[Lynch] A-League chief executive Steve Rosich has confirmed that the A-League Men will have a new naming rights sponsor this season. Isuzu UTE will remain a sponsor, but "multiple parties [are] engaged in those discussions" for a new naming rights deal.
[Edmund] Geelong thrilled to be told this morning (RE Toby Greene). It is a three-year deal at less than $1 million a season - with incentives - but still less than seven figures. Cats didn't improve their offer for Greene. There was a "If Butters comes" offer and a "If Butters does not come" offer.
[Morris] North have offered Goater a 1-year deal plus a trigger clause. The Calsher Dear race is down to Hawthorn, Geelong, Collingwood & Melbourne. Carlton focussed on Amartey.
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos' move back home isn't to Adelaide United - after his departure from Motherwell was confirmed. The Reds aren't likely to make many more moves in the transfer market before the new season
Lázaro Montes' 474ft homerun is as long as the TSS Cumberland, a steel-hulled steamship built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1915. In 1917, the ship became the first wartime shipping casualty in Australian waters during WWI. While enroute to England, it sunk after it struck a German naval mine.
North Melbourne issued an apology to Essendon after Alastair Clarkson made an inappropriate comment to a group of Bombers AFLW players. The incident happened in the Sydney hotel that the Kangaroos men and Essendon women were sharing for their SCG double-header on August 23.
Former Essendon/St Kilda footballer Jake Carlisle has found himself part of an investigation and will face the tribunal after he jumped the fence and allegedly approached spectators during the Riddell District Football Netball League first semi-final for Wallan against Kyneton.
[Edmund] The Western Bulldogs’ improved offer for Zak Butters has thrust them right back into the thick of the chase. Revised deal is so good it is almost on a par with the Tigers huge and heavily front-ended proposal. Stating they have workshopped trade deals and will work in good faith with Port.
[Morris] Collingwood is keen to honour Scott Pendlebury at a Pies game early next year. It's early days in discussions, but CEO Craig Kelly is hoping to have the champion attend a match in the opening weeks of the season so supporters can send him off properly.