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Manly Sea Eagles player split, Manly seven, Pride jersey, Round 21, Des Hasler, Daly Cherry-Evans

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Post date August 2, 2022
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There is reportedly a divide in the Manly dressing room between the players who played in the Pride jersey and the seven stars who boycotted their crucial loss to the Roosters.

The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield believes there is a lingering resentment between the players that played and those that chose to put their beliefs ahead of the team’s final aspirations.

“I think there is a split,” Rothfield said of the playing group on NRL 360.

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“I think the players that took the field cannot understand why the other seven didn’t.

“I think the meeting yesterday cleared it up a little bit, but you can’t repair a split of this magnitude with a bandaid in a 45 minute meeting.

“I think when something as drastic as this happens when seven men pull out of a finals crunch match over a view and an opinion and the other guys are totally on the opposite side.

“They put their views and opinions ahead of a finals berth almost.”

Paul Kent also believes there is a split between the Manly seven and the owner who incorrectly said they would backflip on their stance in time for next season.

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Daly Cherry-Evans and DesHasler.Source: News Corp Australia

“What about the owner coming out and saying the players had gone back on what they originally intended, which they have heavily refuted,” Kent said.

Braith Anasta agreed with Rothfield that as a player he would be frustrated with the seven players who put their beliefs above a goal the team has worked for since pre-season in November.

“I agree with and I’m just thinking now as a player the majority of the playing group you train from November all the way through,” Anasta said.

“You put your body on the line every week. You put your heart and soul into it. You make sacrifices every single day.

“These players have got a few teammates who have made a different decision than the rest of the team and it can cause a divide and it seems to be that way.

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Jake Trbojevic and Manly players process the loss to the Roosters.Source: Getty Images

“It could derail their season. We spoke about it before the game that it could happen and it is possibly happening right now.

“There are no winners and losers here. The fact is it doesn’t matter what they are arguing over or have a split of opinion over. It can cause a divide and it seems to be causing a divide.”

The Daily Telegraph’s Dean Ritchie has no doubt there is a rift between the seven players and the rest of the squad and it will take time to heal the wounds of the last week.

“There is divisions at Manly and anyone who tells you there is not telling a fib,” Ritchie said on The Big Sports Breakfast.

“The players that played were dirty on the players that didn’t play.

Sea Eagles players at training.Source: News Corp Australia

“They are trying to sort it out and understand each other’s religious beliefs and views, but there is a division there.

“You speak to one player and he will say we can move forward from this and you speak to others who say this is going to take a lot longer.”

Laurie Daley questioned how both sides of the split can come together with no common ground on the issue.

“You have got two parties that don’t agree and you talk about finding common ground, but where is the common ground in this?” Daley said.

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“There is no giving,” Ritchie replied.

“Both sides are quite staunch in their views. The players are dirty the others didn’t play and the seven players are saying, we are not backing down.

“To be fair to them they have been staunch from the beginning and have stuck tight through a lot of criticism, so they are not clearly going to apologize.

“I don’t know how one meeting is going to fix this problem at Manly.”

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Luke Jackson future at Melbourne Demons, Fremantle Dockers, Dan McStay, Brisbane Lions, Collingwood Magpies, Jordan De Goey, St Kilda Saints

Melbourne and Brisbane have been quizzed on the futures of two their respective out-of-contract stars as rumors swirl.

Plus the latest on a suitor’s Jordan De Goey bid as well as Dan Hannebery’s future.

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DEES, LIONS CONFIRM HONEST CHATS WITH OFF-CONTRACT STARS

Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin has admitted he’s had “honest chats” with out-out-contract star Luke Jackson about his future, saying the youngster faces a massive call ahead.

Jackson has put off contract talks until the end of the season and been heavily linked with a move to Fremantle as he weighs up returning to his home state of Western Australia.

Speaking on Fox Footy’s AFL 360, Goodwin implored the 20-year old to not be distracted by his future plans and keep his focus on helping the Demons’ bid for back-to-back premierships.

