WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n IS THE GRAND FINAL LOCKED IN? HISTORY SAYS YES<\/p>\n We would say that it\u2019s time for Fremantle fans to start booking flights for Grand Final week, but based on the current prices, they already have been.<\/p>\n At least Sydney fans can consider driving down. (Just don\u2019t get tricked into flying into Avalon.)<\/p>\n Round 13 couldn\u2019t have gone much better for the AFL\u2019s top two, with Hawthorn and Geelong both losing, before the Dockers embarrassed North Melbourne and the Swans came back to beat St Kilda.<\/p>\n So while Fremantle and Sydney\u2019s only losses this year have come against the Hawks and Cats, their dominance in every other game has seen the pair open up a sizeable gap at the top of the ladder.<\/p>\n And history suggests the Matthew Pavlich Cup will be on the line on the last Saturday in September. (And also the premiership cup, but c\u2019mon, everyone loves Pav.)<\/p>\n The Dockers are now a whopping four wins clear of the third-placed Hawks – as in, they would need to lose four straight games while the Hawks win four straight games just to be caught – while the Swans are three wins clear.<\/p>\n AFL ladder after Round 13<\/p>\n 1. Fremantle (48 pts)<\/p>\n 2. Sydney (44 pts)<\/p>\n 3. Hawthorn (34 pts)<\/p>\n 4. Geelong (32 pts)<\/p>\n 5. Western Bulldogs (32 pts)<\/p>\n 6. Gold Coast (28 pts)<\/p>\n 7. Adelaide (28 pts)<\/p>\n 8. Brisbane (28 pts)<\/p>\n 9. Melbourne (28 pts, to play Monday)<\/p>\n 10. GWS (24 pts)<\/p>\n 11. Collingwood (22 pts, to play Monday)<\/p>\n 12. St Kilda (20 pts)<\/p>\n 13. Carlton (20 pts)<\/p>\n 14. North Melbourne (20 pts)<\/p>\n Combined with their massive percentages, with only 10 games left in the home and away season, the top two have mammoth leads which make them extremely likely to earn home qualifying finals.<\/p>\n We\u2019re not just guessing here. History suggests a three-game lead at this point of the season means a hell of a lot on the ladder.<\/p>\n Justin Longmuir: ‘Not our best self yet’ | 11:11<\/p>\n In the AFL era, every team with that lead has finished in the top two – and gone on to make the Grand Final.<\/p>\n Teams with a 3+ win lead over 3rd place after 13 games (AFL era)<\/p>\n West Coast 1991 (10 pts ahead) – Finished 1st on ladder<\/p>\n Essendon 2000 (18 pts) – Finished 1st, won flag<\/p>\n West Coast 2005 (16 pts) – Finished 2nd<\/p>\n St Kilda 2009 (16 pts) – Finished 1st<\/p>\n Geelong 2009 (16 pts) – Finished 2nd, won flag<\/p>\n Geelong 2011 (12 pts) – Finished 2nd, won flag<\/p>\n Sydney 2024 (12 pts) – Finished 1st<\/p>\n Fremantle 2026 (14 pts) – ???<\/p>\n Sydney 2026 (10 pts) – ???<\/p>\n The most recent team with this sort of lead, the 2024 Swans, are very instructive. They went 13-1 to start the season – which gave them enough breathing room when they dropped five of their next six games.<\/p>\n The Swans never relinquished top spot on the ladder because no team was perfect enough to catch them despite that losing skid.<\/p>\n They didn\u2019t go on to win the flag, but we\u2019re not talking about Grand Final day itself. We\u2019re talking about teams putting themselves in the best possible position to make the Grand Final.<\/p>\n Maybe Geelong, or Hawthorn, or another team can be better on the day. But Fremantle and Sydney have put themselves in a massively advantageous position – particularly as non-Victorian teams, who we know are disadvantaged with travel.<\/p>\n Only having to win two home finals, rather than needing to fly around the country before flying back to Melbourne for the Grand Final, makes such a big difference.<\/p>\n Oh, and for all those wondering – we\u2019re getting Fremantle vs Sydney in a about a month\u2019s time, on a Thursday night at Optus Stadium. Can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n Cox: “Extremely proud of young players” | 12:10<\/p>\n \u2018RESPONSIBILITY TO BE CLASSY\u2019: HAWK\u2019S BIGGEST FLAW REARS HEAD AGAIN<\/p>\n James Sicily is a terrific footballer, but he remains one of the most mentally exploitable players in the competition. <\/p>\n And not for the first time in his near-200-game AFL career, Hawthorn\u2019s co-captain on Friday night let himself be manipulated by his opponent\u2019s mind games. <\/p>\n As a result, his impact waned as the Hawks\u2019 lead against the Bulldogs dissipated. <\/p>\n It likely won\u2019t be the last time, either, that Sicily lets the away-from-the-ball dynamics affect his ability to lead his side\u2019s cause. <\/p>\n Amongst a bevy of spotfires on Friday night, eight-game Bulldogs forward Will Lewis\u2019 battle with Hawthorn\u2019s co-skipper was particularly prominent in the second half. <\/p>\n Minutes-long off-the-ball wrestling and celebration-mocking were front-of-mind for Sicily, who registered six disposals and one mark in the second half – when the Dogs kicked 8.2 to the Hawks\u2019 1.11 to run out six-point victors. <\/p>\n At one point Sicily bizarrely \u2018celebrated\u2019 a Bulldogs goal in Lewis\u2019 face.