2017 AFL Season

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Any truth to the rumour that Port will be running out to a different INXS song next year?
I'm thinking "Elegantly Wasted" or "Just Keep Walking".

What about 'Disappear'?

Much like what Impey did afterwards!

[Wedgie]

Any truth to the rumour that Port will be running out to a different INXS song next year?
I'm thinking "Elegantly Wasted" or "Just Keep Walking".

What about 'Disappear'?

Much like what Impey did afterwards!

That was my third choice

[DOC]

The line that he walked from Norwood to Grange now debunked by SAPOL who stopped him at Killkenny after midnight riding a bike.

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The line that he walked from Norwood to Grange now debunked by SAPOL who stopped him at Killkenny after midnight riding a bike.

You'd think they might have breath-tested him then, so maybe he hadn't had much/any to drink?

[DOC]

Yep.

How did he get a bike?

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It keeps getting better.

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It keeps getting better.

And better.......

[Booney]

The line that he walked from Norwood to Grange now debunked by SAPOL who stopped him at Killkenny after midnight riding a bike.

You'd think they might have breath-tested him then, so maybe he hadn't had much/any to drink?

Silly boy, don't you know everyone here knows what happened? sheesh.

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I know I often go for ride on a bike after midnight...

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I know I often go for ride on a bike after midnight...

After fleeing the scene of a crime by foot........

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Why didn't he tell the police what'd happened earlier when stopped at Kilkenny?

[Rik E Boy]

Port Adelaide’s player leadership group, following consultation with the AFL and AFLPA, has sanctioned Jarman Impey $5,000 and banned him from playing in Round 1 of the premiership season following his involvement in a motor vehicle incident on Saturday evening.

The incident, where four cars were damaged on a Norwood street, led to his subsequent charging by South Australian Police.

Following consultation with the Motor Accident Commission, Impey will direct the $5,000 sanction to the Brain Injury Network of SA (BINSA) in support of its road safety programs assisting people who have acquired brain injury as a result of road related trauma.

Impey will also be required to participate in BINSA’s Youth Reconnect Transition Program, where he will witness first-hand the impact and life changing circumstances that result from road trauma.

Involvement of Aidyn Johnson

Port Adelaide can now confirm South Australian Police have been advised that player Aidyn Johnson was a passenger in Impey’s vehicle at the time the incident occurred.

As a result of this information, the leadership group, again following consultation with the AFL and the AFLPA, determined to apply the same internal sanction to Johnson.

Johnson will therefore not play football in Round 1, and will donate $5,000 to BINSA and also participate in the Youth Transition Program.

These sanctions are based on the information at hand and Port Adelaide will make no further comment as the matter is subject to an ongoing police investigation.

1 Game LMAO. A terrifying warning to the playing group.

regards,

REB

[jet-airport]

This stinks off legal advice immediately post accident;
Johnson disappears / vanishes
mums the word with players guests at party.
JI leaves phone at party?? no contact!
Disappears for 5 hours to sober up on his own?
Seen riding a bike allegedly and left alone?
rolls up at a mates joint 19km away, ironically ,Just after the legal time requirement for a breath test.....
Port get lawyers back to go over next steps
Visit cops in morning

Good job boys, job well done, give him a game!!

[Dogwatcher]

PR disaster for Port - I mean the decision-making/advice after the incident.

[Dutchy]

Oh dear, what a shambles!!!

[Magellan]

Yep.

How did he get a bike?

Norwood Parade Cycles, just down the road is my bet. The perfick getaway.

[Wedgie]

What was the bike's name?

[stan]

This is actually getting funny now. Better be careful with that slap on the wrist.

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[Booney]

Some brilliant news :

Jarryd Roughead is cancer free and has been allowed to return to full training. Fantastic news for all who follow the game.

( Video in the link )



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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-12-06/j ... n-to-footy

HAWTHORN vice-captain Jarryd Roughead is 'cancer free' and has been given the all-clear to resume full training just seven months after being sidelined with a reoccurrence of his melanoma.

The 29-year old didn't play at all in 2016 because of a knee injury and then the dreadful news that sent shockwaves through the football community.

Roughead told the Hawthorn website that he received the positive news on Monday afternoon, following the first training session of the summer for the entire Hawthorn squad.

"The drugs that I had have worked and killed off everything. That's what we wanted from the start. I'm cancer free and that's what you want to hear," he said.

"I've had a complete response from the (immunology) treatment so far and he's (Grant McArthur, the specialist) given me the all-clear to get back living a normal life, do the things I want, which is playing footy

"It reassures me that things are all good and I can get back to living a normal life."

Roughead explained that a "complete response" means the tumours are gone.

He will continue having regular scans every three months to ensure there are no more relapses.

He had a growth removed from his lip in 2014 before last year's more serious development, during which a series of spots were found in his chest.

"This is part of the regular surveillance," he said of the requirement to keep having scans.

Roughead said he was fortunate enough to react positively to the course of treatment he undertook.

"The team at Peter Mac was amazing to me and I can't thank them enough," he added.

He said there a few initial side effects, but he was able to recover from those quickly enough. He resumed light training after Hawthorn's season ended with a semi-final loss to the Western Bulldogs in September and apart from a three-week holiday to the United States, has been training in some shape or form since.

But he is now looking to resume full training in a bid to be fit for what now shapes as an epic opening round clash between against the reconstituted Essendon at what might well be a sold-out MCG.

"I can start looking forward to pre-season because after six or seven months of not kicking a footy, I can get back to stuff I've been doing here since I was 17 years of age," he said.

"But I don't want to put a round on it. I just want to play footy again and who knows when that will be. Footy wasn't the priority until now. We didn't worry about it because it wasn't important.

"Once you go through something like this, footy is nothing. To be there for your family, this is the most important thing."

Roughead said he would be coming in fresh, not having had any physical contact for a year and also because of the mental release from not having played.

He will be training with no restrictions, but is also mindful that he has to regain full confidence in his repaired posterior cruciate ligament, having not played at all since 2015.

"We all thought I'd be out until June or July, so this is a big bonus," he said.

"I just want to enjoy being out with the boys."

Roughead said he was overwhelmed by the support he had, not just from Hawthorn people but all in football.

"We have a fair amount of letters to get through to get back to everyone," he sid.

"You can't thank them enough. This wasn't a game of football where you have to pick a side. You know you have 100 per cent backing and when you have everyone in your corner you know you're going to get through it and that feels pretty good."

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