“I’ve had some great chats with Luke and some were honest chats about we just want him to perform for the Melbourne footy club, however long that may be,” Goodwin told Fox Footy.

“That’s what our focus has been, whether that’s 10 weeks, whether that’s the next 10 years, and he’s been really open … he’s fully committed to Melbourne.”

Jackson rucking against Freo (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)Source: FOX SPORTS

“Our responsibility as a club is to be mature in our approach towards that end, and get the best out of the Luke for however long he’s at our footy club… those conversations have been held with Luke and he’s embraced it.

“He needs time to make his decision… we’ve said to Luke all along, ‘you take as much time as you need’.

“He’s got the chance to go home at some stage throughout his career and he’s got a footy club that he loves at the moment, so it’s a big decision for him to make.”

Brisbane faces a similar situation with key forward Dan McStay, who’s been heavily linked to Collingwood on a five-year, $3 million deal.

And like Goodwin, Lions coach Chris Fagan just wanted to see McStay put his best foot forward while wearing the Brisbane jumper.

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“I’d have a couple of chats with Daniel during the season. These are challenging times for players when they’ve got to make decisions about their futures,” Fagan told AFL 360.

“I just wanted to make sure Daniel felt supported and also to encourage him to play the best football he can for the rest of the year.

“Whatever decision he makes he makes, hopefully he decides to stay with the Lions, but if he doesn’t he’s given us great service and we’re grateful for what he’s contributed to the club.”

Asked if players and clubs should announce moves ahead of time, like in the NRL, Fagan said: “That probably seems the mature way to do it, I just don’t know whether we’re ready for that and whether all clubs will be comfortable.

“Some players might feel like if they say they’re going, that would endanger their chances perhaps for selection for the rest of the year or the club might turn in a different direction.

“I don’t know whether we’ve arrived at that level of maturity with football yet, I’d like to think so.”

SAINTS WANT MORE BY GOEY CLARITY

St Kilda’s board has requested its football department for more information on Jordan De Goey before it ticks off making a formal push for the free agent Magpies star, reports TheAge.

The Saints have been linked to De Goey, who was discussed at the club’s board meeting on Thursday night as it weighs up an aggressive pursuit of the 26-year old.

It’s believed the board wants to be satisfied he’s the “right fit” for the club both on and off the field including its leadership and values and whether he could help the club win a premiership.

De Goey’s future at Collingwood is in doubt after the Pies pulled their most recent contract offer to him following his Bali exploits — a two-year deal with a trigger for another two years, totaling $3.2 million.

De Goey returned from a quad injury on the weekend (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)Source: FOX SPORTS

Geelong is also interested in the midfielder/forward, while St Kilda coach Brett Ratten confirmed in June his club would want to look at “all the evidence” around De Goey’s off-field indiscretions before ruling out a play for the out-of-contract Collingwood star.

“We’d have to do our homework and have a look at exactly what has happened and taking all the evidence as you do when you bring in any player, especially opponents from another club,” Ratten said.

“You’re looking at the on-field performance, and you’re looking at what you’re trying to build as a football club and culture and that as well. So we take in both sides of the equation, and then we make decisions around there and all those free agents will be singled out and sort of maybe targeting one or two, if it’s possible.

“We do assess everything they do on and off the field.”

HANNEBERY ‘PRETTY KEEN’ TO PLAY ON

Herald Sun journalist Jon Ralph reports Dan Hannebery is “pretty keen” to play on in 2023, but believes the out-of-contract Saint may have to settle for a rookie list spot.

Hannebery enjoyed a strong return to the field against Hawthorn — an inclusion that raised the eyebrows of some pundits — racking up 27 disposals and booting one goal in the St Kilda’s 12-point win in his first game since Round 23 last year.

However the injury-plagued 31-year old, who’s coming towards the end of a four-season deal worth around $800,000 per season — a contract renegotiated to a reduced figure this year — has struggled to stay on the park in recent years, playing just 16 senior games in four campaigns due to several setbacks.

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Speaking on Fox Footy’s on the couch, Ralph provided the latest on Hannebery’s future.