<\/p>\n \u201cBevo said during the week: \u2018You\u2019re going to go to him\u2019. It was just about playing him at stoppages, but it turned into a bit more than that in the second half,\u201d Lewis told 3AW radio post-game. <\/p>\n \u201cBevo said \u2018Get stuck into him\u2019 \u2026 I got under his skin a little bit, and that helped us get on top and get a bit of momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n Former Adelaide and Geelong forward Josh Jenkins wrote on X on Friday night: \u201cSicily did not impact the game from the moment he engaged with Lewis. Major win for (the Bulldogs) there.\u201d<\/p>\n Hawks and Dogs in HUGE brawl | 00:56<\/p>\n Sicily\u2019s antics alone aren\u2019t the reason the wayward-kicking Hawks surrendered their ascendancy, but his lack of focus on the task at hand set a poor example for his teammates looking to him for guidance. <\/p>\n \u201cIt is a green light that if your captain is doing it (engaging in off-the-ball sideshows), then \u2018we can all do it\u2019,\u201d West Coast premiership coach Adam Simpson told SEN radio at the weekend. <\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a certain responsibility to be classy in that space \u2026 I just think there\u2019s some growth there. <\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s still a good player, but \u2018what is he doing for the rest of the group\u2019 is probably the thought process he needs to work through.\u201d<\/p>\n Around the AFL, you only have to look as far as fellow captains Marcus Bontempelli and Jordan Dawson and the like, who, no matter the irritants they\u2019re forced to deal with every week, are unflappable and tunnel vision-like. <\/p>\n The same goes for someone like Tom Stewart, who, like Sicily, has received opposition attention for his back-half influence, yet has conversely handled it with maturity. <\/p>\n ‘We gotta be better as supporters’ | 00:32<\/p>\n \u201cMy gut feel is, the captain – I look at (Bontempelli), he\u2019s up there with the best from a captaincy point of view,\u201d Simpson said. <\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t get in his head; it\u2019s Fort Knox. There\u2019s nothing you can do to him to antagonise – he\u2019ll just do his thing. <\/p>\n \u201cI think Sicily\u2019s next step as a captain is to not taunt when his opposition kicks a goal and he taunts his direct opponent with his celebration, or gives away a free kick that just shouldn\u2019t be there. <\/p>\n \u201cIf you know you can get inside someone\u2019s head, then you\u2019ve got some work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s not unfair to suggest that\u2019s partly the reason why Jai Newcombe, as of the start of this season, shares Hawthorn\u2019s captaincy. <\/p>\n As Simpson suggests, Newcombe – who leads by example and rarely buys into the off-ball stuff – appears a good leadership stabiliser. <\/p>\n \u201cHe seems to be a good connection piece from a joint captaincy (perspective). You can\u2019t get in his head,\u201d Simpson added. <\/p>\n All in all, the Hawks played into the Dogs\u2019 hands as far as the mind games went – something clearly strategically driven by Luke Beveridge in the lead-up. <\/p>\n Michael Sellwood troubled Nick Watson in the other eye-catching one-on-one, while an all-out quarter-time melee broke out in the spicy clash. <\/p>\n Weightman opens up on return game! | 03:41<\/p>\n The Dogs were keen to atone for five-straight losses to Hawthorn, including a 40-point loss back in April, with key defender Rory Lobb and his teammates not forgetting the Hawks\u2019 \u201cchirp\u201d in Adelaide. <\/p>\n \u201cThey beat us up at Gather Round, and we were very disappointed with how we went in that game,\u201d Lobb told Foxfooty.com.au on Friday night. <\/p>\n \u201cThey got a bit chirpy in that game, and we knew they were going to get their tails up. We wanted to really take the fight to them. <\/p>\n \u201cThere was a little bit of beef in that. And then when they were really flying, kicking four in a row in that second quarter and then really getting into us, we needed to make a stand. <\/p>\n \u201cI feel like the physicality was in our game, and it was great to get the win.\u201d<\/p>\n STAR DUO\u2019S POSSIBLE EXITS IGNITES R-WORD DEBATE<\/p>\n Port Adelaide chairman David Koch despises the term \u2018rebuild\u2019. He reckons it\u2019s \u201can excuse for failure\u201d.<\/p>\n In fact, he\u2019s banned the word from being uttered inside the four walls at Alberton Oval. \u2018Rebooting\u2019, for what it\u2019s worth, is the preferred term.<\/p>\n But here in Talking Points, we\u2019re about to drop the R-word a bit. For the Power in coming months are being tipped to face a delicate list conundrum: To cut deep now and fully embrace a rebuild before it\u2019s too late, or stagger the losses.