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Eddie McGuire fires a fresh shot at The Front Bar as footy's TV wars reignited
Eddie McGuire just couldn't help himself. The catfighting among the AFL's media shows has been at an all-time high in 2025, largely sparked by a host of big names leaving Nine for Channel 7, including Kane Cornes, Craig Hutchison and Caroline Wilson. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. It has become common for journalists and ex-footy players to take shots at each other across television and radio, including Cornes' high-profile feud with 7 stablemate Dale Thomas among others. Wilson and Hutchison had their own slanging match on Monday night after the former had a dig at Hutchy's decision to sack some beloved staff from RSN following his $3.25 million takeover of the radio station. It's not often that Channel 7's laidback show, The Front Bar, gets into the crosshairs, but McGuire couldn't resist firing a shot at the program this week from his offering, Footy Classified. It all stemmed from The Front Bar host Andy Maher's public run-in with a spectator at last week's clash between Carlton and Melbourne at the MCG. Surprisingly, the incident wasn't brought up on Wednesday night's show, stunningly given a pass by comedians Mick Molloy and Sam Pang. But footage surfaced over the weekend of Maher getting caught up in ugly scenes while sitting in the stands watching his beloved Blues. Footage of the incident showed a fellow spectator leave his seat and walk over to Maher before leaning over the presenter to engage with him. Fans in the vicinity can be seen calling for security to remove the individual as a woman in a brown jacket attempts to de-escalate the situation. The 61-year-old Maher remained seated throughout the nearly two-minute ordeal before MCG security ultimately separated the man from Maher and escorted him out of the area, which was met with widespread applause from those seated nearby. Maher later had some strong words for the situation on SEN, asking: 'Why do you have to come along and get yourself munted and then make a fool of yourself and ruin everyone else's experience.' This is where McGuire steps in. Right before the closing credits on Footy Classified, McGuire attempted to demonstrate he was going to show some restraint, before firing off his own shot at Maher. 'All right guys. I was going to say something about a story that was coming up with Andy Maher, but I'll let it go til next week,' he said. 'I don't need to have a blue with anybody at the moment. 'But if you're hosting a show called The Front Bar, don't complain about people drinking at the footy.' Way to let it go, Eddie. McGuire's comments come after Maher spoke about the incident on SEN, where he stated the whole situation had been blown out of proportion. 'Whoever has told you that story, they're going a little over the top,' he said. Aussie basketball icon Andrew Gaze said he heard Maher had been involved in a 'heated exchange'. 'From what I hear, and I've heard this from a number of different sources, you were virtually assaulted at the football as well,' Gaze said on 'The Run Home With Gazey And Andy'. 'You were involved in a heated exchange with perhaps someone who'd had perhaps a few too many beverages.' Maher said Aussie comedian Dave Hughes had also been involved. Maher told Gaze: 'Well, he (the person involved) was escorted out of the premises. It had nothing to do with me. 'I just told the fella to sit down. I said, 'Mate, you're going to get thrown out if you keep going. ' He got thrown out. 'I missed the start of it, but Dave Hughes was in the middle of it all at the start and doing a very fine job of sticking up for one of our veteran members of society, who had, apparently, drawn some unsavoury language from this bloke.' Maher said he believes the man was not a Carlton supporter. 'Hopefully he woke up the next morning feeling like a right git because he carried on like a pork chop,' Maher said. 'If he'd have just turned around and sat down and watched the last three minutes of the game and stopped doing whatever he was doing, he would have been fine.'
News.com.au
16-07-2025
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‘Feel sorry for you': Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge drops mic on journo
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has landed the latest blow in an ongoing stoush with commentator Kane Cornes, declaring he feels 'sorry' for anyone who works with him while conceding changes are coming to address his team's inability to beat teams above them. Beveridge and Cornes clashed before the Bulldogs' match with Geelong in round 12, and amid renewed criticism from the former Port Adelaide player turned shock jock after the Bulldogs' loss to Adelaide, the coach went again on Wednesday. After being questioned about the criticism, which included Cornes declaring the Bulldogs coach was steering an elite list of players 'like a busted Camry', Beveridge asked the assembled media a the end of his weekly press conference if anyone worked with him. 'Does anyone work with him? Is anyone from Channel 7,' Beveridge asked the assembled media. When football reporter Xander McGuire, the son of former Collingwood president Eddie, put his hand up, Beveridge smiled and said 'I just feel sorry for you' and laughed as he walked off. Beveridge had earlier scoffed when asked if he took any notice of Cornes but conceded it was hard to argue with him and others highlighting the 'fact' that the Bulldogs hadn't beaten anyone above them on the ladder, with clashes against reigning premiers Brisbane and top-four aspirants GWS to come in the next three weeks. But he also said it wouldn't 'creep' into the players' psyche. 'We've been beaten by small margins by good sides,' Beveridge said. 'What do you put that down to? There are so many variables in the game that relate to better opposition just getting you by two or three goals. 'That won't even creep in. 'We don't talk about it. We understand it, but it won't have anything to do with our preparation for Brisbane.' The Bulldogs' defensive issues have been called out as a major problem with their premiership ambitions, and Beveridge said key defender Liam Jones, who has only played four games this year and none since round 7 amid injury and form issues, would be discussed as an inclusion. 'Over the years we have picked the team based on performance,' Beveridge said. 'Liam has been through a period when he's been a bit crook, he's had one or two niggles, he's trying to find his way back to his best. 'The team this week will be selected on previous state league level performances and health. 'There will be some changes, but we'll work through them.' Beveridge confirmed former No.1 pick Jamarra Ugle-Hagan had returned to the club after more time away due to personal reasons and was 'chipping away' in his bid to get back to football. 'He's had some sorry business, some bereavement stuff back with the mob in Framlingham, and he's working his way back now through his fitness levels,' he said. 'He'll train – he probably won't do the whole session (on Monday), but he'll get through parts of it.'
