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COLLINGWOOD forward Travis Cloke says his team’s players are prepared for possible extreme heat conditions on Saturday in Perth for the NAB Cup opener.

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COLLINGWOOD great Murray Weideman has launched a campaign to raise 0,000 to ensure every Magpie past player has access to private health cover.

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SCOTT Lucas has come full circle in his football career – from the lad learning from Essendon legends to the experienced gun whose role is to mentor.

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JOSH Smith says he is humbled to be wearing Wayne Carey’s old No. 18 guernsey at North Melbourne this year.

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THE AFL will not use four field umpires in NAB Cup matches, but will reconsider the experiment next year.

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NICK Maxwell insists the captaincy of Collingwood won’t change him as a person or a player, but he can’t wait for the challenges of dealing with the position.

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NICK Riewoldt will miss the NAB Cup and perhaps the opening of the AFL season as a result of surgery to his left knee on Friday night.

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MANLY skipper Matt Orford has scratched playing representative football from his list of goals despite claiming he can improve on his form from last year.

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FORMER rugby league star Sonny Bill Williams has guided his French rugby union club Toulon to their first Top 14 victory since November.

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A PLAN to entice more high-profile former NRL players to play and coach in the bush before they retire is set to be launched by the Country Rugby League.

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