New contract on the cards for Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge; Paul Little could return to Essendon

“Jeremy has suffered multiple concussions over his career, which adds complexity to his situation and his recovery.

“Our club doctors, in conjunction with the AFL chief medical officer, have recommended referral to the AFL concussion panel to help inform a safe way forward in the interest of his current and future welfare.

“We are awaiting a date for the panel to convene and assess Jeremy, and there are a range of outcomes that could result from their report. The club requests Jeremy’s privacy is respected at this time while this confidential process unfolds.”

McGovern, among the many league’s greatest defenders in his prime, has been restricted to 34 video games for the reason that begin of the 2023 season.

Final October, former West Coast teammate Luke Edwards stepped away from the sport to give attention to his restoration from a number of concussions. Then aged 22, Edwards suffered three concussions, his final being within the round-20 western derby in what was his twelfth look of the season.

He joined Collingwood duo Nathan Murphy and Josh Carmichael, Melbourne premiership participant Angus Brayshaw and Western Bulldogs draftee Aiden O’Driscoll as gamers who had careers lower quick in 2024 due to concussion. Former Eagles Brad Sheppard and Daniel Venables each retired in 2021 due to concussion. – AAP

Greenberg doubles down on cricket opposition to Hobart stadium roof

Daniel Brettig
New Cricket Australia chief government Todd Greenberg has declared roof designs for the proposed Macquarie Level stadium are “unacceptable” for any type of cricket to be performed on the venue in daylight, a contemporary hurdle for the AFL’s nineteenth staff.

Greenberg and Cricket Tasmania chief government Dominic Baker co-signed a submission in response to an unbiased evaluation of plans for the stadium in Hobart, which the AFL has insisted will need to have a roof as a situation of coming into a Tasmanian staff into the league.

The Might 8 submission, seen by this masthead, argues forcefully that it will not be potential to play any type of cricket within the stadium throughout daylight in summer season because of the “grid-like” roof sample and the shadows they forged.

CA and Cricket Tasmania have additionally rejected proposed treatments from the Macquarie Level Growth Company as “unworkable”.

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Baker and former CA chief Nick Hockley offered the same argument to the Tasmanian authorities in March, however Greenberg’s involvement has strengthened cricket’s opposition.

“The proposed roof structure casts a grid-like pattern of shadows that moves across the field of play, particularly on the cricket pitch block, throughout the day, presenting an unacceptable playing, operational and broadcast environment for all forms of cricket,” the letter states.

“While MPDC and its team have explored mitigation options for the shadows, we are of the view that they are either unworkable, in that they do not eliminate the shadows, or they are temporary in nature introducing other significant potential problems relating to playing conditions, venue operations and broadcast quality.”

Greenberg and Baker go on to declare that the Tasmanian authorities’s financial modelling for the stadium’s advantages are presently based mostly on a degree of cricket content material that would not be achieved beneath the present roof design.

“The extent to which cricket can be played in the stadium and how many matches may be played each year forms part of the cost-benefit analysis considered in the draft report,” the letter states.

“Until such time as stadium design discussions progress to a point where our current concerns can be overcome, CA and CT are unable to confirm that the content assumptions contemplated by that analysis are reliable nor that they can be achieved.

“Both CA and CT are committed to a pathway towards achieving International Cricket Council accreditation for the Macquarie Point Stadium, and in our view a design option that does not have a roof, or that has an operable roof is the best way to achieve that and secure cricket as a significant user of the stadium that can provide numerous benefits to the project and the state.”

Why Smith didn’t practice with Cats

Michael Gleeson

Bailey Smith didn’t be a part of Geelong’s most important coaching session on Tuesday forward of the much-anticipated conflict together with his former membership on Thursday evening.

However the high-value recruit, who has had an impressive begin to his profession on the Cats, is in no hazard of lacking the sport towards the Western Bulldogs beneath lights at Kardinia Park.

Smith alarmed monitor watchers by failing to affix the coaching session forward of what’s not solely a spicy first encounter together with his outdated membership however a recreation that’s the match of the spherical between two high finals contenders.

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Smith, nonetheless, educated indoors doing contact work, conscious of the very fact the Cats are on a fast turnaround with simply 5 days between their win over Port Adelaide on Saturday and Thursday evening’s recreation. Whereas Smith is an elite athlete with the mix of high-end pace and endurance, he did miss the whole lot of final season due to a knee reconstruction, so is being fastidiously managed on quick breaks.

The Cats will lose Paddy Dangerfield and Jack Bowes for the conflict after they each suffered hamstring strains in final week’s win. Defender Tom Stewart is about to be obtainable to return from his knee harm. Whereas Bowes’ time on the sidelines is but to be decided, an harm replace launched by the membership on Tuesday stated skipper Dangerfield was solely anticipating a brief lay-off.

“Following scans on Monday, Pat is expected to miss the next one to two weeks with a low-grade right hamstring strain,” Geelong’s soccer supervisor Andrew Mackie stated.

‘I would consider it’: Little might return to Essendon board

Danny Russell, Jon Pierik
Essendon coach Brad Scott is unfazed by experiences up to now 24 hours linking former chairman Paul Little and James Hird to a potential return to the membership.

