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Kane Cornes, Riley Beveridge, David King and Tim Horan all joined Gerard on Thursday morning.

On Thursday morning, Gerard's editorial on James Hird's involvement in the Essendon coaching process (00:35) was followed by a chat with Kane Cornes, who also shared his strong thoughts on the situation at the Bombers (7:38). He then spoke to Daisy Pearce about her favourite "Craig McRaeisms" (22:48), and after she shared her thoughts on this weekend's preliminary finals, Gerard was joined by Brenton Sanderson who assessed what each four coaches will be trying to achieve this weekend (46:50). Riley Beveridge rang the Trade Bell (1:16:18), David King reacted to Gerard's Brownlow Medal multi (1:24:31), and Tim Horan previewed tonight's Bledisloe Cup match between Australia and New Zealand (1:28:23).

Gerard's famous Brownlow Medal multi returned for it's 2022 edition, and David King called in to deliver some pointed feedback.

Brenton Sanderson joined Gerard to talk about his experiences with preliminary finals, and to preview both Geelong vs Brisbane and Sydney vs Collingwood, while looking at what each four coaches will be trying to do for the crucial matchups.

AFL.com.au journalist Riley Beveridge joined Gerard to talk about how Karl Amon's compensation may be used for the Junior Rioli trade at Port Adelaide, what the Bulldogs may have to give up for Rory Lobb, the restricted free agents on the market, Josh Dunkley's potential move to Brisbane or Port Adelaide, North Melbourne's chances of trading pick one, and more.

Daisy Pearce joined Gerard in the studio to go through her top 10 "Craig McRaeisms", her preliminary final predictions, and to share her stance on the AFLW's decision not to observe a moment of silence for Queen Elizabeth in indigenous round.

Wallabies legend Tim Horan joined Gerard to talk about what the Wallabies should be thinking ahead of their Bledisloe Cup match against the All Blacks tonight, the All Blacks' recent struggles, how the Wallabies will approach the contest, why Australian rugby needs a Bledisloe Cup win, and more.

Halfway through his run from Adelaide to Melbourne, Kane Cornes joined Gerard to reflect on his run so far, and to discuss James Hird's involvement in the Essendon coaching process, Luke Jackson's trade request, minimum contract lengths for first round draft picks, Josh Dunkley's potential trade away from the Bulldogs, the preliminary finals this weekend, and more.

"The immediate effect has been predictable, and that's been inflamed division..."

Luke Hodge shared his sense of dread from preliminary finals past, Patrick Dangerfield reflected on what has transpired since last year's mauling in a prelim, Sam Edmund rang the Trade Bell on the strategy of St Kilda, Aaron Finch shared his mindset around his batting in the lead up to the T20 World Cup, and Adam Gilchrist on the push to lift Dave Warner's leadership ban.