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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Footy great Matthew Lloyd drops hint he could make a major career switch and leave broadcasting
Footy great Matthew Lloyd has left the door ajar for a possible move into coaching. But the broadcaster appears, at present, reluctant to leave his role with Channel Nine, with the 47-year-old admitting he would hate to have to regularly leave his young family behind if he was jetting around Australia as an AFL coach. Lloyd is revered as one of the greatest goal kickers to have played the sport with the Bombers star returning a whopping 926 majors across 270 AFL appearances. He won three Coleman Medals during his career and guided Essendon to the 2000 Premiership. The Melbourne-born full-forward would go on to retire in 2009, despite the club having offered the goalkicker a contract extension. After hanging up the boots, Lloyd would be appointed to an assistant coaching role at the Australian Institute of Sport - AFL Academy in September 2009 alongside Michael O'Loughlin. "You never say never." 👀 Lloydy on whether he would ever entertain joining the AFL coaching ranks. #9AFLSFS | Catch up on 9Now and Youtube 🖥️ — Footy on Nine (@FootyonNine) June 1, 2025 While he had been a weekly panellist on Fox Footy's White Line Fever show during his playing career, Lloyd stepped up his media work in 2009, after his retirement, working on Network Ten and writing for The Age. That was when his media career took off, signing with Network Ten as an AFL expert and commentator before moving over to Nine in 2012. It was here that he appeared to be set on pursuing a career in media having told The Advocate that a potential career in coaching perhaps wasn't on the cards. 'There's definitely something within me that makes me want to coach but at the moment I can't give 100% to it, so it will have to wait,' he said back in 2011. But that may have changed with the Footy Show panellist now appearing to be open to a career switch away from the TV studio. Lloyd was pressed by Tony Jones over whether he would ever 'entertain' an offer to take up a coaching role in the AFL. At first, he appeared hesitant. 'Ah,' Lloyd said to the Footy Show before pausing. 'I do love coaching. But I love the balance that I've got currently - but I do love to coach.' Jones continued to press: 'If a club was to come to you initially with an assistant coaching role...' Lloyd replied: 'It would just depend on who it was with and all those sorts of things. But it's "no" at this point in time but I'm still young enough, but you never know.' Damien Barrett then joked: 'Teej [Jones], we know there is one language he listens too... the dollar!' Lloyd laughed at the joke as Barrett continued: 'I think coaches are on an average of about $150,000... I reckon if they went to $400,000 or $500,000 for Llordo, as a senior assistant, you might get a conversation going. Is that the right number?' 'It was bang on Damo,' Lloyd said laughing. Lloyd is married to childhood sweetheart Lisa-Marie Caparello. The pair have three children, Jaeda, Kira, and Jacob. But while Lloyd didn't completely rule out the move but added he would have to think about his family if the opportunity arose. Asked if he was ruling out a move into coaching, the former Essendon captain said: 'You never say never... you never say never.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Footy's biggest recluse Adam Goodes makes return to SCG for the Sydney Swans' 20-year AFL premiership reunion
AFL legend Adam Goodes made a triumphant return to the SCG on Saturday night as the Swans celebrated their 2005 premiership victory. The code's most decorated Indigenous player joined his premiership teammates in marching from Swans HQ to the SCG ahead of the club's match with Adelaide. The Swans were looking to bounce back from a dismal 53-point loss to Melbourne but instead endured a horror show. Kept to one goal in the opening half, Sydney conceded 12-straight majors on the way to a 21.5 (131) to 5.11 (41) loss. Former players, including Barry Hall, Michael O'Loughlin and Jude Bolton attended the match - but Goodes was the star that fans were most excited to see. The two-time Brownlow Medallist has refused to have anything to do with the game after his retirement, which came after he was subjected to racist taunts and prolonged booing from the crowd during his last three seasons - especially his final year. Goodes was called an 'ape' by a young Collingwood fan in an infamous 2013 incident. Days later, then-Magpies boss Eddie McGuire suggested promoters of a King Kong musical in Melbourne ask the footy star to promote the show. In 2015 he celebrated a goal against Carlton with an Indigenous-themed war cry that saw spectators target him heavily. That year he refused to participate in a grand final motorcade for retired players, and has declined invitations to AFL events ever since - even declining an invitation to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2021. AFL chairman Richard Goyder acknowledged that the AFL should have done better by Goodes after he rejected the 2021 invitation. 'The treatment of Adam in his final years at AFL level drove him from football,' Goyder said at the time. 'The AFL and our game did not do enough to stand with him at the time, and call it out. 'The unreserved apology that the game provided him in 2019 was too late, but, on behalf of our commission and the AFL, I apologise unreservedly again for our failures during this period. 'Failure to call out racism and not standing up for Adam let down all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players, past and present. 'We hope that there will be a time in the future when Adam will want to be connected to the game again.' Fans were surprised and overjoyed to see a smiling Goodes watching on during Saturday's match. 'Sensational! So pleased to see all of them but particularly Goodesy,' posted one fan to social media. 'An absolute joy to see Adam Goodes,' replied another.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