Seven’s Agenda Setters reported on Monday evening that Little, who led the membership from 2013-15, was open to a return to the board presently led by David Barham and that he might return with Hird in tow.

“You never say never to anything,” Little instructed Seven. “There may come a time when there is a need for a restructure.

“If I felt I could add value to the club, and if they felt I could help, then I would consider it.”

However on 9, proprietor of this masthead, Hird stated in an announcement: “It’s news to me and I haven’t spoken to Paul Little for months. I nearly fell off the couch when I heard it.”

Talking on the Hangar on Tuesday morning simply three days after his facet’s abysmal 91-point loss to the Western Bulldogs, Scott stated he had learnt to not grow to be distracted by outdoors noise.

“This might surprise you, but I haven’t had any issues with the last 24 hours whatsoever,” he stated.

He stated he didn’t react to the experiences nor did he search out Barham or CEO Craig Vozzo for reassurance.

“The risk in any of that is that it distracts me from the task at hand,” Scott stated of the Bombers’ Dreamtime on the ’G conflict on the MCG on Friday evening.

“I’ve been really overwhelmed with the level of support and follow-through [from the club].

“And really, the things that I’ve made clear that were non-negotiables when I came to the club, around things like stability and support for all levels of the football club, our board and executive have delivered on those things.

“I just need to focus on my job and let all the other stuff go on in the background and not let it distract me or anyone else who’s in a position of coaching, or the executive at the club.”

Scott will come nose to nose with media commentator Hird as a visitor on 9’s Footy Labeled on Tuesday evening.

When requested what he anticipated to say to the Bomber nice and former coach of the membership, Scott laughed.

“Channel Nine will be rapt. You will have to tune in,” he stated.

Pushed additional, Scott stated he had had a long-term affiliation with the 1996 Brownlow medallist.

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“We’ve known each other for over 30 years,” Scott stated. “I mean, we don’t spend a lot of time together, but he’s now a member of the media, and I try to be as respectful to all members of the media as a collective.”

Requested about Hird, he stated: “I consider him a friend both inside, but more importantly, outside of football”.

Eyebrows had been raised when the Bombers prolonged Scott’s contract early this season, a transfer the membership stated was all about stability because the Dons flip to the draft to strengthen their record after years of stagnation. The most recent report will do little to foster stability, although.

Membership nice Matthew Lloyd stated on Footy Labeled: “It’s not good for the club. James obviously denied that, and you believe James in that situation, and this is what happens when you lose by 91 points, unfortunately things like this happen, whether it’s from a coterie member or someone around the club.

“It’s the last thing those within the football club need because they just want to get on with being the club they hope to be.”

Beveridge contract extension ‘may not be too far away’

Jon Pierik
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has steered a contract extension will not be far-off.

The 2016 premiership coach is off contract this 12 months, and is eager to stay on the Whitten Oval.

The Bulldogs and Beveridge have delayed discussing particulars in depth, preferring to focus on the season at hand. The Canines are fifth on the ladder and are a real premiership menace regardless of having handled accidents to key personnel.

Beveridge stated fulfilling the suggestions of an low season assessment by Peter Jackson had been essential, and this had now unlocked the potential of a contract extension.

“I know we’ve both been talking, the club and I, in similar terms around stability and then sustainability … the opportunity of success comes along,” Beveridge instructed Fox Footy.

“I think we’re stable, but again, we’re stable this week. Not that you need a hell of a lot of luck, but you’ve got to ride your fortunes. I think we’re sort of morphing into this partnership again where we’re looking at sustainability and thinking, ‘Out of the Peter Jackson review, how healthy are we off the field as far as our operational resources go, and the club’s vision of what’s ahead?’

“I think we’re reasonably content we’re on the right path, so as far as formalising something goes, it may not be too far away.”

The Bulldogs and Beveridge are anticipated to open severe discussions – and probably formalise a contract taking the coach into his twelfth season and past – in the course of the mid-season bye.

“Possibly, but we haven’t really talked any terms and conditions,” Beveridge stated.

The Bulldogs have been with out prime movers Marcus Bontempelli, Liam Jones, Adam Treloar, Cody Weightman and Sam Darcy at numerous levels of the season. Darcy, who had been having fun with a breakout season earlier than he harm his knee in spherical six, continues to be on the sidelines, however might return subsequent month.

There have been preliminary fears the rising ahead would miss the whole season. Nonetheless, he ran on Monday, and instructed Beveridge he was monitoring properly.

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“It’s such a unique situation – to bruise and dint the bone with a hyperextension. He had some lateral ligament damage, and then a bit of medial ligament damage as well, so that was probably the sorest part of his knee,” Beveridge revealed.

“Initially, the contemplation with regards to surgery meant it was a longer timeline, but he hasn’t had surgery and he ran today. I spoke to him as he was walking around the sidelines afterwards, and said that he’s feeling good … he’s lost some conditioning [and] was in a brace for just over a week.

“We anticipate after the bye he mightn’t be too far away. I couldn’t give you which round, but it’s promising that we’ll probably get him back a bit earlier than what we thought.”

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