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Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Footy firebrand Kane Cornes defends himself over 'ridiculous' report on fiery Luke Beveridge exchange
Polarising Channel Seven footy commentator Kane Cornes has called out Fox Footy for a report it did on his fiery exchange with Luke Beveridge last Thursday night in Geelong. Cornes already had a frosty relationship with the Western Bulldogs coach - and the relationship didn't get any better after the pair exchanged words at the GMHBA Stadium. The former Port Adelaide star revealed at the beginning of the month that he has been banned from entering the Bulldogs' changing room while conducting his broadcasting duties for Channel 7. The reason for the ban is still unclear but Cornes has in the past questioned whether Beveridge, who won a premiership in his second season with the Doggies, is the right man for the job. Cornes later said he didn't have an issue with the coach's reaction after the pair clashed, but he wasn't happy with how Fox Footy reporter Jon Ralph covered the incident. 'Cornes was already banned from the Dogs' rooms after a series of negative articles and comments in regards to Beveridge,' Ralph said in his report. 'The club believes it's personal – called him a 'poor ambassador for his football club', called for his sacking repeatedly. 'People around the situation felt like Cornes stepped into his space and they're thankful that Beveridge did walk on. Cornes said Beveridge was 'starting quite strongly at him', so he said 'G'day Bevo' – and it wasn't received well.' 'The question here is whether this is deliberately disrespectful and antagonistic, whether it was the time and the space for Cornes to talk to Beveridge. 'It'll be great for the Cornes publicity machine, but I think Beveridge in a really highly emotional state in what he would believe to be a safe space pre-match dealing with all the issues he faced with the Bailey Smith saga, this was not the time and the place and felt like he was specifically baited from someone who the club had already banned. 'Certainly an unnecessary and sorry saga that continues between Cornes and Beveridge.' Speaking about the issue on The Agenda Setters, Cornes called for Ralph to apologise for saying he encroached into Beveridge's space. 'I read that too and it was ridiculous,' Cornes said. 'I think it's important as your journalist to have your integrity intact and the last thing you want to do is mislead and misrepresent an incident that went down and you want to get both sides of what happened. 'What Jon Ralph said there is embarrassing, he misled and misrepresented what happened, and all he had to do was check the vision before he wanted to run a narrative that suited him for the benefit of his channel and himself. 'I thought those comments were really ordinary. I have not heard from Jon, I would have expected an apology off the back of that, but all he had to do was ring me and asked me what happened or look at the vision and not take the word of the Western Bulldogs word for word before he went with that.' Another angle of the controversial incident was shown on the program, which clearly showed Cornes only moving towards Beveridge after the coach had walked past. 'Where have I encroached on the space?' Cornes asked.
Daily Mail
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Channel Seven star Kane Cornes lifts the lid on what was said when he had stunning sideline clash with AFL coach Luke Beveridge on live TV
Polarising Channel Seven footy commentator Kane Cornes has revealed what was said during his fiery exchange with Luke Beveridge on Thursday night in Geelong. Cornes already has a frosty relationship with the Western Bulldogs coach - and it is unlikely the high-profile duo will be sharing a beer anytime soon. Speaking on SEN Radio, Cornes felt you could have cut the tension with a knife pre-game at GMHBA Stadium. 'I was standing close to the boundary line getting ready to go on TV,' the outspoken commentator said on Friday. 'Out of the corner of my eye Luke Beveridge and the crew started walking towards me. I thought, 'Oh ok, this is going to be interesting, how do I play this?' 'So I just stood there and looked out and as he came closer to me he was staring at me strongly with a strong look on his face. That was from 10 or so metres away and as he got a little bit closer I looked back and I just said, 'Bevo', and nodded my head. "Clearly the relationship between myself and the Western Bulldogs isn't a strong one." Kane Cornes on his pre-game incident with Luke Beveridge | #AFLCatsDogs — 7AFL (@7AFL) May 22, 2025 Footy commentator Kane Cornes has revealed what was said during his fiery exchange with Luke Beveridge on Thursday night in Geelong 'The reaction (from Beveridge) was the reaction that you saw. I don't know if it's for me to share what he said. I'm happy to tell you exactly my part in this - other than to say 'Bevo', and nodded my head - it wasn't received well. 