“Officially out of contract, pretty keen to go again — probably needs to make the next three weeks a winner.

“He funded his own trip over to ‘Healing Hans’ the German soft tissue expert… he’s taken multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars pay cut.

“I think one possibility is if he gets through the year, you go onto the rookie list or you spend a summer trying to train yourself up — and if you can get through it, it gives you another year as a summer rookie.”

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Aussie TikTok user goes dumpster diving for fresh fruit and vegetables

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Post date August 1, 2022
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An Australian TikToker has shown off the crazy amount of fruit and vegetables he salvaged after going dumpster diving behind a supermarket.

Luca Corby filmed himself dumpster diving in Canberra to prove just how much fresh produce gets thrown out each day, captioning the video: “Anywaysss f**k big corporations.”

Mr Corby and two friends donned head torches before heading to a nearby store and taking a look in the bins.

“Food is expensive at the moment, so let’s go dumpster diving” he said.

First off, the group managed to salvage a number of potatoes, carrots, leeks and a huge knob of ginger, which Mr Corby estimated to be worth about $20.

“Look at this lettuce, it is literally fresh. There is a couple of dead leaves on the outside but the inside is all fresh,” he said.

The group also found rhubarb, mandarins, capsicums, oranges, grapes and asparagus.

Mr Corby filmed himself the following day explaining once they game home they washed all the fruit and vegetables and put them in the fridge.

“Our fridge is stocked for the next week. Our groceries for this week were essentially free,” he said.

“It’s crazy because we just went to a small supermarket, but you can imagine Coles and Woolworths would be throwing out so much stuff while families are struggling to buy fresh vegetables.”

A few weeks earlier, Mr Corby shared a picture of the huge amount of fresh produce his friend sourced after it was thrown out at a local IGA.

“Literally so many people are struggling to buy fresh produce at the moment and this is how much food my friend got dumpster diving yesterday,” he said.

“That was all going to go in the bin. That’s f**ked.”

The first video has clocked up more than 70,000 views, with many people shocked at how much fresh produce had been thrown away.

“This is so heartbreaking to see. The food looks so fresh. People are struggling right now,” one person said.

“So much wastage!” another wrote.

Another added: “Well done! It’s an absolute crime that those perfectly good foods can be thrown in the trash.”

Both Woolworths and Coles have initiatives in place to reduce food waste in their stores.

Woolworths has implemented a Food Rescue and Recycling Program to help stores identify and divert surplus fresh food away from landfill, instead using it for things like hunger relief, animal stock feed at local farms and zoos, or for commercial composting.

The supermarket giant works with OzHarvest, Foodbank and FareShare to make left over edible food available to local hunger relief agencies.

Coles has introduced its Together to Zero Waste initiative to help reduce food waste across its stores.

“Our first choice for unsold, edible food is to donate it to food rescue organizations such as SecondBite and Foodban,” the supermarket states in its website.

“Following that, we have other food waste solutions including donations to farmers and animal or wildlife services, organics collections and in-store food waste disposal equipment.”

Coles also uses produce that would typically not be sold in other products, such as bananas being used in frozen banana pieces, banana bread and muffins.

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Egg shortage: Latest product to vanish from supermarket shelves

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Post date August 1, 2022
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Australians are being hit with a national egg shortage, as consumers move towards free-range eggs amid rising production costs, extreme weather events and worker shortages.

Supermarkets across the country are back to implementing purchase limits, with farmers grappling to keep up with demand after they decreased their chicken numbers during lockdown.

Owner of Chooks at the Rooke, a free-range egg farm southwest of Melbourne, Xavier Prime told 3AW Radio that part of the problem was the cold weather that affected how often the birds laid eggs.

“Part of it is the time of the year as well.” he said.

“Free-range eggs, in that sort of space the birds are open to the elements, and with the daylight hours being shorter, that has a lot to do with how many eggs the chickens lay.”

Mr Prime said “to lay the optimum”, hens needs 15-16 hours of daylight every day, but at the moment they are experiencing just 10-11 hours.