<\/p>\n The Power\u2019s six-point win over West Coast lifted them to 14th on the ladder \u2014 prior to Sunday night\u2019s game \u2014 with a percentage of 101.4. Yet despite remaining competitive under first-year coach Josh Carr and Koch insisting finals are still the benchmark, the club faces significant questions about its long-term list strategy.<\/p>\n Carr proud of fourth-quarter response | 05:00<\/p>\n Star midfielder Zak Butters, who was quintessentially inspirational against the Eagles with 27 disposals and seven clearances, still hasn\u2019t officially made a call on whether he\u2019ll exercise his free agency rights.<\/p>\n But as CODE Sports reporter Jon Ralph indicated on Friday night \u2014 minutes after the Western Bulldogs\u2019 impressive comeback win over Hawthorn \u2014 a Butters move to join Marcus Bontempelli at the Whitten Oval remains the most likely event, despite keen and cashed-up Richmond\u2019s reported $18 million play.<\/p>\n \u201cI reckon it\u2019s really important for them (the Bulldogs) to be in the premiership race, because a guy like Zak Butters will be watching those kind of games (against Hawthorn) and saying to himself: \u2018Can this team win flags if I\u2019m in this team?\u2019 And I think the answer is probably yes,\u201d Ralph told Fox Footy on Friday night.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Bont-Butters 2027 dream team is as close as it\u2019s ever been to reality. I think the Dogs have got a growing level of confidence that Zak wants to play with them.<\/p>\n \u201cClubs like Melbourne and Carlton and Hawthorn have fallen away. Richmond is throwing money at him and Geelong is still in the race to some extent. But again, that\u2019s why these wins (by the Dogs against Hawthorn) are so critical.\u201d<\/p>\n Ralph added the Power would likely match any restricted free agency compensation offer to Butters to force that rival club into a trade deal and boost the Power\u2019s draft capital. But he pointed out if the Power finished, for example, 16th on the ladder, they\u2019d almost certainly get Pick 4 back as compensation if they didn\u2019t match the offer.<\/p>\n A big goal for the Power this season is to not only position themselves to match an inevitably early bid on generational NGA gun Dougie Cochrane \u2014 who could be called at Pick 1 in November\u2019s draft \u2014 but also be best prepared for future drafts featuring more club-tied talent like Zemes Pilot, Tevita Rodan and Louis Salopek.<\/p>\n \u201cDo we understand the size of the loss that Butters will be? He\u2019s everything for them every week,\u201d dual premiership Kangaroo David King told Fox Footy\u2019s Super Saturday Live,<\/p>\n \u201cOh, \u2018you get a couple of draft picks to replace (him)\u2019 \u2014 but you\u2019re replacing a Hall of Fame-style player.<\/p>\n \u201cIt always gets back to pressure on the coach \u2026 it can really destabilise. You lose a player like Butters and then you get players that come in your door at 17, 18 years of age \u2014 and you start the process again. It\u2019s three, four years before they\u2019re \u2018this player\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Triple premiership Tiger Jack Riewoldt said Butters\u2019 ability to set the tone for his side made him \u201centicing to every single footy club\u201d, while he also loomed as a future AFL captain, either at Port Adelaide or a different club.<\/p>\n Yet Butters isn\u2019t the only player shaping Port Adelaide\u2019s list planning.<\/p>\n Dons’ secret meeting revealed | 01:12<\/p>\n The Power are also managing growing speculation around key forward Mitch Georgiades, who\u2019s kicked 28.28 from his 12 games so far this season.<\/p>\n Georgiades, 24, is set for restricted free agency in 2027 and looms as a prime target for rival clubs, particularly West Coast. Whether that situation ramps up this year or in his contract year remains unclear at this stage.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, it\u2019s not front of mind at the moment for Georgiades.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve still got 18 months to make any decisions,\u201d Georgiades told Fox Footy after his side\u2019s win on Saturday night.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m loving playing for this club at the moment. A new coach, new group \u2013 it\u2019s really exciting.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019m not thinking too much about the future at the moment. I think it\u2019s just one game at a time and hopefully a couple more wins for the rest of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n The problem is the Power, amid their rebuild, would be forecasting years into the future and closely assessing their list priorities.