Cheney was solid with 20 possessions and 6 marks, Matthew Newton kicked 4 goals and Paul Johnson was good too.

For Bendigo, Essendon's Mark McVeigh was a late withdrawal with soreness. Meanwhile, Bachar Houli (26 disposals), Michael Hurley (21) and David Myers (22) all were quite good. David Zaharakis was okay too.

Collingwood inflicted a reality-check on Frankston with a 66 point win. Chris Dawes and Chris Bryan were good for the Pies with 3 goals each, while Danny Stanley was the star although he did get reported. Jaxson Barham was also in the best.

Geelong returned to the winners' list with a 53 point triumph over the Box Hill Hawks. Nathan Djerrkura was fine, Kane Tenace was good with 26 touches and 2 goals, while Taylor Hunt was solid with 30 disposals and a goal.

- In the SANFL, Central beat Norwood by 17 points as dropped Adelaide forward Taylor Walker booted 6 goals for the Redlegs. Walker had the 6 snags before half-time and presses his case for an AFL recall.

Port's Matthew Westhoff was good up forward for Central, while another Power lad Nick Lower was Norwood's best and Crow Will Young wasn't bad either.

Woodville-West Torrens knocked off Port Magpies by 18 points with Adelaide's long-term injury victim Brett Burton excellent on his SANFL return with 18 touches and 4 goals.

Also for the Eagles, Port Power's Nick Salter was good with 3 goals continuing his good form, Jared Petrenko had a good game and young Port Adelaide-listed Matt Broadbent was decent again.

Sturt thumped West Adelaide by 96 points with Adelaide midfielder Brent Reilly returning to form in style with 46 possessions for the Double Blues. Brodie Martin was also good with 17 kicks and 5 handballs.

Glenelg got the cookies over the Panthers with a 26-point-win. For the Panthers, Myke Cook was good again with 13 kicks, 6 handballs and 2 goals.

- In the WAFL, South Fremantle beat Claremont by 78 points with young Eagle Callum Wilson good booting 6 goals for the Bulldogs. Eagles rookie Tom Swift was one of Claremont's better players.

Swan Districts beat East Fremantle by 113 points with West Coast's Ash Hansen kicking 5 goals. Young Eagle Tim Houlihan was East Freo's best despite hamstring tightness towards the end.

Perth stunned West Perth by 6 goals, with another Eagle, ruckman Mark Seaby one of the best for the Falcons with 28 hitouts and 25 disposals.

- In the QAFL, Brissy's reserves were beaten by NT Thunder by 53 points. Lion Bradd Dalziell was the best for the losers with over 30 touches. Aaron Cornelius, James Hawksley and Tom Rockliff (2 goals) were all named in the best, while young ruckman Joel Tippett was good too.

- In the Canberra AFL, Sydney's reserves returned to winning form with a 55 point victory over Ainslie. For the Swans, Jesse White booted 8 goals to press his case for an AFL game with Barry Hall suspended. Tim Schmidt was good in midfield while bigman Mike Pyke was good again.

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Monfries Out For Two

Essendon's cut-price $305k forward Angus Monfries will miss at least two games of footy due to a hamstring strain.

Monfries, owned by over 8,000 DT coaches, underwent MRI scans after tweaking the injury in Friday's loss to Collingwood.

The Bombers are relieved the injury is only minor but his absence is still a blow.

Essendon footy operations manager Paul Hamilton said, “We are disappointed because Gus has been in good form and has been providing a bit of inspiration to his team-mates in terms of workrate.

“He has been fairly durable over his career in regards to injuries but it is only a very minor strain and we will hopefully see him back out there soon.”

In better news for the Bombers, gun $378k midfielder Jobe Watson should pass a fitness test later in the week to be available for the Round 15 game against Sydney after an ankle injury.

Also $318k midfielder Mark McVeigh should return to the line-up after an internal suspension despite missing Bendigo's VFL match on the weekend due to general soreness.