A Woolworths spokesman said the scarcity of eggs was due to a production shortage on farms, with the cost of young hens laying eggs increasing by 20 per cent.

“The market-wide supply of locally produced eggs in some regions has recently been impacted by reduced production on a number of farms,” they said.

“While we continue to deliver eggs to our stores regularly, customers may notice reduced availability at the moment and we thank them for their patience and understanding.

“We’re in close contact with our suppliers and are working to increase the availability of eggs in stores as soon as possible.”

The supermarket giant has installed a two-carton limit in some stores.

Mr Prime said he hoped the supply shortages did not push consumers back to caged eggs.

But free-range eggs aren’t the only product Australian shoppers are being stripped of, with supermarkets reporting bare shelves for other household items such as chickpeas, lentils, lettuce, tissues and cold and flu tablets.

“We’re experiencing reduced availability across some of our lentil and chickpea products due to supply chain delays,” a Woolworths spokesman said.

The supply chain issues are a combination of the war in Ukraine, flooding and other extreme weather events on Australian shores.

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Brisbane Lions bosses angered after Richmond Tigers game, Marlion Pickett bumps Zac Bailey, video, hospitalized with sternum injury, coughing up blood, Mitch Robinson

‘Angered’ Lions bosses have spoken to the AFL about an on-field incident involving Marlion Pickett and Zac Bailey from Richmond’s come-from-behind seven-point win over Brisbane, according to veteran journalist Caroline Wilson.

Bailey spent Sunday night in hospital after getting subbed out of the game with a sternum issue following a collision with Pickett — an incident that received no sanction from the match review officer despite vision of the exchange showing the Tigers midfielder bump Bailey in the area off the ball.

Scans cleared the young Lions star of any serious injury as he was released from hospital on Monday to fly home to Brisbane, with the club still yet to rule him out of this week’s match against Carlton.

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However speaking on Channel 9’s Footy Classified on Monday night, Wilson reports Brisbane was “completely shattered” by the loss to the Tigers and “among their devastating was anger” due to Bailey’s clash with Pickett.

“Initial anger broke out after this incident early in the game involving Bailey and Pickett. There was a bump, there was a push, I know Brisbane bosses were talking to the AFL throughout the day,” she said.

“Bailey went to hospital, he was coughing up blood, he was very, very concerned, happily the news is a lot better today and he’s flown home.

“There’s been no citing from the match review officer, I think the incident was looked at and looked at and looked at again.”

“One quick one on Pickett, who has the ability to seriously hurt players because he’s a tough player — I think there will be words delivered to Richmond about his tactics.

“But there was a lot of anger, I think Brisbane has calmed down today.”

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The MRO’s explanation of the incident read: “The incident involving Richmond’s Marlion Pickett and the Brisbane Lions’ Zac Bailey from the second quarter of Sunday’s match between Richmond and the Brisbane Lions was assessed. It was the view of the Match Review Officer that Pickett’s actions did not constitute a reportable offence. No further action was taken.”

Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes said he “didn’t see too much wrong” with the exchange and wasn’t sure what Brisbane was upset about.

Meanwhile speaking on Fox Footy’s AFL 360, Lions coach Chris Fagan confirmed the club hoped to have Bailey available for selection this week.

“He’s (Bailey) recovered well and is back in Brisbane. I think he’ll be fine this week, it was just he was coughing up a bit of blood and that’s not a good sign when that’s happening,” Fagan said.

“You have to be really careful when you see that. But as it turned out it was n’t anything of huge significance, which more than anything is pleasing for Zac and his health from him.

Wilson also reported Mitch Robinson and Brisbane have received a “please explain” from the AFL after the veteran gave his middle-finger to the Richmond cheer squad during the contest.

“I think he’s going to have to explain himself, but I don’t think there’ll be a fine,” she said.

Robinson, who missed a crucial potential go-ahead shot late in the game, took another cheeky swipe at Tigers fans on social media after the loss.

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Manly Sea Eagles player split, Manly seven, Pride jersey, Round 21, Des Hasler, Daly Cherry-Evans

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Post date August 1, 2022
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