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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
03:45With those feet
03:47Always pretty keen to play a physical brand of footy
03:52Lots of people out there that get highly offended or angry
03:56With how I go about it
03:59I just think, well
04:01If I see you in a boxing ring when I want
04:03We'll see how you go
04:04But until then, I couldn't give a fuck what you say
04:10Toby Green, Greater Western Sydney Giants
04:14I'm playing the forward line, trying to create goals
04:27The 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
04:41Come on
04:47Carefree was taken
04:50Yeah, it was happy to push boundaries
04:56I thought it would be good fun
04:58And we are wrong
05:01Sometimes step down the lines
05:04Of what's acceptable
05:14And 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
05:49Green has been charged in making unreasonable or unnecessary contact with the eye region
05:55His rap sheet is as long as anyone in AFL history
05:58Eye gouging
05:59Kicking guys in an area where you probably shouldn't be kicked in
06:03Pulling hair
06:04Just sort of rat bag behaviour
06:07He's been the villain
06:08He's been the guy that you went to barrack against
06:12Public enemy number one
06:24Hi, so
06:26Like what's the history been like with Toby Green?
06:28Anytime there's a bit of a scrap
06:30Toby Green have got the valley going here
06:33Toby's somewhere in the thick of it
06:38Seemed to always cross paths
06:40And it would boil over to the point where we'd end up in a bit of a Barney
06:43So, yes, he's an antagonist
06:48Eddie might have called me soft, weak, insipid
06:51I don't know, something like that
06:54To be honest, these days I really don't really care
07:00So a little stretch
07:01The heart rate down
07:03It's the most physical sport on the planet
07:05No doubt about it
07:06Always sort of tread pretty close to the line of what's acceptable and what's not
07:10And you've got to get that balance right
07:13And make sure that you're playing every week
07:23All right, two kicks each
07:24You've got to stop the ball inside the circle
07:27So once both players have done it twice
07:29You move down to the goal square
07:31And you can have one kick each
07:33You've got to take it in turns
07:34First team, you finish with a hit the post
07:36Middle, middle, middle, middle
07:38GWS Giants have been in incredible form throughout the year and looking for a top four finish
07:43At their very best, they look like they could be a real premiership threat this year
07:48Abby Holmes, host of the AFL on Channel 7 Australia
07:52Survivor alumni
07:53I'm a premiership player
07:56For Toby, you look at the evolution of him as a player, as a leader
08:01But he certainly hasn't changed his approach in the way that he is so wired to win
08:06He'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 it's maturity
08:16A fair bit just understanding, you know, your role in the team
08:21And especially as captain now
08:22Like, that's just not on, not acceptable
08:25Great pressure, Snoop
08:27We're in a really good stage in the competition
08:30In a position to win a premiership
08:32But this season is more even than any season that I can remember
08:36Someone's going to be really unlucky to miss out
08:38But if we went out from here, we're in
08:42Talk to him
08:44Toby's, he's been massively influential every single week
08:47You want your captain out there with you
08:49While 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
08:59I'll try and stop getting suspended
09:01But I won't really change the way I go about playing
09:05Oh, shit
09:07No way to head through, though
09:21Here we go, something illegal
09:24You just shattered my chest
09:27You literally just shattered my whatever this is
09:30Georgia and we met in high school
09:35So I played basketball against her as a kid
09:38And she was always this girl that was pretty much better than all the boys
09:45And I knew straight away
09:47I'd want to marry her and have kids with her
09:53I'd want to marry her and have kids with her
09:54Jacqueline
09:54Toby, you kind of have an excuse because you didn't make a shot
09:57She certainly keeps me in line
09:59She's very good at that
10:00Next score wins
10:01Next score wins right as you get it
10:06Do you want me to say fiancé or partner?
10:08Well, fiancé is right, isn't it?
10:09Is that scary?
10:10No
10:10Well, is it scary to me?
10:12Yeah, it sounds scary to me, but
10:14I don't know, I guess I am
10:17Georgia Sturton is my name
10:18And I'm Toby Green's
10:21Beyoncé
10:25You cannot do that
10:26You can't put your elbow in?
