Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S6 Ep 16.

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TIME CODES

00.00 - David Teague forced to fess up about Cripps presser. Sunday Footy Show got unsolicited info from Carlton – why would they ‘out’ their own coach?

7.00 – Richmond nightclub incident. Their behaviour is validated by their outcome.

14.30 – Cam Bancroft interview – how did he let that happen? Hutchy gives Bancroft a little media strategy advice from here on in.

Who will captain the Aussie cricket team next?

19.40 – The optics of Craig McLachlan’s redemption / tell-all interview on Channel 7.

29.45 – Wayne Bennett refusal to take part in the NRL’s Magic Round joint press conference.

33.45 – Central Coast Mariners update.

35.00 – Discussion of Fraser Gerhig’s crack at the Triple M team about the negative impact of negative segments that used to be a feature of their shows.

41.45 – Question of the Week for Drinkwise from Scott Seymour "How does Damian Barrett go from the Sounding Board podcast at the start of the week celebrating the NBA fining players and clubs for players not making themselves available to the media but then on the AFL Daily podcast at the end of the same week call for an AFL coach (Damian Hardwick) to be sanctioned for something they said in a media interview?

Surely if we are going to get to anywhere near the sort of access the media would like you can’t have coaches, or players, sanctioned just because what they said isn’t in lockstep with the AFL.

Surely every member of the AFL media should have the mantra “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it” instead of Damo’s current mantra of “Can I have a bob each way?”.

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