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Essendon stalwart Dyson Heppell stands down as Bombers captain

After six seasons leading Essendon, Dyson Heppell stands down as the club's captain effective immediately.

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Bomber is Wright on track to play AFL practice games

Essendon tall forward Peter Wright is set to play the club's AFL practice matches after being given the all-clear from a minor calf injury.

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Bombers hoping to unleash pain-free Stringer in AFL

Essendon coach Brad Scott says Jake Stringer is free of the groin pain that troubled him last season as he looks to get the most of the inconsistent forward.

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Scott says Bombers captaincy call lies with Heppell

Incumbent Essendon captain Dyson Heppell will stay in the role for a seventh AFL season if he wants to, Bombers coach Brad Scott says.

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Bombers hope Wright will be OK for pre-season hitouts

While Essendon forward Peter Wright's calf muscle problem is not thought to be serious, draftee Elijah Tsatas will miss the start of the AFL season.

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Scott won't entertain Bombers finals talk

Essendon coach Brad Scott won't be distracted by early AFL finals expectations as he looks to bed down a new game plan with his developing playing group.

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Bombers appoint Eagles' Vozzo as CEO

Essendon have chosen West Coast administrator Craig Vozzo as their new chief executive following the disastrous one-day appointment of Andrew Thorburn.

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Bombers welcome Scott's high AFL standards

Essendon midfielder Archie Perkins says new coach Brad Scott is setting the standards and direction the Bombers desperately need to step up in the AFL.

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Bombers AFL ruckman Sam Draper re-signs

Essendon ruckman Sam Draper has re-signed until 2025 while former player Dean Rioli has become the Bombers' first Indigenous board member.

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Bombers say football program lacked unity

Essendon have released more details of the review into the troubled AFL club, acknowledging the players lack fitness and the football department lacks unity.

AAP

Essendon v church: how Andrew Thorburn fell from AFL grace

The club thought it was starting the week on a high. It took less than a day for all that to change

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Ex-NAB boss Andrew Thorburn appointed Essendon AFL CEO

Andrew Thorburn — who was NAB chief executive from 2014 to 2019 — replaces Xavier Campbell, with the Bombers describing the appointment as a "significant step forward" for the club.

ABC News

Ex-NAB boss appointed Essendon CEO

Andrew Thorburn will take over as CEO of Essendon on November 1, joining president Dave Barham and coach Brad Scott as new key appointments.

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New Bombers boss Scott up for AFL battle

Brad Scott says he goes into his new role as Essendon coach with "eyes wide open" to the pressures associated with coaching an AFL club.

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New Dons coach Scott warns hard work ahead

Club great Matthew Lloyd believes Essendon can play AFL finals under Brad Scott in 2023, but the new coach is only focused on laying the groundwork for success.

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The Loop: AMA says push to scrap mandatory COVID-19 isolation puts 'the public at risk' — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed. This is The Loop: your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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Brad Scott appointed Essendon AFL men's head coach

Scott returns to the AFL coaching ranks, as the Bombers finally settle on a replacement Ben Rutten, who was sacked last month.

AAP

Brad Scott enters Bombers AFL coach race

Former North Melbourne coach Brad Scott will be interviewed for Essendon's vacant head coach role, and Bombers great Matthew Lloyd considers him the favourite.

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Lade out of Essendon coach running in AFL

Brendon Lade has joined the Western Bulldogs as an assistant coach after being among the candidates for Essendon's head coaching role.

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Inside the 20-year relationship between Florida’s Billy Napier and USF’s Jeff Scott

TAMPA, Fla. — When Florida Gators coach Billy Napier and USF coach Jeff Scott face off Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, a two-decade relationship will come full circle.

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AFL’s crackdown on umpire dissent is not the end of football as we know it

There is mounting evidence that this rule is working and essential to the overall health of the game

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Former AFL umpire Shane McInerney says player dissent is not 'innocent' and is aimed at undermining officials

The record holder for the most AFL games officiated backs the league's crackdown on dissent, arguing complaints and gestures from players seek to gain an advantage.

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AFL backs crackdown on umpire abuse

AFL football operations manager Brad Scott has declared it is imperative for the game's future to continue the crackdown on dissent shown towards umpires.

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AFL weighs up options for Eagles, Dockers

West Coast may have to call on top-up players for round one as the AFL's two Perth-based clubs brace for more COVID-19 cases this season.

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