10:27Yeah, it's my space
10:28Of course I can
10:29He is the opposite on the football field to what he is in real life
10:32I'm not saying he's an angel
10:33Because he definitely has crossed the line at times
10:36And has deserved some of the backlash
10:41I even have friends that haven't met him ask me
10:43What's he like?
10:44Is he angry?
10:45I'm like, he is so far from angry
10:48I can't do anything to get him angry
10:52Yeah!
10:53I sometimes just wish people could see
10:55There is a lot more to Toby
10:57Say that, my boy
10:59Our daughter is Isla
11:00She's 18 months now
11:03I think for Toby
11:04It's the first time
11:05Something's come
11:06That's bigger than football
11:10What are you doing?
11:13Are you having a drink?
11:15It just is amazing
11:16What little girls can do
11:18To tough men
11:20What?
11:22I always knew Toby would be a great dad
11:25But I was a little bit worried
11:26Of how it would be
11:27With a little girl
11:28And the backlash
11:30When he does cross those lines
11:40People are saying
11:41I hope your family members die
11:44Or you should kill yourself
11:45Or
11:46I've had a DM saying
11:47You know, I saw him cheating with girls
11:49And does he bash you up?
11:55It probably affects
11:56Me
11:58More than Toby
12:01Here mate, yep
12:07Toby's been good
12:08For a few years
12:09And even though he knows
12:11The Swans are a big game
12:12He knows they're going to get into him
12:13You know
12:13He will actually either walk away
12:15Or just like
12:16Not give anything
12:18And that is so different
12:19To the Toby
12:20Of like maybe six
12:21Seven years ago
12:22So there is a bit of trust in him
12:24That you know
12:24He's not put himself
12:26In these situations now
12:32Friday night
12:33Bright lights
12:34Primetime football
12:36Greater Western Sydney
12:37Are looking to cement a spot
12:38In the top four
12:39Sydney are trying to remain
12:41In the finals hunt
12:42While their season has
12:43A heartbeat
12:44So the stakes are massive
12:46This is going to be a beauty boys
12:48I mean
12:48They don't like each other
12:49Let's make no bones about it
12:51Isaac Keeney's the big guy
12:53Isn't he
12:53He's the energiser for his team
12:55Obviously the Giants
12:56Will be fully aware of that
13:02They're underway
13:06And the Swans are looking to attack
13:08He needs the man
13:09The Giants will be disappointed
13:11With that
13:15And a wide free kick
13:29Tobey Green
13:30Hasn't seen a lot of it
13:31Just yet
13:32Just continuing to struggle
13:33He's got the man
13:34Always going
13:35He's taking bodies
13:36On the way through
13:37He tries to break through
13:42Straight to him
13:52Oh fuck me
13:53Like what has he done
13:59It was just a rational decision
14:01In the moment
14:02It wasn't personal
14:04It was just
14:06It was a bad minute for me
14:09This looks much more like the Giants
14:11They're absolutely flying at the moment
14:16From 35 points down
14:22Six wins in a row
14:28This is a huge victory for the club
14:30On the eve of the final series
14:31The only cloud that once again
14:33Hangs over this football club
14:34Is what will happen with Tobey Green
14:36And the on-field actions
14:37That have reared its head again
14:40It will be a nervous 24 hours
14:42Of the Giants
14:43Waiting to see
14:43What happens
14:44If Tobey is suspended
14:47And what that might do
14:48To the rest of their season
15:05It was you know
15:06Frustrating
15:07Yeah again
15:08Like it's happened so many times
15:10It's just a lapse in control
15:14But yeah
15:15Obviously you can't be doing those things
15:28Good evening everyone
15:29Tonight the centenary gala
15:31We celebrate the greats
15:33Of this football club
15:34The top 25 will be named tonight
15:38Hi Marcus
15:40Have you just arrived or have you been chatting?
