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5 minutes ago
- News.com.au
AFL icon casts doubts over video amid suggestions Bulldogs players aren't happy
AFL legend James Hird and commentator Eddie McGuire have cast doubts over footage shared by Jamarra Ugle-Hagan. The Bulldogs star is still training privately away from the football club after he was granted an indefinite leave of absence to deal with personal issues. It was reported last month the former No. 1 draft pick had checked himself into a health retreat in a key step towards reviving his AFL career. 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. Now the 23-year-old appears to have further signalled his intent to return to top-level football after taking to social media to share videos of himself running and boxing. The clips — published on Instagram and TikTok in black and white with professional editing and soundtrack — appear to have been taken from Byron Bay where Ugle-Hagan has reportedly been spending time. The promoted footage dropped just hours before it was first reported by leading football reporter Tom Morris that Ugle-Hagan has ambitions to play for the Sydney Swans next year. 'The Western Bulldogs are weighing up what they do next with him,' Morris told Channel 9's Footy Classified. 'My understanding is Jamarra has told those close to him he would like to play for the Sydney Swans next year, in a perfect world. 'Whether that takes place, whether the Swans are keen or not, I'm not sure. The Dogs would have to trade him, because of course, he's contracted.' Essendon icon Hird and McGuire suggested on Tuesday night AFL clubs would want to see more than a glamourised fitness video from Ugle-Hagan before they would consider recruiting him. 'I'd like to see him training with his football club,' Hird said bluntly. 'And commit to a big block of training. I can't imagine any club would look at that and say that's enough for us to think he's draftable. It's the first step, but it's a long way from being anywhere near what a football team needs.' McGuire said on Nine's Footy Classified he saw nothing in the footage — that was produced by Byron Bay-based personal trainer business, Byron Boxing — that suggested Ugle-Hagan was ready to come back. 'Let's be honest. It's an edit that's been put together,' McGuire said. 'It's been chopped by somebody. Some nice tight cuts of a couple of things. I mean, I could get up and do that at the moment and look like I'm running a marathon.' Hird quipped: 'I've seen you box too. You'd be better than that'. Morris questioned if McGuire was 'suspect' on the footage. The former Collingwood president responded: 'No. You know what it is. It says I'm getting my mind right. I don't think it went over well with a few of his Western Bulldogs teammates today who are preparing for a game tomorrow. They're tight edits. There's nothing in that that says he's ready.' Ugle-Hagan, who is contracted until the end of 2026 at Whitten Oval, has not played any senior footy this year due to his personal off-field issues. He had trained sparingly with AFL — and at times VFL — teammates before his official leave of absence began in late April. The Bulldogs have told Code sports there has been no change to the conditions of Ugle-Hagan's indefinite leave. If the Bulldogs grant Ugle-Hagan permission to leave, the football club will still be in a position to negotiate a potential trade for any suitors that come calling with contract offers for Ugle-Hagan. The Bulldogs next face Hawthorn in a Thursday night blockbuster at the MCG.
