Chapter 1: What injury news emerged from the recent clash at the Gabba?
Thanks to your company on Fireball. Just before we get to Sammy Edmund, we have heard from the Hawks. No complaint whatsoever about Wolfie Tong. Categorically, no complaints. I didn't think there would have been.
No, that doesn't strike me as the issue.
But we had to ask the question. And I think they... Almost embraced it. And next time, if they're there for a big prelim final, they'll be better prepared.
Was that the back office or was that the front office? No, that was the media team. Can you ask them how the wind's going out at Dingley this morning?
Very good media team. In fact, I think I had them in the top three.
And it's got some feedback, third. They're not happy with third. But it's very accommodating when you go out there. Oh, they're elite. I would have them a lot higher.
You'd have them first, would you? You're a great Hawthorne hater from way back. Good media department, though. Sammy Edmonds with us. Sammy, good morning.
If you're not first, you're last, and I know Matty Dixon will be listening, so room for improvement for Matthew. No, he's actually excellent. He's very, very good, as are you two, although I haven't got you in front of me, but I did see some disturbing vision. Where are you? In some sort of boardroom or something?
Where are you? In the janitor's closet?
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Chapter 2: What revelations did Jamarra Ugle-Hagan share in his sit-down interviews?
And Logan Morris, with his knee concern, played on after getting some treatment there as well. So looks as though both teams got through largely unscathed.
Fascination is fine. You get away with that one. Now, the story that has been written by Lauren Wood in the Herald Sun on Jamar. She's a baller. She is a baller. I spoke to her, I told you, a week or so ago when she rang about the All Australian stuff. She was lovely until I read the headline. For those that have missed it, Sammy, there's some big revelations in this piece.
Yeah, well, Jamara's done a sit-down. I'm not sure how that came about, whether he was encouraged to, made to, or just did one. He did one with The Age, and he's done one with, as you say, Lauren Wood at the Herald Sun. Now, the key takeaway comes, I think, in the Herald Sun piece with Lauren Wood, where Jamara Ugel-Hagan reveals or admits that he was made... Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.
well away from all the usual training habits and commitments at club level after, you know, I think it's fair to say, spiralled out of control for a period of time at the Western Bulldogs. So that's a big admission that he's saying the AFL have forced him to go to that rehab as a key component of him getting back to the game.
He said, I had to do work on myself, which was honestly, I didn't want to do it, he told. But have a read of it because it's really interesting. I actually got told to do it, rehab by the AFL, for me to come back and play games. As you said, I always thought that I was going to play AFL again. It's just that I had a different mindset.
Sammy, is that how it should work? Isn't that the model? Yeah, yeah, possibly, possibly. But I think we all thought or we conditioned to thinking that a player was somewhat in charge of his own destiny. And if he could maybe satisfy the AFL on other fronts that he would be able to play, well, clearly one of those fronts is that you need medical intervention, if you like. So...
Yeah, that's a long interview with a lot in it. And as I say, he spoke to Jake Nile as well about that, where he's at emotionally, feelings wise. And, you know, that in the Jake Nile piece in The Age, he goes into great detail about everyone was warning me that Western Bulldogs don't associate with these people. But I did. And then the next minute, my life had spiraled out of control.
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Chapter 3: How did Chris Scott react to his team's performance?
So he's making a good fist of it, I think, up at the Gold Coast anyway at the moment, which is great to see and hopefully continues.
We'll stay with the dogs. How concerning is this Tim English revelation from the coach, Luke Beveridge?
Yeah, because I thought they were hopeful that it would just be a one and done in terms of him missing this week and then maybe getting back for next week. But, I mean, this is a guy – and Luke Beveridge publicly has been very cautious. I mean, no one's getting in themselves publicly down there.
But, I mean, this is a guy who pretty much did an entire preseason without any contract training not too long ago. We know his history well. with concussion as well. So, I mean, that is a day-to-day, week-to-week proposition down there. And he's not exactly close at the moment. So this is definitely one for next week to watch.
Chapter 4: What insights did Sam Edmund provide about player injuries?
And it looks as though Tom Liberatore is okay in that space. The knee now far more concerning for him than it is the concussion. We know his history with that as well. But Tim English, always a concern when you have repeated head knocks like he has had.
We've seen the Demons dress casually to games. I'm not sure they've lost since they've done that. Sammy, what's the update here?
Now, this is for you because you're passionate about this, Kane. Now, the AFL insist clubs can follow Melbourne's lead and arrive for games in casual clothes. But this is where things get a bit quirky. There is mass confusion over this practice. Now, six weeks after the Demons... Well, they turned fashionistas upon encouragement from broadcasters, Kay. It might have been your mob.
No other club has adopted the practice before games. And I think GWS are likely to become only the second team to ditch the club attire in the coming weeks. And the Ds were the quickest to act after that little nudge from broadcasters. They got great traction too, by the way, because they're walking in front of that sponsor-laden big screen. They're getting more eyeballs on it.
It's actually having a positive effect. Rival clubs asked the question of the AFL at the recent CEOs meeting, and they were told, yep, you can proceed with that. But then several clubs I spoke to said they were subsequently informed by the AFL commercial working group on this, that no, you can't, prohibited from doing so. Many, in fact, still believe that is the case.
And further, those clubs were told Melbourne were permitted to keep doing it on something of a trial basis. given they were already doing it. It's impossible to believe. It makes little sense. But that's what a lot of clubs have been told. I checked in with the AFL yesterday. They said, no, no, clubs can definitely do it.
But, gee whiz, another example of just some mixed messaging coming out of AFL house there, even on something as simple as just rocking up in your civvies before a game.
Embrace it. Surely they just embrace it. Glad we're really buttoning down the things that matter at the AFL.
Wow.
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