15:42No I just walked in
15:43Not a bad strategy
15:44Not me
15:44Yeah we are training today
15:46So I had a few bits and pieces to do
15:47Alright well I'll let you go
15:48Good luck
15:49Done thanks
15:50I was lucky enough to be named
15:53As part of the top 25 players
15:55Of the Western Bulldogs football club
15:57Which is pretty big for me
15:58We team saying everybody
15:59How did we get this guy?
16:02Well I'm just as lucky
16:03What do you prefer to be called?
16:05Marcus?
16:05The Bond?
16:06What is it?
16:07In this setting Marcus
16:08Because I'm not wearing the kit
16:09I'm not in the jumper
16:10Look out!
16:12But when I'm in the red, white and blue
16:14I do feel like a different person
16:16I've almost got split personality
16:26The Bond is like some kind of marble superhero
16:34It's the hair
16:35It's the facial structure
16:37Dear friend
16:38Marcus Bontempele for me is a unicorn
16:41He's tall, he's athletic, he's highly skilled
16:43And has leadership qualities that a lot of players don't possess
16:47Oh this is so good!
16:50He's 12 years into his footballing career
16:52And he'll be the best player in the AFL
16:54And has been for a long time
16:56Dear friend
17:04When 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, Marcus Bontempele
17:15I feel like all the good things you've either done
17:20Or that have happened to you
17:21Have either been because of different circumstances
17:23You know, whether it's been luck
17:25I'm lucky that early in my career
17:27Had some early success
17:28We won 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
17:39Has been on my mind
17:40For 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
17:57The eight
17:58They would love to find a way to snatch this
18:02And we are away
18:06The Dogs defence haven't been set
18:08You can see it there
18:08How scattered they are
18:10And it's quite gone
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 swander
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
18:41To sides in the top eight
18:45We've struggled to consistently perform
18:47At a really high standard
18:49For a whole sort of season
18:51And 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's important
19:00I can't afford to wait
19:04Following the Brisbane loss
19:06If you mark a Spontopelli
19:07You're thinking
19:08In the back end of my career
19:10Are we going to be a serious contender
19:14Missing finals
19:15It'll feel like
19:16Another season wasted
19:18For Marcus Spontopelli
19:19Maybe
19:20That's a key reason why
19:21The contract decision's been pushed down the road
19:24Marcus Spontopelli says
19:25Signing a new contract
19:26Is in front of mind
19:28As he enters the last year
19:29Of his four year deal
19:32Here we go lads
19:35Stay out there
19:36Stay out there
19:37At this stage
19:38He 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
19:50The best player in the game
19:52And he still hasn't signed
19:53One more straight out
19:54One more straight out
19:55Nice
19:56Well taken
19:57Who hasn't started
19:58The Pontopelli camp
19:59Or the dogs
19:59Couldn't be the dogs
20:00No no
20:01The dogs are keen to start
20:02It's up to Bontopelli's manager
20:04Tom Petraro
20:05To 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've just got to be ready
20:18It's not good enough is it Arch
20:20It'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
20:32That's like half your life
20:34Which is a long time
20:35To spend in one place
20:37Mentally and emotionally
20:38Get harder and harder
20:39To find new ways
20:40To invigorate yourself
20:42To go back to the trough
20:46I would assume
20:47If Marcus
20:48Looked at the club
20:49And understood
20:51That his next premiership
20:53Wouldn't be coming
20:53From that side
20:55That you would have
20:56To genuinely
20:56Ask yourself
20:58Am I better
20:59Off elsewhere
21:11Hey Joel
21:11How are you mate
21:12Can I please get me
21:14Normal porridge please
