Oppo Camp The Non-North Footy Discussion & Matchday Chat Thread (NNFD&MCT) - PART X

[koshari]

Probably will be but if he does actually work that’s more scary

Good problem to have i guess

 

[Flawed Genius]

And they're doing all that without Rowell. Hilarious

 

[koshari]

And they're doing all that without Rowell. Hilarious

And humpa today...

 

[JGreezy]

Nor does 10 percent chance mean decent
...

I don't know where you've pulled that % from

 

[Passmore]

After watching the Dees v Saints game my one observation is how the **** do you spend millions and still have Caminiti in your best team?

 

[Rod Stroker]

LOL!

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Mar 15, 2026

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[big_e]

LOL!

Opinion Post in thread 'AFL 2026 Round 1 - Weekend Wrap & Liked, Learnt, Hated'

Mar 15, 2026

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[krakouers]

I'll be honest, while I have occasionally thought what if, Im glad we didnt go RTB during our searches

 

[giantroo]

 

[gokangas]

Can you imagine what has been going on behind the scenes with the AFL and Swannies. Would love to know the truth.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-referred-to-royal-commission-over-removal-of-jewish-community-references-from-bondi-tribute/news-story/b6aa9fca26c7ac142e9050daecd800be

AFL referred to Royal Commission over removal of Jewish community references from Bondi tribute​

Sydney chief Matthew Pavlich has taken ‘full responsibility’ for removing references to the ‘Jewish community’ from an Opening Round Bondi tribute as the AFL faces a Royal Commission investigation.

Michael Warner and Lachlan McKirdy

March 16, 2026 - 6:37PM





AFL scrutinised after not acknowledging Jews at Bondi terror attack tribute

AFL scrutinised after not acknowledging Jews at Bondi terror attack tribute


Sydney chief executive Matthew Pavlich has confessed to removing references to the “Jewish community” from a pre-match tribute honouring victims of the Bondi terrorist attack and insists he made the call without any directive from the AFL.
The Herald Sun revealed on Monday that the league had been referred by Victorian federal Senator James Paterson for investigation by the Royal Commission into anti-Semitism.

Embattled AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon failed to explain during a series of weekend interviews why a speech delivered by Pavlich before the Opening Round Swans-Carlton match at the SCG had made no mention of the Jewish community.

“I don’t know what happened with the script,” Dillon told 3AW on Saturday.

But footy great Gerard Healy revealed that “the script was changed” in a bid to de-politicise the tribute.

Pavlich fronted the media on Monday and said he took “full responsibility” for the omission.

“I own it as CEO, that’s on me, I take full responsibility,” Pavlich said.

The former Freo great said that the AFL had approved an earlier version of the script which included a direct reference to the “Jewish community”.

“To be really clear, we worked on it internally, we sent that to the AFL, we also worked on it from there, and ended up doing what we did,” Pavlich said.


He said there was no directive or instruction from the AFL to remove or change the reference to the Jewish community.

The Swans said in a statement: “We acknowledge that was an error of judgement and again we apologise.”

The move to delete the reference incensed members of the Jewish community and prompted Mr Paterson to refer the league to the Royal Commission on anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion.

In a letter to former High Court judge Virginia Bell, who is leading the commission, Mr Paterson said he encouraged her to “urgently request the AFL to preserve all documents and communications, including any correspondence with the Sydney Swans and any internal communications within the AFL, in relation to this matter”.

“Counsel-Assisting (the Royal Commission) must have the opportunity to review the documents and cross-examine any potential witnesses to establish the facts in relation to this serious incident,” Mr Paterson said.

Swans chairman Andrew Pridham apologised for the removal last weekend. Picture: Valeriu Campan

“While the Sydney Swans chairman (Andrew Pridham) has apologised to the Jewish community, the reported involvement of AFL staff in this incident should be closely examined as part of the Commission’s inquiries into the nature and prevalence of anti-Semitism in Australia.”

After the Swans confessed to removing the reference to the Jewish community on Monday, Mr Paterson said: “It is incredibly disappointing to learn that someone at an AFL club believes it was ‘inclusive’ to remove all references to Jews in a script about the antisemitic Bondi terror attack, whose victims were overwhelmingly Jewish.

