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Hamish Gough, credited as Hamish McFarlane, made his acting debut as Griffin in The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988). He has five other acting credits, including An Angel at my Table. Since 1998 he has 37 credits as assistant director, all in Australia and New Zealand.

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Who's the oldest at Gough Station?

MARION: The old guy, of course.

YVETTE: He’s almost ten thousand years old.

HAMISH: I’m only eight months older than you.

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2020 Olympics New Zealand Roster

Athletics

Sam Tanner (Tauranga)

Connor Bell (Auckland)

Malcolm Hicks (Auckland)

Quentin Rew (Wellington)

Zane Robertson (Hamilton)

Nick Willis (Lower Hutt)

Jack Gill (Belmont)

Hamish Kerr (Auckland)

Tom Walsh (Timaru)

Tori Peeters (Matamata)

Camille Buscomb (Cambridge)

Lauren Bruce (Christchurch)

Julia Ratcliffe (Hamilton)

Madison-Lee Wesche (Auckland)

Valerie Adams (Rotorua)

Boxing

David Nyika (Hamilton)

Canoeing

Callum Gilbert (Okere Falls)

Max Brown (Whanganui)

Kurtis Imrie (Lower Hutt)

Luuka Jones (North Palmerston)

Lisa Carrington (Ōhope)

Caitlin Regal (Takapuna)

Teneale Hatton (Auckland)

Alicia Hoskin (Gisborne)

Cycling

Sam Dakin (Cambridge)

Ethan Mitchell (Auckland)

Sam Webster (Auckland)

Aaron Gate (Auckland)

Regan Gough (Waipukurau)

Jordan Kerby (Brisbane, Australia)

Campbell Stewart (North Palmerston)

Corbin Strong (Invercargill)

George Bennett (Nelson)

Patrick Bevin (Cambridge)

Callum Saunders (Blenheim)

Anton Cooper (Westmorland)

Jessie Hodges (Hamilton)

Ellesse Andrews (Christchurch)

Kirstie Klingenberg (Auckland)

Bryony Botha (Takapuna)

Rushlee Buchanan (Hamilton)

Holly Edmondston (Nelson)

Jaime Nielsen (Hamilton)

Rebecca Petch (Te Awamutu)

Diving

Anton Down-Jenkins (Wellington)

Field Hockey

Steve Edwards (Auckland)

Sean Findlay (Taradale)

Leon Hayward (Darwin, Australia)

Hugo Inglis (Dunedin)

Stephen Jenness (Lower Hutt)

Sam Lane (Temuka)

Dane Lett (Carterton)

Shea McAleese (Canterbury)

Jared Panchia (Auckland)

Nick Ross (Dunedin)

Kane Russell (Dunedin)

Jacob Smith (Wellington)

Blair Tarrant (Timaru)

Dylan Thomas (Hastings)

Nick Wilson (North Palmerston)

Nic Woods (Hamilton)

David Brydon (Auckland)

George Muir (Auckland)

Katie Doar (Auckland)

Tarryn Davey (Morrinsville)

Olivia Shannon (Feilding)

Olivia Merry (Christchurch)

Frances Davies (Tauranga)

Elizabeth Gunson (Whangarei)

Samantha Charlton (Auckland)

Grace O’Hanlon (Auckland)

Elizabeth Thompson (Thames)

Stephanie Dickins (Āpiti)

Megan Hull (Pongaroa)

Elizabeth Keddell (Tauranga)

Kelsey Smith (Nelson)

Stacey Michelsen (Whangarei)

Julia King (Auckland)

Hope Ralph (Taranaki)

Tessa Jopp (Dunedin)

Holly Pearson (Taranaki)

Soccer

George Stanger (Dunblane, U.K.)