21:15To take away
21:15Thanks mate
21:16I'm going to go make a coffee
21:17And I'll be around
21:21You are in the game
21:22For a short time
21:23It means that you've still
21:25Got to process
21:25What your life looks like
21:26After football
21:27So we purchased
21:29The coffee shop
21:29Morning mates
21:30How are you
21:31What are you after
21:31Is a takeaway
21:32Or what do you normally have
21:33What's your coffee
21:34Small almond latte
21:36Is it
21:37Yep
21:37There you go Stu
21:38All good mate
21:39I just thought it was
21:40A great opportunity
21:41To invest in
21:43You know potentially
21:44But then secondly
21:44To explore
21:45My own ideas
21:46And creativity
21:47In a business sense
21:50Oh here he is
21:51How are you mate
21:52I'm good
21:52How are you
21:53What's that
21:54What's that
21:55I grew up
21:56Family of six
21:57Three sisters
21:58Probably bullied
21:59And pushed around
22:00A bit
22:00And dominated
22:01If there was
22:02Any sense of arrogance
22:03Or confidence
22:04Starting to seep in
22:05They were pretty
22:05Quick to squash it
22:07Which I lean into
22:09As a way
22:10To sort of drive
22:11You a little bit more
22:12Rather than
22:13Get a bit complacent
22:14There Archie
22:14See you mate
22:15You too
22:16Let's rock and roll
22:24The next game
22:25I've got the Giants
22:27And they're a bit of
22:27An old foe
22:28The Giants
22:28You know
22:29It is one headache
22:30To have to think about
22:31When Toby Green's
22:31The new opposition team
22:32And there's always
22:33Been something
22:34That has boiled over
22:35In games
22:36Between us
22:37And the Giants
22:38So it's in the calendar
22:40You want to win
22:41You know
22:41Certainly it is
22:42For me anyway
22:45For the best part
22:46Of ten years
22:47The Giants
22:48And the Dogs
22:49Have absolutely
22:50Hated each other
22:57There's certainly
22:58No love lost
22:59Between those two
23:00It's one of the biggest
23:01Rivalries in the game
23:02Oh my goodness
23:04Gracious me
23:06Off
23:08Watson probably
23:09Has been targeted
23:10All day
23:11Green
23:12Grabs Bont by the hair
23:13And slams his head
23:14Into the ground
23:17The rivalry
23:18Explore
23:21There have been a few
23:22Things sort of
23:22Leading up to that
23:23Marcus
23:24Dumb tackled
23:25Director Lydia
23:26And then I just
23:28Wasn't happy with that
23:29So he
23:30Decided to pull his hair
23:33I was trying to
23:34Set a bit of an
23:35Example as well
23:35And be physical
23:36At different points
23:37Which it'll
23:38Boiled over
23:38Into another moment
23:39Where everyone
23:40Ended up on top
23:41Of each other
23:41And with Toby
23:42You know
23:43He's probably keen
23:43To just get away
23:44With a little bit more
23:46He probably wasn't
23:47Happy with me
23:47Pulling his hair
23:49But I couldn't
23:50Really care these days
23:52At any point
23:53Was it personal
23:54With Toby?
23:55Yeah
23:55Yeah
23:57Seemed to always
23:58Cross paths
23:59And butt heads
23:59So it's just
24:01One of those things
24:01That you do
24:02Take personally
24:05I actually observed
24:06The year we went
24:06To the All Australian
24:07Awards
24:08And I saw
24:09Bontempelli move
24:10His name tag
24:11So that he didn't
24:12Have to sit next
24:12To Toby Green
24:15Now or later
24:16They're having
24:16An All Australian
24:17Photo on stage
24:18And there's a lot
24:19Of camaraderie
24:20And Bontempelli
24:21And Toby Green
24:22Are standing next
24:22To each other
24:23They hardly say
24:24Anything to each other
24:25And don't really
24:26Look at each other
24:29No we're not mates
24:31Do you guys get along?
24:33Oh I'll never
24:34Have a beer with him
24:46What a way to kick off
24:4821
24:49The 9th place
24:50Dolch
24:51Precarious ground
24:52Win and stay alive
24:53Lose and fall off the cliff
24:54The 6th place Giants
24:56They're just outside
24:57The 4th
24:58But any missteps
24:59And they're in trouble
25:04Hi mate
25:04How are you?
