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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Dave Hughes loses it as he rips Carlton AFL team to shreds in wild TV outburst about poisonous mushrooms and machetes
Comedian Dave Hughes has launched a blistering and hilarious attack on his favourite AFL team in a wild appearance on Channel Seven on Wednesday night. The 54-year-old couldn't restrain his anger over the recent performances of his club, Carlton, as they struggle through yet another poor season and reel from last weekend's loss to North Melbourne. Hughes even referenced the murder trial of Erin Patterson, who stands accused of poisoning three people to death by feeding them deadly mushrooms, as he tore strips off the Blues on The Front Bar. 'I can't do it anymore, it's no good for my health. Every weekend from now I'm going to go to the Wonthaggi area and forage for mushrooms,' he said. 'I just think it's a healthier way. Cook them up and have a good time.' When host Mick Molloy pointed out that the Blues have a lot of players out hurt, Hughes went off again. 'Have we? Well, they're deliberately getting injured. Soldiers who shoot themselves in the foot to get out of wars,' he replied. 'Mitch McGovern, he went to hospital in an ambulance at halftime and the hospital said, "There's nothing wrong with you, mate". 'That ambulance could've been used for people who've had heart attacks.' Host Andrew Maher then played footage of Hughes leaving Carlton's shattering round-one loss to Richmond before the final siren, setting off another series of jokes, including one referencing Melbourne's crime crisis. 'We were premiership favourites that night playing against an under-12s side. We were 41 points up and we lost,' Hughes said. 'I left with 30 seconds to go, our team left at halftime. 'I walked home that night, I did, from the MCG to St Kilda, in the dark, on my own, true story. 'I was looking for guys with machetes, I couldn't find any.' Hughes then moved on to referencing the Israel-Iran war. 'If Donald Trump is interested, let's get one of his stealth bombers. We fully insured at [Carlton's headquarters] Ikon Park?' he said. The shattering loss to lowly North Melbourne last Saturday has led to furious fans - and Hawks and Swans great Buddy Franklin - calling for coach Michael Voss to be sacked. 'I'm going to put this out there, I know this is a big call, I don't think he sees out the year,' Franklin said on Monday's instalment of his podcast, The Buddy & Shane Show. 'I think they've got a pretty good list, I do. I think the issue is the messaging is not getting through to the players. 'I think there needs to be change and we've said it before, we're all about the players and coaches, but I think this is a change that needs to happen, and it needs to happen ASAP. 'All of the Carlton supporters would probably say the same. I'm probably speaking on behalf of them. 'I think there needs to be a change and it'll probably happen in the next few weeks, is my tip.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
'In denial': Ben Cousins lifts lid on scare that left AFL great in hospital
West Coast great Ben Cousins says he has never been in more pain after revealing details of a recent health scare that left the 46-year-old in hospital. The former AFL premiership winner attended last week's State of Origin Game 2 in Perth but was left in agonising pain shortly after he got home, and ended up needing a hernia operation to fix the problem. Speaking to Triple M on Tuesday night, the former Brownlow Medal winner admitted he'd noticed a suspicious lump on his body a couple of months ago. But the Eagles legend - who won an AFL premiership with West Coast in 2006 - had been putting off seeing a doctor about it and hoped he could get through the footy season first. Cousins joined Channel Seven's commentary team this year to help call games for the Eagles and Fremantle Dockers in Perth, where the champion former player is based. But after returning home from watching the Maroons' gutsy two point win in Origin Game 2 at Optus Stadium last Wednesday night, he noticed something wasn't right when he put his daughter to bed. 'I'm a little tender actually. I went in for a hernia op on Friday - not much fun,' he told Triple M. 'I had a little bubble or lump pop up where it probably shouldn't a couple of months ago, and I've been in denial, if you like. 'I hadn't gone in and had the ultrasound and I thought I'd put it off until the end of the footy season, I'd hang on for 12 more games - you'd swear I was still playing. But I went to the State of Origin on Wednesday night, it was a great game, got home, and then I went in to put my daughter to sleep, and I sat on her bed, and then out of nowhere, this pain came. 