RICHMOND'S Jake King will face the tribunal to contest a striking charge.

WESTERN Australia were 2-53 at drinks in the first session of the important Sheffield Shield match against Queensland at the Gabba today.

NSW won the toss and opted to bat on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia at the SCG today.

VICTORIA gained two early breakthroughs after being asked to bowl first in the crucial Sheffield Shield match at the MCG today.

THE Bulldogs will go into Saturday night's NAB Cup grand final without captain Brad Johnson, who will be out for 2-3 weeks.

 WAYNE Rooney has been passed fit for the second leg of Manchester United's Champions League meeting with AC Milan at Old Trafford tomorrow morning.

WHO should you have in your SuperCoach side? Chat with Mark Robinson from midday today.

TIGER Woods is reported to be working hard on his golf game, with US observers suggesting that means he is close to a comeback to the course.

MELBOURNE'S already had a rough start to the season ... how do you will they go this year? Debate with Mark Stevens from 11am.

THE worst-kept secret in Australian soccer will be made public in the next 48 hours when national coach Pim Verbeek quits his role.

2009 AFL Season

Members are advised that visitor tickets to all MCG matches in the 2009 AFL home and away season are on sale NOW through Ticketek (please note new ticket provider). 

There is a limit of four visitor tickets per member for all matches except Anzac Day, when the maximum is two. 

Tickets cost $29 (adults) and $4.50 (child u/15) and will be available:

- At Ticketek agencies
- Via the MCC priority booking line - 1300 136 961
- www.ticketek.com.au
- In person at the MCC Membership Services Office (9.00am-5.00pm on business days).

Important - create a Ticketek account
Please note that any customer who purchases tickets with Ticketek must register their details before completing their first transaction with Ticketek this football season.

To avoid delays when purchasing visitor tickets or reserved seats, members are encouraged to register in advance by completing an online form at Ticketek’s website. Register now* (Click here for step-by-step instructions to create a Ticketek account)

Those MCC members who are already Ticketek customers will not need to replicate this process, but will instead simply use their existing Ticketek username and password when purchasing tickets.

RESERVED SEATS - CATEGORY A MATCHES

For the first time, members will be able to pre-purchase reserved seats (on Levels 1 or 4 of the Reserve) for their guests as well as themselves to any of the six Category A matches this footy season. These matches are:

Thursday March 26            Richmond v Carlton
Friday March 27                  Hawthorn v Geelong
Thursday April 9                 Geelong v Cats v Collingwood
Saturday April 25                Essendon v Collingwood
Monday June 8                   Melbourne v Collingwood
Saturday July 25                Geelong Cats v Hawthorn

Reserved seats will cost $10 each and can be purchased with visitor tickets in the same transaction if required.

Click here to download a copy of the 2009 Football Guide which contains a seating plan outlining the reserved seat locations and other important information.

For a comprehensive season fixture of all games at the MCG, click here. This also illustrates the category of each match and opening dates for the Members Dining Room ballot and passes applications.

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