25:08Last Friday night
25:10Toby chose to push
25:11His forearm
25:12Into the back of
25:12Isaac Haney's head
25:15The Giants
25:16Have accepted
25:16His one match
25:17Ban for striking
25:23He's the one guy
25:25That he probably
25:25Couldn't afford
25:26To lose
25:32And now they're
25:33Going to be
25:33Without their captain
25:34In a very
25:35Important game
25:40Our record
25:41Against the Bulldogs
25:41Is not great
25:43The last time
25:44We beat them
25:44Was two years ago
25:46Toby kicked
25:46Four goals
25:47In a quarter
25:47And was really
25:48The difference
25:49Between us
25:49Winning and losing
25:52Both teams
25:52Trying to make finals
25:54And also being
25:55Captain
25:55You've got to
25:56Lead by example
25:57So it was
25:59Disappointing
26:00Toby in trouble
26:01Again
26:03Probably not
26:04The first time
26:04He's sort of
26:05Yeah
26:05And elbows
26:06Ended up
26:06Where it shouldn't
26:09He's actually
26:09Performed quite well
26:10Against the Bulldogs
26:11In the past
26:12So if you don't
26:13Have to worry
26:13About that
26:14That's a good thing
26:21All of that
26:22Contest impression
26:23Let's fucking go
26:23Come on
26:24Dogs looking to
26:26Survive
26:27Giants looking for
26:29A top four finish
26:35Here's
26:36Here's
26:36Contepelli
26:39Careful to Darcy
26:41Will he get the
26:41Three
26:42Nobody recovers
26:43And yes
26:44He got boot
26:44Shotball
26:45And yes
26:46He kicks
26:46The first goal
26:47Of the game
26:50Contepelli
26:51Pre-attack
26:53Slides it long
26:54Norton at the back
26:55Setting himself
26:58For his third goal
27:00You bet
27:08Doggies are on fire
27:09And giants
27:10Can't do anything
27:10To stop it
27:11How much are they
27:12Missing a player
27:13Like Toby Green
27:14Right now
27:19The hardest place
27:20For an AFL player
27:21Or a sportsman
27:21To be generally
27:22Sitting in the stands
27:23Watching
27:23Because you're helpless
27:24And usually
27:26You're sitting there
27:27Because you're injured
27:27When you're sitting there
27:29Because of your own mistake
27:30That's even harder
27:31Back to Bontempelli
27:35Wow
27:37Oh my god
27:39He made that look so easy
27:42Richards
27:43Towards Darcy
27:44Might just bounce
27:45On through
27:45It does
27:48This is a massive
27:5088 point win
27:51To the Western Bulldogs
27:53Over one of the
27:54Highly fancy teams
27:55In the competition
27:5988 fucking points
28:06For the Western Bulldogs
28:08Winning convincingly
28:10Against the top 8 side
28:11That is
28:12That's gold
28:13It's the difference
28:14Between making finals
28:15Or packing your bags
28:16You can't be the boys
28:17Of the Bulldog Green
28:18With the team
28:18Of the mighty west
28:19Woo
28:23And then
28:24A devastating loss
28:26For the Giants
28:28One horror performance
28:29Can certainly mean
28:30That you are
28:31No longer spoken about
28:32As premiership contenders
28:33You are now back with the pack
28:35You are now back with the pack
29:03And it just happened to be Isaac
29:05I wish I sort of had that time back
29:07Hello
29:09Hello
29:09My beautiful girl
29:10Hello
29:11Hello
29:11Come here bud
29:12Hello
29:12Come here bud
29:13Oreo
29:14Oreo
29:14Come here
29:16Mwah
29:16Hello my beautiful girl
29:21What's happening?
29:23I don't believe you're playing
29:24Oh really?
29:26Is that right?
29:28My mum
29:29Oh she's been a rock
29:30Throughout my life
29:34She's been amazing
29:35With Isla as well
29:36Very clever
29:37Hey
29:38What did you have to
29:40Um
29:40Not much
29:42Went to the gym
29:46She's not happy
29:47About the suspension
29:48Because the backlash
29:49That I cop
29:50The media
29:52What they say
29:52She
29:53Takes it all in
29:56How's Georgia?
29:58Same
30:04I don't think you'd like that
30:07Are you?
