Phoenix Trinidad and Mitch Keating sit down with AFL commentator and former Geelong and Port Adelaide player Dwayne Russell, who’s added another title to his résumé — novelist.

Dwayne talks about his debut fiction book 'Killing for Sport', a fast-paced art world thriller two decades in the making. He dives deep into his inspirations, his love of music, his Beatles obsession, the art of great commentary, and what it’s really like calling the big AFL moments live on air.

⬇️ RUNDOWN:

00:00 Killing for Sport

04:20 Art History

06:45 Russell History

11:24 Big music guy

24:04 Footy history

33:48 The Art of Commentary

36:38 Positive Commentary

39:13 Preparing commentary

50:19 The Dwayne diet

53:07 Feedback

1:03:10 Writing

RECORDED: 22/10/2025

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