“It is further evidence of deeply ingrained cultural problems in our sporting institutions that must be probed thoroughly by the Royal Commission.”

Mr Paterson said erasing Jewish identity was “a travesty and an insult to the families of the victims.”

“A key task for the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is to understand why so many of our institutions and leaders failed to understand and address growing anti-Semitism in our society prior to Bondi.

“It is incredibly disappointing that even after Bondi, influential institutions like the AFL are still clearly failing.”

Andrew Dillon could not explain what happened. Picture: Mark Kolbe/AFL Photos/via Getty Images
The Swans provided a statement on behalf of David Ossip - President of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies - which said: “The tribute by the Sydney Swans to the Jewish community and the victims of the Bondi terrorist attack - as well as the care extended to the Jewish community more broadly over the past three months - was motivated by the purest of intent and warrants gratitude, not sanction. This is particularly the case after Andrew Pridham’s strong and unambiguous clarifying remarks on Saturday night.”

It is the second time in days that the AFL has been accused of playing politics after it was revealed the league told state Liberal leader Jess Wilson to remove an Instagram post calling out CFMEU corruption.

Wilson had posted a 30-second video from the MCG outer during last week’s Collingwood-St Kilda clash lamenting the number of meat pies that could have been purchased with the $15 billion allegedly stolen from taxpayers in CFMEU rorts.

The AFL’s government relations manager Bec Smith contacted Ms Wilson’s office late last week requesting that she take down the post because it included two seconds of match footage in violation of league copyright rules.

Ms Smith, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during his time as Opposition Leader, reports directly to AFL corporate affairs executive general manager Sharon McCrohan, an ex-ALP and CFMEU spin doctor.

 

[muttley45]

I just had a look at the fixture for Rd 2, fmd, there are 4 clubs already having a bye, what gives ?

 

[DuckYeah]

Do we still think Gawn isn’t the best ruckman of the modern era around here? He’ll be AA again this year

 

[Ischenko]

Yeah Idk. Bondi was horrific, of course it should be acknowledged, and not for a minute should that horror be downplayed.

Thought experiment: imagine if someone dared say a word about the genocide in Gaza, or Israel's relentless killing of civilians in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran and just anywhere they feel like it. This antisemitism witch-hunt is corroding our democratic rights, and our government seems more concerned with keeping Israel and a tiny minority of Zionists happy than looking after its own citizens. Obviously a mistake at the tribute not to mention the Jewish community but this latter is not a monolith. I ask again what the response would be if anyone involved in the AFL even dared mention the word Palestine. Or genocide.

Mods delete if inappropriate, I don't want to derail the thread, but I'm a bit sick of this climate where not completely sucking up to Israel makes you an antisemite.

 

[Tas]

Yeah Idk. Bondi was horrific, of course it should be acknowledged, and not for a minute should that horror be downplayed.

Thought experiment: imagine if someone dared say a word about the genocide in Gaza, or Israel's relentless killing of civilians in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran and just anywhere they feel like it. This antisemitism witch-hunt is corroding our democratic rights, and our government seems more concerned with keeping Israel and a tiny minority of Zionists happy than looking after its own citizens. Obviously a mistake at the tribute not to mention the Jewish community but this latter is not a monolith. I ask again what the response would be if anyone involved in the AFL even dared mention the word Palestine. Or genocide.

Mods delete if inappropriate, I don't want to derail the thread, but I'm a bit sick of this climate where not completely sucking up to Israel makes you an antisemite.

I think footy should be a politics free zone, the problem is the AFL has used politics to get attention and it is a slippery slope of who do you pander to and how much do you pander to them until the blowback isn't worth it.

If the AFL had just made a no politics policy and kept out of it there would be no issues. I think people want to just watch a bloody game of footy and ignore real world shit for a couple of hours.

 

[the big lebowski]

Yeah Idk. Bondi was horrific, of course it should be acknowledged, and not for a minute should that horror be downplayed.

