To ruck or not to ruck?: The Dogs' Darcy dilemma

About this episode

The episode discusses the Western Bulldogs' decision regarding star forward Sam Darcy and covers various AFL topics.

Sam Darcy is the hottest property in the AFL, but the Western Bulldogs have a huge call to make on the star forward. This week on the  Real Footy podcast, Peter Ryan, Libby Birch and Caroline Wilson debate the Darcy dilemma. They also discuss the future of Gather Round, Charlie Curnow's slow start to life as a Swan, Essendon's drought-breaking win, where Richmond's next victory is coming from and ask what will the ramifications be if Carlton beat Collingwood on Thursday night. Support the show: https://subscribe.theage.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Peter Ryan

Guests: Libby Birch, Caroline Wilson

Topics covered

• AFL
• Western Bulldogs
• Sam Darcy
• Gather Round
• Carlton vs Collingwood
• Essendon
• Richmond

Keywords

• AFL
• Sam Darcy
• Western Bulldogs
• Gather Round
• Carlton
• Collingwood
• Essendon
• Richmond

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Western Bulldogs, Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Richmond, Gather Round

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