30:11Growing up
30:11She's had a huge role
30:13In my life
30:17She's had to be
30:18Hard and stern
30:20Because with my dad
30:22I could do whatever
30:23I wanted with him
30:23As a kid
30:25That probably wasn't
30:26Great for me
30:26Being a risk taker
30:28And was a recipe
30:29For trouble
30:32The last
30:33You know
30:3310-15 years
30:35Drinking and alcohol
30:36And drugs
30:36Probably taking
30:37A fair
30:39Toll on his body
30:40And brain
30:40You know
30:41The way he functions
30:42Now
30:42Is not
30:42How he functioned
30:4320 years ago
30:45The father of
30:46GWS star
30:47Toby Green
30:48Is facing jail time
30:49Police allege
30:50That he headbutted
30:51One of their own
30:52Who was trying
30:53To kick him out
30:54Of the MCG
30:55After he was allegedly
30:56Found drunk
30:57In one of the bathrooms
31:00When we made the grand final
31:02I just lost a granny
31:04By a lot
31:04And hadn't slept much
31:07And found out the next morning
31:09At 6am
31:10And there's reporters
31:11Out the front
31:12Yeah that was
31:13That was hard
31:17Three or four years
31:18Before that
31:18I think I
31:19I think I knocked him out
31:21In the change rooms
31:22Because he was drunk
31:22And carrying on
31:24So
31:25Tell me through that
31:26What happened
31:28He's just like
31:29He came into the change
31:30He's pretty loud
31:31And boisterous
31:32And he's extremely drunk
31:34And I was just embarrassed
31:35And I just told him to fuck off
31:37And yeah punch him
31:38So
31:40Yeah it's hard
31:41Like the reason
31:42I love footy
31:43Is because of him
31:44And got into it
31:46That's what I'll take with me
31:47And then you learn your lessons
31:48From some things
31:49That he's done
31:49That you can't do
32:10Round 24
32:11One to go boys
32:12One to go
32:13Are 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
32:17Into the eight
32:17You've got to qualify
32:18And then who knows
32:19From there
32:20All balls go in the air
32:24We're
32:25In a
32:25In a pretty precarious situation
32:27The minute we were
32:28Sitting outside
32:29The top eight
32:31I guess you're intrigued
32:32To see
32:32Alright
32:32How are we going to
32:33You know
32:34How are we going to
32:34Deal with this current challenge
32:35And more or less
32:36Intrigued to see
32:37Which of the guys
32:37That can really
32:39I guess step up
32:40You know
32:40Step up to the plate
32:43For us in Frio
32:44Playing for our season
32:46Really
32:46That's the position
32:47We find ourselves in
32:48And everything's on the line
32:50It's a tough position
32:51To be in
32:52You know
32:52There's pressure on
32:53If we don't win this game
32:54You're into an off season
32:56So
32:56Yeah
32:57It's a big week
33:00Fremantle
33:00And they're playing
33:01Some very good football
33:02So we've got to expect that
33:03And be ready for that
33:04You know
33:04As a whole
33:12It always comes down
33:13To the last round
33:14Who's going to make it
33:15So
33:16Fremantle
33:16Western Bulldogs
33:17Who's going to get there
33:18Who's able to capitalise
33:20On a whole year's
33:21Worth 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
33:40This does feel like a final
33:44Let'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
33:55For their lives at Marvel
33:56Fremantle
33:57Fremantle
33:57Fremantle
33:58Fremantle
33:59Walter Pelley on his left
34:00Does he go himself
34:01He does
34:02Supply
34:04Dogs
34:05Hanging on
34:07Walter Pelley again
34:09Season on the line
34:10Back in touch
34:11The Dogs
34:12Got to be perfect
34:14From here
34:15Pressure
34:16Left foot snap
34:17Got him
34:1915 points
34:20Two and a half
34:21To play
34:22Is it enough time
34:23For the Dogs
34:23You lose momentum here
34:25And you'll literally
34:26Let it get out of control
34:27Your season's over
34:28I should fucking fall
34:30Quick handball to Bolton
34:32Spills the ball long
34:34Slides up
34:36The Dogs
34:38They're done on the run
34:39They 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
34:56Been 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
35:1720, 25
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
