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News.com.au
a day ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Former Suns cracks it at the ump
AFL: Former Sun Jack Martin was not happy with the umpire, after he was penalised for a high tackle on Matt Rowell.
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Rowell cleared but is mature-age Demon in strife again?
Melbourne's mature-age recruit Aidan Johnson could be suspended for the second time in his five-match AFL career after unleashing a brutal bump, but Gold Coast midfielder Matt Rowell's match-day report was thrown out. Johnson leapt up and elected to bump as Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera got a rushed kick away in St Kilda's upset 28-point win over Melbourne on Sunday. Wanganeen-Milera missed most of the second term while he was assessed for concussion, but he was eventually cleared to return and finished with 29 disposals and 795m gained in a standout display. Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera came from the ground following this incident.#AFLDeesSaints — AFL (@AFL) June 1, 2025 "I just wanted to come back and play my role, and it was good to get the win," Wanganeen-Milera told Channel 7 after the match. Johnson was selected by Melbourne with pick No.68 in last year's national draft. The 25-year-old was suspended after his debut match in round one for a spearing tackle on GWS forward Callum Brown, and the fact his bump on Sunday got his opponent in the head could spell bad news for him. Meanwhile, Rowell was cleared of any wrongdoing for his glancing jab to the face of Fremantle's Neil Erasmus. Rebounding defender Daniel Rioli also had no case to answer for an incident in which he rushed in and caught Andrew Brayshaw high in the dying moments of Fremantle's 11-point win. Dockers forward Jye Amiss was fined $3000, reduced to $2000 with an early guilty plea, for striking Sam Collins.
7NEWS
28-05-2025
- Business
- 7NEWS
Dale Thomas ‘confident' Matt Rowell will re-sign with Gold Coast despite rival clubs' interest
Collingwood and Carlton champion Dale Thomas has declared in-demand Gold Coast midfielder Matt Rowell will turn his back on rival offers to re-sign with the Suns. Rowell is one of the AFL's most high-profile players out of contract at the end of 2025, and already met with at least one other club, Geelong, before the season started. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Matt Rowell closing in on deal with Gold Coast. The 2019 No.1 draft pick has been crucial to the Suns' rise up the ladder this season, and they will be desperate to hang on to him as they try to become a finals contender for the first time in the club's history. Speaking to The Agenda Setters on Tuesday night, 7NEWS Melbourne's Mitch Cleary said the Suns remain uneasy about their prospects of keeping him. 'The nervousness is growing,' Cleary said. 'I think six weeks ago, they were very confident that he would stay on a two-year deal, which would take him to free agency. 'The Suns play Fremantle this week and then Geelong after that, then they've got the bye. 'If he's not signed a week or two after the bye, I think it is alarm bells at Gold Coast around Matt Rowell, with a number of Victorian clubs circling.' Thomas said he had no doubt Rowell would remain at Gold Coast. 'He'll sign a couple of weeks after the bye. Very confident,' Thomas said. Rowell was drafted alongside high school best mate Noah Anderson, who was taken with the next pick after Rowell at No.2. Anderson last year signed a contract that ties him to the club until the end of 2027, at which point he will reach free agency, and is the captain of the club. Speaking after the Suns' win over St Kilda on Sunday, Anderson said he was doing his best to make sure his mate stays. 'As a little pair, we're helping the team win,' he said. 'I'm doing my best (to convince Rowell to stay). Hopefully the wins can help out a little bit, but he's in a good spot.' Suns CEO Mark Evans told SEN they have looked at the model of other clubs like Sydney to work on player retention. 'I think Sydney have had the model that might work well; they seem to put their salary cap into the players that are the most important, and sometimes that means someone a bit further down gets squeezed,' he said. 'I think we're going to face some of those issues.'