Clayton Lewis (Wellington)

Gianni Stensness (Northbridge, Australia)

Michael Woud (Auckland)

Winston Reid (Sønderborg, Denmark)

Liberato Cacace (Wellington)

Nando Pijnaker (Wellington)

Michael Boxall (Auckland)

Elijah Just (Wellington)

Joe Bell (Wellington)

Chris Wood (Hamilton)

Marko Stamenic (Wellington)

Joe Champness (Brisbane, Australia)

Callum McCowatt (Auckland)

Jamie Searle (Cambridge)

Dane Ingham (Lismore, Australia)

Callan Elliot (Nelson)

Ben Waine (Wellington)

Matthew Garbett (Porirua)

Sam Sutton (Wellington)

Ben Old (Wellington)

Alex Paulsen (Lower Hutt)

Marisa Van Der Meer (Christchurch)

Michaela Robertson (Wellington)

Erin Nayler (Takapuna)

Victoria Esson (Burnside)

Anna Leat (Arrowtown)

Catherine Bott (Wellington)

Meikayla Moore (Christchurch)

Ali Riley (Los Angeles, California)

Claudia Bunge (Auckland)

Ria Percival (Brentwood, U.K.)

Annalie Longo (Auckland)

Betsy Hassett (Auckland)

Katie Bowen (Auckland)

Daisy Wilson-Cleverley (Auckland)

Olivia Chance (Tauranga)

Hannah Wilkinson (Whangarei)

Paige Satchell (Rotorua)

Anna Green (Stockport, U.K.)

Abby Erceg (Auckland)

Gabi Rennie (Rangiora)

Emma Rolston (Auckland)

Elizabeth Anton (Auckland)

Gymnastics

Mikhail Koudinov (Auckland)

Dylan Schmidt (Auckland)

Maddie Davidson (Christchurch)

Rowing

Jordan Parry (Tauranga)

Jack Lopas (Christchurch)

Dan Williamson (Auckland)

Tom Mackintosh (Christchurch)

Phillip Wilson (Wellington)

Stephen Jones (Auckland)

Brooks Robertson (Nelson)

Chris Harris (College Estate)

Shaun Kirkham (Hamilton)

Hamish Bond (Dunedin)

Matt Macdonald (Auckland)

Michael Brake (Auckland)

Tom Murray (Blenheim)

Sam Bosworth (Waipara)

Hannah Osborne (Te Awamutu)

Georgia Nugent-O’Leary (Aramoho)

Emma Twigg (Napier)

Kerri Gowler (Raetihi)

Grace Prendergast (Christchurch)

Brooke Donoghue (Te Kauwhata)

Livie Loe (Christchurch)

Eve Macfarlane (Parnassus)

Ruby Tew (Wellington)

Ella Greenslade (Christchurch)

Emma Dyke (Invercargill)

Lucy Spoors (Christchurch)

Kelsey Bevan (Auckland)

Beth Ross (Auckland)

Rugby

Andrew Knewstubb (Wellington)

Ngarohi McGarvey-Black (Auckland)

Tone Ng-Shiu (Auckland)

Amanaki Nicole (Christchurch)

William Warbrick (Auckland)

Scott Curry (Rotorua)

Tim Mikkelson (Matamata)

Kurt Baker (North Palmerston)

Caleb Clarke (Auckland)

Dylan Collier (Auckland)

Sione Molia (Auckland)

Etene Nanai-Seturo (Pakuranga)

Regan Ware (Tokoroa)

Tevarn Webber (Tokoroa)

Dhys Faleafaga (Wellington)

Jazmin Hotham (Auckland)

Shiray Kaka (Auckland)

Mahina Paul (Whakatane)

Alena Saili (Wellington)

Tenika Willison (Hamilton)

Sarah Hirini (Feilding)

Kayla Ahki (Waitara)

Shakira Baker (Masterton)

Michaela Blyde (New Plymouth)

Kelly Brazier (Dunedin)

Gayle Broughton (Taranaki)

Theresa Fitzpatrick (Auckland)

Stacey Fluhler (Whakatāne)

Tyla Nathan-Wong (Auckland)

Risealeaana Pouri-Lane (Motueka)

Terina Te-Tamaki (Hamilton)

Ruby Tui (Wellington)

Portia Woodman (Kawakawa)

Sailing

Micah Wilkinson (Auckland)

Sam Meech (Tauranga)

Paul Snow-Hansen (Takapuna)

Daniel Willcox (Takapuna)

Peter Burling (Tauranga)

Andrew Tuke (Kawakawa)

Josh Junior (Wellington)

Erica Dawson (Auckland)

Alexandra Maloney (Auckland)

Molly Meech (Tauranga)

