An agonising decision for Nick Stevens, Angelo Lekkas comes to terms with having suffered a minor stroke and improved ruck fortunes for the Brisbane Lions are among the AFL-related items making news in Australia's daily newspapers on Tuesday, 8 March 2005.

Herald Sun: Nick Stevens will inform Carlton on Tuesday as to whether he will attend his brother's wedding or play in the Wizard Cup grand final.

Hawthorn and Angelo Lekkas are at loggerheads over the cause of the stroke that will sideline him for the nest three months.

Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy is unconcerned at his club's winless pre-season.

Collingwood is front-runner to host the biggest home and away match of the 2006 season – the first game back at the MCG.

The Australian: The freak minor stroke that will keep Hawthorn's Angelo Lekkas on the sidelines for up to half the season cannot be traced to head-related clashes he suffered in his last game.

The AFL has moved a step closer to adding a woman to its existing eight-man commission.

Adelaide Advertiser: His team-mates labelled him "Trent Potential". And now his coach, Neil Craig, has warmed the hearts of Crows supporters by suggesting Trent Hentschel could be Adelaide's long-term answer to the AFL's premier centre half-forwards - Port Adelaide's Warren Tredrea, St Kilda's Nick Riewoldt and Brisbane's Jonathan Brown.

The Age: Collingwood has hired long-serving former Hawthorn official John Hook to work in a restructured recruiting department.

Despite being at peak fitness, Hawthorn midfielder Angelo Lekkas is diagnosed as having suffered a stroke, placing his football career in doubt.

Port Adelaide is poised to renew its faith in ruckman Matthew Primus by reinstating him as captain.

Courier Mail: Brisbane's ruck fortunes have been improving by the minute and to the point where Jamie Charman and Clark Keating could both be fit for the AFL season opener against St Kilda at the Gabba in two weeks.

Geelong Advertiser: Emerging Geelong ruckman Mark Blake is one of the positive pieces of Geelong's pre-season puzzle that coach Mark Thompson would be trying desperately to solve.