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Final Siren: Inside the AFL - Season 1 - Episode 01: Captain's Call
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00:09AFL is war without weapons, no padding, your chance of injury is a hundred percent but I've
00:26come this far, I can't just stop. You can tackle from any direction. You don't really know
00:34where the contact's coming from. If you are willing to put your body on the line and go
00:38all in, some great things can happen. This 2025 season is unprecedented by the number of teams
00:49that could win a premiership. There is no doubt over the last four to five years, every single
00:54club across the league have now got star players to a dominant, which are making these teams
00:59really hard and unpredictable. This has to be the biggest game ever played in this state.
01:04We're in a do and die scenario. Pressure starts to rise and the anxiety, you start to get a
01:11little bit more tense. Pressure's good, it's part of the game. As soon as you stop feeling
01:16the pressure, you're probably done. Marcus Bontempelli says signing a new contract
01:20isn't front of mind. As I start to get older, legacy's important, I can't afford to wait.
01:25Every club would love to have a conversation with you.
01:30Every time they speak about you, it's always the number one draft pick.
01:36You know me more than anything, I was blown away by how much it blew up. I was like, I've
01:41let him down.
01:42Eustace, number one pick. Absolute little flop. As a mum that breaks your heart, that someone
01:46could say something about you and we know that it's not true. And I remember I was like,
01:50Jesus, this is taking a real toll on me. Georgia, I always thought that I'd end up with her.
01:55No one will intimidate you. Because all you do is get suspended and fined.
01:59Toby was charged again. No more of it, I'm sick of it.
02:04I do some stuff that some people might not like.
02:08Demi, I wanted that to hit your head.
02:11I've done enough losing. At the end of the day, I want to do everything I possibly can
02:14to help my team win.
02:17The games, the easy part, beyond the field, is obviously when you feel a bit more uncomfortable.
02:23I'm scared about the change. Imagine what the 44 players under me are feeling.
02:27We've lost a winnable game again. We've got to learn how to win.
02:32We play to win premierships. That's just the bottom line.
02:38Stakes are high. The margin for error is so slim.
02:42We've experienced last year what it is like to get to the top of the mountain.
02:47Our final day, that pure euphoria, that final sign, it tasted the ultimate success.
02:55I don't want another team to feel that.
03:23Hey Tobes, just get a bit of a warm-up done. Get a bit of shadow boxing done.
03:28Um, just get loose and warm. We get moving in about two minutes, right?
03:37I've always been competitive.
03:40Maybe a little bit of a chip on my shoulder.
03:43Good, just punching straight on.
03:45Bump up.
03:46With those feet.
03:47Always pretty keen to play a physical ground of footy.
03:52Lots of people out there that get highly offended or angry with how I go about it.
03:59I just think, well, if I see you in a boxing ring when I won't, we'll see how you go.
04:04But until then, um, I couldn't give a fuck what you say.
04:08Yeah, it's like that, like that.
04:10Toby Green, Greater Western Sydney Giants.
04:14I'm playing the forward line, trying to create goals.
04:19Off the ground, Toby Green!
04:21And he slots it!
04:24What the football is, man, is!
04:28The higher the stakes of the games, the more emotional you are.
04:32No regard for your safety, really.
04:37And that's why I'm feeling at my best.
04:39They will never surrender!
04:47Carefree was taken.
04:52Yeah, it was happy to push boundaries.
04:56I thought it would be good fun.
04:58And we are on!
05:01Sometimes step down the lines.
05:05Of what's acceptable.
05:10Get the three! Get the three!
05:12It wasn't doing good.
05:15And they are attacking Green!
05:32Toby plays on the edge.
05:35That's what makes Toby great.
05:37It's also one of the things that gets him in trouble.
05:41There's been multiple incidents over the course of his career.
05:45Toby Green referred directly to the tribunal for making contact with an umpire.
05:50Green has been charged in making unreasonable or unnecessary contact to the eye region.
05:55He's rap sheet is as long as anyone in AFL history.
05:59Eye gouging, kicking guys in an area where you probably shouldn't be kicked in, pulling hair.
06:04Just sort of rap bag behaviour.
06:07He's been the villain.
06:08He's been the guy that you went to barrack against.
06:11Public enemy number one.
06:24All right, so, like, what's the history been like with Toby Green?
06:28Any time there's a bit of a scrap.
06:30Toby Green at Bontapalli going here.
06:33Toby's somewhere in the thick of it.
06:35They step toe to toe and Bontapalli didn't take a backward step.
06:38He seemed to always cross paths and it would boil over to the point where we'd end up in a
06:43bit of a Barney.