'I may have been in pain (before), but I have never been in more. I was ready to pass out, all this sort of stuff, couldn't talk. I did go down (like) Autumn leaves.' However, it wasn't until the next morning when Cousins woke up and was still in serious discomfort, that he realised he had to go to hospital. 'So, the next day I did my best to try and get seen as quickly as possible, so I went in (to hospital) the next day,' he added. It continues a difficult couple of months for Cousins, who was at the funeral service for former West Coast teammate Adam Selwood and also lost his close friend, Chass Guthrie. Cousins has turned his life around in recent years after a well-documented drug addiction that saw him spiral out of control and spend time behind bars. And his foray into commentary is the latest positive development for the once troubled star. RELATED: Kangaroos greats slammed for boycott over women's footy storm Carlton captain's startling confession as Buddy calls for coach to go AFL world all says same thing about Bont as Dogs star makes history The West Coast great played 238 games for the Eagles but his off-field troubles cost him the club captaincy in early 2006. After a Brownlow Medal in 2005 and a premiership in 2006, Cousins was sacked by the club after the 2007 season. He returned to the AFL in 2009 to play 32 games for Richmond before he retired at the end of 2010. Cousins has had multiple run-ins with the law since his playing days ended and was jailed at one point, although he's been on the straight-and-narrow for a number of years. The AFL great has been working with 7News Perth for their 6pm bulletin, and made a triumphant return for the Brownlow Medal night in 2023 after also attending last year's gala event.
West Australian
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Channel Seven's Shaking Down The Thunder documentary reveals untold stories of Sydney Swans' 2005 AFL flag win
'Here it is' is one of the most famous phrases uttered after a AFL grand final, and two decades after the Swans broke a 72-year title drought, a new documentary relives all the key moments of that rollercoaster season with the players and coach who made it happen. Shaking Down The Thunder is a four-part series premiering tonight exclusively on Channel Seven and 7plus, and features Sydney legends Adam Goodes, Michael O'Loughlin and Barry Hall, among a cast of former players — and of course, the man who held the cup aloft and delivered those famous words to the long-suffering Swans fans, Paul Roos. The documentary charts the team's rise under coach Roos, the cementing of the Bloods culture as well as touching on the Swans' troubled history before moving from South Melbourne in 1982. WATCH THE TRAILER BELOW Born in 1874, down-and-out, removed from South Melbourne into rugby league-mad Sydney, the battle through the 1980s, the near-miss in in the 1996 grand final and the constant fight for relevance instead of 'an AFL afterthought'. 'No one wanted to play for 'em, myself included,' O'Loughlin says. There's the players' disdain, late in Rodney Eade's reign as coach and the near-miss at securing Roos to take over. The piece of butcher paper still surviving from a pre-season camp in 2003, spelling out the reborn meaning of 'Bloods Culture' … and Jude Bolton's word-for-word recital of it to this day. The great revelation here, that only insiders knew before, comes from Goodes and his teammates' rejection in the original vote for Roos' revolutionary leadership group. A furious Goodes confronted his coach and took advice that changed footy — and Australian history. 'Leaders need to use their voice to challenge and support others,' he says. Goodes won the Brownlow that year. Australian of the Year came later. The 2005 grand final was the first of two epic deciders fought out between the great rivals of the era, Sydney and West Coast, with Barry Hall acquitted at the tribunal days before the match. It was a moment nearly as memorable for Swans fans as the grand final win itself. Hall, to this day, admits he probably should not have played after the Swans cited a unique loophole in the rulebook to get him off a striking charge. The 2005 season nearly went off the rails after Sydney were thrashed by the Eagles – headlined by Chris Judd, Ben Cousins and Daniel Kerr - in Round Six and found themselves 10th on the ladder. They had been fancied as flag contenders after making the finals the two years previous. To make matters worse, they were criticised in the lead-up to that game by then-AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou for playing ugly footy — a charge Roos was at first blindsided by, but later said helped galvanise the team as they made their run to the finals to finish third. 