Hawks call up big guns

Sam Mitchell returns to the Hawthorn line-up this weekend. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun

FORMER Hawthorn captain Sam Mitchell and gun midfielders Jordan Lewis and Brad Sewell will play their first matches of the pre-season matches against the Western Bulldogs on Friday night.

The star trio were left in Melbourne as the Hawks flew to the Gold Coast for their opening NAB Cup round-robin matches last weekend.

The night didn't go well, with Hawthorn suffering losses to Brisbane and the Gold Coast and copping injuries to Cyril Rioli (ankle), Brian Lake (calf) and Paul Puopolo (knee).

All three will miss Friday night's clash, with Puopolo in doubt for the start of the home-and-away season.

Others missing from the Hawthorn squad include skipper Luke Hodge, Liam Shiels, Shaun Burgoyne and Grant Birchall.

Youngsters Jed Anderson, Derick Wanganeen and Sam Grimley have all been named, along with recruits Jonathan Simpkin and Matt Spangher.

Lance Franklin will play after being kept goalless in Queensland.

The Bulldogs, meanwhile, have named former West Coast midfielder Koby Stevens for his first game in red, blue and white.

Fans will get another look at first-round draft pick Jackson Macrae and mature-age recruit Brett Goodes, while Jordan Roughead returns after missing the Dogs' opening NAB Cup clashes with a virus.

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Hawthorn

2 Jarryd Roughead
3 Jordan Lewis
4 Matt Suckling
5 Sam Mitchell
6 Josh Gibson
10 Bradley Hill
12 Brad Sewell
13 Kyle Cheney
16 Isaac Smith
18 Brent Guerra
19 Jack Gunston
20 David Hale
21 Shane Savage
22 Luke Breust
23 Lance Franklin
24 Ben Stratton
25 Ryan Schoenmakers
27 Matt Spangher
29 William Langford (R) - Emergency
32 Jonathan Simpkin
35 Sam Grimley
37 Jed Anderson
38 Mitchell Hallahan - Emergency
41 Taylor Duryea
43 Amos Frank (R)
46 Derick Wanganeen (R)
47 Jonathon Ceglar (R) - Emergency

Western Bulldogs

2 Robert Murphy
3 Mitch Wallis
4 Daniel Cross
5 Matthew Boyd
6 Luke Dahlhaus
10 Easton Wood
11 Jackson Macrae
13 Daniel Giansiracusa
14 Clay Smith
15 Jason Tutt
16 Ryan Griffen
19 Liam Jones
21 Tom Liberatore
22 Dylan Addison
23 Jordan Roughead
25 Koby Stevens
27 Will Minson
29 Tory Dickson
31 Tom Young
33 Nick Lower
37 Lukas Markovic
38 Dale Morris
39 Jason Johannisen
42 Liam Picken
44 Brett Goodes
45 Tom Campbell
49 Ayce Cordy

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Stevens 'all good' despite concussions

Scott Stevens at Adelaide Crows training in 2011 shortly before he retired. Source: The Advertiser

SERIAL concussion victim Scott Stevens has declared he is "all good" and has no significant health problems.

As former AFL players reveal their mental health struggles following football concussions, ex-Crow Stevens - forced out of the game at 29 because of a series of head knocks - said he is "feeling fine" and is not suffering any serious side-effects of a career which ended prematurely.

"I'm all good, there's nothing (bad) to report," said the notoriously media-shy Stevens, who retired part way through the 2011 season after three concussions in a year.

While Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson yesterday warned the AFL to "take a conservative approach" with concussions, Stevens told The Advertiser he is not yet interested in joining the debate about how the league should best handle its concussion controversy.

"I'm sorry but I've made my decision not to talk (in depth) about it and I'm happy with that," said Stevens, who is living in Perth with his wife Anna and young daughter Hayley.

"But I'm feeling fine, which is good."

Stevens - who is in his third year out of the game - is one of the highest profile victims of AFL concussions.

Scott Stevens takes a break from a 2011 training session and chats with Adelaide Crows football operations manager Phil Harper.

He retired after 144 games after being knocked out for one last time against Fremantle in round three, 2011.

He revealed at his retirement press conference that he had suffered months of "headaches, nausea, vomiting and vision problems".