Shooting

Natalie Rooney (Waimate)

Chloe Tipple (Christchurch)

Surfing

Billy Stairmand (Auckland)

Ella Williams (Whangamata)

Swimming

Lewis Clareburt (Wellington)

Zac Reid (New Plymouth)

Erika Fairweather (Dunedin)

Ali Galyer (Auckland)

Hayley McIntosh (Whangārei)

Eve Thomas (Brisbane, Australia)

Carina Doyle (Auckland)

Taekwondo

Tom Burns (Christchurch)

Weightlifting

Cam McTaggart (Southport)

David Liti (Auckland)

Kanah Andrews-Nahu (Auckland)

Laurel Hubbard (Auckland)

Equestrian

Jesse Campbell (Marlborough, U.K.)

Tim Price (Rangiora)

Bruce Goodin (Huntly)

Tom Tarver-Priebe (Auckland)

Daniel Meech (Steinfeld, Germany)

Bundy Philpott (Cambridge)

Jonelle Price (Rangiora)

Uma O’Neill (Santa Cruz, California)

Golf

Ryan Fox (Auckland)

Bo-Gyung Ko (Orlando, Florida)

Karate

Andrea Anacan (Auckland)

Tennis

Marcus Daniell (New York, New York)

Michael Venus (London, U.K.)

Triathlon

Tayler Reid (Gisborne)

Hayden Wilde (Whakatāne)

Ainsley Thorpe (Auckland)

Nicole Van Der Kaay (Rotorua)

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8 Must-See Horror Movies for September 2021

I am your host Doc Rotten and this is the GRUESOME GUIDE to Horror Movies for SEPTEMBER 2021. Back with me again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the 'Net. Joining Doc is Dave Dreher, lead news writer for Gruesome Magazine.

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS Season 3 - 9/02/2021 - FX/HULU

Synopsis: Guillermo's fate hangs in the balance as the vampires receive a promotion.

Creator: Jemaine Clement - 10 Episodes Director: Kyle Newacheck Writer: Paul Simms Cast: Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillen, Mark Proksch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bl2gDoDRbI

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING - 9/3/2021 - IFC

Synopsis: After Melissa and her family seek shelter from a storm, they become trapped. With no sign of rescue, hours turn to days and Melissa comes to realize that she and her girlfriend Amy might have something to do with the horrors that threaten to tear her family - and the entire world, apart.

Director: Sean King O'Grady Writer: Max Booth III Cast: Lisette Alexis, John James Cronin, Pat Healy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcmfY_ApDxU

MARTYRS LANE - 9/9/2021 - SHUDDER

Synopsis: Leah, 10, lives in a large vicarage, full of lost souls and the needy. In the day the house is bustling with people; at night it is dark, empty, a space for Leah's nightmares to creep into. A small, nightly visitor brings Leah comfort, but soon she will realize that her little visitor offers knowledge that might be very, very dangerous.

Director: Ruth Platt Writer: Ruth Platt Cast: Denise Gough, Steven Cree, Anastasia Hille

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4W_QVV2NrM&t=13s

MALIGNANT - 9/10/2021 - Warner Brothers

Synopsis: Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.

Director: James Wan Writer: James Wan, Ingrid Bisu, Akela Cooper Cast: Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczt0fhawDs

SHELTER IN PLACE - 09/14/2021 - 1091 Pictures

Synopsis: A honeymooning couple gets stranded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and learns that there is more to fear than just cabin fever.

Director: Christopher Beyrooty, Connor Martin Writer: Christopher Beyrooty, Connor Martin Cast: Brendan Hines, Tatjana Marjanovic, Ola Kaminska, Kevin Daniels, Jey Reynolds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olaTxVU_ssU

NIGHTBOOKS - 9/15/2021 - NETFLIX

Synopsis: Follows Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories who is imprisoned by an evil young witch in her contemporary New York City apartment.

Director: David Yarovesky Writer: Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis Based on a Book By: J.A. White Cast: Krysten Ritter, Lidya Jewett, Winslow Fegley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQO16k5Vdow

PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND - 9/17/2021 - RLJE Films

Synopsis: A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.