'There's a brand of football being played on the other side of the border, which is not particularly attractive, and unless the Swans change that style of play, they won't win many football matches,' Demetriou said. 'I, like others, would like the Sydney Swans to win more games because it's a very important market for us, but I don't like at all the way they are playing football.' When a stunned Roos was first asked about the comments, he ended up providing an almost comical answer, mentioning the word 'comment' six times. 'I haven't heard the comments, so I can't comment on a comment that I haven't commented on. I will probably comment after I hear the comments,' he said at the time. In the documentary, Roos said the criticism was a turning point. 'I knew I couldn't run the AFL, and I knew he couldn't coach the Sydney Swans,' he said. 'The CEO of the AFL thinks I can't coach and we can't play, but those comments have to wash over you as quickly as they possibly can. 'Because you can't carry them — and it was up to the players to decide for the next 10 to 12 weeks, do we want to play for each other? I am prepared to sacrifice my game so we can win?' After the 49-point loss to the Eagles, Roos thought their season might be over. 'The margin was so great. The West Coast game in Round Six was really significant. After that game, I realised they'd stopped playing for each other,' he tells the documentary. 'They were selfish. So I said, 'look, I think I'm wasting my time. We just want to play as individuals. We really don't want to play as a team. 'If that's the case, then just tell me, because I'm not here to waste my time. I'm not here to waste the club's time, but I'm not here to waste your time. 'So we needed to have some frank discussions around: do we want to just be a group of talented players who play for ourselves? If that's the case, we don't have enough talent to do what we want to do — and that's win a premiership.'' The Swans lost only three more games as they stormed into the top four. They lost a controversial qualifying final to the Eagles before rallying from 17 points down at three-quarter time to beat Geelong — on the back of four final-quarter goals to Nick Davis — to make the preliminary final in the dying seconds of the semifinal. Hall was then cited for punching Saints defender Matt Maguire in their preliminary final win. One of several rotating captains that year, Hall's short jab looked set to end his grand final hopes. 'To say I wasn't nervous about it, I'd be lying. It was a fairly tense week,' he tells the documentary. 'We got cited and the club was worried about the attention in Melbourne, so luckily our No.1 ticket holder hired us a private jet. 'We had a limo waiting for us that goes to the back of the tribunal, went in the back door, and felt like a bit of a rock star to be honest.' The Swans successfully argued that the incident occurred while the play was close enough for it to be judged in-play. The tribunal agreed, and the rest is history — with Hall kicking two goals and taking 10 marks in the four-point flag win, punctuated by Leo Barry's famous defensive mark to stop West Coast stealing the flag. 'I am not sure how it was in play, as a St Kilda player was running the other way and the ball was 150 metres away,' Hall jokes. 'We had a very good QC— he did his job and earned his money, well done. 'To get off the charge, come back, eat caviar on a private jet — I'm like, 'I should get reported every week, this is awesome.' I was relieved.' Former Swan and 7AFL commentator Botlon summed up how the team and Swans fans felt after Hall was cleared. 'It's incredible that he got off and we were so thankful.' Watch every episode of Shaking Down The Thunder on 7plus Sport from Wednesday 6pm AEST Watch episode one on Channel 7 from 10pm AEST after The Front Bar (8.30pm) and Unfiltered (9.30pm)
Perth Now
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Inside the year the Swans defied the AFL to win it all