06:44So, yes, he's an antagonist.
06:48Eddie might have called me soft, weak, insipid, or something like that.
06:53Um, to be honest, these days I really don't really care.
07:00So I'm a little stretch, get the heart rate down.
07:03It's the most physical sport on the planet, no doubt about it.
07:06And always sort of tread pretty close to the line of what's acceptable and what's not.
07:11And, um, got to get that balance right and make sure that, you know, you're playing every week.
07:23All right, two kicks each.
07:25Got to stop the ball inside the circle.
07:27So once both players have done it twice, you move down to the goal square and you can have one
07:32kick each.
07:33You're going to take it in turns.
07:34First team, you finish with it, hit the post.
07:36Middle, middle, middle, middle.
07:38DWS Giants have been in incredible form throughout the year and looking for a top four finish.
07:44At their very best, they look like they could be a real premiership threat this year.
07:48Abbey Holmes, host of the AFL on Channel 7 Australia, Survivor alumni.
07:53I'm a premiership player.
07:56For Toby, you look at the evolution of him as a player, as a leader, but he certainly hasn't changed
08:03his approach in the way that he is so wired to win.
08:06I mean, he's just relentless in chasing a premiership.
08:11I've been pretty good the last three or four years without getting suspended.
08:15A fair bit of its maturity, a fair bit just understanding, you know, your role in the team, especially as
08:21captain now, like, that's just not on, not acceptable.
08:25Great pressure, Snoop.
08:27We're in a really good stage in the competition, in a position to win a premiership, but this season is
08:34more even than any season that I can remember.
08:36But someone's going to be really unlucky to miss out, but so if we went out from here, we're in.
08:42Talk to him!
08:44Toby, he's been massively influential every single week.
08:47You want your captain out there with you while we're playing must-win games.
08:52A lot's got to go right to make sure you're a chance to win it.
08:57I don't want to miss big games and big finals.
09:00I'll try and stop getting suspended, but I won't really change the way I go about playing.
09:05Oh, shit!
09:06There's nowhere to enter it, though!
09:21Here we go.
09:22Something illegal.
09:24You just shattered my chest.
09:27You literally just shattered my whatever this is.
09:31Georgia and I we met in high school so I played basketball against her as a kid
09:38and she was always this girl that was pretty much better than all the boys and
09:46I knew straight away I'd want to marry her and have kids with it
09:54Jacqueline you can't have an excuse because you didn't make a shot she
09:58certainly keeps me in line she's very good at that next score wins next score wins
10:02right as you get it don't do want me to say fiance or partner or well fiance is
10:09right isn't it is that scary no please it's key to me yeah it sounds scary to
10:13me but I don't know I guess I am Georgia Sturton is my name and I'm Toby Green's
10:25Beyonce he is the opposite on the football field to what he is in real life not saying
10:33he's an angel because he definitely has crossed the line at times and has
10:36deserved some of the backlash I even have friends that haven't made him ask me what's
10:44he like him is he angry oh my he is so far from angry hey I can't do anything to
10:49get
10:49him angry I sometimes just wish people could see there is a lot more to Toby our
10:59daughter is Isla she's 18 months now I think for Toby it's the first time
11:05something's come that's bigger than football what are you doing I got a drink it
11:15just is amazing what little girls can do to tough men I always knew Toby would be a
11:24great dad but I was a little bit worried of how it would be with a little girl and
11:29the backlash when he does cross those lines people are saying I hope family
11:43members die or you should kill yourself or I've had damn saying you know I saw I'm
11:49cheating with girls and as he bashed you up
11:55it probably affects me more than Toby
12:01hey mate yep
12:07Toby's been good for a few years and even though he knows the Swans are a big game he
12:12knows they're gonna get into him you know he he will actually either walk away or
12:15just like not give anything and that is so different to the Toby of like maybe six
12:21seven years ago so there is a bit of trust in him that you know he's not put
12:25himself in these situations now
12:32Friday night bright lights primetime football greater Western Sydney are
12:37looking to cement a spot in the top four Sydney are trying to remain in the finals
12:42hunt while this season has a heartbeat so the stakes are massive
12:46this is going to be a beauty boys I mean they don't like each other let's make no
12:50bones about it
12:51Isaac Keane is the big gun isn't he he's the energiser for his team obviously the Giants will be fully
12:56aware of that
13:02they're under way
13:03they're under way
13:06and this one's a look to attack
13:07he needs the man
13:09John's will be disappointed with that
13:26he's getting a little nasty now
13:29Toby Green hasn't seen a lot of it just yet just continuing to struggle
13:33he's got the man always going everything he's taking bodies on the way through
13:37and he tries to break through a couple of them
13:52oh fuck me like what has he done
13:59it was just a rational decision in the moment
14:02um it wasn't personal it was just um it was a bad minute for me
14:09this looks much more like the Giants
14:12they're absolutely flying at the moment
14:17from 35 points down
14:23six wins in a row
14:28this is a huge victory for the club on the eve of the final series
14:31the only cloud that once again hangs over this football club is what will happen with Toby Green
14:36and the on-field actions that have reared its head again
14:40it will be a nervous 24 hours of the Giants waiting to see what happens if Toby is suspended
14:47and what that might do to the rest of their season
15:05it was you know frustrating yeah again like it's happened so many times it's just a lapse in control
15:14but yeah obviously you can't be doing those things
15:28good evening everyone tonight the centenary gala we celebrate the greats of this football club
15:34the top 25 will be named tonight
15:39hi Marcus
15:40have you arrived or have you been chatting?