'It was something along the lines of, 'You've got the nerve to say that', and I just said, 'What, I can't say hello?'. Then he turned around again and started to go again and that's when he was dragged away. 'But it's ok, it's fine. He's combative, he protects his club, I've got no issue with it. 'We can have a bit of a laugh about it, I think.' Cornes added his decision to walk towards Beveridge wasn't confrontational. 'It was never going to become physical, he had his own security guards, he had a couple of club officials pulling him way,' he added. 'It was more just a flinch reaction or a shock reaction when you're not expecting something. Your initial instinct is to walk over and say, 'Did I hear that correctly?', type of thing. 'It was over pretty quickly.' Speaking post game after his side was beaten by 14 points, Beveridge dismissed any talk of tension. 'What incident?' he told reporters. 'Ultimately we come in here, we talk about the game. 'If you're trying to drum up any controversy, I don't think there was any. 'I've really got nothing to say. You're not going to get me to bite.' Recently Cornes claimed Beveridge was on a 'charm offensive' with certain members of the media, despite having a notoriously prickly relationship with reporters across his coaching career, which includes a premiership in 2016. It comes as Beveridge is looking to sign a new contract with the Bulldogs beyond this season. The Bulldogs have banned Cornes from their change rooms - and he is also on the nose at North Melbourne. It was recently felt at the Kangaroos that Cornes' analysis was 'personal and vindictive' towards players, notably young talents Harry Sheezel and Jy Simpkin. Cornes labelled Sheezel's playing style 'stat-padding' and felt Simpkin's on-field behaviour was unbecoming of a captain, suggesting he should focus more on his performances than 'mouthing off.' Kangaroos football boss Todd Viney condemned the remarks as bullying - and head coach Alastair Clarkson then refused to talk to Cornes ahead of a recent game against Essendon.
Perth Now
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Inside the frosty exchange between Kane Cornes and Luke Beveridge
Expert AFL commentator Kane Cornes has detailed what was said during his explosive pre-game confrontation with Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge on Thursday night. The pair faced off at GMHBA Stadium ahead of the epic encounter between the Dogs and Geelong, with vision of the frosty exchange caught on Seven's coverage. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Luke Beveridge and Kane Cornes have words. Cornes has been strong critic of Beveridge over the years, believing the team has underperformed since winning the 2016 premiership. The Port Adelaide great was commentating for Channel 7 on Thursday when Beveridge walked past him on the ground. 'I was standing close to the boundary line just in front of where we had our LED pod getting ready to go on TV,' Cornes said on his Friday radio show SEN's Fireball. Kane Cornes and Luke Beveridge exchange words before Thursday night's blockbuster. Credit: 7AFL 'I was staring out blankly into space to the players warming up and just out of the corner of my eye Luke Beveridge and the crew started walking towards me. I thought, 'Oh, OK, this is going to be interesting. How do I play this?' 'So I just stood there and looked out and as he came closer to me, he was staring at me strongly, with a strong look on his face. That was from 10 or so metres away and as he got a little bit closer, I looked back and I just said, 'Bevo,' and nodded my head. 'The reaction (from Beveridge) was the reaction that you saw. 'I don't know if it's for me to share what he said. I'm happy to tell you exactly my part in this — other than to say 'Bevo', and nodded my head ... it wasn't received well. 'It was something along the lines of, 'You've got the nerve to say that,' and I just said, 'What, I can't say hello?'. 'Then he turned around again and started to go again and that's when he was dragged away. 'But it's OK, it's fine. He's combative, he protects his club. I've got no issue with it. We can have a bit of a laugh about it, I think.' Cornes also explained why he took some steps towards Beveridge during the exchange. 'It was never going to become physical. He had his own security guards, he had a couple of club officials pulling him way,' he said 'It was more just a flinch reaction or a shock reaction when you're not expecting something. Your initial instinct is to walk over and say, 'Did I hear that correctly?', type of thing. 