Thought experiment: imagine if someone dared say a word about the genocide in Gaza, or Israel's relentless killing of civilians in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran and just anywhere they feel like it. This antisemitism witch-hunt is corroding our democratic rights, and our government seems more concerned with keeping Israel and a tiny minority of Zionists happy than looking after its own citizens. Obviously a mistake at the tribute not to mention the Jewish community but this latter is not a monolith. I ask again what the response would be if anyone involved in the AFL even dared mention the word Palestine. Or genocide.

Mods delete if inappropriate, I don't want to derail the thread, but I'm a bit sick of this climate where not completely sucking up to Israel makes you an antisemite.

Not sure what any of that has to do with the massacre of a dozen or so Jewish aussies

 

[DuckYeah]

I think footy should be a politics free zone, the problem is the AFL has used politics to get attention and it is a slippery slope of who do you pander to and how much do you pander to them until the blowback isn't worth it.

If the AFL had just made a no politics policy and kept out of it there would be no issues. I think people want to just a bloody game of footy and ignore real world shit.

Impossible

 

[Ischenko]

Not sure what any of that has to do with the massacre of a dozen or so Jewish aussies

It didn’t have to. But unfortunately Israel conflates Judaism with Zionism, and they immediately intervened into our domestic politics. Anyway, don’t wanna derail the thread, I’m just sick of anyone who doesn’t fall over themselves to lick Israel’s boots or shill for Zionism being called an antisemite. Most people aren’t, we just hate genocide.

 

[the big lebowski]

It didn’t have to. But unfortunately Israel conflates Judaism with Zionism, and they immediately intervened into our domestic politics. Anyway, don’t wanna derail the thread, I’m just sick of anyone who doesn’t fall over themselves to lick Israel’s boots or shill for Zionism being called an antisemite. Most people aren’t, we just hate genocide.

I understand your position. I just don’t know what it has to do with the issue.

I’d be disturbed if the swans paid tribute to the victims of the New Zealand mosque shooting and didn’t mention the Islamic community

I don’t understand how naming the victims of a massacre is political

 

[Rod Stroker]

Do we still think Gawn isn’t the best ruckman of the modern era around here? He’ll be AA again this year

After..... 1 game? when his opponent had the flu and almost didn't play?



But sure, give him the AA blazer from now

 

[Rod Stroker]

I think footy should be a politics free zone, the problem is the AFL has used politics to get attention and it is a slippery slope of who do you pander to and how much do you pander to them until the blowback isn't worth it.

If the AFL had just made a no politics policy and kept out of it there would be no issues. I think people want to just watch a bloody game of footy and ignore real world shit for a couple of hours.

Clarko talked to this yesterday in his post match presser. Someone asked about support for Sheez and AFL involvement, Clarko said Sheez and the club don't want to use the AFL to push any causes, just stick to playing footy.

 

[DuckYeah]

After..... 1 game? when his opponent had the flu and almost didn't play?



But sure, give him the AA blazer from now

You step on the field, you’re fit enough to play. Mummas boy doesn’t get to make excuses either.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Mattaes Phillipou of all people will earn a million bucks a year for the next couple of years…after Saints extended him mid way through last year.

Kid has bucket loads of talent, but in his 46 games he has avg’d something like 13 or 14 disposals per game.

Looks like we got good value out of the LDU deal if Phillipou is the standard for a million a year!

Wow!

 

[Rod Stroker]

You step on the field, you’re fit enough to play. Mummas boy doesn’t get to make excuses either.

doesn't mean you'll be playing at a high standard, especially if you're ill.

Marshall wasn't playing, so TDK had to play ruck underdone.

 

[Forever North]

Sometimes the AFL shoots itself in the foot when going down the political and social causes route. I personally think they're a bunch of complete grovelling boot lickers at AFL land. Only getting involved on 'issues' to get the next government grant for it's 'women's program' (of course), stadium upgrades, favourable tax treatment, etc. They pretend to care but rake in the millions screwing over the average fan.

 

[TruRoo]

Do we still think Gawn isn’t the best ruckman of the modern era around here? He’ll be AA again this year

He’s done it for longer than anyone else.

Might be a good chance to be greatest ruck - ever.