15:42no I just walked in
15:43not a bad strategy
15:44yeah we are training today so I had a few bits and pieces to do
15:47alright well I'll let you go
15:48good luck
15:49done thanks
15:51I was lucky enough to be named as part of the top 25 players of the Western Bulldogs football club
15:57which is pretty big for me
15:58we keep saying everybody how did we get this guy?
16:02well I'm just as lucky
16:03what do you prefer to be called Marcus?
16:05the Bont?
16:06what is it?
16:07in this setting Marcus because I'm not wearing the kit
16:09I'm not in the jumper
16:10look out Bontempelli
16:12but when I'm in the red white and blue I do feel like a different person
16:16I've almost got split personality
16:19Bontempelli
16:20the captain
16:22the finisher
16:23oh there's nothing this man can't do
16:26Marcus Bontempelli
16:27is the Bont
16:29Bontempelli
16:30wipes his kick
16:31the Bont is like some kind of Marvel superhero
16:34it's the hair
16:35it's the facial structure
16:37look at that friend
16:38Marcus Bontempelli for me is a unicorn
16:41he's tall
16:42he's athletic
16:42he's highly skilled
16:43and has leadership qualities that a lot of players don't possess
16:50he's 12 years into his footballing career
16:52and he'd be the best player in the AFL
16:54and has been for a long time
16:56dear friend
17:03when people ask me about dealing with the pressure and the expectation
17:07funnily enough I'd look at myself as the kid who'd underachieved
17:10or maybe hadn't quite yet reached his potential
17:13at two
17:14Marcus Bontempelli
17:15I feel like all the good things you've either done or that have happened to you have either been because
17:22of different circumstances
17:23you know whether it's been luck
17:25I'm lucky that early in my career I had some early success with winning the Premiership in 2016
17:3120 at the time
17:32for me it was sort of like
17:33oh how good is this
17:34like I won a flag
17:35unbelievable
17:37I mean winning the next Premiership has been on my mind for the best part of the last five years
17:47Brisbane and the Western Bulldogs tonight
17:49it's a huge Friday night clash
17:52huge away game here for the Dogs
17:56just sitting outside the eight
17:58they would love to find a way to snatch this
18:01and we are away
18:05the Dogs defence haven't been set
18:08you can see it there how scattered they are
18:10that's one goal
18:15in the games where teams have gotten the better of us
18:17they've probably just been a bit tougher in the contest
18:21Brisbane on fire
18:23we're the ones that sort of go to ground
18:25they keep their feet
18:26and what a moment
18:27what an opportunity they've sworn up
18:29when the intensity goes up
18:31I don't reckon we do things well enough
18:38that's now for the Western Bulldogs
18:40eight losses this season to sides in the top eight
18:45we've struggled to consistently perform
18:48at a really high standard for a whole sort of season in a period of time
18:53you know on the brink of 30
18:55and as I start to get older
18:57closer to the end than I am to the start
18:58legacy is important
19:00I can't afford to wait
19:04Following the Brisbane loss
19:06if you're Marcus Bontempelli
19:07you're thinking in the back end of my career
19:10are we going to be a serious contender
19:14Missing finals
19:15it'll feel like another season wasted
19:18for Marcus Bontempelli
19:19maybe that's a key reason why
19:21the contract decisions been pushed down the road
19:24Marcus Bontempelli says signing a new contract
19:26isn't front of mind
19:28as he enters the last year of his four year deal
19:32here we go lads
19:35stay out there, stay out there
19:37at this stage he hasn't put pen to paper
19:39when are we expecting that to happen
19:41it's just such an intriguing situation Tim
19:43because conversations haven't begun yet
19:45to extend him
19:46the media has been just fascinated
19:49that Marcus is the best player in the game
19:52and he still hasn't signed
19:53one more straight out, one more straight out
19:55nice, well taken
19:57who hasn't started the Bontempelli camp or the dog
19:59it couldn't be the dogs
20:00no no the dogs are keen to start
20:02it's up to Bontempelli's manager Tom Petraro to reach out
20:05it would be the biggest player to move
20:09how the transaction would look
20:11we'd break records
20:14oh yes
20:15it's on straight away lobby
20:17you just gotta be ready
20:18it's not good enough is it Arch
20:21it's not good enough that
20:23when he's ready
20:24we'll talk about it
20:28you know I've played my whole career
20:31250 odd games
20:33that's like half your life
20:34which is a long time to spend in one place
20:37mentally and emotionally get harder and harder
20:39to find new ways
20:40to invigorate yourself
20:42to go back to the trough
20:46I would assume if Marcus
20:48looked at the club
20:50and understood that his next premiership
20:53wouldn't be coming from that side
20:55that you would have to genuinely
20:57ask yourself
20:58am I better off elsewhere
21:11Hey Joel, how are you mate?
