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SEN WA's Adam Gilchrist joined Gerard from the Perth studio to talk about Mitch Starc's brilliant start to Australia's ODI against Zimbabwe this morning, Cameron Green and Marnus Labuschagne's chances of getting into the T20 World Cup squad, why he thought the BBL Draft was actually a success, and more.

SEN Chief Sports reporter Sam Edmund joined Gerard in the studio to ring the trade bell, where he discussed the "Clarkson effect" at North Melbourne, Port Adelaide's offer to Josh Dunkley, Callum and Tyler Brown's availability, Billy Frampton's likely move to Collingwood, the two-horse race for Brodie Grundy, and to answer your whispers/questions.

Geelong superstar and AFLPA president Patrick Dangerfield joined Gerard to discuss his excitement ahead of Geelong's qualifying final against Collingwood, his thoughts on the pre-finals bye, how they used the week off, his sympathy for Nat Fyfe, Dustin Martin's likely return, the success of Round 1 in the AFLW, Dayne Zorko's sledge to Harrison Petty, and more.

After his exclusive chat with Cam Smith regarding his move to LIV Golf, Golf Digest journalist Evin Priest joined Gerard from Boston, Massachusetts, where he spoke about what convinced Smith to sign with the breakaway tour, the events that may be coming to Australia, the risk to Smith's legacy, his "mixed emotions" with the decision, and more.

Luke Hodge joined Gerard from the Brisbane studio to discuss the "daunting sign" of seeing Dustin Martin in a final, the impact of Nat Fyfe and Tom Liberatore's injuries, the similarities between 2015 Hawthorn and 2022 Richmond, the captain who will set the tone for his side, to preview every match this weekend, and more.

"It feels to me that some in Australia suffer Stockholm syndrome when it comes to the USPGA, and we are extremely selective in how we choose to apply our condemnation of sportswashing..."

Nathan Buckley shared the vexed experience of winning a Norm Smith medal in a losing team, and Bucks pondered the psychological messaging each coach might be using ahead of the finals series, in this case Damien Hardwick, Sam Edmund rang the trade bell on Josh Dunkley, Ben Horne on whether the BBL draft might be a cautionary tale to big name cricketers around the world, and Emma Murray shared her thoughts on the infamous Adelaide pre-season camp.

Nathan Buckley and Andrew Voss both joined Gerard on Tuesday morning.

On Tuesday morning, Gerard's editorial the storylines in the 2022 finals series (00:41) was followed by his regular catch up with Nathan Buckley, where Bucks assessed the psychological challenges of the eight coaches taking part in the finals this weekend (5:44). After ringing the trade bell with Sam Edmund (41:25), Gerard was joined by high performance mindfulness coach Emma Murray, who had lots of topics to cover (54:37). Brett Phillips called in for a US Open update (1:18:13), and after Ben Horne spoke about the BBL Draft (1:22:48), he went 'Across the Divide' with Andrew Voss (1:29:02).

News Corp cricket writer Ben Horne joined Gerard to talk about the different set of priorities between the BBL clubs and the governing body in the BBL Draft, the disappointment with the draft from the broadcasters, the "huge problem" the BBL is facing going forward, Andre Russell and Faf du Plessis' chances of going through the process again, and more.