Episode 2443: Aussie Rules Grand Final Week Over-Shadowed By Allegations Of Racism In AFL Club, Zach Tuohy’s Moment Of Truth, Bossman Steo’s Big Nations League Week

It’s Aussie Rules Grand Final week, with Zach Tuohy and Mark O’Connor aiming to join Tadhg Kennelly as the only Irish winners of a Premiership medal. But the sport has been rocked in the last 24 hours by allegations that key figures at the Hawthorn AFL club demanded the separation of young First Nations players from their partners, and even pressured one couple to terminate a pregnancy for the sake of the player’s career.

Friend of the show, broadcaster and journalist Rohan Connolly joins us to give the latest, explain the twisted motivations of the club to behave like this, and pay tribute to Tuohy’s 12-year AFL career looking for its grace note on Saturday morning.

Plus there’s Bossman Steo’s hopes for a 6-point haul in our Nations League games this week, some good news for the Second Captains gift-shoppers in your life, and Todd Boehly is back to square one.

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