James Gallagher

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637 appearances 8 recordings 5 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 1 Jul

James Gallagher’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Yeah.

What about the lack of audio and how surprised were you by that?

I'm surprised, but I'm not a technical expert.

So, you know, I take that at face value.

I actually think for everyone, it would have been a lot better if the audio was available.

So I know there's been some conspiracy theories about that.

I think for both the players, the umpire and everyone else involved, I think it would have been better if the audio was available.

I'm not going to buy into those necessarily.

I think it's just, unfortunately, the ways of technology sometimes.

I think there's a feeling that the deck's stacked against them a little bit.

And that, again, it's not good that that exists.

Certainly had some conversations with the AFL around the MRO tribunal processes through the off-season.

And I think we've reflected in the statement this morning that, you know, we said we'd watch it closely.

And, you know, this is an example where, again, you know, it doesn't sit comfortably from a player's perspective.

So we need everyone to have real confidence in that process.

We need the players to, you know...

The tribunal has a role to play.

Players will cross the line and do need to be sanctioned.

So this is not about, hey, any time a player's in trouble, you know, we just blindly back them in.

I think what this is about is we're going to have confidence in that process and the players have to have confidence in that process.

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