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7NEWS
04-05-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Jack Ginnivan makes ‘complicated' admission after kicking another two goals since AFL return
Hawthorn forward Jack Ginnivan says it was 'good to go back' to the VFL for a week and refresh his mind before bouncing back since his AFL recall. The 22-year-old was goalless in four out of five games to start the year and dropped for the Hawks' Easter Monday clash with Geelong. Swapping the big MCG stage for Kardinia Park, he kicked four goals for Box Hill and was immediately brought back into a winning Hawthorn side. Two goals helped put West Coast to the sword last week before he kicked another two in a 65-point victory over Richmond on Sunday. 'I just had a few sighters early and lucky enough to put the next two through,' Ginnivan told Triple M in the rooms afterwards. He said the VFL reset was '100 per cent' what he needed, pinpointing his reunion with ex-Collingwood teammate Trent Bianco as a motivating factor. 'I obviously wasn't playing my best footy,' Ginnivan said. 'AFL's a hard game and sometimes you really make it too complicated from the head up. 'It was good to just go back, kick a few goals, play with one of my best mates Trent Bianco and then come back into the side and just be a really confident player again and show my flair. I think I'm doing that the last two weeks.' While the scoreboard was the highlight, Ginnivan's work outside Hawthorn's forward 50 didn't go unnoticed. He had a career-high nine marks and equalled his second-best disposal count (23) to be an important link man in the Hawks' attack. 'I've really tried to get in good shape,' Ginnivan said. 'When you're standing next to Dylan Moore and Connor Macdonald, who run a six-minute 2km, you've really got to make sure you're close enough to them. 'It's something I've really worked on ... at Collingwood I probably didn't work as hard, just used to like to kick them out the back. 'Now I'm really working hard and getting on the end of a few hard ones, not easy ones.'
7NEWS
28-04-2025
- Business
- 7NEWS
Melbourne set to hire Victorian business chief Paul Guerra as new CEO to replace Gary Pert
Melbourne are set to hire Victorian business chief Paul Guerra as their new CEO, six months Gary Pert announced his resignation. According to The Agenda Setters' Caroline Wilson, Guerra will cross to the Demons from the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a major Victorian business advocacy organisation, where he is its current chief executive. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Caroline Wilson reveals Melbourne's new CEO. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today His impressive portfolio of experience also includes a stint as CEO of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, as well as managing director and chairman-level roles across Asia Pacific in several different industries. Breaking the story on 7NEWS, Wilson said the Melbourne board was still meeting to make the final call. 'The Melbourne board is still meeting as we speak, but my prediction is that an outsider in the role, Paul Guerra, the CEO of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, is the frontrunner in the board meeting,' she said. 'Alistair Nicholson presented very well, the former Melbourne player who now runs the Coaches' Association, but my tip is that Paul Guerra will win the role, an Essendon man who will change his colours.' Guerra is set to win the role ahead of a pair of names more well-known to footy circles. 'The AFL and other people in the footy industry were quite keen on Keith Thomas, the former Port Adelaide CEO and Norwood player, who did a great job at the Port Adelaide Football Club — he stepped down from that role in 2020,' Wilson added. 'My understand is that, controversially, some positions, political positions, involving war in the middle-east that appeared on Keith Thomas's social media meant that he had to withdraw from the candidacy. 'I think it's a great pity because many people thought he would be a great candidate, but Melbourne were spooked, and so he's no longer in the running.' Stream full episodes of The Agenda setters live, free and on-demand at 7plus It's been a long time coming for the Demons, who have been led by interim CEO David Chippindall since Pert's departure in January. Pert's decision, which was made in October, also came less than two months after Kate Roffey stood down as president, the pair departing just three years after leading the club to the 2021 premiership. Speaking at the time, interim president Brad Green — who remains in the temporary seat now — said it he felt 'mixed emotions' that Pert would retire. 'After careful consideration of what is best for the club, his family, and his own future, Gary concluded that now is the right time to initiate the search for his successor,' Green said in a club statement last October. 'I want to make it absolutely clear that this decision, including its timing, is Gary's own.' Pert, an ex-Collingwood CEO, had positioned himself as the only man to deliver Melbourne's Caulfield development and has accepted a consulting role for the remainder of the project. His resignation as chief executive came after a review into the club's operations was handed to the board. Pert was also involved in trade negotiations at the end of last season, reportedly contacting other clubs to gauge their interest in Clayton Oliver before the star midfielder ultimately stayed.
