Mark Duffield - Four Thoughts (10.06.2026)

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**Mark Duffield** (1:00)
Let's move on to Four Thoughts on Sport to get us rolling this morning. And thought one is on the three-match ban handed to Collingwood's Billy Frampton after the tackle that left Brodie Majchek with a fractured neck in Monday's big freeze 12 game at the MCG.
I've absolutely no doubt there was no malicious intent in Frampton's tackle. And I equally have no doubt that the three-match ban is the right penalty.
It was just clumsy, not helped by the angle of Majchek's body. But footballers have to be so careful these days. They are so powerful and the game is so dynamic.
I think a lot of us feared the worst when we saw the replay of the tackle and the angle at which Majchek's head was driven into the ground. Thought 2 is on Tasmania's AFL team to be, the Devils. Reassurances coming from the AFL's Greg Swann that the team remains on track, despite concerns in recent days that clubs, other clubs that is, wanted a reassessment on the financial risk to the AFL if the stadium in Hobart doesn't get built. So Swann says the training and administration cost facility estimates have actually come in slightly under previous estimates. One thing he did say is that the roof on the stadium remains a non-negotiable.
One thing we would say is that we are way, way, way too far down the track for anyone to be saying no to Tasmania now. Whatever the way forward into the competition is from here, the AFL and the clubs need to find that way or there are going to be an absolute laughing stock. You cannot get this far into the planning of an introduction of a new team and then back it up. Thought 3 is on Brisbane coach Chris Fagan describing any move from hockey Neil from Brisbane to Victoria as a head scratcher. I'm presuming he means because of Neil's family situation.
Also indicating that the Lions will want to hold onto their star and Jewel Brownlow medalist. So how hard they fight to keep Neil, who's going to be an unrestricted free agent, might be shaped by how they go in the fight to hold Zach Bailey, who is now being courted by clubs in general and Adelaide in particular. And finally, Fourth Thought is on Cricket. So Australia's two of the subcontinent going from bad to worse, beaten on the Duckworth-Lewis formula by Bangladesh overnight. And the rain, really, only hastened the inevitable. We were 9 for 191, chasing 284 Cameron Green did make an unbeaten 52, Alex Carey 47, Cooper Connelly 35, but no one else made any. Our top order is a mess. Marness Labochene well and truly back in the batting doldrums. 487 736 736 That is the text line. Let's have your thoughts and questions. 1312 55 is the Barra and Doday open line. Barra and Doday because the little things are everything. Big show for you today. We've got, of course, Dr. Sean Gorman in the second hour. We'll be doing Duff and the Doctor, and we'll have Peter Matira on the show there. But right after the break, we'll be talking to Danny Laidley on Freemantle, North Melbourne, and West Coast. Made in WA for WA. This is Mornings with Mark Duffield on SEMWA.