News.com.au
16-07-2025
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Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge lands test shot in war with Kane Cornes as he flags changes for Brisbane clash
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has landed the latest blow in an ongoing stoush with commentator Kane Cornes declaring he 'feels sorry' for anyone works with him while conceding changes are coming to address his team's inability to beat teams above them. Beveridge and Cornes clashed before the Bulldog's clash with Geelong in round 12 and amid renewed criticism from the former Port Adelaide player turned shock-jock after his team's loss to Adelaide, the coach went again on Wednesday. After being questioned about the criticism, which included Cornes declaring the Bulldogs coach was steering an elite list of players 'like a busted Camry', Beveridge asked the assembled media a the end of his weekly press conference if anyone worked with him. 'Does anyone work with him? Is anyone from Channel 7,' Beveridge asked the assembled media. When football reporter Xander McGuire, the son of former Collingwood president Eddie put his hand up, Beveridge smiled and said 'I just feel sorry for you' and laughed as he walked off. Beveridge had earlier scoffed when asked if he took any notice of Cornes, but conceded it was hard to argue with him and others highlighting the 'fact' the Bulldogs hadn't beaten anyone above them on the ladder, with clashes against reigning premiers Brisbane and top-four aspirants GWS to come in the next three weeks. But he also said it wouldn't 'creep' into the psyche of the players. 'We've been beaten by small margins by good sides,' he said. 'What do you put that down to ? There are so many variables in the game that relate to better opposition just getting you by two or three goals. 'That won't even creep in. 'We don't talk about it. We understand it, but it won't have anything to do with our preparation for Brisbane.' The Bulldogs defensive issues have been called out as a major problem with their premiership ambitions, and Beveridge said key defender Liam Jones, who has only played four games this year and none since round seven amid injury and form issues, would be discussed as an inclusion. 'Over the years we have picked the team based on performance,' Beveridge said. 'Liam has been through a period when he's been a bit crook, he's had one or two niggles, he's trying to find his way back to his best. 'The team this week will be selected on previous state league level performances and health. 'There will be some changes, but we'll work through them.' Beveridge confirmed former No.1 pick Jamarra Ugle-Hagan had returned to the club after more time away from the club due to personal reasons and was 'chipping away' in his bid to get back to football. 'He's had some sorry business, some bereavement stuff back with the mob in Framlingham, and he's working his way back now through his fitness levels,' he said. 'He'll train – he probably won't do the whole session (on Monday), but he'll get through parts of it.'