"They were 24/7 and I basically had to stay at home, I couldn't read and I struggled to watch television," Stevens said.

"It was not great".

It was expected Stevens would join former Demon Daniel Bell in seeking a compensation claim against the AFL because of the shocking toll the heavy knocks took on his 195cm frame.

This is still not out of the question.

They (headaches) were 24/7 and I basically had to stay at home, I couldn't read and I struggled to watch television

But one of Stevens' best mates and former Crows defensive team-mate Nathan Bassett last night confirmed Stevens was in good health and not just playing a straight bat to questions.

"He's fine," said Bassett, who coached SANFL club Norwood to last year's premiership.

"I caught up with him at (former Crows ruckman) Matthew Clarke's wedding in Adelaide (in January) and he's in good health, he looks really good.

"I don't think he is experiencing any after-effects at all, which is surprising considering the amount of heavy knocks he took."

Bassett said Stevens is working in the human resources department for a shipping company in WA and keeps fit by running and cycling.

Adelaide list manager David Noble said the Crows kept in contact with Stevens to monitor his health.

"Part of our role, along with the AFL Players Association, is to have an exit policy and make sure players who leave the game are going okay with their lives after football," Noble said.

"Clearly Scotty had some (health) issues so we do monitor his situation by talking to him and his family and friends about him.

"Scott says he is well and all the reports are good, which is terrific, but we will continue to stay in touch to make sure he is okay."

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Sanderson: I told lies to doctors

Adelaide Crows coach Brenton Sanderson says he was knocked out eight times in his career. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: The Advertiser

ADELAIDE coach Brenton Sanderson has admitted to lying to club doctors to prolong his AFL career.

As the concussion debate heats up following dual Brownlow Medallist Greg Williams' revelations about memory loss and other mental health issues following years of concussions, Sanderson said he was knocked out eight times in a 20-year junior and senior career.

"And I was one of those players who lied to doctors and said to doctors that I was feeling good," said Sanderson, who in his first year as Crows coach had to deal with serious concussion issues with now-departed key forward Kurt Tippett.

Having had concussions as a player and walked the fine line with them as a coach, Sanderson now wants the AFL to take a "conservative" approach to them.

"I am fully behind making the correct decisions on player welfare," Sanderson said.

"We have to make sure we are not making our game any sort of extra health risk for people down the track.

"I watch closely what is happening in the (United) States with the research that's going on with NFL players and there's some horrible stories there of brain disease from players with continual head knocks.

"It's not my expertise and I probably shouldn't comment on it but I'd prefer to take a conservative approach to the concussion rule to make sure we get this right."

Sanderson, who celebrated his 39th birthday yesterday, said it was important decisions were taken out of the hands of the players concerned.

I'd prefer to take a conservative approach to the concussion rule to make sure we get this right

"As much as players tell lies to doctors there are processes in place now where we take it out of the players' hands," said Sanderson who played 209 AFL games for Adelaide, Collingwood and Geelong.

"There's a lot of computer testing that they do now and psycho-analysis stuff which is really good and we (AFL clubs) are certainly behind anything the AFL can do to make the game safer and make sure we don't put players out there who are under any extra risks."

He said he had not suffered any side-effects of his concussions.

"I think I'm okay," he said - but that his family were "obviously concerned" when he suffered repeated head knocks.

"When I had concussions people close to me warned me about going back out there," he said.

"But we are an unusual breed, footballers.

"It is a brutal game at times and we are exposed without any sort of protective headgear to knocks.

"But that's the game we play unfortunately and we love to compete and the mateship of going out there when you are injured.

"Hopefully we can change that mentality a bit too."

The AFL yesterday announced it would host a concussion conference, also involving the NRL, ARU and FFA, in Melbourne on March 20-21, to update the codes on the latest research.

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Vote of support for Hird, Bomber

Essendon chairman David Evans announces a full external review of the club's governance and processes.

Essendon coach James Hird. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun

Essendon coach James Hird. Source: Herald Sun

COACH James Hird and senior assistant Mark Thompson have been virtually assured they will remain at Essendon despite the club opening its doors to an independent investigator.

