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Former Hawthorn figure floated to join Essendon after Bombers announce immediate departure
Mathew Inness and Andrew Russell have been floated as potential candidates to become Essendon's next high performance boss after the Bombers announced the departure of Sean Murphy on Friday. Murphy has led the Bombers' high performance team since the start of 2020, but the club have announced his contract won't be renewed past this season. Essendon have been ravaged by injuries this year, with 11 first-choice players missing on Thursday night in their 48-point loss to GWS. Murphy's job had become virtually untenable, and the Bombers made the decision to part ways with him five weeks before the end of the AFL regular season. After 'discussions between Murphy and the club', it was agreed the fitness boss would not continue beyond this year. 'We want to thank Sean for his commitment to this role over the past six seasons at the Essendon Football Club,' football boss Daniel McPherson said in a statement on Friday. 'These jobs are all-encompassing and on behalf of the Essendon Football Club, I want to thank Sean for the professionalism and integrity that he has carried himself with, particularly throughout what has been a really challenging season in 2025. Our high performance and medical team is critical to the success of our football program, and we're committed to undertaking all necessary work required to help us improve in this area. This decision enables us to take a fresh approach and reshape the team as we prepare for a crucial off-season ahead of the 2026 AFL campaign.' Essendon equal unwanted record due to injuries On Thursday night, Essendon equalled the record for having the most debutants in a single season in the AFL era. Forward Liam McMahon became the 13th Bombers player to debut this season when kicked two goals against the Giants. Sitting 14th with a 6-11 record and no chance to make the finals, coach Brad Scott has spoken about wanting Essendon to be "a no-excuse football club." He said on Thursday night: "We'd like to have better availability, but we field 23 fit players every week and we give opportunity to guys who deserve it. There's challenges within that but what we can demand is effort, intent and the way that we compete and that largely tonight was very good against a very good opposition." RELATED: Collingwood urged to enquire about 'disgruntled' Hawthorn player Harley Reid's eight-word taunt for Jason Horne-Francis revealed Nic Martin will miss most of the 2026 season after rupturing his ACL against Richmond last Saturday, while there are long-term concerns around the health of Zach Reid (hamstring) and Nik Cox (concussion). Nate Caddy, Ben Hobbs and Will Setterfield all joined a long list of sidelined players this week. Former Hawthorn and Carlton figure could land at Essendon Murphy said in a statement: 'I'd like to thank the Essendon Football Club for the opportunity to lead the High Performance program over the past six seasons. It's been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated and professional staff, and I want to acknowledge their commitment throughout my time at the Club. I am proud of the support shown within our High Performance team to each other and the playing group in what has been a challenging season – it is a testament to the character of this team." Speaking on SEN radio on Friday, leading reporter Tom Morris said Inness and Russell are names being discussed by the Bombers to take over Murphy's role. Russell previously worked with Carlton and Hawthorn in their high performance team, while Inness currently holds the same role at the West Coast Eagles.
Otago Daily Times
10-07-2025
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Diplomat impressed by memorial
General Sir Andrew Russell lays a wreath at the new memorial at Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli. — Otago Witness, 14.7.1925 London, June 2: Sir James Allen has returned from his Mediterranean cruise, which included the visit to Gallipoli and the unveiling ceremony. Sir Andrew H. Russell, who also took part in the ceremony, left theOrmonde at Athens, but General Sir Alexander J. Godley and Lady Godley and the High Commissioner completed the passage on the Orient liner. On the night before the arrival of the liner at Southampton, Sir James took the opportunity of thanking the passengers, numbering about 400, for their attendance at the ceremony on Chunuk Bair. The High Commissioner has given me a few of the general impressions left on his mind after his day on the Gallipoli Peninsula. "I was naturally very much pleased," said the High Commissioner, "that so many people took the trouble to cross the Peninsula and take such a deep interest in our ceremony. More than a score of the visitors had themselves served on Gallipoli, and numbers of others had relatives who had gone through the campaign. Others, again, had come to visit the graves of relatives and friends who were buried in the cemeteries there. In the circumstances it was not unnatural that this large party of British people should have participated so fully and sympathetically. It was my intention to leave a good impression on the Turks, and I am quite convinced that we have done so. At the entertainment on board the Ormonde after the ceremony there were about 20 Turkish officials present, including the Valis of Chanak and of Gallipoli, the head men of the various villages, heads of the police, and others. It was quite a unique occasion. They seemed to enjoy themselves, and I am sure we left a good impression. I also came away with a great appreciation of the capabilities of the members of the Imperial War Graves Commission. Sir John Burnet, as architect for the cemeteries, has certainly produced just the thing that suits the place. The designs throughout are very simple, delicate, and peaceful. Naturally, I am very pleased with our own memorial." — by ODT London correspondent Billets found for expo visitors From the kiosk set under the trees in the Octagon, which houses the Exhibition Accommodation Bureau, invisible lines of communication lead to the far corners of the world. Intending visitors from Paris, and other foreign cities, the United Kingdom, and Melbourne, have booked through the bureau for the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, and the applications from the North Island would seem to herald an invasion in the summer. The bureau has now secured accommodation for 2500 visitors at one time, exclusive of the number which the hotels and boardinghouses can accommodate. A feature of the bureau's work has been the readiness which it has found on the part of householders offering accommodation to throw open their best front rooms. All the accommodation which the bureau offers has been inspected and approved by it, and the charges are most reasonable. Bed and breakfast are obtainable from 6 shillings 6 pence, and full board from 10s. It would be difficult in ordinary times to find accommodation of the quality which will be available in Dunedin at these prices in most large cities. Anzac Ave width deal The General Committee will present the following report to the City Council on Wednesday night: ''In accordance with instructions your committee conferred further with the Harbour Board in regard to the matter of the land required for widening the Logan Park Highway between St Andrew street and Anzac square beyond 66 feet. The Harbour Board has now agreed to provide the additional land on the following terms: (1) That the City Council be offered the 9ft strip of land at sections 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19 and 21 free on condition that the roadway is widened within the period of the last expiring lease (April, 1936). The first lease to expire is that of Thompson's, which expires on April 1 of next year, when the matter of compensation for the buildings will call for attention. (2) That the board arrange for the inclusion of the necessary provisions in the deed between the board and the council for the cancellation of the leases of the sections enumerated, as they fall due. (3) That the council pay compensation to the board's tenants for buildings etc. Your committee recommends that the offer of the Harbour Board be accepted." — ODT, 11.7.1925
