Luke Hodge

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12,152 appearances 137 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 22 Sep

Luke Hodge’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 137 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 33.

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Whateley · Whateley in a Snapshot | Tuesday (21.07.26) · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

Because watching Scotty Penderbury, he's been able to adapt from the face of Collingwood. matched

to understand seeing these bigger, high-profile players coming through, like a Nick Dacos, and being able to sit on the bench opening round this year and not come on until the 20-minute mark and then go and have 25 touches because he understands the game. matched

But he also understood that for him to send a message to the younger guys, if this record-breaker is happy to do this, why can't a 21-year-old that's coming through? matched

So... matched

if you go and get those kind of blokes, go and get the key pillar defender, go get that selfless person who will do everything to make sure he can play for his long period. matched

And that could get him to 500 games, which is unheard of and absurd. matched

But the next part would be, matched

Once you get those pillars, it's going to a Sanders, going to a McKercher and saying, why don't you come and learn from the best? matched

Be the face of Tasmania. matched

And the other one would have been Scotty. matched

He'd be getting his marketing deal as well. matched

But go to those young guys. matched

Once you've got the pillars in and all of a sudden this young team is hoping to make finals in year four, five, six, tell you what, you're going to fast track when you've got two or three years of senior experienced players that have been through that teaching these young guys. matched

All you can do as a coach or even a teammate, or if it's Jai going to sit down with him, say, mate, this is not going to help you. matched

So if push comes to shove, and we got close in finals the last couple of weeks, if it's late in a prelim, you can't go and blow your gasket like that and give away an undisciplined free kick, no matter whether you're in the right or the wrong. matched

Start practicing that stuff now so it doesn't become second nature in September because... matched

These ones, you sit back and laugh. matched

It's a 50-point margin and go, oh, that was umpires having a bit of fun with him and maybe stirred him a little bit. matched

But in finals, it'll be a different aspect. matched

And I don't think your teammate or your coach will be wrapped if you give up something like that, which may cost you a big final. matched

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