Director: Sion Sono Writer: Aaron Hendry, Reza Sixo Safai Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I6p1yxZ_LE

MIDNIGHT MASS - 9/24/2021 - NETFLIX

Synopsis: An isolated island community experiences miraculous events - and frightening omens - after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest.

Creator: Mike Flanagan - 7 episodes Director: Mike Flanagan Writer: Mike Flanagan, James Flanagan, Elan Gale Cast: Zach Gilford, Henry Thomas, Annabeth Gish, Kate Siegel, Hamish Linklater, Alex Essoe, Kristin Lehman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89UV8vmWXlY

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#Repost @davidharewood Couldn’t shoot this Ep without these two guys. James Liston and Hamish Gough my DOP and 1st AD respectively. They’ve given me tremendous support so far, we’ve not dropped a single scene and have completed all our days despite a pretty heavy workload. On top of that we’ve also managed to have a lot of fun! Some exterior scenes today! Best wrap up warm. ✊🏾 https://www.instagram.com/p/Buq721dBZ1m/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bcygcmu62ft3

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Movers and shapers 30-11

WHO ARE the people who shape the modern AFL?

Over summer, senior writer Ashley Browne again extensively surveyed the football industry to find out who pulls the levers to make the game as strong and powerful as it is.

Once again, a wide spectrum of the industry was surveyed, including players and coaches, club and AFL management, journalists and broadcasters, player managers and other key stakeholders directly and indirectly involved in the game.

This is the second year of the survey and once again more than 100 names were thrown up altogether. This year, there are 15 new faces in the top 50, reflecting teams on the up and those whose influence has grown.

Please note that the survey was conducted over summer, before Mike Fitzpatrick retired as AFL Chairman and Mark Evans moved on from heading up the League’s football operations to become chief executive of Gold Coast. There have subsequently a raft of changes at the executive level of the AFL.

We start the countdown on Tuesday with those ranked 50 to 31 and will continue on Wednesday and Thursday when the top 10 will be revealed both on AFL.com.au and the round one edition of the AFL Record.

Once again, some of those with a common interest and have been ranked together.

Movers and shapers: 50-31

30. David Koch Port Adelaide chairman, TV host Last year: 26

Port Adelaide has no greater salesman than the business journalist-cum-breakfast TV host, now entering his fifth season at the helm at Alberton. The days of the tarpaulin-covered seats at Football Park are long gone and the Power are a joint tenant at Adelaide Oval and the equal of Adelaide in pretty much every key performance indicator. “He just doesn’t accept second-team status,” said one AFL source. “He opens doors that were previously closed to Port,” added a close observer of the club. Koch is based in Sydney, where he creates his vision for the Power, but others such as vice-chairman Kevin Osborn and chief executive Keith Thomas have also played key roles in the growth of the club. An indication of Port’s standing and a testament to Koch’s leadership and vision is the round eight match against Gold Coast in China. The AFL has beaten the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball and the English Premier League, among others, to be the first sporting league to play an official game in the world’s biggest country and it wouldn’t have happened, at least not this year, without Koch’s prodding.

29. Craig Kelly Player manager Last year: 31

A quick scan of the TLA website shows more than 150 players and a few coaches as part of the stable. And it is about to get bigger with a merger with Stride Sports, another major AFL player management company, about to be finalised. The former Elite Sports Properties is now a big part of a huge global enterprise and Kelly remains at the helm in Australia for another three years as part of the management agreement. He sold the business for a considerable sum and the earn out provisions mean he could make considerably more if the business reaches certain targets under his watch. Kelly’s influence in the media has also been profound. Rebecca Maddern is now a co-host of The Footy Show, while he also helped broker the shake-up at SEN Radio that saw Garry Lyon and Hamish McLachlan parachuted into the morning show. Kelly’s name continues to be linked to Collingwood, where he was a premiership defender, as the eventual replacement for Eddie McGuire, but their conversations behind closed doors must be fun given SEN’s bid to capture a slice of the Triple M audience where McGuire hosts the breakfast show.