ABC News
13 minutes ago
- ABC News
Police suspend search for missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop
Police have scaled back the search for missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop but have not ruled out further searches if more information comes to light. The 17-year-old from Gin Gin, about four hours north of Brisbane, has not been seen or heard from since Thursday, May 15. Pheobe was meant to board a flight from Bundaberg to Western Australia, but police said airport CCTV showed she never entered the terminal. Police declared the teenager's disappearance suspicious on May 21. Two crime scenes were declared — the car in which she was believed to have been travelling to the airport in, and the house where she had been living in Gin Gin. More than a week after Pheobe disappeared, police began searching Good Night Scrub National Park, an hour south-west of Bundaberg. Cadaver dogs, water police, drones and State Emergency Service personnel combed through the thick scrub for five days and items of interest were collected for forensic examination. Police would not disclose any items they located there. They said while they were no longer conducting any "physical searches" for Pheobe, they would recommence "as needed and as information is provided". Police are still investigating several lines of enquiry, including asking for information about the movements of a grey Hyundai ix35, registration 414 EW3, in the greater Gin Gin area between May 15 and 18. As the search was suspended, Pheobe's mother Kylie Johnson launched a fresh appeal for information about her daughter's disappearance. "Starting day 20 with you still missing Pheobe," Ms Johnson posted on social media. "I don't know if life will ever be the same again? I don't know if I will ever look at the world the same way that I did before May 15th. "What I do know is that people have information on where you are Phee and we need that reported to police." Sarah Wayland, strategic social work leader and trauma expert at CQ University, said not much was known about the long-term impacts of a missing loved one. Professor Wayland said there was little funded support for the families of missing persons in Australia. "What I've found over the years is that there's a lot of families who have that lived experience of having someone missing, that set up foundations or charities," she said. "They've been trying that very piecemeal approach of offering support to families rather than there being one national service available."
Daily Telegraph
27 minutes ago
- Daily Telegraph
Unexpected chance for Emily Lang to score biggest career win
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Emily Lang is poised to snatch an incredible slice of riding history and become the first female jockey to claim the Brisbane riding title … and now she has an unexpected shot at her biggest career win. It seems inevitable that history will be created in Brisbane this season with apprentice Lang (57 wins) and Angela Jones (50 wins) leading the city title race ahead of James Orman (45) who is now riding in Hong Kong. Next in the race are Andrew Mallyon and Bailey Wheeler, both with 42 wins. Lang, who is apprenticed to champion trainer Tony Gollan, has enjoyed a breakthrough season and has won a pair of Listed races but never a Group race. She now gets an unforeseen chance to scoop her biggest career win when riding Boomtown Boss for Gollan in the rescheduled $300,000 Group 3 Fred Best Classic at Doomben on Wednesday. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Blake Shinn had originally been booked to ride Boomtown Boss in the Fred Best before a foot injury last week ruled him out of the winter carnival. With Lang suspended, Ryan Maloney had been slated to step in to ride Boomtown Boss in the Fred Best at Eagle Farm last Saturday. But the race, which offers the winner a golden ticket into the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap, was been rescheduled to Doomben on Wednesday after the it was among a cluster of races postponed when jockeys opted to stop riding at Eagle Farm last Saturday due to poor visibility. It means Lang can return from suspension and take the prized mount. Jockey Emily Lang (left) with Brisbane Racing Club Ambassador, Shayna Jack, at the Queensland winter carnival launch in April. Picture: Josh Woning • 'It jeopardises the Stradbroke': Benedetta back-up gamble The duo has previously enjoyed success together including claiming the Listed Daybreak Lover. 'Emily and I are a while away from focusing on riding premierships for her, we will worry about that in July,' Gollan said. 'At the moment, this ride in the Fred Best is a good reward for her. 'Blake was on and Emily was suspended but it's great for her now to put back on the horse in a good race. 'Whether it can springboard her into something else the following weekend or later in the carnival, who knows. 'Whatever the result, I am really happy to have Emily riding this horse in this race, that is for sure.' • 'You'll see the best of her Saturday': Vandyke's warning to Oaks rivals This time last week, Boomtown Boss was a $13 chance to win the Fred Best. But with the race rescheduled and now at Doomben instead of Eagle Farm, he is a $23 chance in latest betting. 'For me, personally, I would prefer this race to be at Eagle Farm rather than Doomben,' Gollan conceded. 'I think this horse would be better at Eagle Farm with the bigger track and more room. 'The race presents a lot differently around Doomben and there's not as much room for error. 'He can have an error or two in the way he races, because he's not a finished product yet. But he's definitely up to the grade.' • Potential to produce something very special': Winx's next Hot date confirmed Originally published as Unexpected chance for Brisbane premiership frontrunner Emily Lang to score biggest career win in Group 2 Fred Best Classic at Doomben