'Here it is' is one of the most famous phrases uttered after a AFL grand final, and two decades after the Swans broke a 72-year title drought, a new documentary relives all the key moments of that rollercoaster season with the players and coach who made it happen. Shaking Down The Thunder is a four-part series premiering tonight exclusively on Channel Seven and 7plus, and features Sydney legends Adam Goodes, Michael O'Loughlin and Barry Hall, among a cast of former players — and of course, the man who held the cup aloft and delivered those famous words to the long-suffering Swans fans, Paul Roos. The documentary charts the team's rise under coach Roos, the cementing of the Bloods culture as well as touching on the Swans' troubled history before moving from South Melbourne in 1982. WATCH THE TRAILER BELOW Born in 1874, down-and-out, removed from South Melbourne into rugby league-mad Sydney, the battle through the 1980s, the near-miss in in the 1996 grand final and the constant fight for relevance instead of 'an AFL afterthought'. 'No one wanted to play for 'em, myself included,' O'Loughlin says. There's the players' disdain, late in Rodney Eade's reign as coach and the near-miss at securing Roos to take over. The piece of butcher paper still surviving from a pre-season camp in 2003, spelling out the reborn meaning of 'Bloods Culture' … and Jude Bolton's word-for-word recital of it to this day. The great revelation here, that only insiders knew before, comes from Goodes and his teammates' rejection in the original vote for Roos' revolutionary leadership group. A furious Goodes confronted his coach and took advice that changed footy — and Australian history. 'Leaders need to use their voice to challenge and support others,' he says. Goodes won the Brownlow that year. Australian of the Year came later. The 2005 grand final was the first of two epic deciders fought out between the great rivals of the era, Sydney and West Coast, with Barry Hall acquitted at the tribunal days before the match. It was a moment nearly as memorable for Swans fans as the grand final win itself. Hall, to this day, admits he probably should not have played after the Swans cited a unique loophole in the rulebook to get him off a striking charge. The 2005 season nearly went off the rails after Sydney were thrashed by the Eagles – headlined by Chris Judd, Ben Cousins and Daniel Kerr - in Round Six and found themselves 10th on the ladder. Adam Goodes in Shaking Down The Thunder. Credit: Channel 7 They had been fancied as flag contenders after making the finals the two years previous. To make matters worse, they were criticised in the lead-up to that game by then-AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou for playing ugly footy — a charge Roos was at first blindsided by, but later said helped galvanise the team as they made their run to the finals to finish third. 'There's a brand of football being played on the other side of the border, which is not particularly attractive, and unless the Swans change that style of play, they won't win many football matches,' Demetriou said. 'I, like others, would like the Sydney Swans to win more games because it's a very important market for us, but I don't like at all the way they are playing football.' When a stunned Roos was first asked about the comments, he ended up providing an almost comical answer, mentioning the word 'comment' six times. 'I haven't heard the comments, so I can't comment on a comment that I haven't commented on. I will probably comment after I hear the comments,' he said at the time. In the documentary, Roos said the criticism was a turning point. 'I knew I couldn't run the AFL, and I knew he couldn't coach the Sydney Swans,' he said. 'The CEO of the AFL thinks I can't coach and we can't play, but those comments have to wash over you as quickly as they possibly can. 'Because you can't carry them — and it was up to the players to decide for the next 10 to 12 weeks, do we want to play for each other? I am prepared to sacrifice my game so we can win?' Jason Ball Paul Roos celebrate victory after the 2005 AFL grand final. Credit: Ryan Pierse / Getty Images After the 49-point loss to the Eagles, Roos thought their season might be over. 'The margin was so great. The West Coast game in Round Six was really significant. After that game, I realised they'd stopped playing for each other,' he tells the documentary. 'They were selfish. So I said, 'look, I think I'm wasting my time. We just want to play as individuals. We really don't want to play as a team. 'If that's the case, then just tell me, because I'm not here to waste my time. I'm not here to waste the club's time, but I'm not here to waste your time. 