28. John Longmire Sydney coach Last year: –

Longmire is a great coach. The Swans don’t want to run the risk of slumping while rebuilding in the brutal Sydney sporting market and keep presenting year after year with super-competitive teams that have made three of the last six Grand Finals. His winning rate of 66 per cent is the second best of active AFL coaches behind only Geelong’s Chris Scott. Longmire doesn’t have as shrill a voice as some of his colleagues, but when he speaks up, such as his recent remarks about full-time umpires, people in the game tend to listen.

27. Matthew Pavlich AFLPA president, retired Fremantle champion Last year: 28

After 353 games and 700 goals, Pavlich finally called time on his 17-year career with Fremantle at the end of last season. But there is plenty going on to keep him immersed in the affairs of football. He remains the president of the AFL Players Association and he is deeply involved in negotiations for the new Collective Bargaining Agreement. At some stage this year he will hand the AFLPA reins to either Patrick Dangerfield or Rory Sloane, leaving his main football involvement as a WA-based commentator for Fox Footy. But think of this as a gap year. Bright, personable and ambitious, and soon to have an MBA in his back pocket, a career in football administration beckons. And he will be very, very good at it.

26. Darren Birch AFL General Manager, Growth, Digital and Audiences Last year: –

The renegotiated media rights deals brings in the huge earnings every five years or so, but critical to the AFL’s bottom line each year is the revenue from the AFL’s corporate partners and general consumers, and until recently that was Birch’s domain. As part of the recent management restructure his role turns more outwardly focused as he seeks to grow the AFL’s brand and reach. At one time, Birch was the Brisbane Lions membership manager, so he brings a sharp consumer focus to the role.

25. Andrew Ireland and Andrew Pridham Sydney chief executive and president Last year: –

Ireland is well regarded in the footy industry for his deep knowledge of the game and its history, but not being beholden to it as the Swans establish arguably the most respected club in the competition. Sydney is an incredibly well run club that attracts excellent people on and off the ground and Ireland deftly negotiated the deal that extricated the club from its ANZ Stadium contract in order to play 11 home games at the SCG. And they arguably have the most impressive list of major corporate partners, headed by QBE but also including Volkswagen and Citibank. Pridham had big shoes to fill three years ago when he replaced Richard Colless as chairman, but the club has barely skipped a beat and by various measures is now the largest sporting club in New South Wales. It is a crucial market/battlefield for the AFL and the club could not be in better hands.

24. Daisy Pearce Melbourne Football Club captain Last year: 49

The aspirational face of AFLW, Pearce is a marketer’s dream. She has deals with NAB and Cotton On and there could be more to come. She comes off as natural and presentable, but on the field she moves smoothly, averaging 22.2 disposals a game (No.2 in the competition) and top three in the competition for centre clearances and tackles. As well as she has played, Pearce is now at the back end of her career. “A bit like Chris Judd at 29 rather than 25,” said one observer. “If the women’s league had started five years earlier we would have seen just how good a footballer she was.” When the history of AFLW is one day written, Pearce’s influence might end up being more profound off the field than on, with 354 new women’s teams taking the field in 2016.

Daisy Pearce is one of the AFLW’s biggest names. Picture: AFL Photos

23. Brian Cook Geelong chief executive Last year: 16

The good news for the Cats is that Cook isn’t likely to go anywhere. Just about every other AFL club – and a few others sports as well – had a nibble at the man largely responsible for transforming West Coast and then Geelong into financial and football powerhouses. Racing Victoria made some enquiries about the vacant CEO job there and he shaped as the ideal candidate to replace Stephen Gough at the helm of the Melbourne Cricket Club, a position that was eventually filled by Hawthorn boss and Cook protégé, Stuart Fox. At 60, it us unlikely he will be swayed by any other position. The Cats continue to hum along, and a new grandstand at Simonds Stadium encompassing the football department will open on May 19. The timing will be tight – the Cats only take possession a week before – but given how much redevelopment has taken place at Kardinia Park in his 18 years in charge, the bump in will be seamless. The re-signing of coach Chris Scott and the quest for an AFLW team as soon as possible, will keep him busy in 2017.