21:12Can I please get me normal porridge please
21:15to take away?
21:16Thanks mate, I'm gonna go make a coffee
21:17and I'll be around
21:21You are only in the game for a short time
21:23I mean that you've still got to process
21:25what your life looks like after football
21:27so we purchased the coffee shop
21:29What are you mates, how are you?
21:31What are you after?
21:32Some take away or
21:32what do you normally have?
21:33What's your coffee?
21:35Small almond latte is it?
21:37Yeah
21:37There you go Stu
21:38All good mate
21:39I just saw it as a great opportunity
21:41I just saw it as a great opportunity
21:42to invest in
21:43you know potentially
21:44but then secondly
21:44to explore my own ideas
21:47and creativity in a business sense
21:49Oh here he is
21:51How are you mate?
21:52I'm good
21:52How are you?
21:53What's that?
21:55I grew up family of six
21:57three sisters
21:58probably bullied and pushed around a bit
22:00and dominated
22:01if there was any sense of arrogance
22:03or confidence starting to see it in
22:05they were pretty quick to squash it
22:07which I lean into
22:09as a way to sort of drive you a little bit more
22:12rather than get a bit complacent
22:14Hey Archie
22:15See you mate
22:16You too
22:17Let's rock and roll
22:24The next game I've got the Giants
22:27and they're a bit of an old foe the Giants you know
22:29it is one headache to have to think about
22:31when Toby Green's the new opposition team
22:32and there's always been something that has
22:35boiled over in games
22:36between us
22:37and the Giants
22:38So it's in the calendar you want to win
22:41you know
22:41certainly it is for me anyway
22:45For the best part of ten years
22:47the Giants and the Dogs
22:49have absolutely hated each other
22:57There's certainly no love lost between those two
23:00it's one of the biggest rivalries in the game
23:03Goodness gracious me
23:08Watson probably has been targeted all day
23:11Green
23:12grabs Bond by the hair
23:13and slams his head into the ground
23:17The robbery explode
23:21There have been a few things sort of leading up to that
23:23Marcus
23:24dumb tackled
23:25director Lydia
23:26and then I just
23:28wasn't happy with that
23:29so
23:29decided to pull his hair
23:33I was trying to set a bit of an example as well
23:35and be physical at different points
23:37which
23:37had boiled over into another moment
23:39where everyone
23:40ended up on top of each other
23:41and with Toby
23:42you know he's probably keen to just get away with a little bit more
23:46He probably wasn't happy with me pulling his hair
23:49but
23:49I couldn't really care these days
23:52At any point was it personal with Toby?
23:55Yeah
23:55Yeah
23:57Seemed to always cross paths and butt heads
23:59so it's just one of those things that you do take personally
24:03Please welcome your host
24:05I actually observed the year we went to the All Australian Awards
24:08and I saw Bontempelli move his name tag
24:11so that he didn't have to sit next to Toby Green
24:15An hour later they're having an All Australian photo on stage
24:18and there's a lot of camaraderie
24:20and Bontempelli and Toby Green are standing next to each other
24:23they hardly say anything to each other and don't really look at each other
24:29No, we're not mates
24:31Do you guys get along?
24:33Oh, I'll never have a beer with him
24:46What a way to kick off right now, 21
24:49The 9th place dogs, precarious ground
24:52win and stay alive, lose and fall off the cliff
24:54The 6th place Giants, they're just outside the 4
24:57but any missteps and they're in trouble
25:04Hi mate, how are you?