The Bombers yesterday employed former Telstra chief Dr Ziggy Switkowski to ascertain how the club found itself in an anti-doping investigation and what "irregular practices" took place.

His finding will be announced to members.

It is the third investigation into Essendon's 2012 supplement program following that of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority and the AFL.

The futures of key personnel, including Hird, Thompson and chief executive Ian Robson, will be closely examined.

Bomber fans 'deserve truth'

Evans was reluctant to comment about individuals, but said the key football department duo had his support.

"Of course I support James, he's one of my closest friends, he's doing a great job as coach," Evans said last night.

Asked about Thompson, he said: "They both have got my support."

He added: "But the focus is not about individuals. The focus is finding out what happened and dealing with the problems and getting the footy club back on track."

The investigation will centre on the medical procedures that took place, the reporting processes, the role of club doctor Bruce Reid - specifically what took place without his knowledge - and what role sports scientist Stephen Dank and high-performance manager Dean Robinson played. Dank parted ways with the club last year and Robinson is suspended pending the probe.

"The strategy is get to the bottom of what happened, get to a position where we, hopefully, probably are ahead of the game as far as the ASADA investigation, as far as what happened so we can makes some changes before the investigation finishes," said Evans.

The "irregular practices" include off-site injections at an anti-ageing clinic across the road from Windy Hill, the use of registered nurses and other outside medical staff, and full determination of who knew about the consent forms signed by the players.

The Bombers expect to prove that irregular practices do not mean illegal practices.

"There are practices which have gone on that I don't condone and it's one of the reasons why we went to the AFL three weeks ago and made the announcement today," Evans said.

"There's some stuff at the club that needs to be tightened."

The review will be handed to the AFL and ASADA.

"I am in constant dialogue with ASADA, and they have welcomed this . . . it's clear their investigation is months (away) rather than weeks," Evans said.

"I've asked our members and the public to remember that no player has tested positive to performance-enhancing substances."

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Saint Steven extends contract

Essendon chairman David Evans announces a full external review of the club's governance and processes.

St Kilda intraclub practice match at Seaford. Jack Steven Picture: Klein Michael Source: Herald Sun

YOUNG St Kilda midfielder Jack Steven has signed a contract extension that will tie him to the club until the end of 2015.

The 22-year-old has put in a huge pre-season, which the Saints hope will lift his game time through the centre square this year.

Steven had already captured the coaches' attention during the Saints' altitude camp in Colorado just before Christmas.

After each session the St Kilda players were asked to vote on which teammate had worked the hardest.

When the votes were tallied on the final day, Steven got the nod as the most professional player on the camp.

''I'd like to think I try my hardest, I bust my gut no matter what I have in front of me. I love to compete," Steven said.

The award was a welcome contrast from the previous time Steven and the Saints had headed off on a pre-season training camp.

Two years ago Steven was one of four players - along with Zac Dawson, Rhys Stanley and Paul Cahill - suspended over an incident involving alcohol and sleeping pills during a training camp in New Zealand.

''It's from instances like that that I've matured a lot and taken a few lessons on board," Steven said.

'It's all started to come together lately."

Last season Steven was in cracking form early, averaging more than 21 disposals over the opening 14 rounds before a mid-season lull.

''I played a lot more in the midfield than I had previously, and by the middle of the year I think just the toll of the whole season started to get to me," he said.

''My legs weren't giving as much and the club backed me off in the training a little bit.

''That management helped me run out the last few games that bit stronger."

The former Lorne boy said he would ''jump at a gig in the midfield" in 2013, and had sought advice from experienced campaigners Leigh Montagna, Lenny Hayes and Nick Dal Santo ''as well as Sam Fisher, who's always been good in helping out young blokes like me."

Steven said he was rapt that the club and his manager, Peter Lenton, could agree to contract terms well before Round 1.

''I'm very excited and happy to be a Saint for at least the next three seasons," he said.

''There's that big core of the senior guys and now there seems to be a really good group of younger guys.

"We believe in ourselves."

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Swans' cap blasted over Tippett

STAR RECRUIT: Kurt Tippett. Picture: Tim Hunter Source: HWT Image Library

CARLTON says it is "staggered" Sydney could afford to sign star recruit Kurt Tippett, calling for the league to cut off the club's 9.8 per cent salary cap advantage.

