Daniel Pratt Biography

Daniel Pratt joins the Bulldogs' coaching panel as their backline coach.

West Coast appoints experienced coach Daniel Pratt to lead the club into its second AFLW campaign.

West Coast has finalised its coaching set-up for 2017, refreshing the group as the club prepares for its fourth season under Adam Simpson.

Former Docker Justin Longmuir has been appointed to the senior assistant role, with champion ruckman Dean Cox taking over as joint midfield coach with Adrian Hickmott.

Longmuir is undertaking the AFL's level four coaching course, after being part of the program's second intake at the start of 2016.

Former player Adam Selwood will head up development, Jaymie Graham will become forwards coach and Daniel Pratt will become backline and team defence coach.

Former North Melbourne defender Daniel Pratt will join his ex-teammate Adam Simpson at West Coast as a development coach.

"Seeing how 'Simmo' worked at Hawthorn, when this opportunity came up I was very excited," Pratt said.

"It's a strong list and the last 12 months were tough mainly because of injuries. There's real upside here and I'm looking forward to getting involved."

Majak Daw and former Roo Daniel Pratt come to blows during a VFL game with Pratt having to leave the ground due to the blood rule.

Former Kangaroo Daniel Pratt has broken his silence over the Majak Daw's relationship with his former girlfriend.

"I don't go down that path with that sort of thing, going out with a mate's ex-girlfriend," Pratt said.

"He can do whatever he wants. It was 18 months ago. It's water under the bridge. I don't want to speak to him about this."

North Melbourne defender Daniel Pratt signed a new deal as he began rehab after his hip operation.

"It should free up my back and hamstrings, which is what I had problems with last year," Pratt said.

"The club and the surgeon are pretty confident that it's really going to help me with my football. It was good the club was willing to offer me another year after two pretty average years due to injury and form."

Kangaroo defender Daniel Pratt says he is fitter and more confident after starting the season in the VFL.

"I think that's the best thing that could have happened for me, just to get that fitness and confidence back," Pratt said.

"It's probably showed in my footy in the last couple of weeks, being confident in my body and being able to compete really hard."

North Melbourne defender Daniel Pratt believes a new attitude and a new coash will help him rediscover his aggression.

"I was playing my best footy when I was aggressive and really pushing things to the limit on the field and finding the right balance with that," he said.

"Getting the anger back that helps me play my best footy ... I'm really looking forward to it. I feel like I got it back after a couple of training sessions."

North Melbourne and Port Adelaide will head to the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday night in the hope of clearing two key defenders.

The Kangaroos will challenge a striking charge against Daniel Pratt, who is facing a one-week ban, while the Power's Troy Chaplin will try to overturn a two-week stint on the sidelines.

Defender Troy Chaplin and Daniel Pratt have failed to overturn their charges at the AFL tribunal.

Chaplin argued that he had no realistic alternative as he was committed to making a contest against Brisbane's Daniel Rich which the field umpire deemed as "late, unnecessary and unreasonable".

"I'm not sure what I'm expected to do in that situation," Chaplin told the tribunal via video link-up from Adelaide.

"I'm not sure how I could deviate when I've chosen to go."

North Melbourne's Daniel Pratt suffers a knee injury in the second quarter against Collingwood at Docklands.

North Melbourne's Adam Simpson and teammate Daniel Pratt face stiff fines for being the ringleaders behind a an outrageous chicken sex video.

North Melbourne coach Dean Laidley says that senior players Adam Simpson and Daniel Pratt who were involved in the YouTube controversy are not guaranteed a game on Sunday.

Adam Simpson and Daniel Pratt have each been fined $5000 by North Melbourne for their involvement in the infamous 'chicken' video.

North Melbourne is undecided about how get Daniel Pratt back into their team as quickly as possible.

DANIEL Pratt says Brendan Fevola called to express concern after a sickening collision between the pair two weeks ago.

Daniel Pratt knew he was lucky that he wasn't more seriously hurt after his sickening collision with Brendan Fevola.

Daniel Pratt's courageous spoiling effort will become the inspirational theme for the Kangaroos this season.

Hamish McIntosh, Brady Rawlings, Michael Firrito, Corey Jones and Daniel Pratt sign contract extensions with North Melbourne.

"We see it as an endorsement of what the club has been achieving over the last six months," chief executive Eugene Arocca said.

"Players who want to play at North Melbourne stay at North Melbourne and history has generally been that this is a great place to be. It's a unique club."

Kangaroos pair Daniel Pratt and Brady Rawlings question Hawthorn's hardness at the ball after Hawk Jordan Lewis is suspended for a match for punching Pratt in the stomach.

Pratt was called "extremely soft" and "pathetic" by Lewis' teammate Campbell Brown for collapsing to the ground after the alleged punch by Lewis.

"If you're going to be hard at the footy and put your head over the ball, that's what being tough is," Pratt said in response to Brown's comments.

Rawlings concurred with Pratt's assessment.

"Hardness is really about when the ball is in play and putting your head over the ball," Rawlings said.

"They probably had a couple of undisciplined things off the ball, so I don't think that's anything to do with toughness."