25:09Last Friday night, Toby chose to push his forearm
25:12into the back of Isaac Haney's head
25:15The Giants have accepted his one match ban for striking
25:23He's the one guy that he probably couldn't afford to lose
25:31And now they're going to be without their captain in a very important game
25:40Yeah, our record against the Bulldogs is not great
25:43The last time we beat them was two years ago
25:46Toby kicked four goals in a quarter
25:47and it was really the difference between us winning and losing
25:52Both teams trying to make finals
25:54and also being captain, you've got to lead by example
25:57So it was disappointing
26:00Toby in trouble again
26:03Probably not the first time
26:04He's sort of, yeah, an elbow's ended up where it shouldn't
26:09He's actually performed quite well against the Bulldogs in the past
26:12So if you don't have to worry about that, that's a good thing
26:21All of our contests and pressure, let's fucking go
26:23Come on boys
26:25Dogs looking to survive
26:28Giants looking for a top four finish
26:36Here's Bond to the belly
26:39Careful to Darcy, will he get the three?
26:42Nobody recovers
26:43And yes, he got boot on ball
26:45And yes, he kicks the first goal of the game
26:50Contebelli pre-attack
26:53Slides it long
26:54Norton at the back setting himself
26:58For his third goal
27:00You bet
27:07The Doggies are on fire
27:09and Giants can't do anything to stop it
27:12How much are they missing
27:13a player like Toby Green right now?
27:19The hardest place for an AFL player or a sportsman
27:21to be generally sitting in the stands watching
27:23because you're helpless
27:25And usually you're sitting there because you're injured
27:28When you're sitting there because of your own mistake
27:30that's even harder
27:32Back to Bond to Kelly
27:35Wow!
27:37Oh my God
27:39He made that look so easy
27:42Richards
27:42towards Darcy
27:44might just bounce on through
27:45It does!
27:48This is a massive 88 point win
27:51to the Western Bulldogs
27:53over one of the highly fancy teams
27:55in the competition
28:0088 fucking points
28:07For the Western Bulldogs winning convincingly
28:10against the top eight side
28:11that is... that's gold
28:13It's the difference between making finals
28:15or packing your bags
28:16You can't be the boys
28:17of the Bulldog Green with the team
28:18of the mighty West
28:23And then a devastating loss
28:26for the Giants
28:28One horror performance
28:29can certainly mean that you are
28:31no longer spoken about as
28:32Premiership contenders
28:33you are now back with the pack
28:50What's that?
28:53Hello!
28:54What's going on?
28:55The suspension was more than fair
28:58Probably letting some anger
29:00or frustration out
29:01with maybe missing a tackle
29:03and it just happened to be Isaac
29:05I wish I sort of had that time back
29:08Hello!
29:09My beautiful girl
29:10Hello!
29:11Come here bud
29:12Hello!
29:12Come here bud
29:13Hello!
29:16Hello my beautiful girl
29:21What?
29:22What's happening?
29:23Oh really?
29:25Is that right?
29:28Hi mum
29:29She's been a rock throughout my life
29:34She's been amazing with Isla as well
29:36Very clever
29:37Hey!
29:38What did you have to her?
29:40Um...
29:41Not much
29:42Went to the gym
29:46She's not happy about the suspension
29:48because of the backlash
29:49that I cop
29:51the media
29:52what they say
29:52she takes it all in
29:56How's Georgia?
29:58Same
30:05I don't think you'd like that, are you?
30:11Growing up, she's had a huge role in my life
30:17She's had to be hard and stern
30:20because with my dad
30:21I could do whatever I wanted with him as a kid
30:25That probably wasn't great for me
30:26being a risk taker
30:28and was a recipe for trouble
30:32The last, you know, 10-15 years
30:34drinking and alcohol and drugs
30:36probably taken a fair toll on his body and brain
30:40You know, the way he functions now
30:42is not how he functioned 20 years ago
30:45The father of GWS star Toby Green is facing jail time
30:49Police allege that he headbutted one of their own
30:52who was trying to kick him out of the MCG
30:55after he was allegedly found drunk in one of the bathrooms
31:00When we made the grand final
31:02I'd just lost a granny
31:04by a lot
31:04and hadn't slept much
31:07and found out the next morning at 6am
31:10and there's reporters out the front
31:12Yeah, that was, um
31:14that was hard
31:17Three or four years before that
31:18I think I, um
31:20I think I knocked him out in the change rooms
31:22because he was drunk and carrying on
31:24So, yeah
31:25Tell me through that, what happened?
