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News.com.au
3 days ago
- Sport
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St Kilda coach Ross Lyon suggests local media frenzy over Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera in Adelaide could impact his contract decision
St Kilda coach Ross Lyon is adamant he's 'not losing any sleep' over the looming decision from off-contract star Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera after a personal trip to Adelaide in which he was 'terrorised twice' by local media. The South Australian-born 22-year-old, who is bound for All-Australian selection in 2025, is believed to be at the centre of a bidding war between Adelaide and Port Adelaide, with the Saints also hopeful of hanging on to him. His manager, Ben Williams, denied a report suggesting Wanganeen-Milera wouldn't join the Crows due to a racism incident involving former Adelaide captain Taylor Walker in 2021. Wanganeen-Milera has close links with Port players, including Jason Horne-Francis, and the pair were spotted together at a frozen yoghurt shop in Adelaide where Wanganeen-Milera spent the bye week catching up with 'fam' according to Lyon. While there have been reports that Wanganeen-Milera, who has played 75 games with the Saints since his debut in 2022, has issues living in Melbourne, Lyon said the 'melting pot' in Adelaide, which included TV cameras following the young gun at the airport, showed what life could be like if he moved. 'What's interesting is the environment over there,' Lyon said on Tuesday. 'He's been doorstopped twice and terrorised twice (by media). It talks to the intensity over there, getting doorstopped at the airport during the bye. It's interesting how a non-story becomes a story. Clearly it's good to have competitive tension.' Lyon said the Saints were confident the development and support Wanganeen-Milera had been offered at St Kilda and their plans to be a 'great club' were the best way to ensure he remained on a deal that could reach seven figures annually. 'Build it and they will come. Develop our players, support them, make it a safe environment and then at the end of the day you are either good enough to keep them or you're not,' he said. 'I'm not losing too much sleep over it. 'We want to make St Kilda great. We've got a lot of hard work to do over a long period of time.' Lyon was also unmoved by the catch-up with Horne-Francis, a fellow Indigenous star, adamant St Kilda did a lot of work for its own First Nations players. 'The brother boys, they love getting together,' he said. 'We've got Pauly Vandenbergh (AFL diversity pathways manager) coming into the club today who works closely with our First Nations players. 'That's just one aspect of the game.' The Saints will tackle the Western Bulldogs on Thursday night just 52 days after copping a 71-point smashing in round 6. Midfielder Jack Macrae is set to push for selection against his old team after recovering from a punctured lung.
News.com.au
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
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SuperCoach AFL: Horne-Francis, Macrae OUT!? And the byes with Moreira's Magic!
SuperCoach carnage is here - and it's all hit at once. In a big episode of the show, The Phantom, 5 Names and Chief dissect all the big news and look at the what to do with Jason Horne-Francis, Finn Callaghan and Jack Macrae. Plus: rookies, Marcus Bontempelli and bye strategy with special guest, fantasy GOAT ‰Moreira's Magic‬!
News.com.au
17-05-2025
- Sport
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Dangerfield, Horne-Francis part of extraordinary injury toll in Cats' big win over Port
Two of the AFL's biggest names were ruled out by quarter-time in an afternoon of absolute carnage at Adelaide Oval in Geelong's 76-point thrashing of Port Adelaide. Port Adelaide's Jason Horne-Francis and Geelong superstar Patrick Dangerfield both succumbed to hamstring injuries well before the quarter-time siren in a match the Cats would win 17.13 (115) to 5.9 (39). 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. Those knocks came after the Power's Josh Sinn (hip) was ruled out earlier in the term, with Geelong's Jack Bowes and Port Adelaide's Lachie Jones (both hamstring) also sustaining injuries in an extraordinary first half. The biggest name causing havoc on the two benches was veteran Dangerfield, who leads Geelong with 17 goals from his 10 matches to date and had emerged as a smokey Brownlow Medal chance. Among all the injuries, the Fox Footy team initially thought Dangerfield had injured a quad as his leg was heavily strapped by a trainer. 'Just with Geelong down here, you can see Patty Dangerfield right quaddie getting strapped,' Ben Dixon said. 'We've got two hamstrings and it looks like a quaddie too in the first quarter. 'He hasn't really iced it yet but obviously has been ruled out of this game. 'It is a hamstring so three hamstrings in a quarter-and-a-bit of football. Extraordinary scenes down here. 'We know Geelong (already) activated their sub, we're looking at three on the interchange for both teams.' Dwayne Russell commented: 'Huge though to have Dangerfield out of this game and how long will that injury keep him out? 'That's enormous. He's their No. 1 goalkicker this season in game 347 for him. He was due to play his 350th in a few weeks and that might be on hold now. 'They need him big time and he's an exhilarating player as well, he's such a burst player. 'It has been carnage here this afternoon.' Barely two minutes of play later, Jeremy Cameron smashed into Zak Butters and appeared to hurt his knee. But the big key forward was able to run out the game. 'That's going to be the story of the game, the injuries to key players from both teams so far,' Shaun Burgoyne added on Fox Footy. Speaking at the halftime break, Dixon quipped: 'It's probably 'oh my hamstring' in that first half. We had four. 'An unprecedented first half for injuries.' Geelong only led by three points at the first break and pushed that to nine at the long break, before the flood gates opened in the third quarter. The dominant Cats kicked five goals in the third term and another seven in the fourth to turn a close game into a bloodbath. Cameron finished with seven goals and had fun at Dangerfield's expense after the game. 'I didn't know he went down, but as soon as he did it and I saw him next, he asked me to kick six,' Cameron said on Fox Footy. 'So apologies, I didn't quite get that done for him. 'He's due, he has one hamstring a year, he'll be right and there were quite a few (injuries).'
