Stuart Rintoul

The stone age! Seriously! The fucking stone age

@Martin_Flanagan Just all class

How about a national poll asking who is the more unworthy figure - Grace Tame or Tony Abbott?

I always thought Tony Abbott was a pretty unworthy recipient of the PMship of Australia, and everything that he's done since then has confirmed that view. #auspol #IStandWithGrace

Interview with Sydney philosophy Professor Peter Slezak, whose parents were Holocaust survivors. #auspol #Bondi #GazaGenocide

Build it now! Travis Head and Alex Carey. Under the Southern Cross I stand, a sprig of wattle in my hand … #Ashes

Howard, Abbott, Morrison, Frydenberg … so many ghosts of Christmas past

What @cathywilcox1 said

Ah yes, that's where a recently unemployed 24-year-old bricklayer, who spent years hanging around Australia's pro-IS network, and his 50-year-old migrant father were radicalised: university anti-genocide protests 🙄 Be fucking serious for a moment.

Australia has some of the toughest gun laws in the world and they’re about to get even tougher. This is what the US can’t seem to get its head around: the way to stop a crazy fool with a gun is to take away the gun abc.net.au/news/2025-12-1…

The smoking ruins of the Liberal Party

The greed of the AFL knows no bounds. It’s all about the bucks

@PatrickRyen @ForrestsMind @bromobile07 @cdesilva23 What do you reckon you’ll be offered next year when he’s 31 with one year left on his contract? And then … bupkis. Staggers me that Essendon didn’t think it could turn 3 more first round picks into a really good draft hand.

"Zach Merrett trade drama a reminder that deals can no longer be judged by amount of first-round picks involved" Brilliantly articulated by @cdesilva23 #godons ❤️🖤👊 abc.net.au/news/2025-10-1…

@bromobile07 @ForrestsMind @PatrickRyen @cdesilva23 I guess the risk is that Merrett really does "loathe" being at Essendon now (to use Damian Barrett's word)

@bromobile07 @ForrestsMind @PatrickRyen @cdesilva23 I can understand Merrett wanting success, but loyalty (and contracts) matter too. I've been trying to put the shoe on the other foot. If someone like Luke Hodge had been held against his will, I wouldn't have felt great. I also wouldn't have wanted him playing for the Bombers

@PatrickRyen @bromobile07 @cdesilva23 I reckon Mitchell has come in for some unwarranted criticism. He did his bit: Merrett wanted to cross. It was Essendon’s recalcitrance that was the problem. As for giving up future stars, that was never going to happen

They knew the whole time what was required. A quality player. I.e Cam Mackenzie Ward etc. Pick 9 this year and a genuine top 10 next year and any first rounder the year after. It had to be able to he sold to members. The entire strategy adopted by Mitchell and Merrett backfired. Every part of it. Mitchell thinks he is the smartest bloke in the room.

@AFL Made a good offer, refused to be stupid, kept our future, can’t wait for ‘26

"We think that our offer at the end was a very strong and very reasonable offer." Mark McKenzie on Hawthorn's failed trade for Zach Merrett. Watch Continental Tyres AFL Trade Radio's deadline day coverage LIVE: afl.com.au/news/1442134

@HawkTalkPod Happy to move on. Sad for Merrett

So Zach Merrett's bid to join Hawthorn has hit a dead end. The club will now pivot and try to manufacture deals elsewhere. Big day ahead! The clock is ticking!

@spitatem @lightsupleclerc The thing about Hawthorn is that it’s not about one flag, but prolonged success. Merrett, who wants to play for the Hawks let’s not forget, would be an asset next year and maybe the year after, but it’s not just about the here and now

@lightsupleclerc Hawks will be fine as it is, a legit threat in the coming years..But Zach Merrett would walk on and be the best player at the Club instantly, maybe win a Brownlow. A flag. It’s not a matter of need, more a matter of, why let the opportunity slip for the likes of a McKenzie

i think essendon fans are severely overestimating how badly we need merrett like if this trade falls through we’re gonna be fine lol

@cleary_mitch @HawkTalkPod @7NewsMelbourne @7AFL The centre bounce is one of the great traditions of Australian football. Sets us apart from everything else. The bounce, to start the grand final, is very, very special. What a dumb decision to scrap it.

The AFL has confirmed the centre bounce and the sub are both gone for season 2026. Clubs will play with five on the interchange bench @7NewsMelbourne @7AFL