31:28He was just like
31:29Yeah, it came into the change room
31:30He was pretty loud and boisterous
31:32and he was extremely drunk
31:34and I was just embarrassed
31:35and just told him to fuck off
31:37and, yeah, punch him, so
31:40Yeah, it's hard
31:41Like, the reason I love footy is because of him
31:44and got into it
31:46That's what I'll take with me
31:47and then you learn your lessons from
31:48some things that he's done that you can't do
32:10Round 24, one to go boys
32:12One to go, are you excited?
32:13Absolutely, I'm excited
32:14There's so much to play for
32:15This is it
32:16You've got to get yourself into the eight
32:17You've got to qualify
32:18and then who knows from there
32:20All balls go in the air
32:24We're, um, in a pretty precarious situation
32:27the minute we were sitting outside the top eight
32:31I guess you're intrigued to see, alright
32:32how are we gonna, you know
32:34how are we gonna deal with this current challenge
32:35and more or less intrigued to see which of the guys
32:37that can really, um, I guess step up, you know
32:40and step up to the plate
32:43For us and Frio
32:44are playing for our, for our season really
32:46that's the position we find ourselves in
32:48and everything's on the line
32:50It's a tough position to be in, you know
32:52there's pressure on
32:53If we don't win this game
32:55you're into an off season
32:56so, yeah, it's a big week
33:00Fremantle
33:00They're playing some, some very good football
33:02so we've got to expect that
33:03and be ready for that, you know
33:04as a, as a whole
33:12It always comes down to the last round
33:14who's gonna make it
33:15so, Fremantle
33:16Western Bulldogs
33:17who's gonna get there
33:18who's able to capitalise
33:20on a whole year's worth of work
33:22to make up the eight
33:28Well, pretty simply put
33:29the Bulldogs
33:31they win
33:32they're in the top eight
33:33they're in a final series
33:35they lose
33:36they're out
33:38A season definer
33:41This does feel like a final
33:45Let's go
33:46Dry kicks a goal
33:48and he's got three
33:49Fremantle
33:50pouncing
33:51on every opportunity
33:53Dogs are fighting for their lives
33:55at Marvel
33:56Walter Pelle on his left
34:00Does he go himself?
34:01He does
34:03Sublime
34:05Dogs hanging on
34:07It's Boulton Pelle again
34:09Season on the line
34:10Back in touch
34:11the Dogs
34:13Got to be perfect from here
34:15Treasure
34:16Left foot snap
34:17Donovan
34:1915 points
34:202.5 to play
34:22Is it enough time for the Dogs?
34:24You lose momentum here
34:25and you literally
34:26let it get out of control
34:27your season's over
34:28That's your fucking ball
34:30Quick handball to Boulton
34:32Spills the ball long
34:34Slides up
34:37The Dodgers
34:38The final round
34:40and they acknowledge
34:40the Dogs
34:51Initially after the game
34:52the raw emotion is
34:54coulda, woulda, shoulda
34:55almost
34:55like we should have been in there
34:57in my opinion
34:59We gave ourselves a look
35:01but left
35:01too little too late
35:11Bulldogs are now out
35:13They missed the opportunity
35:14to play finals
35:16and for 2025
35:19That's all she wrote
35:22Righto lads
35:22Head straight in
35:25You boys come as well
35:26if you want
35:28Yeah, I think overall
35:30you know, like everyone
35:31will have different ways
35:31of processing
35:33and dealing
35:33and you know
35:35there'll be frustration
35:35there'll be disappointment
35:36but yeah
35:37you've got to be honest
35:38you know, another
35:39probably couple goal margin
35:40we feel like
35:41oh, we're not that far away
35:43so we've got to
35:44think of this as just a chapter
35:45as opposed to
35:46like the end of the book
35:50It's clearly a big decision
35:52for your life
35:52and your future
35:53the players in the game
35:54are getting more fluid
35:55with moving
35:56and
35:57open to moving
35:58like I think
35:59the loyalty aspect
36:00of football
36:02is it
36:03diminishing
36:03maybe a little bit
36:05and
36:05could that be good
36:06for the game?
36:07Maybe
36:14You know mate
36:16I might have to get it after
36:18are you going in here?
36:19I'll see you up there in a bit
36:20alright?
36:21Thanks boss
36:22alright
36:23we'll get this going
36:23Sure
36:25Well Marcus
36:25you've put the pen to paper
36:27how much for relief
36:28is that
36:28that it's all
36:28done and dusted?
