“This is not my opinion... It’s the news" + Tom's Mystery Phone Call 📞 | The Breakers Podcast: Ep 1
episodePreviously titled ““This is not my opinion... It’s the news" + Tom's Mystery Phone Call 📞 | The Breakers Podcast | Episode 1” — renamed by the publisher on Sep 9, 2026
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What is The Breakers Podcast and who are the hosts?
Well, the big story. What we can tell you tonight. Breaking news. This is a huge role. Mitch Cleary. I think my radar continued to go up that something was happening.
Xander McGuire. A massive event. I'm gonna wind right up here. And Tom Morris.
One of the most important
meetings we've seen. This. So the news broke is the breakers. Hey goodz, something new for finals heading into trade period. This is the breakers taking you behind the scenes on all of the biggest footy issues. My name is Mitch Cleary. I'm joined by one of the emerging voices in the footy media landscape. Xana Maguire. Hello.
Hello, Chief. What a pleasure to be here with uh with the X Channel 9 Chief, the current cricket chief and the footy chief as well. And Moz is chiefing around all the cricket stuff at the moment with the privatization. He's he's got a bee in his bonnet and he's got bird shit on his clothes as well. So hasn't started off with a banger.
Hello, that man is Tom Morris, the newest uh recruit to the 7 Newsroom. Tom, great to have you on board and looking forward to this over the next few weeks. Can I call you chief as well?
Roll with whatever you like. And you're the future chief, I'd say, whenever Mitch decides to sail off into the sunset. It is exciting. It's good to be here. You're right. I was walking in this morning to uh this amazing um premises and a bird shat on my chest. So um It's good luck. Well, you say that, but it's a bit annoying actually. It's a new jumper. So anyway, good to be here. Lots to talk about Mitch and Xander.
Saturday's New York, nice brand. Yeah, it's right up your alley, I would have thought. We're gonna get together. We're gonna get to
get through. So we've had a coach sacked, we've had a coach almost sacked Tom, which we'll we'll get to and his his futures delicately poised. But Xander, where do you wanna start?
I just well I liked what you just did there. That was that was great. In what way? No, I just you know, the intro. It was good. Relax. I'm personally I I think that um introductions is a fascinating thing on on programmes, podcasts, radios, shows, these sort of things, right? So what'd you say? All
right, you've come armed. If you've
given what did you say I'm um I'm an emerging appreciate thank you for what did you call him? What did you say to him? Uh
the newest recruit
in seven years. Yeah, it's been a few months anyway. What I will say is this. As any self-respecting uh individual in the football community does, I sit down every Wednesday night and I watch the Wednesday agenda setters with the two of you and I and I love it. And everyone always goes, Yeah. You know, Tom, Mitch, you know, you guys, how does it all go working together? It's like no, no, no, we're all we're all good mates, we're all good mates. But I noticed this really early on in the Wednesday agenda setters and this is in your tenure here. So um my man always says to me, you know, when you're when you're introducing people, pump 'em right up.
Eddie's the best at that.
So, you know, Dermot Brod and the five times. So you're saying I undersold you guys a bit off the top here. I'm just trying to be relaxed and bring a good vibe. This is different. This is different. I'm interested in this. So you're hosting the show, Tom. Yeah. Right. And uh and I remember v vividly watching the first few episodes and and when you're introducing Mitch, this is how you went.
Chief Football Reporter from the Seven Network. Mitch Cleary, good evening to you. Good evening, Tom. The Channel Seven Chief Football Reporter. Chief Football Reporter from Channel Seven, a Seven Network Chief Football Reporter. So that's pretty good. Factual. Very factual. Very factual, very good. Very good. Very good. Very
good. So I'm watching it, I go, That's you know, this is good on Tom. Um the first few shows are off to a flyer. And as so this is this is where I'm drifting into suspicion here. So I reckon, you know, after a few shows, go up to level five at S E N as as typically happens after an agenda setters and you might have a a little Crown Lager that's in the the fridge that
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is The Breakers Podcast and who are the hosts?
0:01–4:04
2
Why did Tom Liberatore retire and who should break a retirement story?
4:04–11:55
3
What are the latest Jack Viney trade rumours and how are they developing?
11:55–14:51
4
How does ‘hot‑spot reporting’ work in AFL journalism?
14:51–23:11
5
What was Tom Morris’s mysterious phone call to Matthew Nicks about?
23:11–30:09
6
What happened when North Melbourne leaders visited Alastair Clarkson’s house?
30:09–46:23
7
Why was Matthew Nicks nominated for Media Performer of the Week?
46:23–47:45
8
Who has the most contacts saved in their phone – Tom, Mitch or Xander?
47:45–49:05