<\/p>\n King asked if the Power should either play hardball and hold Georgiades to his contract if he asked for a trade this year, or facilitate a deal to help the club \u201cscoop the pool with picks\u201d before the heavily Tasmania-compromised 2027 draft.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be honest, if he (Georgiades) is going, you stagger the losses,\u201d Herald Sun chief football writer Jay Clark replied on Fox Footy. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to cop the whole hit.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019d really struggle in the short-term. I mean, wouldn\u2019t you be hoping to try to turn around Georgiades and keep him? He\u2019s got five to seven of his prime years of his footballing career ahead of him as an athletic centre half-forward.\u201d<\/p>\n But holding Georgiades to his contract would come with its own risks, according to Riewoldt, who pointed to Richmond\u2019s aggressive 2024 off-season that saw them lose Shai Bolton (Fremantle), Daniel Rioli (Gold Coast), Liam Baker (West Coast), Jack Graham (West Coast) at the trade table then select six players in the top 30 of the draft.<\/p>\n Career-high 7 goals for Morris | 00:43<\/p>\n \u201cThe capital you get back for Georgiades, if you don\u2019t trade him at the end of this year, is not going to be the same when you trade him at the end of his contract,\u201d he said. \u201cOne, because he can walk (as a free agent), but also it\u2019s going to be diluted by Tasmania, who are going to have a lot of picks.<\/p>\n \u201cRichmond did this three years ago \u2026 Can Port Adelaide do that, knowing as well they\u2019re going to get Dougie Cochrane?\u201d<\/p>\n King added: \u201cHe (Georgiades) will see Butters leave. He\u2019ll be thinking: \u2018OK, what am I waiting for?\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cSo the question really is: Do you start the rebuild immediately? They say they\u2019re a club that don\u2019t rebuild \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n WHY PIES ARE \u2018HOT ON NEALE\u2019S TRAIL\u2019 AS LIONS DEBATE REIGNS<\/p>\n Collingwood is \u201chot on the trail\u201d of dual Brownlow medallist Lachie Neale as debate reigns over whether he should leave Brisbane at season\u2019s end. <\/p>\n An unrestricted free agent this year, the 33-year-old will have his children – who are in Perth with estranged wife Jules – front-of-mind when making his decision. <\/p>\n But in terms of the on-field factors, Neale prospectively fits Collingwood like a glove. <\/p>\n He aligns with the club\u2019s age demographic, bringing premiership pedigree while costing the Pies nothing in terms of precious draft capital. <\/p>\n Neale leads the competition for centre clearances, ranks second for ground ball gets, and third for contested possessions. For context, Collingwood sits last in the competition for centre clearances as it seeks more midfield influence. <\/p>\n ‘Be fearless’ Fagan on bounce back | 06:35<\/p>\n First Crack\u2019s Jay Clark explained the machinations behind the Magpies\u2019 pursuit. <\/p>\n \u201cCollingwood has been hot on his trail in the last two months \u2026 the Pies are crying out for exactly someone of his quality,\u201d Clark told Fox Footy\u2019s Super Saturday Live. <\/p>\n \u201cNick Daicos desperately needs a running mate. Collingwood wants to keep its draft picks and bring in the free agents.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what he is, an unrestricted free agent, so he comes without giving up a top draft pick. There\u2019s some uncertainty over where he wants to live, whether it\u2019s Perth back with his family, (and) he\u2019s weighing up potentially a Melbourne move.\u201d<\/p>\n Clark\u2019s colleague Jon Ralph in recent days reported Neale is \u201cvery unlikely to play for a WA-based club\u201d next year, while Adelaide – in the state he hails from – is among the clubs interested in luring him. <\/p>\n On whether Neale is open to moving to Melbourne, Clark said: \u201cIt\u2019s something he\u2019s working through. <\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a bit on his plate at the moment as you can understand, and I think Collingwood are very keen to get him.<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems like a great fit, is it not? They don\u2019t give up a pick, and they get someone to win that hard ball which they\u2019re struggling with inside the centre square.\u201d<\/p>\n Triple Richmond premiership star Jack Riewoldt asked why Neale would leave Springfield, where he\u2019s likely closer to another premiership than Collingwood. <\/p>\n Saints back Enright for senior coach job | 00:52<\/p>\n Clark suggested that the young Lions midfielders, including Levi Ashcroft and eventually Dan Annable, will be \u201csnapping at his heels\u201d – an assertion Riewoldt wasn\u2019t on board with. <\/p>\n \u201c\u201dThey\u2019re not snapping at his heels at the moment. Lachie Neale is by far their best midfielder at the moment,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd you\u2019re talking about a side that\u2019s still got generational talent. They\u2019re not where they want to be this season, but there\u2019s no reason to say they can\u2019t go again (next year) with their young talent. <\/p>\n \u201cIf they lose Zac Bailey as well \u2026 that decimates the midfield of this Lions team.