Bruce McAvaney

I believe it was unsuccessful.

I haven't.

got interested at all.

I'm really upset and so disappointed in the individuals that took place and in particular I think the organisers that thought it was a good idea.

I think it sends the wrong message to everybody.

It's just awful.

I hope it's the first and last and it certainly didn't catch my attention.

There is, Gerard.

I mean, they are special.

You know, they're near and dear to our heart.

And some of our greatest sporting memories do come from past Commonwealth Games.

It's streamlined.

It's going to be different.

There are 10 sports instead of 17 or 18 or whatever and some are probably unlucky but there's a freshness about it and the big core sports of athletics and swimming and cycling and netball are all there and Australia will do very well and we've got an athletics team that's regenerated itself over the last four or five years.

We've talked about that a lot.

A lot of people are excited about that.

A swimming team's

you know, it's very exciting with some familiar faces, but with some new ones as well.

Cycling is going to be, uh, obviously the battle with the Brits, et cetera, et cetera.

So I'm, you know, I'm, I'm going into these games as excited as I've ever been.