Triple M Rocks Footy AFL
THURSDAY RUB - Co-Coaches, Hugh McCluggage, K-Mac's Big Coaching Call
25 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What humorous incident does Isaac share about his son?
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For Ream Hot Water and McDonald's, Triple M rocks footy. Thursday night footy at the Gabba and it is a big one to start as well. The Brisbane Lions and the Sydney Swans have both had their mid-season bye.
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Chapter 2: What support has K-Mac received from the footy community?
Both had some momentum going into the bye as well. The Lions on their premiership defence desperately need to start to get some more momentum. And for Sydney, one of their very best comes back in Errol Gould. And that's a big game coming your way tonight. But as always, a big... Big edition of the Thursday Rub. I'm Jack Hever and I'm here at the Gabba for tonight's game.
Back at HQ, you've got the Queen, Kate McCarthy, who is ready to rock. Queen, good to see you. Your Lions in action tonight. This is a big one for them.
Yeah, it's going to be a massive game. Sydney have been flying of recent times and the Lions need to get their game going this back half of the year. So really looking forward to building up to this one. It's going to be a cracking clash.
Chapter 3: What unconventional coaching ideas does Jay Z propose for Essendon?
And a cracking edition of the Royal Commission to come a little bit later on on the Thursday rub. Hugh McCluggage to join us a little bit later on as well. Isaac Smith's won four premierships. He's won a Norm Smith medal. And there's a lot of chest hair that we're starting to see on social media in the last week from Izzy as well. How are you?
I'm good. I'm very good. Went for a swim this morning in the bay. It was nice and fresh down here. Not as warm as it is up there, Jack. But yeah, there's no point having it if you're not going to get it out. Fair enough.
And Jay-Z Clark is the chief football writer of the Herald Sun. And just before we went to air, a fascinating conversation between Isaac and Jay about the fact that Jay had washed his hair.
Chapter 4: How is Hugh McCluggage recovering from his injury?
So, Jay, can you just let us in a little bit here? You've run a bit of Pantene through the hair, haven't you?
I'm a fluffy sort of set up at the moment. Put a bit of just something in it. I was in a rush. Look at, you know. I don't wash my hair every day, but when I do, it gets particularly fluffy. But I'm nervous tonight, team. I'm nervous because we all say things we regret a little bit from time to time. And I put a line through Brisbane about three or four weeks ago. Silly. And it may win tonight.
If they win, if they beat the Swans tonight... They win.
What, you mean they're not out of it if they win tonight? They're not out of it?
Chapter 5: What names does Isaac add to his Penthouse and Outhouse segments?
What does that mean is my future is the tipping champion of my family? I feel like it's going to come under some real pressure. So, gee, it would be some bounce back if the Lions get up tonight.
Are they... Before we sort of dive into a few things that we're going to take care of from the week, but are the Lions still in the hunt? Izzy and Kate, you two haven't jumped off them at any stage. If they win tonight, what does that do for this season?
Yeah, no, if they win tonight, I think they firm Nellie's favourites, maybe behind Fremantle. So I haven't jumped off Brisbane at all. I think they win by four or five goals tonight. I think... They're a really good product. I like what they're doing. They're going into trying to win their third premiership in a row, and I feel like they're just a little bit bored and a little bit out of sorts.
It happens at this time of year, Jay-Z.
Chapter 6: What are the implications of limiting contact training in footy?
I think the other thing, they do have a pretty big injury list currently to key players, but we know, I mean, you've done it the last two years. You have that support and belief from your team that if you get back in your fit to play finals, you don't need to prove that you can play in big games. So if the likes of Zorko get back, McCluggage, obviously, a couple of weeks away.
Those players, they have the right to come straight back into the side and what they can add to the team in this back half of the year. We've seen them do this. This is the true test. The Lions, I thought this year, would turn up when they needed to. Is this a game? This is a game they need to turn up to and win. So what do they do tonight? Let's mark them on that.
There's a lot to play for tonight for the Lions.
Feels like a real come to play moment. What do you think?
Chapter 7: What are the latest updates on Lachie Neale and Darcy Wilson's potential transfers?
They're going to sit in their car?
They think they're going to play Mark? What does that mean, come to play? Yeah. I mean, 12 o'clock at Marvel isn't really their jam anymore. They like big primetime games and they turn up for those ones.
Isaac, I heard this last week and I think that there was a lot of the Triple M family that were just a bit concerned for a little while about maybe what you're feeding your children. Can you just step us through a little bit what has gone on with your young bloke and what he was eating?
And why did the X-ray look like a bullet? I know. I know.
I reckon the guy doing the X-ray questioned me when he looked. I said, it's a piece of a socket set. He said, it looks very much like a bullet. But no, he ate a piece of my socket set and I had to rush him into emergency Friday night and we got the X-ray.
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Chapter 8: What unpopular opinions does the team discuss at the end of the episode?
And I wasn't sure if he ate it or not. I was pretty sure. But it's a very small piece and couldn't find it. And yeah, he passed it about three days later. We disinfected it. It's back in the socket set. It's like a puzzle. It's like when you've got... That's not, is it? Well, no. No.
When you've got a thousand piece puzzle and you get to the last piece, you get to the thousandth piece and you don't have it and you can't complete the puzzle, there's nothing more frustrating. And the socket set is a bit similar. When you open it up and there's a missing piece, it irritates me.
And you can guarantee the piece that you need. Yeah, it is. How did this happen?
Well, I was putting my two oldest kids wanted bunk beds and we'd sort of be, no, don't know bunk beds, no bunk beds. And then we thought, you know what, we'll get you the bunk bed. So we got them the bunk beds and I was putting it together and my eldest son was bashing my youngest son. So I went and got my youngest son. Every parent would know.
And I put him in the room and shut the door so my eldest son couldn't bash him anymore. And then he just had a little giggle after I heard a ting between his teeth and it was the 25 mil socket set down the gulf.
Oh, my God. And just to backtrack a little bit, so just to confirm, that socket, which was in your son's body and then had to be passed, is now back in the socket set. Yeah, well, properly disinfected, Jay. I would hope so.
We're not mucking around.
Came out of the socket and back into the socket. You can't throw out the Phillips head one.
That's the one you use most. Hang on. Hang on a second. Hang on.
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