22. Richard Goyder Incoming AFL chairman Last year: 14

The soon-to-be chairman of the AFL (this survey was completed before news of his ascension) loves to talk of his crowning achievement as a player, captaining the Tambellup under 12s to 2.1 (13) to 1.0 (6) Grand Final win over Police Boys. That early success served him well and away from footy he rose all the way to becoming managing director of Wesfarmers, Australia’s largest company. Goyder is universally well regarded and has succeeded in business without having (at least in public) the hard edge of so many of his peers. “He’s not a prick,” said an observer of Goyder in both his business and football guises. He is comfortable in front of a camera and there is no doubting his love of the game, as a former amateur footballer in Western Australia and board member of the Dockers. At an AFL staff presentation last year, he even joked (we think) about the purple underwear he wears in honour of the Dockers. His local knowledge will come to fore early as he signs of the deal for the new Perth Stadium and there is Etihad and the CBA that will be on his plate as well. Early prediction: he won’t be No.22 this time next year.

21. Travis Auld AFL Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of Clubs Last year: 25

Hand-picked to join the AFL from the Suns three years ago, Auld carries a wide brief at the AFL but it his relationship with the clubs that forms the chief part of his portfolio and continues to be so following the recent executive restructure. Working hand in glove with the clubs has been a particular focus of the AFL in Gillon McLachlan’s time as chief executive, and there is certainly less griping these days by the clubs about some of the decisions made by head office. Auld has also produced an enticing fixture for 2017 and round one is in line to be the most attended and watched ever.

Travis Auld handles the tough job of fixturing all matches. Picture: AFL Photos

20. Peter Blunden Herald & Weekly Times managing director Last year: 35

The beauty of the Herald Sun, even though newspapers themselves are battling, is that it still recognises what most gets Victorians up and engaged – crime and football. Blunden hasn’t called the shots on the editorial floor for some time, but he makes sure the Melbourne tabloid has all the resources it needs to cover the AFL extensively and the ‘back page of the little paper’ is the place clubs still prefer to be if they want to make a splash and where not to be when bad news breaks. “If Gill gets a call from the Herald Sun, he jumps,” said one AFL insider. The partnership between the AFL and the paper is very fraternal, as indicated by blanket coverage of AFLW that other sports would kill for. “He provides publicity and promotion no amount of money could buy,” said one commentator.

19. Ray Gunston AFL General Manager, Infrastructure, Major Projects and Investment Last year: –

The AFL had long been itching to buy Etihad Stadium, but it was only after Gunston came aboard that the deal was done. “There’s no way we get the deal done without him,” said one observer. “He was a joy to watch during the negotiations.” Gunston’s willingness to use debt to finance the $200 million deal was the clincher and he was able to convince the executive and the commission that the deal could be comfortably serviced. It is the biggest deal the AFL has ever done apart from the broadcast agreements and the League is promising a better fan experience at Etihad from this season on. Next on his agenda is the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which must make for an interesting dinner table conversation when son Jack, the star Hawthorn forward, visits for a meal. Tied up with the CBA is the investment model for the next six years, which Gunston is also overseeing. “It’s not just about how we spend the money,” said another observer. “This is a gilt-edged opportunity to grow the game for a generation.”

18. Paul Connors Player manager Last year: 27

From his nondescript office in Malvern, Connors continues to manage a large and powerful stable of AFL players. He has come off another successful year, which included Michael Hurley recommitting to Essendon when it appeared that he had one foot out the door and Josh Kennedy becoming the new captain of Sydney. The deal that sent the famous son and grandson of Hawthorn to the Swans in 2010 rates as the best he has ever done. Connors managed nine of the first 16 players selected in last year’s national draft and his strength at attracting players from Melbourne’s leading private schools is second to none. And having seen Chris Judd into a comfortable – and lucrative – post-football career, he might well be doing the same with Luke Hodge at the end of this year.

Paul Connors has managed some of the AFL’s biggest stars. Picture: AFL Photos

17. Mark Robinson Journalist, TV host Last year: 13

‘Robbo’ is everywhere. He’s chief football writer of the Herald Sun, one of the most prestigious jobs in all football media. He co-hosts AFL 360, the nightly, agenda-setting and opinion-shaping show on Fox Footy. And he appears widely on SEN, including Crunch Time, the Saturday morning show that has become almost compulsory listening. Footballers enjoy talking to Robinson, who in turn will talk footy to, well, anyone and everyone. “He’s authentic,” noted one Melbourne sports broadcaster. “He speaks on level terms with his audience. He is also prepared to ask hard questions and take unpopular positions. You may disagree with him, but I’ve never had anyone convince me that he isn’t honest.” The unpopular position aspect is right. Robinson has been strong in his support for James Hird throughout the Essendon supplements saga and sceptical of ASADA and the AFL, a stance increasingly at odds with that of most people in the game.