The Blues yesterday joined heavyweight Hawthorn in seeking to end the controversial dispensation.

The bid is also supported by Collingwood and Richmond, with the powerful clubs to put their case to the AFL at next month's equalisation summit.

"We are staggered that the premiers can add an $800,000-per-season player (in Tippett) to their list without shedding anyone," Blues chief executive Greg Swann told the Herald Sun.

"The only way they can do that is the allowance and we think it's not right. It's not how the system should work.

"If you win a premiership you are supposed to be under pressure to retain players, not bring in the highest-priced recruit there was last year. They will say they were being clever with the way they used their cap but, whichever way you cut it, to do what they have done puts into question the fairness of the system."

Hawthorn president Andrew Newbold was lambasted by Greater Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy this week when he questioned the allowance and poultice of draft picks given to the expansion club.

But yesterday Newbold said he was not backing down from questioning the allowances.

"If we look at equalisation as a broad issue, nothing should be sacred," he said.

The AFL Commission is reviewing Sydney's list allowance, but Swans chief executive Andrew Ireland believes it is entirely justified given Sydney house prices.

Clubs have also called on the league to buy Etihad Stadium to ensure better stadium deals for clubs, but the AFL believes the current price is too high.

Newbold was told to take off his duffle coat by Sheedy, but he stands behind his statement from early this month.

He said that GWS was lucky to be given such an array of talent, as well as salary cap dispensation to keep its young stars.

"The GWS have indigestion they have so many draft picks, and we think the cost of living allowance is an outdated policy," Newbold said.

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Giants keep wolves from door

The Greater Western Sydney Giants have held off a number of Melbourne-based clubs to re-sign seven promising youngsters.

Kevin Sheedy says the Giants have enough salary cap room to entice more players to Western Sydney.

Jonathon Patton kicks for a goal against Sydney. Source: Getty Images

THE Giants have locked away another seven of their best young players and kept the Melbourne clubs at bay.

Labelling them their "Magnificent Seven", the Giants now have the core of their talent committed to long-term contracts.

Top draft pick Jonathon Patton has signed on until the end of 2015, along with number three and four selections Dom Tyson and Will Hoskin-Elliott, and rookie-listed players Andrew Phillips and Sam Frost.

Curtly Hampton and Aidan Corr have agreed to commit to the club until the end of 2016.

Fourteen months ago Eddie McGuire was threatening to steal every one of the Giants' good players for the rest of his life.

So far neither Collingwood or any of the other teams in the AFL have been able to draw a single player out of Western Sydney.

"We're on the map and on the right track," Giants CEO David Matthews told The Daily Telegraph.

"It's one thing to draft players, it's another thing to retain them.

"This is a significant piece of the jigsaw which gives confidence to the fans and corporate support.

"It was assumed by a lot of Melbourne clubs that the Giants would struggle to retain these players.

"We've created an environment where these players want to stay. The AFL needs this club to be strong."

With the departure of Israel Folau, the Giants are looking to their teenage talent to provide the headlines in the years to come.

"We need more household names and we need to keep these guys," Matthews said.

"I hope they did compare us to other clubs because that's the biggest endorsement of all.

"Combined with the 13 players who re-signed last year, the Giants now have more than 20 long-term signatures, including all eight of the 2012 Rising Star Nominations.

Yesterday's announcement comes on the back of an impressive performance in the opening round of the NAB Cup, when the Giants led Carlton with 30 seconds to go and beat cross-town rivals the Swans for the first time.

The round-one clash against the premiers at ANZ is beginning to look like a much more competitive affair.

"This time last year we were approaching round one with a bit of trepidation," Matthews said.

"A lot of those doubts have disappeared."

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Bitter Gram hopes for AFL return

Former AFL Saints player, Jason Gram. Picture: Tony Gough Source: Herald Sun

JASON Gram has spent a long and frustrating summer doing everything in his power to move on.

The sacked St Kilda star holidayed in America, Fiji and Thailand, won a financial settlement from the Saints, and signed to play country footy with North Albury.

His body feels better than it has in 11 years, he works out daily with his personal trainer, and he still holds out hope of an AFL career.