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Around The Grounds

• Dockers coach Mark Harvey has hinted he may rest popular young duo Stephen Hill ($230k) and Nick Suban ($179k) soon. Harvey said, "I'm going to have to [rest them], just to do the right thing by them. Suban and Hill have carried the weight the whole year so far."

• Collingwood have insisted $300k skipper Nick Maxwell will be available next week despite breaking his nose on Friday night. Pies footy manager Geoff Walsh said, "He’ll be fine to play, there’s no problem there. He had it straightened out on Saturday morning so he’s okay.”

• Hawthorn may welcome back injured pair Cyril Rioli ($323k) and Trent Croad ($182k) soon. Hawks midfielder Sam Mitchell said, “I think we get Cyril back this week, which will be good. Trent is getting closer, he’s doing a fair bit of running and a bit of training over the last couple of weeks.”

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MRP Update: Brennan Off Lightly

After a couple of weeks off, the AFL tribunal will have a fair bit to do tomorrow night after a number of charges were laid by the Match Review Panel today.

Melbourne's Colin Sylvia has been charged for striking Eagle Scott Selwood. Sylvia's been offered a four-week ban because of a poor record, but an early plea will reduce that to 3 weeks
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Brisbane's Jared Brennan is in trouble for his headbutt on Port's Josh Carr. Brennan's been offered a 3 weeks ban, but he's got a 5-year-good record so that will be reduced to 2 weeks and then down to just one week out with an early plea. Strange how it works, but that's the deal.

Port Adelaide's Troy Chaplin has been offered two weeks out for his hit on Brisbane's Daniel Rich. An early plea won't affect the suspension.

Carlton's Mark Austin was charged for striking Freo's Hayden Ballentyne. Austin could cop 2 weeks, but an early plea will see that reduced to one week out.

North Melbourne's Daniel Pratt has been charged for striking Swan Nick Malceski. Pratt has been offered a one week sanction which won't be reduced with an early plea, as Pratt has a poor record.

Melbourne's Ricky Petterd will cop a fine for abusive language towards an umpire.

Other incidents reviewed without further action include one involving Melbourne's Aaron Davey, a clash between Hawk Robert Campbell and Bulldog Ben Hudson, another clash between Hudson and Hawk Chance Bateman, contact between Hawthorn's Luke Hodge and Bully's defender Brian Lake and another between Freo's Chris Tarrant and Carlton's Brendan Fevola.

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DT Round 14 Movers & Shakers

Okay folks, another round down, another loss for me (never helps with Pavlich, Cox, Drummond & Steve Johnson not playing). But nevertheless, if you're in the market for a couple of trades, here's your guide to the bargains, the ripoffs as well as the must-sells. As per usual, we'll go through this chronologically (with the winners first) starting with Friday night's game.

For Collingwood, midfielder Dayne Beams' value is going through the roof following a score of 110, he's up $35k to $228k. If you're one of the 36,000 DT coaches who own him, he's got a BE next week of -65, so he's worth holding onto for a bit yet as his price soars.

Couple of sliders out of Pieland who could be cheap purchases include fwd/mid Leon Davis (70) down $19k to $375k, def Heath Shaw (60) down $21k to $335k and fwd Paul Medhurst (37) down $18k to $291k.

For Essendon, midfielder Brent Prismall looks a premium midfielder and after his fourth outing his price is only going to rise. His score of 112 sees him up $4k to $366k which is quite juicy.

Elsewhere, fwd Angus Monfries (58) remains nice value up $8k to $305k, while mid Andrew Welsh (57) drops $3k to a nice $335k after his 3rd game for the year.

For Melbourne, defender Jack Grimes is winning many DT admirers following a score of 143 which takes him up a massive $33k to $303k.

Also for the Dees, young fwd Liam Jurrah (54) bursts his bubble up $25k to $152k, while mid James McDonald (82) represents okay value down $6k to $249k.

For West Coast, ruck Nick Naitanui was the talk of the town last weekend and he adds some value after his third game. Naitanui (44) is up $11k to $158k, probably too much to buy and too little to trade.

