Having served his two match suspension, former Bomber rookie Nathan Lovett-Murray is expected to play his 100th game this Saturday night against Carlton.
 
The 27-year-old was taken by Essendon with pick No. 27 in the 2004 rookie. His milestone heads up the club's involvement in this week's AFL news.
 
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PROGRAM OF MATCHES (all times are local) 

 

Round Three

Friday April 9

St Kilda v Collingwood at Etihad Stadium, 7.40pm

 

Saturday April 10

North Melbourne v West Coat at Etihad Stadium, 2.10pm

Port Adelaide v Brisbane Lions at AAMI Stadium, 2.40pm; Curtain Raiser – SA Women’s Football League, 1.05pm

Carlton v Essendon at the MCG, 7.10pm

Sydney Swans v Richmond at the SCG, 7.10pm

 

Sunday April 11

Melbourne v Adelaide Crows at the MCG, 1.10pm

Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn at Etihad Stadium, 2.10pm

Fremantle v Geelong Cats at Subiaco, 2.40pm; Curtain Raiser – Fremantle FC Interstate Partner Clubs, 12.20pm

 

IMPENDING MILESTONES

 

400 combined matches player / coach – John Worsfold. John is due to participate in his 400th senior match this week, having played 209 games for West Coast between 1987-98 and coached 190 games for West Coast since 2002.

Most Games, Rookie List Player – James McDonald, Melbourne. James is due to play his 238th senior game this week, equalling the mark set by Mal Michael (Collingwood, Brisbane Lions, Essendon) for the most games played by any AFL player who was selected in a rookie draft. The most games played by Rookie List players are Mal Michael (238 games, 1997 Rookie Draft), James McDonald (237 games, 1997 Rookie Draft), Russell Robertson (228 games, 1997 Rookie Draft), Brett Kirk (219 games, 1999 Rookie Draft), Tarkyn Lockyer (218 games, 1998 Rookie Draft), Nathan Bassett (210 games, 1997 Rookie Draft), Mark Johnson (208 games, 1997 Rookie Draft), Stephen Milne (190 games, 2000 Rookie Draft), Greg Tivendale (188 games, 1998 Rookie Draft) and Dean Cox (182 games, 2000 Rookie Draft).

150 games – James Kelly, Geelong Cats

150 games – Brian Lake, Western Bulldogs

100 games – Justin Sherman, Brisbane Lions

100 games – Eddie Betts, Carlton

100 games – Ryan Griffen, Western Bulldogs

100 games – Nathan Lovett-Murray, Essendon

100 consecutive games – Kade Simpson, Carlton. Kade is due to play his 100th consecutive game this week, dating back to Round 15, 2005. He will become the seventh current player with an active streak of 100 games or more, joining Brett Kirk (Sydney Swans, 178 games since Round 15, 2002), Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide, 151 games since Round 17, 2003), Tarkyn Lockyer (Collingwood, 134 games since Round 10, 2004), David Mundy (Fremantle, 110 games since Round Six, 2005), Jude Bolton (Sydney Swans, 109 games since Round 14, 2005) and Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs, 105 games since Round 16, 2005).

50 games – Scott Harding, Port Adelaide

50 games – Matt Campbell, North Melbourne

50 games – Kieren Jack, Sydney Swans

50 games – Shane Edwards, Richmond

50 games – Xavier Ellis, Hawthorn

  

LONG-TERM INJURY LIST

 

The AFL wishes to advise the following recent changes have been made to club lists, under the provision of the long-term injury-list rules:

Adelaide – Placed Andy Otten on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named at this stage.

Hawthorn – Placed Simon Taylor on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named at this stage.

Melbourne – Upgraded Michael Newton from the rookie list as the replacement for Luke Tapscott, who was already on the long-term injury list.

Port Adelaide – Returned David Rodan to the senior list, from the long-term injury list.

St Kilda – Placed Luke Miles on the long-term injury list, with no replacement named at this stage.