But as much as he tries to put his October sacking in the past, it keeps dragging him back.

Already on probation at St Kilda as the fallout from a personal relationship turned messy, he was sacked on October 30 after authorities became involved.

Yet while Gram acknowledges he made mistakes, he says it is time to set the record straight.

Four months on, he tells the Herald Sun he is tired of the whispering campaign painting him as an arch-villain and repeat offender on a grand scale.

"I am really upset with some of the things that have been said towards me, calling me certain things which are far from the truth," Gram said.

"Sometimes I go down the street or am at a club or a bar, and someone yells out to me across the room.

"It's unbelievable what they say. It upsets me someone would think that and say that. It is Chinese whispers. It is just full-blown lies. It is disappointing but the people who know the truth are my family and friends."

Jason Gram. Picture: Wayne Ludbey

Gram still cannot fathom how quickly he was thrown on to the football scrapheap.

His last two games were among his best - so much so the player who once lost a Norm Smith Medal on countback polled a Brownlow Medal vote in his last game at St Kilda.

Suspended by the club on September 6 last year, another incident requiring authorities saw them act swiftly.

He says he was blindsided by St Kilda's action, even as he acknowledges he was warned about what St Kilda labelled, "failure to honour repeated undertakings to the club about his behaviour".

"It's not like I killed anyone, it's not like I bashed anyone. It was a private matter - there was a fight between myself and another person.

"I had some personal issues but I don't think the club needed to jump on board and sack me. They gave me warnings but I still don't believe they needed to sack me. I think it was a private matter and I don't think it was worthy of me getting the a-- over. I am shattered that my football career ended like that. I spent nine years at St Kilda. I barracked for St Kilda as a kid, and I love the St Kilda football club, but there are a few things I don't love there.

"They say they gave me some help and maybe they did, but it was a personal issue that I was going through and it was only going to take a few more weeks or a month to get over it.

"St Kilda have had a few issues in the past so they felt they might need to jump on me, but other clubs I have spoken to said they wouldn't have done that."

The Saints have said privately they could not have been more adamant about Gram's need to lift his standards.

He had been counselled by coach Scott Watters mid-year, told again he was on his last warning, and was still officially suspended from the club when his last indiscretion occurred.

That issue saw St Kilda's head of football Chris Pelchen and list manager Ameet Bains summon Gram to a meeting at his manager Tom Petroro's offices on the night of October 30.

"They sat us down and they said they had to terminate my contract," Gram said.

"I walked straight out. I was too upset to hear the rest. I sat in another room for 45 minutes and waited for it to be finished. I haven't spoken to the coaches or hierarchy since. I still love all the boys and catch up with them, so I am always going to be mates with them."

He acknowledges an element of blame.

"I am just disappointed with myself and a little bit angry at myself, and a little bit angry with the Saints for what they have done, but there is nothing that can be done about it.

"I kick myself now when I think about it. If I had let it all go back then, I would still be on the list, and still training with the Saints at the moment. It's just disappointing St Kilda went down the path of sacking me. I still believe I am in their best 18."

Gram spoke with several AFL clubs after his sacking but in the days before the national draft made the decision not to nominate, deciding he needed to step away from AFL football.

His link with new North Albury coach Jason Akermanis through their time together at Brisbane saw him choose the Ovens & Murray club over 30 others who contacted him.

He is determined not to become one of those ageing ex-AFL players who talk about another chance but never act on it.

"I still believe I should be playing AFL, so I will play to an AFL standard. It might be a bit slower, but I won't slack off. I will do everything I can to give it one last crack and if it doesn't work out I will go on to the next chapter," he said.

"The (settlement) was all sorted out last year. I took a bit of a hit but that was always going to happen. We agreed on a figure and it's been signed off on. I don't think I have felt as good as this in a long time.

"I will be getting out of Melbourne and the club have given me a house from Thursday to Sunday, and it's a great town. During the week I will come back to Melbourne and work out and train.

"I believe I have got plenty of good footy left. I have been training like a dog and keeping fit and doing what I can. Fingers crossed something might happen. If not, I am not going to cry about it."

