The Geelong Football Club has stood down around 100 staff members with the AFL season put on hold until further notice.  An emotional Brian Cook says the staff have been given compassionate leave and their owed leave, but after that it will have to be leave without pay if there's no competition.  "It's been a tough time, mate, loyal people." The Geelong CEO says their coach, Chris Scott, had sacrificed his pay for the club: "What's become obvious is right through this is, and I think...

In one year he took the Brisbane Lions from five wins to 16 wins, but the coach says last year's performance won't be good enough for 2020. Chris Fagan turned his team around to finish second on the AFL ladder in 2019 and won the Coach of the Year award, but understands there's a lot to do ahead of this season.  "From the day we started working together we've just been on this thing about improvement and that's really all that we can control," Fagan told Brad Hardie and Kim...

The BBL Final is all but cancelled with heavy rain forecast in Sydney during the decider between the Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Stars on Saturday.  Cricket great and BBL commentator Adam Gilchrist arrived in Sydney on Saturday and although he's hopeful the clouds will part for a few hours, but it's not likely.  Gilchrist told 6PR he thinks the BBL Final should have moved location.   "I feel a bit frustrated like everyone. "They're big decisions, I know, but sometime's you've got to make...

The Perth Scorchers are heading to a must-win match against the Sydney Thunder to secure their spot in the Big Bash finals. Perth all-rounder Ashton Agar says the pressure is on and they must start well. “Early wickets over at Spotless is really crucial because you can squeeze through the middle there; often it’s not the easiest wicket to start on there, often it’s a little bit slower and a bit lower. “So if you can get some early wickets you can generally restrict them to a really low...

Fremantle skipper and dual Brownlow medalist Nat Fyfe is finding some relaxation ahead of season 2020 in some strange ways, he caught up with 6PR at Crown Sports Bar for a one-on-one interview.  Fremantle have the second youngest list in the competition in the Gold Coast and a new coach in Justin Longmuir at the helm, but Fyfe is expecting more wins on the board for 2020.  "We should be looking to win more games at home and a few games on the road, so I think, realistically between eight to...

Suspended West Coast Eagle Willie Rioli was back on the training track with his Eagles teammates yesterday and their coach says Rioli was nervous ahead of his first appearance since his suspension. Adam Simpson says Rioli was brought in to the club last week and spoke with his teammates about his actions. "We did have to move on and address those issues from a player perspective and there's no other way to do it than to get him back at the right time and he spoke with the players last week...

The Perth Scorchers are still fighting for a spot in the BBL finals and tonight's match against the Brisbane Heat will be a big test for the side says their Skipper.  Mitch Marsh says they'll be aiming to come in strong against the Heat's top order.  "We know how good Chris Lynn is, but hopefully we can put some pressure on him early," Marsh told 6PR.  Marsh says bowler Jhye Richardson is hitting his straps after suffering a shoulder injury last season and will be good for them in their...

Australian cricket coach Justin Langer says they have a challenge ahead of them as they head into the Boxing Day test at the MCG on Thursday.  Speaking exclusively to 6PR Langer says he's not getting ahead of himself with calling his team one of the best test sides.  "When we play New Zealand it's an absolute arm wrestle, whilst we played great cricket in the first test we're going to have to be really on top of it to beat the second best team in the world. "If we can do that, we're...

Perth Scorcher, AJ Tye, will have a delayed start to the BBL season after he sustained an elbow injuring during a training session.  Tye told 6PR he's hopeful to be playing in the back end of the season, but there's still some unknowns when it comes to his recovery. 

"This is a catastrophe, this is a fiasco that we have to get the bottom of," Kim Hagdorn says.

The Sheffield Shield game between Victoria and WA at the MCG has been suspended due to the condition of the pitch.  "A couple balls have just played a little bit up and down," Shaun Graf from Cricket Victoria told 6PR.  "[Marcus] Stoinis got hit in the ribs with one that jumped a little bit."

An incredible 20 West Australian young football players have been picked up by AFL clubs in the draft this week and the WA Talent Pathways Manager says some of those teens are ready to go at the top level.  Fremantle's Hayden Young and Melbourne's Luke Jackson are likely to make in impact early according to Michael Ablett.

Ian Chappell stepped aside from commentating the test between Australia and Pakistan to speak with 6PR about how the Aussies are looking and what he thinks of today's game. 

Western Australia's Under 18s coach, Peter Sumich, played golf with some of WA's best young footballers only a few days out from the AFL Draft; he spoke with 6PR about who is likely to go where. 

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The latest footy player to hail from Western Australia has made their home at the Melbourne Football Club and she's got a lot to offer.  Krstel Petrevski is the first cousin of Sam Petrevski-Seaton and grew up in the small town of Halls Creek in WA's Kimberley region and now she's in the bustling city of Melbourne.  "I grew up playing footy with  boys up there in the Kimberley region because when I was up there, there was no girls footy around. There wasn't even a youth league for kids. "So...

Former Australia and Pakistan coach, Mickey Arthur, gave us his insight on how he sees the upcoming series playing out. And he told 6PR there's a chance his coaching career will continue with Sri Lanka. 

After Australia's 10-wicket win over Pakistan last night, cricket coach Justin Langer is keen to keep growing the Australian team.  "[My] strong philosophy from the start was to get back to how it used to be in Australian Cricket, where it's really hard to get into the side, it's very competitive. "There's so much talent in Australian cricket, we're really lucky for that, but the trick is to get the right balance of players and also the talent," Langer told 6PR. 

Big Bad Barry Hall is returning to his childhood sport on Friday night when he enters the boxing ring.  The former AFL player is going head to head with former NRL player, Paul Gallen in a battle of the codes at Margaret Court Arena on Friday night.  Hall spoke with 6PR's Brad Hardie and Kim Hagdorn about Code War. 

Brad and Haggers followed up the draft chat by speaking with Luke Jackson himself about how he's feeling in the lead up to the draft.  Jackson says although he plays in the ruck, he can see himself pushing forward.  "I think one of the players I want to be is a ruckman that can play forward as well. That's the player I'm trying to strive to be in the future. It was good to play a bit of forward at the back end of this year," he told 6PR.  The 18-year-old admitted that he will be heading to...

The AFL Draft is only a few weeks away and there's plenty of WA talent who are rumoured to be top picks.  AFL Draft Specialist Callum Twomey joined Brad Hardie and Kim Hagdorn to chat about who is likely to get picked up.  Twomey says Jason Taylor, Melbourne Recruiting Manager, confirmed they are looking at former Basketballer and current East Fremantle ruckman, Luke Jackson.    "The WA boy, Luke Jackson is definitely in contention." "He (Taylor) confirmed that Luke Jackson is well and...

Australian batsman Aaron Finch is sitting out the Shield game against WA with a side strain he sustained after a back niggle in last weekend's game against South Australia, but he's hopeful he will be good to go for the T20 against Sri Lanka.  Finch told 6PR's Front and Centre the Aussie team is in a really good position at the moment.  "The depth of Australian cricket is great at the moment and is really healthy." The Australian T20 captain says it's unlucky Marcus Stoinis missed out on...

The Australian Cricket coach Justin Langer is back in Perth after the tour of England, he spoke with 6PR during his short home visit.  Langer sets off to Brisbane tomorrow to look at a team for the T20 competition, and says it's up to the players to push for their spots for the upcoming T20 and test series.  "In Australian Cricket now we need to encourage and rebuild that real competitive instinct and competitive nature of getting back into the Australian Cricket team," Langer told 6PR.