'So we needed to have some frank discussions around: do we want to just be a group of talented players who play for ourselves? If that's the case, we don't have enough talent to do what we want to do — and that's win a premiership.'' The Swans lost only three more games as they stormed into the top four. They lost a controversial qualifying final to the Eagles before rallying from 17 points down at three-quarter time to beat Geelong — on the back of four final-quarter goals to Nick Davis — to make the preliminary final in the dying seconds of the semifinal. Hall was then cited for punching Saints defender Matt Maguire in their preliminary final win. One of several rotating captains that year, Hall's short jab looked set to end his grand final hopes. 'To say I wasn't nervous about it, I'd be lying. It was a fairly tense week,' he tells the documentary. 'We got cited and the club was worried about the attention in Melbourne, so luckily our No.1 ticket holder hired us a private jet. 'We had a limo waiting for us that goes to the back of the tribunal, went in the back door, and felt like a bit of a rock star to be honest.' The Swans successfully argued that the incident occurred while the play was close enough for it to be judged in-play. Paul Roos and Swans captain Barry Hall hold the trophy aloft. Credit: Adam Pretty / Getty Images The tribunal agreed, and the rest is history — with Hall kicking two goals and taking 10 marks in the four-point flag win, punctuated by Leo Barry's famous defensive mark to stop West Coast stealing the flag. 'I am not sure how it was in play, as a St Kilda player was running the other way and the ball was 150 metres away,' Hall jokes. 'We had a very good QC— he did his job and earned his money, well done. 'To get off the charge, come back, eat caviar on a private jet — I'm like, 'I should get reported every week, this is awesome.' I was relieved.' Former Swan and 7AFL commentator Botlon summed up how the team and Swans fans felt after Hall was cleared. 'It's incredible that he got off and we were so thankful.' Watch every episode of Shaking Down The Thunder on 7plus Sport from Wednesday 6pm AEST Watch episode one on Channel 7 from 10pm AEST after The Front Bar (8.30pm) and Unfiltered (9.30pm)
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE TikTok star Amy Dickinson reveals the harsh reality of being cast on Stranded On Honeymoon Island
She was hoping for romance, but what she got was a one-way ticket to Nightmare Island. Stranded On Honeymoon Island's Amy Dickinson has opened up about her wild ride on Channel Seven 's new reality dating experiment. Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday, Amy, 30, revealed that she was left 'petrified' after being matched with motorsport presenter Mike, 37, and knew almost immediately that their honeymoon was going to be anything but blissful. 'I called it Nightmare Island immediately,' she admitted. 'As soon as I got to the island I kind of realised what I'd got myself into… I had a little panic attack.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Despite feeling an instant spark with another contestant during the chaotic two-minute speed dating round, Amy was blindsided when she was paired with Mike - and the red flags started waving before they even reached their bamboo hut. 'In his vows, he made a comment about hoping his future wife could make a better sandwich than his mum,' she revealed. 'He claimed he wrote it when he was seven, but that was obviously a lie. I don't like liars – and I definitely don't like misogynists.' But it was a surprise video message from Mike's ex that truly sealed the deal. 'She said he needed to learn to listen and not just talk - which was exactly what I experienced,' Amy said. 'Honestly, I think she's a legend. I'd grab a cocktail with her any day.' The influencer, who joined the show hoping the experts would have better taste in men than she does, said she's had her fair share of toxic relationships. 'I've dated pathological liars, narcissists - the works,' she laughed. 'So I figured the experts probably couldn't do worse.' Still, she tried to give the experience a fair go. 'You're stuck together - there's no escape,' she said. 'You have to solve problems and survive together. It's totally unconventional, but you kind of bond over the chaos.' And surprisingly, going 21 days without her phone wasn't the biggest challenge. 'I didn't even miss it - which is crazy for me to say,' she confessed. 'There were so many other distractions. Being stranded with someone you're not vibing with is way harder.' So did Mike go on the show for love, or just for airtime? 'I think he probably had multiple motives,' she said. 'Honestly, most of us did.' When asked what viewers can expect from the series, Amy teased: 'Drama. Tears. Chaos. It's so raw.' 'It's like MAFS on steroids. With MAFS, you kinda know what to expect now - cheating scandals, wine throwing - it's textbook. 'But with Stranded, no one knew what was coming next. Not even us.'
