Nick Riewoldt signs a four year contract extension with St Kilda

Any Gold Coast rumours surrounding Queenslander Nick Riewoldt can be laid to rest, after he signed a four year contract extension with current club St Kilda today: WHEN the star of an undefeated team signs a four-year deal, the possibility of premierships is often the main carrot being dangled. But for St Kilda star Nick [...]

Pies Withdraw from Cousins Chase – & Avoid Heading the 9 Top Off-Field Tag-Teams in AFL History!

With the summer’s biggest story heating up, the life and times of Ben Cousins, Collingwood has taken itself out of what appeared like a two horse race: COLLINGWOOD has withdrawn from the race to recruit Ben Cousins, leaving St Kilda as the hot favourite to secure him if the AFL clears him to resume his [...]

Full AFL Trade Week Wrap – The Confirmed, The Rejected and The Deals That Couldn’t Get Done

Well finally we saw some action in trade week… We’ll have a full analysis of these trades in a later post, but for the time being, let’s give you all the updates from Friday, the final day of Trade Week:

AFL Trade Week (Non-) News From Thursday

Anyone bored yet? Snoozefest 08 is almost coming to a close. Will tomorrow’s final day of trading make up for the most boring week of the year, or will we carry the sour taste of empty expectations through to Draft Day? If you can keep your eyes open, let’s run through the developments of day [...]

AFL Trade Week News From Wednesday

Well well well, we have a confirmed trade. And what a blockbuster… Port Adelaide’s Adam Thomson appears Richmond bound for their 3rd round pick, pick 42. Over halfway through the week now though and things should slowly start to heat up. Here’s the developments from Wednesday…

AFL Trade Week News From Tuesday

Once again another tradeless day at the annual AFL borefest that is called Trade Week. The AFL really need to change this to a rapid fire one day event as the only day that really matters is Friday where the clubs frantically rush around trying to get trades done in the last minutes when they [...]

AFL Trade Week News From Monday

To keep you up to date all through trade week, Die Hard Footy will be bringing to you nightly updates of the latest happenings from AFL trade week. Monday is traditionally the quietest day for obvious reasons. Clubs simply use the time to meet with each other, saying who is on the table and indicating [...]

West Coast Sign Daniel Kerr, Scott Burns

West Coast today ended months of speculation when they announced an extended agreement with Daniel Kerr. In further good news for the club, it announced former Collingwood captain Scott Burns had signed on to be an assistant coach. Chief executive Trevor Nisbett was understandably delighted to announce both signings, and had the following to say:

Latest Trade News – Seaby, Power, Cousins, Lovett, Warnock

One of the more entertaining weeks of the AFL season is fast approaching – Trade Week! Kicking off next Monday, teams will be trying to pull the wool over each other’s eyes while still maintaining they are looking for ‘win/win’ deals … well everyone except notorious trade mongrels Collingwood. As with every year, rumours are [...]