35:30Everyone will have
35:31Different 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
35:39Another probably
35:40Couple of gold margin
35:40We feel like
35:41Oh, we're not that far away
35:43So we've got to
35:44Think of this
35:45As 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 open to moving
35:58Like I think
35:59The loyalty aspect
36:00Of football
36:02Is it diminishing
36:03Maybe a little bit
36:05And could 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
36:20In a bit
36:20All right
36:20Thanks, boss
36:22All right
36:23We'll get this going
36:23Sure
36:25Well, Marcus
36:25Well, Marcus
36:26You'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 especially
36:32With all that's been
36:33Sort of going on
36:34In 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
36:39Been my home
36:39And obviously
36:40I'm hugely grateful
36:41To be going on
36:43You know
36:43For another
36:43Another few years
36:44Awesome, mate
36:46All good
36:46Appreciate 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 dogs
37:05Without Bontempelli
37:06There's no Bontempelli
37:07Without the dogs
37:07And all he wants
37:08To be doing
37:09Is holding up
37:10A premiership cup
37:11For 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
37:35You walk in the door
37:36You feel connected
37:37To the place
37:37To the suburb
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
37:46I still feel like
37:47There's more to do
37:59First elimination final
38:00Saturday is 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
38:08One arm
38:09One arm
38:09Toby Green
38:10We know he's one of the all time greats
38:12But he's still
38:13Suffering from this white line fever
38:14Which is costing his club
38:16It is
38:17And that's a fact
38:17That is true
38:18It's frustrating
38:19But it's not going to change now
38:27In the final
38:28I certainly wind myself up
38:29Once I'm in that sort of competitive mode
38:32Probably not controlling my emotions
38:35As well as what I should
38:36So I've got to
38:37Yeah be aware of it
38:39And make sure it doesn't happen
38:55In those big games
38:56Big moments
38:57Finals
38:58I'm just nervous
39:00He just has this white line fever
39:02That sometimes
39:03No one can control
39:05I'm just not sure
39:06Why we're 15 years in
39:08And you're still having
39:10Brain farts
39:11Before that game
39:13You said not to get in trouble
39:14So I didn't listen
39:15No you did not listen
39:17Yeah no
39:18Nah
39:19Shouldn't have got to spend
39:22To be honest
39:23It does get tiring
39:24Defending him
39:26It's acceptable
39:27If you're younger
39:28And not experienced
39:29But if you've been playing
39:31For 15 years
39:32You've got to have a bit more
39:33Self control
39:35Lessons learnt
39:36Is it?
39:37Yeah it was a bad game
39:38That one
39:38But that's fine
39:39But it's not fine
39:40Because all you do
39:41Is get suspended
39:41And fines
39:42That won't happen again
39:44Especially with big games
39:45Coming up
39:46Where there's a lot more
39:46On the line
39:47Okay
39:48When you go to
39:50Forearm someone's head
39:51You didn't actually think
39:52About all the DMs
39:53Come flooding back
39:54All the media
39:55Your parents are going to
39:56Get dragged through the mud
39:57Yeah look
39:57I don't care about them
39:58As much as
39:59As they affect
40:00Everyone else
40:01So
40:01Yeah but
40:01No one will intimidate you
40:03No one will scare you
40:04I was
40:07Yeah
40:08You just
40:09No more of it
40:10I'm sick of it
40:11We're sick of it
40:11I know
40:16There you have it
40:18NG Stadium
40:19Proceed
40:20For this
40:21Selemation final
40:22Hawthorne
40:24And the Giants
40:30In these big games
40:33Toby can go
40:35One of two ways
40:37Brilliant performance
40:39Match winner
40:40Stands out
40:41As the best player
40:42On the ground
40:43Or
40:43Does he become
40:44The villain
40:45And do something stupid
40:47That will be
40:48The challenge
40:49I think for Toby
40:53I actually
40:54Don't think I can watch
40:54Referee guys here
40:59Just channel your aggression