Another youngster doing good things for the Eagles is mid Adam Cockie (75) up $27k to $164k, while def Shannon Hurn (85) is in good form and up $15k to $260k.

For Port Adelaide, gun midfielder Steven Salopek is back in the seniors and in my opinion at great money. Salopek scored 96 on the weekend yet is down $3k to $305k which is very juicy.

Couple of bubble-bursters on the move out of Port too, with mid Danny Meyer (35) up $31k to $107 and mid Jason Davenport (67) up $35k to $169k.

For the Brisbane Lions, it could be time to sell gun rookie midfielder Daniel Rich after he copped a nasty one and managed just 52. He's down $13k to $294k with a hefty BE next week of 118.

Other movers and shakers from Brissy, include mid Luke Power (80) up $13k to $424k, while gun mid Simon Black (68) is down $13k to a fair $372k.

For Adelaide, gun midfielder Tyson Edwards is really a star and despite posting 114, he's down $16k to $408k. For me, that represents pretty good value.

Another nicely-priced Crow midfielder is Chris Knights who has been sliding lately. Knights (97) is down $12k to $334k.

For Richmond, consistent midfielder Nathan Foley's calf injury means his value drops $22k to an affordable $338k after a score of 23. When he returns he will be good value.

Mid Trent Cotchin (62) is down $16k to $267k, while rookie fwd/ruck Tyrone Vickery (51) breaks his bubble up $9k to $132k.

For the Western Bulldogs, controversial forward Jason Akermanis remains pretty good value following a good score of 112. Akermanis is up $11k to $345k.

Other Dogs of interest include mid Daniel Cross (88) up $17k to a nice $378k and solid fwd Mitch Hahn (73) is okay value down $8k to $263k.

For Hawthorn, Buddy-watch continues with Lance Franklin scoring just 33 this week meaning he's down an incredible $30k to $242k. Don't forget Buddy is the most popular DT player, owned by over 126,000 coaches. Quite bizarre.

Also with the Hawkers, young mid Liam Shiels (32) bursts his bubble up $26k to $113k, while def Grant Birchall (60) slides $26k to $280k.

For Sydney, gun midfielder Adam Goodes is down $17k to $396k following a score of 68. That's pretty good value for the two-time Brownlow Medallist.

Also at Sydney, def Nick Malceski (56) is down $20k to $197k which is ok value, while fwd Ryan O'Keefe (129) soars up $13k to $442k.

For North Melbourne, not alot is happening with the Kangas although defender Scott Thompson scored a 86 this weekend to soar up $21k to $220k.

Also worth mentioning, is young mid Cruize Garlett (29) breaks his bubble after his 3rd game, up $15k to $91k with a BE of -17, although he may struggle to get another game.

For St Kilda, gun defender Sam Fisher comes into some fine value despite a score of 98. Fisher slides down $13k to $302k which is extremely juicy for the Sainter.

Other news from Moorabin, is def Jarryn Geary (13) continues to slide down $24k to $237k, while Brendon Goddard (96) is on the rise again up $10k to $407k so if you wanted him and didn't get him, you may have missed the boat.

For Geelong, super young midfielder Joel Selwood slips into the best value of the weekend (in my opinion) down $20k to $353k despite a mammoth score of 114.

Also, fwd Paul Chapman (151) is up $32k to $471k, mid Gary Ablett Jnr. (115) is down $13k to $474k, while fwd Mathew Stokes (72) drops a staggering $28k to $341k.

For Carlton, premium midfielder Chris Judd represents solid value after a score of 132 took him up just $1.8k to a lovely $373k. Not bad value there either.

Staying with the Bluebaggers, midfielder Marc Murphy (92) slides $11k to $394k despite a super game.

For Fremantle, young defender Greg Broughton continues to win many DT fans following a neat score of 114 which takes him up $38k to $308k. Wonderful stuff.

Also from Dockerland, popular DT defender Paul Duffield (81) is down $7k to an okay price of $399k.

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