News.com.au
08-07-2025
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Dayne Beams calls out Kane Cornes over Noah Balta criticism
Divisive Channel 7 star Kane Cornes has been put on blast by former AFL player Dayne Beams. The 35-year-old Beams wasn't happy with the former Port Adelaide player turned media personality over remarks he made in relation to Noah Balta. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer. Cornes took aim at the Tigers player over his lacklustre displays throughout 2025 and questioned his long-term deal. 'Who signs these deals, who is responsible for signing these deals,' Cornes said on Sunday night. 'I'm watching this guy play and he genuinely looks like he's forgotten how to play football. I know there's been a lack of continuity with his footy because of the curfew and he's missed some games, but now they're chucking him forward. 'He genuinely looks like he's playing another sport and someone has signed him until the end of 2032. 'I'd like some accountability at Richmond, who is going to put their hand up and say 'we signed this guy until 2032, it has been nothing but a complete disaster'.' The brutal remarks however didn't sit well with the Collingwood premiership star who responded to a Channel 7 post on social media. 'Who signed you? I'd like some accountability for that,' Beams commented. Cornes however wasn't going to sit by and let the clip go and quickly returned fire by making reference to Beams' contract record after he was traded back to Collingwood after the 2018 season before playing only nine more games. 'Well you are the expert on clubs butchering trades and contracts. Collingwood still paying you?' Cornes responded. Not happy to let it go, Beams got the last word in by stating Cornes was an 'average' player in the league. 'Don't be salty about me running rings around you Kane. At your best you were average champion yet now you make comment on players that were 10 times the player you were. Makes sense,' Beams said. The back and forth with Beams wasn't Cornes' only feud of the weekend with the Channel 7 star returning fire on his former Channel 9 presenters. In what is becoming a weekly affair, Cornes returned serve on Sunday Footy Show host Nathan Brown. Brown was speaking about Carlton's Charlie Curnow who was seen high-fiving two Collingwood defenders during their at the MCG on Friday night. 'This incident with Charlie Curnow and this is after three quarter time, maybe I'm old school but high-fiving your opposition and having a smile on your face after you've had eight goals to two kicked on you ... I didn't like it, but maybe that's just me,' Brown said on Sunday. Unfortunately for the Channel 9 presenter the footage shown was from before the opening bounce as Curnow was making his way into position. 'If you run a segment called Media-Ocre, you'd wanna make sure it's actually the right vision,' Cornes said on Channel 7's The Agenda Setters. 'It was pre-game Browny, it wasn't three-quarter time. That is unbelievable that not one of those footy experts picked him up on that.'
News.com.au
02-07-2025
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Kane Cornes blasts the AFL's ‘dumbest rule ever'
Kane Cornes has had an absolute gutful of what he calls 'the dumbest rule the AFL have ever brought in'. The 'stand rule' was first implemented back in 2021 and has had a number of tweaks since, all designed to speed up play and theoretically increase scoring in the competition. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer. The numbers don't reflect that intention, however, and the rule has led to instances just about every week of players, fans and commentators being left confused over 50 metre penalties related to the rule. Port Adelaide premiership player Cornes believes it's time for the rule to be scrapped. 'It's an absolute mess … and I've had enough,' he said on Channel 7's The Agenda Setters. 'I've had enough of the dumbest rule the AFL have ever brought in and that is the stand rule. 'I'm so sick of it, I've given it a chance, it's been four or five years, it is just not working and it is far too complicated for everyone.' The program played a number of examples of the rule being breached last weekend, including Collingwood's clash with West Coast and Sam Darcy coming out of the forward line to mark a Swans player at the SCG. 'How this is a 50 and a goal is just blowing my mind that we are asking our players to not move on the mark,' Cornes continued. 'Even when they do it well, like Sam Darcy here – what more could he do? What do you want him to do? And that's 50. 'How are we accepting of this as an industry? This is costing goals, (Darcy) couldn't believe it.' Callum Mills is also shown being pinged in the same match against the Dogs, along with Lions forward Charlie Cameron against Geelong's Mark Blicavs in round 15. 'It hasn't done anything for scoring. The reason it was brought in, OK it was going to fix ball movement and scoring, well it's not,' Cornes said. 'It has done next to nothing when it comes to scoring and improving that. 'The stand rule, I've had enough, players have had enough, I'm sure those watching at home are sick of it. 'Nice try but let's just get back to footy the way it should be played and make life easier for everyone.' On the same program, Lions veteran Dayne Zorko was asked what he finds the 'most frustrating element of footy right now' and he immediately mentioned the contentious rule. 'There's a number but I think guarding the mark is one of the hardest ones,' he said. 'Players normally nail most changes, I think we're still struggling with this one.' Fans were left pretty divided over the rule change and the way it is interpreted. Bill Williams wrote on X: 'In my opinion the stand rule is brilliant. Who wants to go back to watching the man on the 'mark' carrying on like a headless chook or the ball carrier having to constantly ask the umpire 'where's the mark' as the marker could be any distance from the actual mark. A great improvement.' Ben Cameron tweeted: 'The decision against Mills in this clip is everything that's wrong with the current umpiring, Kennedy marks but Mills has no idea if it will be paid or not … if he lets him go & it's play on he looks silly, why not blow the whistle & let him get back behind the mark.' Joyboy suggested: 'Why does it HAVE to be 50 metres? If the rule is so hard to follow, make it 10 metres or something.' Another wrote: 'The stand rule is fine, the 50m penalty is the problem.' One fan declared: 'Absolutely it is a joke and needs to go.' The rules are regularly reviewed by the AFL, with a clarification on the 'stand' rule dropping ahead of the 2023 season. 'An opposition player cannot run toward the mark (and enter the protected area) and then elect to change their mind and retreat outside of the protected 5m area,' the AFL said at the time. 'Similarly, an opposition player cannot elect to leave the protected area and then change their intent and choose to come and stand the mark. 'Further all other players from the opposing team must be positioned behind the mark or otherwise outside the protected area.' It seems it has all just added up to more confusion and some simplification – or in fact a scrapping of the rule – might be needed moving forward.
