Dyl & Friends

Mark “Choco” Williams didn’t want Chad Cornes at Port Adelaide. He told him exactly that on day one. He even invented a drill just for Chad... then during the middle of it, Choco punched him. Port Adelaide premiership player and two-time All-Australian Chad Cornes sits down with Dyl in Adelaide for a cracking yarn. He talks about growing up as Graham Cornes’ son at Glenelg, the brutal coaching from Choco and Phil Walsh that made his career, and beating the legendary Brisbane Lions in the 2004 Grand Final. He also explains why that flag felt more like relief than joy. Chad opens up about playing alongside his brother Kane, the most intense player he’s ever seen. He talks about the tough home life that made him wait to start a family, and the footy drinking culture he’d now do differently. He was sacked by two of his best mates, first as a player by Matthew Primus and later as an assistant coach by Josh Carr. He also explains why a Leon Cameron spray at the GWS Giants was exactly what he needed. There’s plenty of fun along the way: beers at Andre Agassi’s house, running through walls at Footy Park, Jeremy Cameron and the cricket ball, and the Giants’ early days at the Blacktown baseball diamond. This episode of Dyl & Friends is brought to you by our mates at Revo Fitness and their surprisingly affordable memberships. Watch the full episode:⁠📺 YouTube⁠ Subscribe to Dyl & Friends: 🎧 ⁠Spotify⁠ 🎧 ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ Follow Dyl & Friends: 📸 ⁠Instagram⁠ 📱 ⁠TikTok

Pick 1. A trade request after one season. The ice bath story everyone’s heard about. Jason Horne-Francis has been one of the most talked-about young players in the game, but we’ve rarely heard it from him. Dyl sits down with Port Adelaide’s JHF in Adelaide to go back through all of it: leaving school for a milk factory job at 17, why he’d rather have gone pick 5, the truth about THAT ice bath, why he left North, and choosing Port over the Crows on Dad’s quiet advice. He also opens up about Ken Hinkley’s tough love, his Indigenous heritage, and the phone call to his stepdad Fabian asking to take his last name. Watch the full episode: 📺 YouTube Subscribe to Dyl & Friends: 🎧 Spotify 🎧 Apple Podcasts Follow Dyl & Friends: 📸 Instagram 📱 TikTok

Jordan Dawson opens up to Dylan Buckley about losing his brother Jaryd, and playing through the hardest year of his life. When Jordan Dawson was dropped in 2019, the former pick 56 thought his career was over. But since returning home to Adelaide, he’s become one of the Crows’ most celebrated captains and a bona fide star of the AFL. In 2026, he won his fourth consecutive best and fairest and his third All-Australian blazer. But he did so while grieving the loss of his brother Jaryd, and leaning on his wife Millie, his family and his teammates, to get back out there and lead the team he’s loved since he was a kid. Dyl and Jordan talk about draft night and his early years at the Swans, “Horse” Longmire’s famous Monday meetings, the trade home (including meeting Port and the dinner at Rory Sloane’s that sealed it), stepping into the captaincy, and the pressure that comes with playing in a two-team town. Then Jordan speaks openly about Jaryd: the people who carried him through, the handwritten letter that left him in tears, how to support someone who’s grieving, and the one message he wants everyone to hear: tell the people you love that you love them. If you or someone you know is struggling, support is available 24/7 through Lifeline on 13 11 14. Watch Dyl & Friends: 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dylandfriends/featured Follow Dyl & Friends: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dylandfriends/ 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dylandfriends

Brendon Goddard was the No.1 pick set to join Carlton, until the Blues lost their draft picks and he landed at St Kilda. He became one of the Saints’ most important players, played in the crushing 2009 and 2010 Grand Finals losses, then became the first AFL free agent when he left for Essendon... just months before the infamous supplements saga began. Now a coach back at St Kilda, Goddard joins Dyl & Friends to talk about his intensity, expectations and demanding standards, and how he learned to give feedback. He also covers the phone call that told him he wouldn’t be a Blue, the driving range call that sealed his move to Essendon, turning up to the Saints’ footy trip as a Bomber, and the heartbreak of two Grand Finals. In the final stretch, he shares his golf stories with Shane Warne: the wig, the wads of cash and the Cathedral Cup tribute. Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EnESqUwnN4c We talk: 0:00 Highlights 0:43 Playing against Goddard: the hot head years 2:36 “I only cared what my teammates thought” 5:06 Not everyone trains like Goddard 6:48 Arriving at St Kilda at 17 8:43 Carlton, the draft pick and the phone call 12:07 Draft party, then training at 7:30am 14:03 Grant Thomas: father figure and brutal reviews 19:36 Sitting Year 12 exams in London at 3am 22:34 Ross Lyon takes over 26:16 Saints v Geelong 2009: the greatest home and away game? 30:16 Playing everywhere and the ACL that changed him 33:54 Favourite teammates: Riewoldt, Lenny Hayes, Sam Fisher 37:29 Life after footy and Covid 41:14 Back at St Kilda: from development coach to VFL head coach 46:22 First AFL free agent: how the Essendon deal happened 47:55 Hawthorn, Freo and the path not taken 50:23 The Saints contract stand-off 52:25 The driving range call 54:34 Telling his teammates and the Saints footy trip in Mexico 56:05 Why hard conversations matter 1:01:24 Essendon and the supplements saga 1:06:32 Training alone and Essendon’s 2016 season 1:11:38 Coming home to the Saints 1:12:54 2009 Grand Final: broken nose and collarbone 1:15:18 2010 Grand Final: the mark, the draw and the heartbreak 1:21:18 What a Saints premiership would mean 1:24:47 Brisbane’s sledge circle and Martin Pike 1:29:44 Best sledges: “a head like a chewed minty” 1:33:56 Golf, Geoff Ogilvy and paddle 1:37:31 Shane Warne: the Cathedral Cup and the Red Dogs 1:39:55 How Warnie psyched you out on the golf course 1:41:55 Warnie’s wig 1:42:41 Double or nothing with Sam Newman 1:45:03 Wads of cash from the golf bag 1:45:37 “The greatest competitor”: tapping the bronze cricket ball Follow Dyl & Friends: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dylandfriends/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dylandfriends Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dylandfriends/

Travis Cloke won a premiership with Collingwood and became one of the AFL's most recognisable key forwards. But after controversially leaving the Magpies for the Western Bulldogs in 2016, his career came to an end out of nowhere… at just age 30. Big Trav joins Dyl to talk about the pressure and anxiety that shaped his career, why he struggled to enjoy his success at the biggest club in the land, and how the expectations he placed on himself ultimately took their toll. Trav opens up about losing his sense of identity outside the game, the circumstances surrounding the end of his career, and what he wishes he could tell his younger self. They talk his father-son connection to Collingwood, the five-year deal Richmond offered him, and the sliding-doors decision that saw him choose the Magpies to play alongside his brothers. Trav reflects on playing under Mick Malthouse, the challenges of his final years at Collingwood, and the moment he was dropped for Mason Cox after helping develop him as a player. Now working in player development, Travis talks about the importance of honest conversations, helping young athletes navigate the mental side of football, and why he wants the next generation to enjoy the journey more than he did. Watch & Listen to Dyl & Friends: 🎥 ⁠YouTube 🎧 Spotify 🎧 Apple Podcasts Follow Dyl & Friends: 📸 Instagram 📱 TikTok