16. Luke Beveridge Western Bulldogs coach Last year: –

What an extraordinary story. Since taking over as coach of C-Grade Victorian amateur club St.Bedes/Mentone in 2006, teams he has coached or been part of the coaching panel have won seven premierships. The greatest of the lot was the Western Bulldogs triumph in last year’s AFL flag decider, only the second in the club’s history and the first since 1954. His secret? He coaches his players really hard, but his love and care for them is self-evident. His handing of his premiership medallion to injured skipper Bob Murphy will go down in Grand Final lore. But at a time when some believe the role of senior coaches is veering more towards the style of soccer management, Beveridge’s match day work and tactical nous is becoming renowned and his stamp might be the fast handball game that was so irresistible last September. Early signs are that many teams will try to emulate this in 2017.

15. Simon Lethlean AFL General Manager, Football Operations Last year: 15

When Gillon McLachlan decided he wanted to bring forward the launch of AFLW from 2020 to this year, he turned to Lethlean, who was still finding his feet in the game development chair at the AFL after several years in charge of broadcasting and the fixture, but whose strong background as a player and coach at Old Xaverians made him an ideal choice to steer grassroots football. And Lethlean is now riding high after a debut season more successful and spectacular than anyone could have imagined. “Gill put him under pressure but he did it,” said one AFL executive. “Game development was a ‘renovators delight’ before Simon took over,” said another AFL colleague. “There were lots of things that hadn’t been looked after but he has really turned things around. He has the runs on the board.” His reward was the move to head up football operations, widely considered to be the second most important role at the AFL, following the departure of Mark Evans to Gold Coast.

14. Peter Gordon Western Bulldogs president Last year: 20

How good a year did he have? Let’s count the ways: 1. The premiership. 2. An operating profit of $3.64 million. 3. Net debt slashed from $8.3m to $1.9m. 4. The AFL signed off on the first Bulldogs home game for premiership points in Ballarat, to be played in round 22 this year at Eureka Stadium. Gordon holds enormous sway in footy these days. Gillon McLachlan uses him as a sounding board, and he is also on advocate for the game with the Victorian government given his close ties to the ALP. His management ethos is not for everyone; he maintains an office at the Whitten Oval and highly-rated Nike executive David Stevenson lasted barely a year as his chief executive after moving from the United States. “His style is autocratic but it clearly works because the turnaround has been amazing,” said one AFL insider. “People don’t worry about them going out of business any more.” In his first iteration as Bulldogs president in the early 1990s, Gordon was a brash street-fighter. This time around he operates with a bit more polish and his hair has turned grey, but he is still a man of the people. How many other club presidents would work the till or make a quick dash to the shops when supplies run short during an AFLW match?

Peter Gordon enjoyed a pretty successful 2016 season. Picture: AFL Photos

13. Craig Hutchison Crocmedia chief executive, Footy Show co-host Last year: –

Hutchison has always believed in the power of radio and his Crocmedia emerged as a clear winner when the AFL renegotiated its radio rights at the end of last season, helping to double the annual rights fee in the process to almost $10 million. AFL Nation will now broadcast twilight matches on Saturdays and Sundays across Australia on a variety of stations, both metropolitan and regional. and as part of the deal, his nightly networked Sportsday show was merged with the influential and popular Sports Today on 3AW, keeping Gerard Healy and Dwayne Russell as hosts. However, that’s only half the story with Hutchison, who in a bloodless coup late last year was installed as the new co-host of The Footy Show, replacing James Brayshaw. Expect TFS to return back to the sharper, news-breaking focus that was the norm when Eddie McGuire was host in its heyday. How Hutchison juggles his various roles as businessman, AFL partner, TV host and journalist will be something to watch in 2017.