36:30It's nice now
36:31that
36:32especially with all that's been
36:33sort of going on in my life
36:34to obviously get to it
36:36get it sorted
36:37with the football club
36:38the Bulldogs
36:38has always sort of been my home
36:39and obviously
36:40I'm hugely grateful
36:41to be going on
36:43you know
36:43for another few years
36:44Awesome mate
36:46All good
36:46Thank you
36:47Appreciate it
36:47the most important thing
36:48is the people
36:49that I want to do it with
36:51in full circle moment
36:53it was a big decision
36:55you know
36:55but to me
36:56it was sort of just
36:57something that was inevitable
37:01From an outside perspective
37:02of an AFL lover
37:03there's no
37:04dogs without Bond and Pally
37:06there's no Bond and Pally
37:07without the dogs
37:07and all he wants to be doing
37:09is holding up a premiership
37:10cut for him
37:15He often talks about
37:16how he's grown up
37:17at the Bulldogs
37:18and it's an extension
37:19of his family
37:21but through that period
37:23he's had highs and lows
37:24but he's grown
37:25and he's developed
37:26and in his eyes
37:27he owes that to the club
37:30It's the place
37:31really that I've spent
37:32most of my adult years
37:3418 you walk in the door
37:36you feel connected
37:37to the place
37:37to the suburb
37:38you know
37:38to the people
37:39to all the things
37:40you've been a part of
37:41and achieved
37:42but also the things
37:43that you know
37:44you haven't achieved
37:46still feel like
37:47there's more to do
37:58First elimination final
38:00Saturday
38:00is going to be awesome
38:01Win or go home
38:02is the situation here
38:04Giants Hawks
38:05One of these team seasons
38:06have to come to an end
38:08One arm, one arm
38:09Toby Green
38:10we know he's one of the all-time greats
38:12but he's still
38:13suffering from this
38:14white line fever
38:14which is costing his club
38:16It is
38:17and that's a fact
38:17that is true
38:19it's frustrating
38:19but it's not going to change now
38:27In the final
38:28In the final
38:28I certainly wind myself up
38:29once I'm
38:30in that sort of competitive mode
38:32probably not controlling my emotions
38:35as well as what I should
38:36so I've got to be aware of it
38:39so I've got to be aware of it
38:39and make sure it doesn't happen
38:55In those big games, big moments, finals, I'm just nervous
39:00he just has this white line fever that sometimes no one can control
39:05I'm just not sure why we're 15 years in and you're still having brain farts
39:11Before that game you said not to get in trouble so I didn't listen
39:15No, you did not listen
39:17Yeah, nah, nah
39:18I shouldn't have got suspended
39:22To be honest, it does get tiring defending him
39:26It's acceptable if you're younger and not experienced
39:29but you've been playing for 15 years
39:32you've got to have a bit more self-control
39:35Lessons learnt
39:36Is it?
39:37Yeah, it was a bad game that one
39:38but that's fine
39:39But it's not fine
39:40because all you do is get suspended and fine
39:42That won't happen again
39:44especially with big games coming up where there's a lot more on the line
39:47Okay
39:48When you go to forearm someone's head
39:51you didn't actually think about all the DMs
39:53come flooding back all the media
39:55your parents are going to get dragged through the mud
39:57Yeah, I don't care about them as much as they affect everyone else
40:01Yeah, but no one will intimidate you
40:03No one will scare you
40:04I was
40:07Yeah, you just
40:09No more of it
40:10I'm sick of it, we're sick of it
40:11I know
40:13I know
40:16There you have it
40:18NG Stadium
40:19for scene
40:20for this amazing final
40:23Hawthorne
40:24and the Giants
40:25Come on
40:31In these big games
40:33Toby can go
40:35one of two ways
40:38brilliant performance
40:39brilliant performance
40:39match winner
40:40stands out
40:41as the best player on the ground
40:43or
40:43does he become the villain
40:45and do something stupid
40:47that
40:47that will be
40:48the challenge
40:49I think for Toby
40:53I actually don't think I can watch
40:54or a few guys here
40:59Just channel your aggression, yeah?
41:01Yeah
41:01Make it productive
41:04The finals is all amplified
41:05and
41:06you sort of
41:06got a few more emotions
41:08going through you
41:09than
41:09than what you usually do
41:11for
41:11during the season
41:12This first quarter is going to be
41:14fucking electric
41:15Good luck trying to get a chain of handballs through us
41:17It's going to be on
41:17I can't wait boys
41:19Hey, we're going to make mistakes
41:20with the footy without it
41:21Who gives a fuck?