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I won't let injury beat me: Rohan

Sydney Swans player Gary Rohan goes for a run last month. Picture: Brett Costello Source: The Daily Telegraph

NEARLY a year on and Swans player Gary Rohan still struggles to watch the vision of the horrific moment when his leg was broken and his career put in jeopardy.

As the 312 days of his recovery have ticked by, he has considered giving the game away because of the huge physical and mental challenge he has faced returning to football.

But he is determined to play again and says it will be this year.

"I've heard that (I won't play this year) but I will," Rohan said.

"Midway through the season I should be training. Then there's the break. I should be back late in the year."

When Rohan suffered the injury in round four against North Melbourne, he was well on the way to becoming one of the Swans' established stars.

Coach John Longmire had him earmarked as the third key player in an athletic forward line alongside Adam Goodes and Sam Reid.

Had he been fit he would have been a certain starter in the Swans' grand final against Hawthorn.

"It's hard. A couple of times I've thought to give up," Rohan said.

"I get out of bed and I think: What am I going to do today?

"I know it's going to be hard.

"That little fellow in my head says: Why are you doing it? Just give up.

"My mentor Rhyce Shaw keeps me going."

Rohan has also received help from players and coaches at other clubs.

Gary Rohan in crutches last year. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: The Daily Telegraph

Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss broke his leg at a similar stage in his career in 1998 and has spoken to Rohan about what to expect in the long recovery process.

Fremantle Docker Michael Barlow and Brisbane's Matt Maguire have also spoken to him about their experiences with similar injuries.

"Matty Maguire comes from home (Victoria's Western District)," Rohan said.

"I talk to him a fair bit now.

"I also talk to Mal (Nick Malceski). He's hurt his knees three times. The main thing is just don't rush it.

"When it's sore, it's supposed to be sore.

"It is just finding that balance."

Longmire has been reluctant to put any pressure and expectation on the 21-year-old to return to action and has simply said he doesn't know when Rohan will return.

The Swans coach knows there is still plenty of work to be done and has provided Rohan with the services of a psychologist to help him negotiate the tough road that still lies ahead.

"The psychologist talks about not thinking too far ahead, I can't control that," Rohan said.

"I have to control the stuff that's happening now, stay in the moment.

"The more I do it the better it's going to be.

"The bone is fine, it has healed completely. I'm not having trouble with that, it's just the muscles.

"I'm just trying to get them working again because I haven't done anything for so long.

"I get confidence from the way I'm running and the way I train.

"I've been building up ever since I started running and I can see where I am."

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Bombers probe to pull no punches

Essendon chairman David Evans announces a full external review of the club's governance and processes.

Essendon chief executive, Ian Robson, left, chairman David Evans and coach James Hird face the media at Windy Hill over the ASADA investigation. Picture: Chris Scott Source: Supplied

Former Telstra chief executive Ziggy Switkowski. Picture: Craig Borrow Source: Herald Sun

ONE of the men charged with conducting an external probe of "irregular practices" at Essendon says he is sure the club has issues that need fixing.

Medical expert Dr Andrew Garnham, a specialist sports and exercise physician and senior university lecturer, also said the findings needed to be made public.

"I'm sure there will be internal issues to be dealt with, but by virtue of the fact there's a great deal of media attention there are issues that are in the public interest and it's appropriate that people have an understanding of what's happened and what can be done about it," Dr Garnham said.

The Essendon board approved the independent review of the club's governance amid accusations senior management was not fully aware of its supplements program last year.

Bomber fans 'deserve truth'

The review comes as the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority and AFL continue their own investigations, but club chairman David Evans said members deserved the truth.

Dr Garnham will work with former Telstra chief executive and RMIT Chancellor Dr Ziggy Switkowski.

Switkowski is in India until the weekend, but the pair have already made a preliminary start to their investigation.

"To a certain extent we're governed by the ASADA investigation and I think that's quite an intensive process so it will take some time," Dr Garnham said.

"It's a matter of working through all the material as it comes to light. We're not working to a time frame.

"There are issues there that the club needs to sort out to its own satisfaction, regardless of what ASADA does. The AFL are busy working things from their point of view so they'll have recommendations for all of the clubs as well as ensuring better processes are in place.

"The AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) are also developing a template for all sporting clubs because we're aware that governance in sport is an evolving area."

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