Jack Grimes says he is making a strong recovery from his collarbone injury
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Mark Neeld believes the brand of football that the Dockers play is what the Demons are building towards
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Mark Neeld insists Jack Watts, James Frawley and Colin Sylvia are "required players" as the Demons prepare for a potential raid on their list
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Neeld won four consecutive premierships with Ocean Grove, and after a three year stint as coach of the Western Jets in the TAC Cup, Neeld joined Collingwood in 2008, where he quickly earned a reputation as a highly respected assistant coach.
He initially coached Collingwood’s defence and then took over as midfield coach in its 2010 Premiership year, and has been Senior Assistant for the past two years. Neeld played 74 AFL matches and kicked 36 AFL goals from 1990-96 with Geelong and Richmond. A teacher by training, Neeld also held senior leadership positions, and was Head of Phys Ed, at Geelong College before embarking on a full-time coaching role at Collingwood.
Neeld becomes the 27th coach of the Melbourne Football Club. He joins a lineage that includes Hall of Fame coaches Checker Hughes, Norm Smith and Ron Barassi.
Royal made an immediate impact in the game, as he was widely regarded as the recruit of the year in 1983. The tenacious rover represented Victoria eight times and was All-Australian in 1986. He also won Footscray’s best and fairest award in 1983.
After retiring, Royal was the reserves coach for the Bulldogs from 1996-97 and became the club’s assistant in 1998-99. Royal was then an assistant coach with Melbourne from 2000-03, before joining the Kangaroos in 2004. He then joined Terry Wallace at Richmond in 2005 and remained with the Tigers until the end of 2009. He was as assistant/director of coaching at Punt Rd.
In 2010, he was a development coach with St Kilda and was part of the club’s staff, which guided the Saints to a grand final.
Brown played 246 AFL matches with Fremantle, North Melbourne and Collingwood from 2000-11. He was originally drafted from Heyfield/Gippsland Power at No.5 in the 1999 AFL Draft.
Brown made 63 appearances with Fremantle from 2000-02, before crossing to North Melbourne, where he played 118 matches from 2003-08. At the end of 2008, Brown was delisted by North Melbourne and given a reprieve by Collingwood. He was drafted at No.73 overall, and reignited his career with the Magpies.
Brown’s versatility was an integral part of Collingwood’s side, and in 2010 he played in its two grand finals – becoming a premiership player in the replay against St Kilda. Brown finished his AFL career as a much-respected player, finishing just four matches shy of the 250 game milestone.
Brown joins the Demons just two days after playing in Collingwood’s losing Grand Final to Geelong. He will reacquaint with new Melbourne senior coach and former Collingwood assistant coach Mark Neeld.
A seasoned coach in his own right, Rawlings joins Melbourne following a two year stint under Michael Voss at the Brisbane Lions. Prior to that, Rawlings held the position of interim coach at the Richmond Football Club, coaching the final 11 games of the 2009 season. Rawlings was also senior coach at Richmond's VFL affiliate club, the Coburg Tigers, during his tenure.
As a player, Rawlings retired from football in 2006 after 148 games for Hawthorn, the Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne.
Greaves is a highly respected coach from the Geelong region, who coached the Geelong Falcons for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. A former VFL player with Geelong, Greaves previously coached Leopold in the Geelong Football League.
Greaves, who has a physical education background, has also worked with Victorian Institute of Sport. Greaves will report to Brian Royal, who will coach the Club’s midfield in 2012.
Satterley has most recently held the position of senior coach at the Werribee Football Club in the VFL. Before holding the senior position at Werribee, Satterley spent two years there as the development coach, overseeing the side’s first and second year players.
At the TAC Cup level, Satterley has held positions as assistant coach at the Western Jets, and as senior coach of the Northern Knights. As a player, Satterley spent three years with the Western Bulldogs from 1992 to 1995, later returning to the VFL to win the Liston Trophy while playing for Werribee.
Nichol coached the under 16 Vic Metro academy program and was an assistant coach at Oakleigh Chargers in 2011. He was also head of health, sport and physical education at Scotch College Junior School.
He had previously been an assistant coach at Box Hill in the VFL. The 36-year-old played three matches for Western Bulldogs in 1995. Nichol made his AFL debut against Collingwood in round 12, 1995. A key position player, he played in the Bulldogs reserves premiership team as a supplementary list player in 1994. He was then drafted by the Bulldogs in the 1995 Pre-Season Draft (No.37 overall).
Nichol will work closely with Jade Rawlings, who was recently appointed Melbourne’s backline coach.
