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The AFL believes there are two realistic options to reschedule the Gold Coast vs Essendon game… 1) Move existing Suns & Dons matches a day or two either way so it can squeeze in the middle. This is clearly more of an option around byes. (Rds 2 & 14 for GC - Rds 4 & 16 for Ess) 2) Work with other clubs to shift their matches around so GC v Ess can slot in. The backstop option is to play it after Round 24, in the week before finals. It’s complex, particularly given there is travel involved for the Dons.

AFL's full statement on postponing Queensland's two Opening Round matches: The AFL has today moved to reschedule Thursday night’s season opening match between the Brisbane Lions and the Geelong Cats in Brisbane, along with Saturday’s Gold Coast SUNS vs Essendon match on the Gold Coast. Out of an abundance of caution and after ongoing communication with the Queensland Government, the Bureau of Meteorology and Stadiums Queensland, the AFL made the decision now to ensure the health and safety of clubs, players, officials and – importantly - the wider southeastern Queensland and northern NSW community remains the priority. The AFL will announce the alternate schedule for these matches as soon as possible as we continue to work with clubs and venues on possible scenarios. The rescheduled matches won’t be played during Opening Round. Home club members will be contacted by their respective clubs shortly, while all other ticket holders will be contacted directly by the ticketing agent, regarding changes to match arrangements. (GABBA -Ticketmaster, People First Stadium – Ticketek). “As I said yesterday, the priority is that we do everything we can to ensure the health and safety of everyone in and around any potential cyclone zone or community impacted by the forecast heavy rains and storm surges.” AFL CEO Andrew Dillon said. “It is a very uncertain situation that is unfolding, and our thoughts are with everyone in southeast Queensland and northern NSW that may be impacted. Ultimately, we hope this weather event doesn’t eventuate, but we know everyone needs to prepare accordingly and we don’t want our games to be a distraction to those preparations. “We want to make the decision now to give clubs and fans certainty in an uncertain environment and allow anyone from Queensland who would normally be involved in this game through coaching, playing, attending or working at the venue time to be home with their families and available in the community if required. “I want to thank our clubs for their support and patience, our broadcasters for being aligned with our view that the community and public safety must always come first, the venues and venue partners and our fans for their understanding. “We also encourage all our supporters in the Queensland area to please follow all the directions from the Queensland Government in preparing for Cyclone Alfred. “I also want to acknowledge our AFL staff in Queensland, at our office in Yeronga, and our game development officers around the state, all whom we are presently working to assist as needed.” Opening Round will continue with Friday night’s Sydney Swans vs Hawthorn match at the SCG, and Sunday’s GWS GIANTS vs Collingwood match at ENGIE Stadium.

