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Freelance Formula 1 journalist Matt Clayton joined Gerard to talk about McLaren's decision to part ways with Daniel Ricciardo, Ricciardo's options in 2023, McLaren's interest in Oscar Piastri, and more.

With the AFLW season set to kick off tonight, Daisy Pearce joined Gerard in the studio to discuss the first round fixture, the completion of the competition, the Irish players in the league, the impact of the shortened break, and also Collingwood's extraordinary win against Carlton on Sunday.

Kane Cornes joined Gerard from the Adelaide studio to answer all the key questions surrounding the 2022 All-Australian team, including the decision to name Tom Hawkins as the captain, the players who were unlucky to miss the side, Connor Rozee's selection, and also to talk about Andrew Brayshaw's AFLPA MVP win, Dayne Zorko's comments to Harrison Petty, Alastair Clarkson's draft strategy, and more.

"Sportsmen have long shown themselves to be the worst judges of 'the line'."

Nathan Buckley shared his thoughts as the Essendon purge began with the resignation of the Chief Executive, Luke Hodge cast his vote for the Rising Star, Sam Edmund rang the Trade Bell on Geelong's intentions, Magpie Chloe Molloy detailed a debilitating back injury that hobbled her last AFLW season, and Wayne Hawkes anointed Anamoe the best horse in the country.

Sam Edmund and Luke Hodge both joined Gerard on Wednesday morning.

On Tuesday morning, Gerard's editorial on Xavier Campbell's resignation as Essendon CEO (00:37) was followed by a quick chat about the rapid change happening at The Hangar with Sam Edmund (4:25). Gerard was soon joined by Luke Hodge who also weighed in on the scenario at the Bombers, and then looked at the potential award winners at tonight's All-Australian announcements (7:40). Nathan Buckley touched on why change is needed at Essendon, before re-visiting his pre-season expectations for each team (33:00), and Sam Edmund re-joined him to ring the Trade Bell once again (1:02:24). Chloe Molloy called in ahead of Collingwood's AFLW season opener against the Blues (1:14:55), Adam Gilchrist looked at the biggest topics in cricket at the moment (1:21:51), and Wayne Hawkes commented on the biggest storylines in racing (1:33:43).

Race horse trainer Wayne Hawkes joined Gerard in the studio to explain why Anamoe is definitely the best horse in the country at the moment, what happened in Verry Elleegant's French debut, and why he's feeling very confident with Zeyrek this spring.

Nathan Buckley joined Gerard in the studio to talk about Xavier Campbell's resignation as Bombers CEO and to explain why it may have been the only way forward for the Essendon Football Club. And he then revisited his pre-season expectations for each team, explaining which teams exceeded, met and didn't meet them.

SEN Chief Sports Reporter Sam Edmund joined Gerard in the studio to ring the Trade Bell where they answered questions from texters, and then Sam spoke about the likelihood of Brodie Grundy and Jacob Hopper getting to Geelong, the players potentially on the move at Fremantle, Mitch Robinson's avaialability, Jason Horne-Francis' future, and more.