What the papers say…
Brendan Fevola returns home, David Rodan maybe becoming a Tiger while Hayden Skipworth could be heading to the Power. These are among the AFL-related items maki
Herald Sun: Brendan Fevola will shrug off jet lag to join training at Princes Park today in the first step to retribution over the Ireland embarrassment.Richmond discard David Rodan hopes to revive his AFL career with Essendon. Delisted by the Tigers last week, the small forward has been invited to train with the Bombers before the national draft and pre-season draft.Advertising powerbroker and long-time Carlton supporter Harold Mitchell has ruled out running on a rival ticket to challenge the Blues board.The Age:Brendan Fevola looked exhausted when he landed in Australia but the Carlton full-forward made a quick apology about his behaviour in Ireland.The future of the International Rules series was now hanging by the thinnest of threads, according to the head of the Irish competition.The abandonment of the International Rules tests would be likely to mean the demise of the annual youth series between Australia and Ireland.Adelaide Advertiser:Adelaide's heralded defence is about to get a minor revamp. New assistant coach Peter Jonas, who yesterday was named the club's new defensive guru in place of midfield-bound Paul Hamilton says he is keen to trial a couple of young Crows as defenders next season.Discarded Adelaide midfielder Hayden Skipworth has grabbed a surprise lifeline back to AFL football - at Port Adelaide. The 23-year-old midfielder will join the Power - which has eight picks in this year's draft - in training next week.The West Australian:Fremantle is counting the cost of their players' involvement in the International Rules series against Ireland after Ryan Crowley arrived home yesterday nursing a knee injury.The Australian:Brendan Fevola will not face any sanction from his club for being kicked off the Australian team following a drunken fracas in an Irish bar. But he will start his pre-season campaign a week before schedule as he attempts to put the ignominious episode behind him.