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This is the Code Sports article completed on 13.1.2025 by Josh Barnes. Christian Petracca has shown no signs of discomfort as he trained just three days after cracking his ribs at Melbourne training. The superstar midfielder was on light duties but ran laps and took in some power movement drills with ease. Petracca suffered the blow to his ribs on Friday, almost seven months to the day since a brutal collision when playing against Collingwood that lead to broken ribs, a lacerated spleen and partially punctured lung. That horrific injury ruled Petracca out of the back-end of the 2024 season but he has had a strong pre-season to date and he posted on social media on Sunday that he was “feeling good physically and mentally”.

I'll do the honours here which is the article by Dan Batten on Code Sports. Dees or Suns? Famous Melbourne name opens up on ‘tough’ call Kalani remains torn on which club to choose, but the laid-back youngster won’t be rushing his decision. “I’m not too sure (when I will decide), just whenever I sort of feel like it,” White said. “It’s a bit hard because I’ve got my mum’s sister down here and a few of my dad’s old teammates. I’ve stayed with Kynan (Brown) for a bit and I had such a good time with their family when I was with them in the middle (of) this year,” White said. “Also got so much more family up on the Gold Coast, but I’ve been there my whole life. But I was born in Melbourne and moved straight up after Dad retired. It’s going to be a pretty tough decision.” The key position utility – who Jeff said has grown to 6’7” (204 centimetre), nine centimetres taller than his dad – has been moulded by the Suns in their academy since under-16s with plenty of his school mates. Kalani has worked with the Suns’ AFL side through the academy and has another athletic Suns marvel Mac Andrew in his corner. However, Kalani trained with Melbourne for two weeks before the Christmas break with an AFL Academy camp sandwiched in between. He spent some time during the year with the Demons’ father-son program and he has built a friendship with fellow father-son Kynan Brown, the son of Jeff’s teammate Nathan. Complicating matters is the fact Gold Coast already has potential No.1 pick Zeke Uwland, U17 futures game medal-winner Beau Addinsall and U16 All Australian Dylan Patterson available to them in 2025 with revised father-son and academy rules set to make matching bids tougher. All of this is a lot a 17-year-old to take in. Jeff told SEN in August that he will have no say on his son’s decision. “For him it is a big decision to make (between the Dees and Suns). It is not me, all of it is him. He is in a fortunate position where he can make the choice and he has just got to enjoy the journey,” Jeff said. Brisbane father-son draftee Levi Ashcroft, who started his footy journey at Kalani’s local club Broadbeach, has given him some valuable advice. White isn’t as highly-touted as No.5 pick Ashcroft, but the prolific midfielder had to make his own father-son call – albeit a very simple one with his brother, Will, already at the club. But like White, Levi had connections to both Queensland and Victoria, having lived in Melbourne since he was 12. “Drafted to Fremantle and then made his way over to the Melbourne Football Club. He’s been an unreal part of my life and so has my family, my brothers – my two twin brothers – and my mum. “He just said go out there and play footy. Just go out there and have fun just like you were in under nines. “He’s running an AI thing at the moment where you can just ask the AI any questions and it’ll give you all these type of footy drills, and it’s unreal. He’s going gone really well at the moment.” Then there is another half a dozen first-round draftees who have taken him under their wing during his time at Melbourne and Gold Coast – Koltyn Tholstrup, Jacob van Rooyen, Mac Andrew, Jed Walter and Ethan Read. “(Jacob is) a good fella, he helped me out in the gym, helped me on the track as well. Also, I reckon Luker Kentfield as well, so I’ve been staying with him and Koltyn Tholstrup,” White said. “Bit of Mac Andrew, because sort of similar players. He’s just been unreal, and bit of Jed Walter, Ethan Read as well, more of those taller forwards. They have been really good to me. “I’ve also trained with the Gold Coast Suns as well and they’ve got unreal facilities as well, but Melbourne’s just unreal and it’s just all the players that play at the highest level and just get to learn off that.”

Eliza Reilly has reported on Code Sports that It's understood that Melbourne (pick 2) and GWS (pick 3) have both flown to Perth this week to interview O'Hehir. She didn't have the best National Championships due to a nasty combination of illnesses but all things point towards Molly being the first WA product picked.

Please listen from 22 minutes and 58 seconds, Molly tells us her preferred team to play for.