Jai Arrow will be part of the King’s Birthday blockbuster in a special tribute to Neale Daniher.

Plus Bobby Hill is back at Collingwood in a positive step forward, the latest on Carlton’s coaching search, and Ray ‘Razor’ Chamberlain’s verdict on the controversial Nick Watson non-goal. Read on in AFL Daily.

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ARROW TO MAKE SPECIAL KING’S B’DAY APPEARANCE

Retired NRL star Jai Arrow is set to make a special appearance for Monday’s King’s Birthday game.

Arrow, who recently retired after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease, will toss the coin ahead of the annual Melbourne-Collingwood clash in a tribute to Neale Daniher, reports The Age.

Seven’s Tom Morris first reported Arrow was set to fly back from a neurological wellness retreat in Spain to be a guest for Collingwood and would be asked to toss the coin.

Jai Arrow will be part of the King’s Birthday blockbuster in a special tribute to Neale Daniher (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)Source: FOX SPORTS

Monday will mark the 12th edition of the Big Freeze in support of FightMND and the first game following the death of Daniher.

Arrow, 30, announced his diagnosis in late May, just days before the passing of Daniher, who led the FightMND cause.

Arrow played 178 NRL games for the Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Titans and South Sydney Rabbitohs, plus 12 appearances for Queensland in State of Origin.

BOBBY BACK AT PIES

Bobby Hill has returned to Collingwood HQ after a brief leave of absence in a positive development.

Hill was back at training on Wednesday after he last month travelled to Perth for the birth of he and his partner’s third child.

The Norm Smith medallist had been playing VFL in recent weeks and was last on the track with the twos last Wednesday night.

Bobby Hill in a VFL game in May (Picture: Michael Klein)Source: News Corp Australia

Hill hasn’t played an AFL game since Round 21 last season — when he was the sub against Brisbane.

The Pies have missed the 26-year old’s forward half firepower in an area of the ground they’ve struggled, while Jamie Elliot’s season-ending ACL injury has added to those woes.

LATEST ON BLUES COACHING SEARCH

Carlton is “not in a rush at all” to select its next senior coach, despite Essendon joining the Blues in the coaching market after Brad Scott’s sacking.

But it’s believed the game’s highly-rated assistants will be the first candidates contacted by Carlton.

It comes after Blues chief executive Graham Wright said on SEN last weekend that the club wanted to appoint its coach by the end of the home and away season as it begins its search.

“The latest is the highly-rated assistants have been told they’ll most likely get the first call, just a touching base call, this week,” Herald Sun reporter Gullan said on Fox Footy’s Midweek Tackle.

“The Carlton process is about to kick into gear.”

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The Age reports neither Carlton nor Essendon have reached out to Swans premiership coach John Longmire yet about their openings.

Wright, Carlton president Rob Priestley, football boss Chris Davies and Eagles premiership coach Adam Simpson, who’s been working at the Blues as a coaching consultant, make up the four-person panel that will ick the next coach.

RAZOR’S VERDICT ON WATSON NON-GOAL CALL

Umpiring great Ray ‘Razor’ Chamberlain says the Nick Watson non-goal call last weekend was wrong.

The AFL ticked off the controversial ruling that denied Watson a set shot goal on the half-time siren of Hawthorn’s win over St Kilda, after the umpire deemed that Watson ran off his line.

However, Chamberlain believes that was an incorrect decision, because the Hawks forward didn’t improve his angle, in a reference to the AFL’s rule book.

“Just because he doesn’t go around the corner, makes no difference,” Chamberlain said on Fox Footy’s AFL 360.

“The law, as it states, addendum B, is you can wherever you like, so long as you do not improve your angle to the goal posts. He doesn’t do that.

“The literal application of the law says there’s no problem with that.

“I do want to highlight, I don’t think for one second ever the intention of addendum B was to allow them to go out to the side.

“I don’t think there’s any requirement for umpire intervention (with Watson).”

Chamberlain suggested the AFL’s endorsement of the call showed a disconnection with the game’s official rules.

“My interpretation of their behaviour is (the AFL) know that part B, addendum B is cumbersome and doesn’t represent what they want to see on the field,” he added.