41:22Just respond next contest
41:23like we have all year
41:24Let's go
41:26We've been in this situation
41:27for the last few weeks
41:28We have to win
41:29in order to progress
41:31We are ready
41:32to go
41:35Hawks are launching again
41:37Clever finish up
41:40Hawks are rolling
41:41Oh my god
41:44Within the space of two minutes
41:46they pretty much kicked four goals
41:47on us
41:49Hawthorne just flipping
41:51the elimination final on its head
41:53Rocket
41:59get a goal
42:00come on
42:01I am just
42:02on edge
42:02I'm waiting
42:04almost for something to happen
42:05but you just
42:06hope and
42:07pray that he's
42:09not going to
42:09do something
42:11Rick Rick Rick
42:15Get off
42:33We're just panicking. It's all right. We know what to do.
42:36We haven't got it going yet. We fucking will.
42:39X, get closer.
42:42Here we are.
42:50Let's go!
42:58I think a bit of a trademark of our team is we'll play to the last minute
43:02and we'll keep fighting and we can score quickly.
43:04And that's exactly what happened.
43:14Here's this!
43:16Here's this!
43:17Here's this!
43:23Green offers to hit up at half-back.
43:25Oh, please.
43:27Dada!
43:28Dada!
43:29Go, Dada!
43:33Tobi Green stepping to the plate to put them in front.
43:41Fuck, Tobi!
43:43Fucking shit!
43:50As soon as I marked it, I thought, this is a goal.
43:52So it wasn't like nerves or anything.
43:54I just kicked it horribly.
43:56Things starting to go the Hawks' way.
44:00This way, it's all at this end.
44:02The Hawks' way, 30-0, 30-0.
44:04Now through to a semi-final.
44:06He don't right.
44:09Fuck!
44:18People talk about, you know, this growth in your game
44:21and all that type of stuff.
44:23Like, I don't give a fuck.
44:25You either win a premiership
44:27or you may as well finish last.
44:29There's no in-between for me.
44:31I know it's too simplistic to say, like, that's a wasted year,
44:34but it just feels like a waste of a year.
44:37Yeah.
44:43Incredibly disappointing, isn't it, Mark?
44:46They're a really good team.
44:50Just felt like we were a better team.
44:53But history will say we weren't.
44:57Like, being in the last four finals in winning positions
45:01and haven't got it done, so...
45:04a bit of local, a couple of stitches,
45:06and that way you know it ain't going to come apart
45:09until the stitches come out for a week.
45:10Yeah, I don't care.
45:11You sure?
45:12Yeah.
45:16No guarantees, you know.
45:17Like, footy's bloody hard.
45:19And, yeah, that's why you've got to take opportunities
45:22when you get them,
45:22and that's why you're bloody flat
45:24when you walk off the ground.
45:30Oh!
45:32Do you want to go play?
45:33You can go play.
45:37There's Daddy, look.
45:38Do you want to go to Daddy?
45:40Make Daddy feel better.
45:49Daddy was fucking shit tonight.
45:52Sorry.
45:54You know, the exterior, he's tough and strong and all that,
45:58but this little girl fully breaks him down.
46:02He's soft as anything with her.
46:05Yeah.
46:07You're on?
46:10Are you a good Dad?
46:12Yeah, I'd like to think so, yeah.
46:14I think I'm a pretty good Dad at the moment, yeah.
46:19I'd like to think I will be forever.
46:22He's not this idiot that everyone thinks he is.
46:26I mean, he's had his moments of being an idiot.
46:28I'm not saying he's an angel all the time,
46:30but he's so committed to the sport,
46:33and if everyone could see how he goes about it,
46:37everyone would think differently about him.
46:38But, you know, I wouldn't put money on it
46:40that he never will get suspended again.
46:42And I definitely wouldn't put money on it
46:44that he won't get a fine again.
46:46So we'll be still forking out money.
46:50It's just kind of what comes with him.
46:53Yeah, I won't.
46:54I won't get suspended again.
46:55100%.
46:56Yeah, I'm done.
46:58Yep.
46:58Just had to get that last one.
47:00I know I ain't there, I'm done.
47:09The GWS Hawthorne game
47:11wasn't the only cutthroat final going on that day.
47:15Over in Perth,
47:17Fremantle were getting ready to host the Gold Coast Suns.
47:20What's the real one?
47:22Nat Fyfe's one of the greatest ever midfielders the game has seen.
47:26He's a two-time Brownlow medalist.
47:28He's a superstar.
47:30And he's at the end of his career.
47:32He's right at the end.
47:34And he's trying to get one last crack at a premiership.
47:40But little did we know the extraordinary lengths
47:43that Nat Fyfe had to go through
47:46just to get up for the game.
48:12And he's trying to get up for the game.
48:18And he's trying to get up for the game on the winner.
48:21And I can tell you,
48:24and we'll see you next week,
48:24we'll read over in the right now.
48:24You
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