\u201d<\/p>\n Clark suggested that it could come down to Brisbane\u2019s cap flexibility in terms of the sort of offer it could table Neale. <\/p>\n \u201cBrisbane has a tight salary cap, and potentially Collingwood can offer him a bigger carrot to come to Melbourne \u2014 and potentially a longer-term deal,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cWe know they want to contend for the next three years while Nick Daicos is there (contracted), otherwise potentially Daicos is vulnerable (to leaving). <\/p>\n \u201cI think your point on Brisbane is a reasonable one, but money is tight \u2026 this will be one I think that potentially goes down to the wire.\u201d<\/p>\n CROWS\u2019 CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS LIKE NO OTHER… AND HONOUR HE\u2019S AN \u2018ABSOLUTE LOCK\u2019 FOR<\/p>\n There\u2019s no captain more courageous in the AFL right now than Adelaide\u2019s Jordan Dawson.<\/p>\n The 29-year-old superstar stood up yet again on Thursday night to spearhead the Crows to their third one-point win of the season, downing Geelong to keep in touch with the top six at the halfway mark of the year.<\/p>\n His influence was impossible to ignore, amassing 22 disposals, nine tackles, three goals and two contested marks, with a pair of long-range strikes helping drag Adelaide over the line.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s as good a game as you\u2019ll see Dawson play,\u201d two-time North Melbourne premiership player David King told Fox Footy post-match on Thursday night.<\/p>\n \u201cYou look at this season \u2014 five times he\u2019s been in the top four rated players on the ground, and in the other games prior to tonight he\u2019d been sixth or seventh.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s been amongst the best every week. Tonight, when you had to have it, he was huge. He stepped up when it was required.\u201d<\/p>\n Dawson\u2019s personal circumstances, though, are what make his season to date stand taller than any of his captain counterparts.<\/p>\n Nicks praises Dawson after inspiring win | 11:27<\/p>\n The midfielder tragically lost his brother in mid-April, forcing him to miss matches in Rounds 6 and 8. It\u2019s understandably a sorrow that continues to take its toll, with Dawson visibly emotional post-game on Thursday night.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s one of the more remarkable individual seasons. What he\u2019s done in every game he\u2019s played this year, with the emotional toll he is carrying. To still come out and perform and lead his team the way that he has, it\u2019s been incredible,\u201d St Kilda great Leigh Montagna said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s amazing that so many people have done their All-Australian mid-year teams and not many had Jordan Dawson in them. He\u2019s an absolute lock.<\/p>\n \u201cHis leadership was on display tonight with his courage. Some moments might not have been captured, but when Geelong had the set play from a kick-in and they opened it up to Blicavs, he was the one who came forward to get the fist in.\u201d<\/p>\n Crows half-forward Ben Keays added to Fox Footy in the changerooms post-match: \u201cWhat he\u2019s been able to do this year under the circumstances is nothing short of incredible. I\u2019m really proud of him.\u201d<\/p>\n After a huge first half, Dawson\u2019s night looked at risk of finishing early after a heavy marking contest at the start of the third term which saw him land heavily on his hip.<\/p>\n But as he\u2019s now done so often, he played through the pain to deliver for his side who up until Thursday night had failed to truly hit their straps so far in 2026.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a warrior. He\u2019s not the only one, but incredibly he just kept going,\u201d Crows head coach Matthew Nicks said of his captain in his post-game press conference. <\/p>\n \u201cWe had a brief chat, it might have been three-quarter time, about how he might be best forward, and he said, \u2018Give me five minutes (on the ball)\u2019 and he did an unbelievable job.\u201d<\/p>\n Crows hold on to snatch win over Cats | 03:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dramatic weekend of upsets leaves a runaway top two atop the AFL, and history suggests they won\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-721740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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