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I've been trying out the new Google web browser, Google Chrome, all morning and it is pretty sweet. Right down to my Vox and Tumblr bookmarklets being imported from Firefox and working on Chrome. All I need is a Del.ici.ous plug in and I am absolutely sold.

YOU have to hand it to Port Adelaide. Of the six non-Victorian clubs in the AFL, Port is the youngest and smallest, yet it would be fair to say it has already penetrated the psyche of fans in this state more effectively than any other.

"PREMIERSHIP phase" is a mythical creature that lives outside the four walls of a football club. And every now and then, it has super powers to destroy any team that adopts it. Talk of a premiership phase is like an illness that occurs when player...

It's those latter categories that triple Brisbane Lions premiership captain Michael Voss, off to a massive head start in the race to be the AFL's newest franchise's inaugural senior mentor, has well and truly covered.

THERE'S a great story about Jonathan Brown told by an old babysitter of the AFL's No. 1 player. Apparently one night, at a very young age after being bitten by a dog, the big fella took instant revenge and bit the dog back.

BRISBANE Lions coach Leigh Matthews has expressed concern over the amount of quadriceps injuries in his squad following the withdrawal of Irish half-back Colm Begley ahead of the clash with Melbourne.

"I think it's probably on the cards, to be honest, but my negotiations are irrelevant compared to some of the others, so I'll just sit back and take what's left at the end," the characteristically low-key skipper said, speaking at Tullamarine yesterday.

EmailCats dominate tribute squadsPosted April 15, 2008 10:44:00 Reigning Brownlow medallist Jimmy Bartel is one of 13 Cats named for the clash. (Getty Images: Ryan Pierse) Map: Melbourne 3000AFL reigning premier Geelong has had 13 of its players named in the Victoria and Dream Team squads for next month's Hall of Fame tribute match at the MCG.The 40-man Victorian squad features eight Cats players and will be captained by Brisbane Lions forward Johnathan Brown.Mark Thompson and Kevin Sheedy are the coach and assistant coach respectively.The Dream Team squad contains seven players from captain Andrew McLeod's club Adelaide.Five Cats players have also been included.Port Adelaide's Mark Williams will coach the side with Neale Daniher as his assistant.The squads will be trimmed down to 25-players in the week leading up to the match, which will be played on May 10.

WATCHING Lance Franklin kick six goals on Sunday, Leigh Matthews concluded that he had seen the current game's freakish answer to Carlton great Anthony Koutoufides.

Brisbane's desperate quest to find more goalkickers has suffered a blow with potential crumbing solution Ash McGrath battling injury. Nimble goalsneak McGrath sustained an ankle injury late in the Lions reserves match over the weekend which is set...

Robert Copeland returns to the Lions senior side this week after missing last Friday night’s thrilling win against Collingwood with an ankle injury.

Jared Brennan says he's happy to be a positional nomad for the Brisbane Lions if it helps catapult them back into the AFL finals. Brennan, who was the subject of southern raids at the end of last season, will be one of the key figures for the Lion...

THE AFL's claims of widespread support for a second Queensland team will come under scrutiny after the Brisbane Lions-Collingwood game on Friday night was beaten in the ratings by more than three-to-one by the telecast of the NRL game in Brisbane bet...

COLLINGWOOD coach Mick Malthouse said he would be dusting off his contact book and ringing umpires boss Jeff Gieschen after pointing out several tough interpretations that cost his team against Brisbane Lions. Several soft calls disadvantaged both...

WESTERN BULLDOGS 2.5 9.9 18.13 24.17 (161)MELBOURNE 2.4 5.8 7.9 9.12 (66)Goals: Western Bulldogs: R Murphy 4 B Johnson 3 J Hill 3 J Akermanis 3 S Welsh 3 D Cross 3 M Hahn L Gilbee D Giansiracusa R Griffen C Wight. Melbourne: D Neitz 2 R Robertson 2 J White 2 N Jones B Green A Davey. Best: Western Bulldogs: L Gilbee D Cross M Boyd R Murphy J Hill B Hudson. Melbourne: N Jones P Wheatley J White N Carroll J McDonald C Bartram.Umpires: L Farmer C Kamolins S RyanCrowd: 27,821 at the MCG The Western Bulldogs smashed Melbourne by 95 points at the MCG today, handing the Demons their second massive defeat in as many AFL rounds.

The biggest surprise was Jared Brennan. The Lions' biggest enigma is not known for his work in close, but in the second quarter he was thrown into the midfield to telling effect, winning several hardballs of his own to help his team to an 11-point le...

Trailing by 16 points at the last change, the home side threw themselves around courageously and managed to kick four goals to one in the final term in slippery and muddy conditions to hang onto a 13.18 (96) to 13.16 (94) victory.

In South Africa with the Australian Institute of Sport-AFL Academy squad this week, I got a reminder of just what an awesome beast it is. The way it walks, the respect it commands from other animals, the leadership it exerts over other jungle beasts — what it's like to gaze into the lion's eyes, knowing the lion could rip you apart in a flash.

A MASSIVE ice shelf bigger than Greater Sydney has begun to collapse in Antarctica under the pressure of climate change, new satellite images reveal.

A DIZZY and disoriented Brisbane Lions champion Jonathan Brown defied medical advice to take the field after half-time against West Coast last Saturday but was so dehydrated, he had trouble actually making it back on to the Subiaco ground.