The Gen Z memes on Grundy's mind ahead of Dees reunion
Two Gen Z memes lurk in Sydney ruck Brodie Grundy's mind: 'lock in' and 'hit the griddy'. The first came after a speech by club great Michael O'Loughlin before the Swans' eventual win over Carlton in their annual Marn Grook match. And the second comes as the 31-year-old prepares for a reunion with competition heavyweight Max Gawn and his former side Melbourne at the MCG on Sunday. Grundy was instrumental against the Blues, winning 47 hitouts to counterpart Marc Pittonet's 24. But it was his fourth-quarter goal that sparked the Swans, launching them ahead for the first time on the way to a 16-point win. "Michael O'Loughlin spoke to us before the game about the similarities between culture and footy," Grundy told AAP. "It was a really inspiring speech. "It was about stepping up when it's your moment and playing your role for the tribe and the team. "Sometimes the game will present a momentum swing, and it's being able to go, 'OK, this is an opportunity now - we need to lock in'." View this post on Instagram A post shared by AFL (@afl) Grundy sensed his moment to "lock in" when he received a pass from Caiden Cleary as he streamed down the right wing in the final term. As his shot sailed through the big sticks, the 202-centimetre tall ruckman bolted to the boundary line to celebrate with fans. "I just saw the goals and I just thought, let's finish," Grundy said. "I didn't celebrate (a goal against Essendon in the preceding round) hard enough - I was nonchalant, I was just cool, so I thought this moment required more. "I was so gassed after the game. The boys were saying, 'you probably ran harder in your celebration than you have all game'." Sunday's clash is Grundy's second reunion with the Demons, after his commanding performance in Sydney's opening-round win last year. Gawn, fresh from inspiring his side's upset win over reigning premiers Brisbane with a monster 46 hitouts, remains the ruck benchmark. "He's been the man for a long time and I love playing against the best," Grundy said. "I really respect every opposition that I go up against because if you don't, you really do get found out at AFL level. "My role each week, I just try and be really process driven. It's an 80-20, like 80 per cent about me and 20 per cent about my opposition." And if Grundy manages to get a goal against the Dees? He'll pull the same TikTok dance move that current Formula One championship leader Oscar Piastri did after winning the Miami Grand Prix earlier in May. "I need to do the griddy," Grundy said. Hitting the griddy! 🕺A fine celebration by @OscarPiastri 😅#F1 #MiamiGP — Formula 1 (@F1) May 4, 2025 Swans skipper Callum Mills will play his first game of the season following a foot injury, while star Demons defender Jake Lever is returning from ankle surgery. Sydney have also recalled key forward Hayden McLean, while midfielder Taylor Adams returns from a hamstring injury after a stint in the VFL.
Daily Mail
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Revealed: How Adam Goodes feels about building bridges with the AFL 10 years after racism tsunami turned him into footy's biggest recluse
A decade after Adam Goodes performed his iconic Indigenous war dance, it's been revealed how the Sydney Swans champion feels about reconnecting with the game that made him famous. The code's most decorated Indigenous player has distanced himself from the game since 2015, following the prolonged booing saga that lasted three seasons. The two-time Brownlow Medallist has also knocked back offers to be inducted into the NSW Australian Football Hall of Fame and AFL Hall of Fame. With Sir Doug Nicholls round approaching, the AFL has made efforts to get Goodes back in the game - but without much luck. 'No, he is not interested right now,' Swans board member Michael O'Loughlin revealed to News Corp. 'He's fine. He's living his best life. We miss him, we love him and hopefully at some point we will get to see him again. 'He loved the game and the game let him down and it has let a lot of people down. 'He should have walked out a hero and that he didn't is a real indictment on us.' Goodes became a symbol for Indigenous rights after standing up to relentless crowd abuse in 2013. He had been standing near the sidelines during the last two minutes of the match between Sydney and Collingwood when he heard someone in the crowd yell over the fence: 'Goodes, you're an ape.' The culprit was a 13-year-old girl. She was escorted from the ground by security guards after the Swans star pointed her out. Days later, then-Magpies boss Eddie McGuire suggested promoters of a King Kong musical in Melbourne ask the footy star to promote the show. In 2015, he celebrated a goal against Carlton with an Indigenous-themed war cry that saw spectators target him heavily. That year he refused to participate in a grand final motorcade for retired players, and has declined most invitations to AFL events ever since - even declining an invitation to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2021. AFL chairman Richard Goyder acknowledged that the AFL should have done better by Goodes after he rejected the 2021 invitation. 'The treatment of Adam in his final years at AFL level drove him from football,' Goyder said at the time. 'The AFL and our game did not do enough to stand with him at the time, and call it out. 'The unreserved apology that the game provided him in 2019 was too late, but, on behalf of our commission and the AFL, I apologise unreservedly again for our failures during this period. 'Failure to call out racism and not standing up for Adam let down all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players, past and present. 'We hope that there will be a time in the future when Adam will want to be connected to the game again.' Goodes returned to the SCG in May 2022 for the Swans' 10-year premiership reunion, doing a lap of the ground at halftime in the Swans' clash with the Gold Coast.
