Hugh McCluggage, Brisbane Lions co-captain (23.09.26)

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Who is Hugh McCluggage and why is he a key figure for the Brisbane Lions?

Garry Lyon 0:00

Breathless with Gary and Tim.

Garry (host) 0:03

Great to have you with us. Uh Pete from Narry Warren, our great friend. They said Logan Macdonald was no good either, Pete, but look at that, he's proved plenty wrong. We are talking to a man who is lining up for his fourth grand final and his performance on uh Saturday in the prelimin was just ice through his veins, Whisper.

Garry Lyon 0:21

Ice through his veins. That's what he had. He had a big block of ice in his carry on luggage at the weekend.

Garry (host) 0:25

He's Hue McHuey McCluggage, who's the Lions co captain. He's good enough to join us. Go, Huey?

Hugh McCluggage 0:31

Lauren Fallards, thank you having me on.

Garry Lyon 0:32

Oh mate, and congratulations too. Uh congratulations. That was an amazing performance from the Brisbane Lions. But you too. Um how did you feel in the afterglow of that victory?

Hugh McCluggage 0:44

Yeah, it was a pretty insane game, uh as everyone's uh everyone's obviously speaking about and Took a little bit to wind down but um when you're involved in something like that I suppose you've just gotta spend Twenty four, forty eight hours enjoying it, um for what it is and then um you gotta sort of move on.

How did Hugh feel in the after‑glow of the preliminary final victory?

Hugh McCluggage 1:01

So Yeah, that's probably been the the toughest part to try and wind down, but I think we've done that pretty well and we're on to on to the next one now.

Garry Lyon 1:08

Talking about on to the next one, when you went back to take that kick and I know you've spoken about this before, but uh you know, people have said, Yeah, why did he kick it so quickly? Why did he take his time? Was that actually was that a consideration in your mind that I just want to get through this as quickly as I possibly can?

Hugh McCluggage 1:25

Yeah, it's probably something that I've been applying to my goal kicking um for a couple of years now, instead of standing at the top of the market thinking about it too much, just going back and getting it done and um yeah, I suppose the moment would have just become bigger if I had a waited and I know that if I had a wasted a bit more time, um, it might have maybe been better off for us. um with that centre bounce but if they had a won a clean one then I think they would have had a chance to score anyway. So yeah, I think first and foremost I just wanted to go back and and put it through and um yeah it was it it was just such a crazy moment. I probably haven't well ha probably hasn't fully sunk in and it probably won't until the season's done to be honest when we can when we can hopefully reflect after a successful campaign.

Hugh McCluggage 2:06

But uh yeah, I I don't know what was going through my mind to be honest. I sort of it felt like forever between um when I looked at the umpire and when I realised he was gonna pay hole in the ball and then yeah, just went back and and try to um nail my routine as best as I could.

Garry (host) 2:20

It's one of those games, Huey, that for us who were there watching and commentating or whatever it was, ever since all anyone wants to talk to you about is that game. Now you've played in massive games over the past three or four years. Have you felt like that as well? Like everyone that stopped you go, Well, you know what they want to relive the moment, they want to relive the free kick, the goals. Is that is that has it been like that?

Hugh McCluggage 2:40

Yeah, for sure. I mean, living in Queensland, uh in Brisbane we're we're not too well recognised. Like we're sort of still that second football team up here after the Broncos, but um yeah, everywhere we've been in the last couple of days you've sort of got people just saying, How crazy was that?

What was the thinking behind Hugh’s quick decision on the crucial kick?

Hugh McCluggage 2:56

Um, congratulations and they're pretty crazy up here to be honest, still or nothing. Nothing concerns um the Brisbane people too much, but uh yeah, there's definitely been a a few more pats on the back than normal, so Yeah, the big challenge for us. We'll be granting ourselves and as I said, we've got a a massive opportunity ahead of us this weekend, so we're looking forward to that.

Garry Lyon 3:15

And you y with that with that tackle, that tackle uh which everybody now has i has examined and if you had the Huey Hug we call it. The Huey Hug. If if if if you had have been behind, would your tack tackling technique and idea been to lock the ball in did you have enough understanding of the situation that you only wanted to lock down one of his arms?