'It was over pretty quickly.' After the game, Beveridge shut down any talk about the clash. 'What incident?' he said. 'Ultimately we come in here, we talk about the game, that's probably all we're after isn't it? 'If you're trying to drum up any controversy, I don't think there was any. I've really got nothing to say. You're not going to get me to bite.' Cornes is not the only person in the media that Beveridge has had an issue with over the years. AFL Media's Damian Barrett has regularly spoken about an encounter with Beveridge and the coach had a famous blow-up at journalist Tom Morris (who would lose his job not after that for another issue that surfaced) about a team selection story. 'I'm not the first person he's had a run-in with, there's been many,' Cornes said. 'Caro (veteran AFL journalist Caroline Wilson from Channel 7's The Agenda Setters and The Age), Damo (Damian Barrett), Mark Robinson (former Herald Sun chief football writer), Tom Morris, and myself. 'He's a combative character. I'm sure I won't be the last and we move on.' Cornes shared a strong opinion on Beveridge's public persona three weeks ago when The Agenda Setters co-host Craig Hutchison described the coach as being on a 'charm offensive' with the media. Beveridge is in the final year of his contract but Hutchison said the timing of the coach's media 'campaign' was no coincidence. Backed by a strong run of form to catapult the Dogs into top-four contention, Beveridge has recently been reported to be on the brink of an extension. 'This has been a coach who has been largely unavailable to the media for a long period of time, and we're now seeing — which is a positive thing, by the way — him open up and be available and vulnerable,' Hutchison said at the time. 'He's getting a terrific hearing from everywhere that he does interviews at the moment. 'It's been Sheedy-like, in my mind. And again on the weekend he got favourable coverage through the papers. 'Is he playing the Bulldogs on the break here with this PR campaign?' Cornes said Beveridge was 'playing the media on a break'. 'I find it incredibly amusing that he's detested the media for such a long period of time and then you're getting these sort of headlines,' he said. 'I think he's sucked in the media and I don't think it's authentic. It's strange. 'Now, maybe someone has sat him down and given him that feedback (that he hasn't made himself available enough) and he's taken that on board and it's been good for the club, and I'd rather coaches speak than not. 'But for 10 years, he's hardly spoken, and now because his contract is up for grabs, he's available to everyone.'
ABC News
23-05-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Bulldogs AFL coach Beveridge tight-lipped about Cornes 'confrontation'
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has played down a heated exchange with TV commentator Kane Cornes, which occurred before Thursday night's AFL match at Kardinia Park. Cornes's tense relationship with Beveridge reached a flashpoint when the pair shared a brief interaction on the boundary line ahead of the Bulldogs' clash with Geelong. Beveridge was walking past Cornes when the dialogue started and he stopped for a moment to share words in the direction of the Seven Network commentator. He was then ushered away by Bulldogs communications staff. Beveridge was tight-lipped when quizzed on the incident at his post-match media conference following the Bulldogs' 20.7 (127) to 16.17 (113) loss to the Cats. "Ultimately, we come in here and we talk about the game," Beveridge said. "That's all we're after, isn't it? "If you're trying to drum up any controversy, I don't think there was any. "I've really got nothing to say." Pressed further by a reporter, Beveridge said: "I know what you're trying to do. You're not going to get me to bite." The Bulldogs are one of the clubs that have banned Cornes from their change rooms. Cornes addressed Thursday night's incident during Seven's coverage. "There was a confrontation, there were some words spoken," Cornes said. "But he's [Beveridge] combative, and they [Bulldogs] do like to protect their club and their players. I don't have an issue with it, it's a big game of footy. "Clearly the relationship between myself and the Western Bulldogs isn't a strong one." Cornes claimed Beveridge was staring at him "quite strongly" as the interaction developed. "I didn't really know what to say, so I just said, 'G'day, Bevo', and it wasn't received that well as you can see in the vision," Cornes said. "I would have liked to go on with the conversation and have it respectfully, but it wasn't the time or the place." AAP