How the captains voted Which other club is most likely to reach the Grand Final? (Nine captains correctly picked eventual premier Brisbane in 2024) 9 – Brisbane Lions 8 – GWS GIANTS 1 – Sydney Who do you think will win the 2025 Brownlow Medal? (In 2024, no captains nominated eventual Brownlow medallist Patrick Cripps) 6 – Nick Daicos 4 – Marcus Bontempelli 2 – Caleb Serong 1 – Patrick Cripps, Jordan Dawson, Harry Sheezel, Jason Horne-Francis, Zak Butters, Tom Green Who do you think will win the 2025 Coleman Medal? (In 2024, no captains nominated eventual Coleman medallist Jesse Hogan) 5 – Jeremy Cameron 4 – Charlie Curnow, Jesse Hogan 2 – Nick Larkey 1 – Ben King, Riley Thilthorpe, Mabior Chol Who do you think will win the 2025 Telstra AFL Rising Star? (In 2024, no captains nominated eventual Ron Evans medallist Ollie Dempsey) 4 – Sam Lalor 3 – Jagga Smith 2 – Sid Draper 1 – Bo Allan, Harvey Langford, Leo Lombard, Finn O'Sullivan, Isaac Kako, Connor O'Sullivan, Ty Gallop, Joe Berry, Levi Ashcroft Which clubs are you most looking forward to watching match up this year? 5 – Adelaide and Port Adelaide (SA Showdown) 3 – Port Adelaide and Hawthorn, Collingwood and Essendon (on ANZAC Day), Sydney and GWS GIANTS (NSW Derby) 2 – Carlton and Collingwood, Brisbane and Sydney (Grand Final Replay) Did you start out playing NAB AFL Auskick? What was the club? 15 – Yes 3 – No Clubs: Ivanhoe VIC Ulverstone Robins TAS Northampton WA Penguin TAS South Augusta SA Darley/Bacchus Marsh VIC St Ives Saints NSW Hawthorn Citz VIC Watsons Park Ashburton VIC Mooroopna VIC Cobden VIC Naracoorte SA Eltham VIC St Albans VIC Robe SA If you weren't an AFL footballer, what would you be? 2 – Fireman, soccer player, entrepreneur/business owner 1 – Author, Contiki tour operator, high performance coach, professional surfer, stay at home dad, teacher, travel TV show host, chef, cricketer, AFL Commissioner, calf model, professional gamer Who is your favourite footy commentator? 6 – Bruce McAvaney 2 – Dale Thomas 1 – Alister Nicholson, Matthew Richardson, Brad Johnson, Adam Papalia, Jordan Lewis, Anthony Hudson, Brian Taylor, James Brayshaw, Hamish McLachlan, Matt Hill Who has the best haircut in the AFL? 2 – Max Gawn 1 – Bailey Smith, Mabior Chol, Brandon Walker, Harry McKay, Kamdyn McIntosh, Lachie Jones, Aaron Naughton, Bayley Fritsch, Zak Jones, Dane Rampe, Gryan Miers (when he had dreadlocks), Griffin Logue (in 2019), Luke Davies-Uniacke, Sam Draper, Taylor Walker, Hugo Ralphsmith Name a past player you’d love to have in your team this year in their prime? 3 – Lance 'Buddy' Franklin 1 – Alex Rance, Tony Lockett, Anthony Koutoufides, Cyril Rioli, Nick Riewoldt, David Wirrpanda, Matthew Richardson, Gary Ablett jnr, Andrew McLeod, Chris Judd, Byron Pickett, Bill Hutchison, Billy Goggin, Matthew Scarlett, Robert 'Dipper' DiPierdomenico Who would you love to see perform at the Telstra Pre-Game Entertainment this September? 2 – King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard 1 – Tame Impala & Dua Lipa, AC/DC, Robbie Williams, Dido, Charli XCX, Led Zeppelin, Mumford & Sons, SZA, Oasis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beyonce, Zach Bryan, Eminem, Justin Bieber, Kings of Leon, Chris Stussy

Don't be surprised if Scott requests that Melbourne play their Round 3 match against the Gold Coast in Darwin as compensation.

Has this been confirmed anywhere?

Well who are you tipping for the two NSW games?

Who are you tipping this week?

This was another preseason performance for me—brushing off the cobwebs from a technical and production standpoint. Just 20 to 30 minutes before we went live, I had to factory reset my mixer. I thought I had restored all the settings correctly, but unfortunately, I had selected the wrong microphone type, which I only realized about a third of the way through the broadcast. Throughout the stream, my cohosts occasionally reported that my voice was becoming robotic. Thankfully, this issue wasn’t present in the recording captured by my mixer. I’m not entirely sure what caused it, but it was likely due to either my internet connection or the link between my mixer and my computer. Another setting I forgot to reconfigure after the reset was separate channel recording. By default, the mixer saves a single mixed file instead of recording each channel individually. Normally, I have my audio on one channel, my cohosts on another, Skype calls on a third, and sound clips on a fourth. The online software we use allows each of us to record our own audio locally before sending it to the cloud. In post-production, I usually take my mixer’s audio and sync it with the high-quality recordings from my cohosts’ computers. This method ensures better sound quality than relying on the live feed, which is also saved on my mixer. However, because my mixer didn't separate the audio channels last night, I had to work with the single mixed file. Trying to manually stitch together that mixed recording with my cohosts’ separate audio would have been a nightmare. I would’ve had to spend hours muting their audio in the mixed file to prevent duplication. To make matters worse, the mixed file had inconsistent audio levels between me and my cohosts, requiring some post-production work. I have no formal training in audio editing, so I did the best I could—especially considering that the unexpected factory reset meant I hadn’t eaten since lunchtime. Long story short: never do a factory reset minutes before going live.