NEW Williamstown coach Peter German believes a different voice and direction can help propel the perennial finalist further into September this season.

HAWTHORN has called on former Western Bulldogs fringe player Wayde Skipper for its final practice match in a bid to solve its ruck woes.

THE VFL would welcome Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney into what shapes as an expanded "eastern seaboard" competition from 2011.

WALLABIES star Quade Cooper has been charged with burglary after allegedly robbing a Gold Coast residence.

WHILE it is usually seen as a stroke of bad luck when a team gets an interstate fixture, 10 VFL teams believe they have hit the jackpot in scoring a trip to the Gold Coast when GC17 makes its VFL debut next season.