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'Might get overlooked': Nick Riewoldt's actions come to light after Cornes incident
Nick Riewoldt has been praised for de-escalating a situation between Kane Cornes and Luke Beveridge on Thursday night, after the pair had a verbal exchange before Geelong's win over the Western Bulldogs. And some are calling for the AFL to sanction Cornes after the incident threatened to boil over into something much worse. Cornes was preparing for his commentary duties with Channel 7 on Thursday night when Bulldogs coach Beveridge walked past him on ground level at GMHBA Stadium. Cornes and Beveridge then exchanged words, and Cornes could be seen moving towards the coach before Beveridge walked away. Cornes is currently banned from the Bulldogs' dressing rooms over constant criticism he's levelled at Beveridge, which the club believes has become personal. He also blasted the Dogs for their handling or Marcus Bontempelli's recent injury, accusing them of not being honest with when the skipper would return. Beveridge clearly isn't a fan of the former Port Adelaide player-turned-media member, and Cornes moved to explain what happened before first bounce. Cornes said Beveridge was "staring at me quite strongly", so he said "G'day Bevo". He added: "There was a confrontation, there were some words spoken. But he's combative, and they do like to protect their club and their players. I don't have an issue with it, it's a big game of footy. Clearly the relationship between myself and the Western Bulldogs isn't a strong one." "I didn't really know what to say, so I just said, 'G'day, Bevo' and it wasn't received that well as you can see in the vision. I would have liked to go on with the conversation and have it respectfully, but it wasn't the time or the place." Beveridge refused to elaborate after the game, which the Cats won 20.7 (127) to 16.17 (113). "Ultimately, we come in here and we talk about the game," the coach said in his presser. "That's all we're after, isn't it? If you're trying to drum up any controversy, I don't think there was any. I've really got nothing to say." Some have suggested the AFL should hit Cornes with some sort of sanction. The fact he started walking towards Beveridge during the incident meant it could have escalated into something even uglier, while Cornes' Channel 7 colleague Riewoldt has been praised for his attempts to calm Cornes down. Riewoldt could be seen saying "Kane" on numerous occasions, and started walking towards his colleague in case he needed to pull him back. One person wrote on social media about the St Kilda champion: "What might get overlooked here is Riewoldt showing once a leader, always a leader. He straight away called Cornes back away from the situation. Good man." RELATED: Teammates' move for Nick Daicos that could be bad news for rivals AFL world gutted over heartbreaking news about West Coast hero The incident with Beveridge comes after North Melbourne placed a ban on Cornes and now refuse to deal with him over constant attacks on some of their players. Speaking on Fox Footy, leading reporter Jon Ralph suggested the AFL needs to step in and remind Cornes of his responsibilities. 'Cornes was already banned from the Dogs' rooms after a series of negative articles and comments in regards to Beveridge," he said. "The club believes it's personal – called him a 'poor ambassador for his football club', called for his sacking repeatedly. 'People around the situation felt like Cornes stepped into his space and they're thankful that Beveridge walked on. The question here is whether this is deliberately disrespectful and antagonistic, whether it was the time and the space for Cornes to talk to Beveridge." David King, who works with Cornes on SEN radio, said: 'This is what Kane does. This is his schtick, this is what he does – and I think there are no winners. Tonight there are no winners. It makes two intelligent people look really foolish.' While Leigh Montagna added: 'It's not a good look when you've got two people who don't like each other and these sorts of things can happen.' If ken and Clarkson got fined cornes should face the heat — cynical66 (@sinecal77) May 22, 2025 You started it, Kane. You squared up as he walked past and Roo had to reel you back in. — The Inside Mids (@SC_InsideMids) May 22, 2025 Cornes is turning the AFL media landscape into a negative nasty place. He has been the worse thing that has happened to our game. — Mitchell 🌸 (@LionTells) May 22, 2025 What might get overlooked here is Riewoldt showing once a leader, always a leader. He straight away called Cornes back away from the situation. Good man. — Dave Lloyd (@AlbertonPower) May 22, 2025
