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AFL player Nick Daicos has been the focus of an eyebrow-raising promo post (Getty)<\/p>\n
An interview regarding the amount of minutes Australian rules football player Nick Daicos has been playing recently has caught the attention of the internet by using the phrase: \u2018We\u2019re very conscious of his loads.\u2019<\/p>\n
Pause. Deep breath. Let\u2019s just get straight into it, shall we.<\/p>\n
Australian rules football player Nick Daicos, who plays for the Melbourne, Victoria, based Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League, has apparently been putting a lot of work in on the pitch recently.<\/p>\n
So much so, apparently, that Craig McRae \u2013 Collingwood\u2019s coach \u2013 has been discussing the amount of *checks notes* \u201cloads\u201d that Daicos has been carrying.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Australia\u2019s Seven Network in an interview that was later posted to the network\u2019s dedicated AFL Instagram<\/a> page (19 July), McRae admitted that it was \u201ca challenge to keep one of the best players off the pitch\u201d \u2013\u00a0but that he, as a coach, is \u201cvery conscious of his loads\u201d.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s all take a deep, deep breath. <\/p>\n For anyone confused<\/a>, a cursory Google search will reveal that \u201cload\u201d is also a slang term for one\u2019s semen produced during ejaculation \u2013\u00a0so you can see why the comments of the post, which has been liked over 25 thousand times, have exploded with humour.<\/p>\n One user wrote, \u201cConscious of his what?!\u201d, and another joked: \u201cSo they should be. Gonna make him sire a whole team.\u201d Classic.<\/p>\n Mitch Robinson, a fellow AFL player for Brisbane Lions, wrote a simple but effective: \u201cPause\u201d.<\/p>\n The post has also made it to X, where reactions have been just as perplexed.<\/p>\n \u201cHis what,\u201d one user wrote<\/a>, and another added: \u201cConscious of his WHAATTT???!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n Elswhere in the AFL world, Sydney Swans player Riak Andrew was recently suspended<\/a> for five matches for using a \u2018highly offensive\u2019 slur against a North Melbourne opponent.<\/p>\n Andrew\u2019s suspension comes just days after West Coast Eagles player Jack Graham was\u00a0similarly suspended\u00a0<\/a>for also using a \u201chighly offensive\u201d homophobic slur during a recent match against a Greater Western Sydney Giants player.<\/p>\n Three AFL players were suspended for using homophobic slurs in 2024, including Port Adelaide player\u00a0Jeremy Finlayson<\/a>, who accepted a three-match ban, and Gold Coast\u2019s\u00a0Wil Powell<\/a>, who was handed a five-match ban.<\/p>\n