Top 5 - Take 5 Defenders (15.07.2026)

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**SPEAKER_1** (0:37)
Shut up.

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**Mark Duffield** (0:42)
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**SPEAKER_3** (0:47)
What does golf etiquette say about jamming this club into your mouth? It's frowned upon.

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**Mark Duffield** (1:04)
Time for Take 5 and it is the custodians today, the defenders. Remember when they used to call the fullback the custodian?

**SPEAKER_3** (1:09)
Yeah.

**Mark Duffield** (1:10)
He is the custodian.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:11)
Yeah.

**Mark Duffield** (1:12)
I like that.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:12)
Is it like tidying things up or is it just keeping things under control or taking forwards into custody?

**Mark Duffield** (1:18)
Yeah.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:19)
Locking them down.

**Mark Duffield** (1:20)
Locking them down.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:20)
Locking them up.
Very good list here. We had the big boys yesterday and we've got, well, you know, three quarters of the list is big boys today as well. Number one.

**Mark Duffield** (1:28)
Number one, Alex Pearce. So I guess the question is, will he quite make the All-Australian team? I suspect he'll make the All-Australian squad. And then if he does make the All-Australian team, will he be the captain? He doesn't have high possession gains, but every possession he has matters. So nine disposals against Sydney, but all of them were intercept possessions. So he's basically stopping the ball going towards Sydney goals, and he's turning it around, and he's getting it going towards Fremantle's goals. Tevin, in contests, he is an outstanding leader, and he's having an outstanding season. Number two, Callum Wilkie, another guy having an outstanding season. This guy is rated and yet still underrated, I think. And I think he will be in the All-Australian team. So 34 disposals, 16 marks, 16 marks, 425 meters gain, 13 intercept possessions. Absolute stellar game in an absolute stellar season.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:26)
Yeah, there's 16 of the marks right there, isn't it, with the intercept possessions.

**Mark Duffield** (2:31)
Number three, Sammy Taylor. So obviously in most previous seasons, Sam Taylor has been your designated go-to as the best tall defender in the competition. He had that serious hamstring injury coming out of the state of origin game. He's back in good form and lo and behold, the Giants are back in good form as well. 21 disposals, 9 marks, 323 metres gained, 11 intercept possessions. Number four, Bailey Dale, runner and ball user, completely different type of defender. 29 disposals, 6 marks, 721 metres gained, 6 intercept possessions, 4 score involvements. And number five, Joshi Dacos, 33 disposals, 10 marks, 6 tackles, 3 clearances, 631 metres gained, 6 inside 50s, and one of the best umpire queries I reckon we've ever seen after the dangerous tackle.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:20)
There's not so many that would be able to get away with it.

**Mark Duffield** (3:21)
It was just a very polite sort of, what you thought you saw that.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:26)
Apologies this week.

**Mark Duffield** (3:27)
Apologies to Jordan Clark. I thought he was outstanding early for freeman and kicked the big goal to get him going. Wayne Miller, who is having a great year, probably will be in the all Australian team. And Jeremy Howe, great for Collingwood as well.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:39)
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**Mark Duffield** (3:53)
Freemantle I think will win, and I think West Coast will not win, but it will be close, and you think. Dave says, you have to admit they've been pretty lucky. Sorry, that must have seemed like an attack on the sacred cows. Dave, you're not a lawyer, neither am I, but you have to admit, I don't have to admit anything.

**SPEAKER_2** (4:11)
Not guilty.

**Mark Duffield** (4:12)