12. Rupert Murdoch/Foxtel/Fox Sports Executive chairman, News Corporation Last year: 10

The big boss formally gets the nod here, but it is also a recognition of the huge role Foxtel (half owned by News) and Fox Sports (fully owned) play in the game. Murdoch himself would likely struggle to tell the difference between a Sherrin and a Steeden but he understands the importance of AFL to the Australian sporting and media landscape and has backed the code accordingly. Patrick Delany is the head of Fox Sports and under his watch, Fox Footy and its blanket 24-7 coverage has become indispensible for anyone with even a half-baked interest in the game. This year, it has spawned its first imitator with Fox League now covering the NRL in similar detail. A new development in the relationship between News and the AFL this year is the revamped WatchAFL website and app, which in addition to streaming live games, will offer Fox Footy programming to footy-started expatriates around the world.

11. Patrick Dangerfield Geelong champion, Brownlow medalist Last year: –

The prototype modern footballer. Dangerfield shattered a few myths in 2016, chiefly that footballers need to shy away from the limelight to play their best footy. The more media and promotional work Dangerfield did, the better he seemed to play and his first season with Geelong, having crossed to his home town team after a great career with Adelaide, resulted in a resounding win in the Brownlow Medal and a top-four finish for the Cats. Witness his spectacular surfing commercial for Fox Footy, his co-hosting the live pre-draft show on AFL.com.au and his active and engaging presence on social media. Dangerfield is also among the leading lights in the AFL Players Association – and the likely next president – and is playing a big role in the negotiations for the next Collective Bargaining Agreement. “When was the last time the best player in the competition was so entirely engaged in every area of footy?” said one high-profile commentator.

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Hamish, what was Bonnie Gough like? Only if you want to answer, if course, I understand if this is a touchy subject.

HAMISH: (soft) Uh - she was, um… she was a friend of mine. She was a very, very bright scientist, and – she was very passionate about her work, and I think she was a very admirable person. She really, um, like, radiated this sort of – this –, uh, you know, uh, infectious enthusiasm, you know? It’s, it’s always – you know, whenever – (sniff) whenever I think about her now, I –

MARION: What on earth are you talking about? She was an awful person. A callous, heartless, cold, mean, bitter, horrible person. Don’t you remember that time she threw a glass at that guy from the Discovery Channel? She would get so violent, you would think it was war every time she came into the room. And anyway, if she wanted to drink a whole bottle of Malibu Rum in her office she should’ve just stayed home!

HAMISH: I– I’m, I’m sorry, Marion? What? That – no, no, I think you must be thinking of some other person.

MARION: Hamish, my sweet, good-hearted friend, what the fuck have you been smoking?

HAMISH: (meekness) M–my pipe? I–I –

MARION: She was a complete bitch. A morally bankrupt, bitter, bloodthirsty, dead-eyed, hypocritical, sadistic, whining, vindictive, conniving, vindictive, selfish, self-serving, self-absorbed, vicious, cold-hearted monster. I am really, really happy that she’s dead.

HAMISH: (sounds like he’s about to cry) Um, ok. Goodnight, Marion.

[archivistbot]

Hamish, what's your job at Gough Station?

HAMISH: W-well, erm… well, I think it’s… well, mostly it’s looking after the health and safety of my colleagues…

YVETTE: You’re literally a doctor.

HAMISH: So yeah. What is this interview for?

[archivistbot]

Excerpt from the crew manifest of the Bonnie Gough research station, Peary Land:

Aboard:

Cargo and additional supplies: 19 cases of canned foods; 2 cases of dry rations, 1 case of pop, coffee and cookies; 1 case of ‘pemmican’ dried meat; 8 boxes of tea; 2 cases of water purification tablets; 40 meters of rope, 20 meters of wire; 1 case of 2-way radio batteries; 5 hand-held radios and sundry medical supplies (bandages, pain killers, surgical blades, etc.).

1 case of tobacco products, a few bottles of vodka, camera and personal items, clothes, and a microscope.

Crew: Yvette Miller, Hamish MacAvey, Ime Jakobsen, Marion Lang, Yury Khan.

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Hamish, are you the older man in the picture celebrating a birthday in the commons? Did you ever know Bonnie Gough?

HAMISH: I’m the one in the picture, it was a horrible birthday. Oh, yes we all knew her.

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