41:00Yeah
41:01Make it productive
41:04Followers is all amplified
41:05And you sort of
41:06Got a few more emotions
41:08Going through
41:08You then
41:09Than what you usually do
41:11During the season
41:12This first quarter
41:13Is going to be
41:14Fucking electric
41:15Good luck trying to get
41:15A chain of handballs
41:16Through us
41:17It's going to be on
41:17I can't wait boys
41:19Hey
41:19And we're going to make
41:20Mistakes with the footy
41:20Without 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 finisher
41:40Hawks are rolling
41:41Oh my god
41:44Within the space of two minutes
41:46They pretty much kick four goals
41:47On us
41:49Hawthorne just flipping
41:51The elimination final
41:52On its head
41:59Get a goal
42:00Come on
42:00I am just
42:02On edge
42:02I'm waiting
42:04Almost for something
42:05To happen
42:05But you just
42:06Hope and pray
42:08That he's not going
42:09To do something
42:11Rick, Rick, Rick
42:15Get off
42:33We're just
42:33A bit panicky
42:34It's alright
42:35We know what to do
42:36We haven't got it going yet
42:37We fucking will
42:38Edge
42:39Get closer
42:42Here more
42:58I think a bit of a
42:59Trademark of our team
43:00Is we'll play to the last minute
43:02And we'll keep fighting
43:03And we can score quickly
43:04And that's exactly
43:05What happened
43:13Yes, says
43:15Says, says, says
43:22Green offers to hit up
43:24At halfback
43:24Oh, please
43:27Dada
43:28Dada
43:29Go, Dada
43:33Toby Green
43:34Stepping for the plate
43:35To put them in front
43:41Fuck, Toby
43:43Fucking shit
43:49As soon as I marked it
43:51I thought this is a goal
43:52So it wasn't like nerves
43:53Or anything
43:54I just kicked it horribly
43:56Things started to go
43:57The Hawks way
44:18People talk about
44:19You know
44:20There's growth in your game
44:21And all that type of stuff
44:22Like, 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
44:32To say, like, that's a wasted year
44:34But it just feels like
44:35A waste of a year
44:38Yeah
44:43Incredibly disappointing, isn't it
44:44Mark
44:46They're a really good team
44:50Just felt like
44:51We were a better team
44:53But history will say
44:54We weren't
44:58Like, been in the last four finals
45:00In winning positions
45:01And haven't got it done
45:03So
45:04Bit of local
45:04Couple of stitches
45:05And that way
45:07You know
45:08It ain't gonna come apart
45:09Until the stitches come out
45:10For a week
45:10Yeah, I don't care
45:11You sure?
45:12Yeah
45:16No guarantees
45:17You know
45:17Like, footy's bloody hard
45:18And yeah
45:19That's why
45:20You gotta take opportunities
45:22When you get them
45:22And that's why
45:23You're bloody flat
45:24When you walk off the ground
45:30Oh!
45:32Do you want to go play?
45:34You can go play
45:37There's daddy
45:38Look
45:38Do you want to go to daddy?
45:40Make daddy feel better
45:49Daddy was fucking shit tonight
45:52Sorry
45:54You know
45:55The exterior
45:56He's tough and strong
45:57All that
45:58But this little girl
46:00Fully breaks him down
46:02He's soft as anything with her
46:04Yeah
46:07You're on?
46:08Yeah
46:10Are you a good dad?
46:12Yeah, I'd like to think so
46:13Yeah
46:14I think Ola likes me
46:15So
46:16I think I'm a pretty good dad
46:18At the moment
46:18Yeah
46:18I'd like to think
46:34How he goes about it
46:36Everyone would think differently about him
46:38But, you know
46:39I 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
46:45So
46:47We'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
46:56I'm done
46:57Yep
46:58Just had to get out
46:59Yep
46:59Last one out of the way
47:00And now I'm done
47:10The 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
47:22Nat 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
47:36One last crack
47:37At a premiership
47:40But little did we know
47:41The extraordinary lengths
47:43That Nat Fyfe had to go through
47:46Just to get up for the game
48:20And he's trying to get up for the game
48:20To be a buddy
48:22Jumping Titans
48:23E."
48:232
48:23A
48:238
48:232
48:24And
48:24H
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