Western Bulldogs trainer Luke Beveridge’s long-running feud with debatable media pundit Kane Cornes has perceived to reignite, with the pair attractive in a temporary verbal stoush ahead of the Bulldogs’ conflict with Geelong on Friday evening.
Cornes has been a long-term critic of Beveridge and his training over time, with issues intensifying within the wake of the 2016 premiership trainer’s pointed rebuke of the Port Adelaide nice’s grievance of Bulldogs avid gamers ahead of their 2021 initial ultimate win over the Power.
“If you’re going to fail in life, fail at something that is noble. Fail at something you can dust yourself off and be proud that you had a go,” Beveridge stated on the time.
“If you’re failing at trying to pull people apart and bring people down like two or three journalists did this week, I don’t know how people around you can live with you, how they can lie in bed with you, how they can look at themselves in the mirror.”
Since then, Cornes has wanted little motivation to clip Beveridge or query his training, together with repeated claims that he’s losing the AFL’s maximum proficient listing, culminating in him being banned from showing within the Bulldogs’ rooms.
Before the Dogs’ 14-point loss to the Cats at GMHBA Stadium, Cornes and Beveridge exchanged phrases as he made his approach across the boundary line previous the place Cornes used to be operating for Channel Seven, with the previous describing the disagreement as ‘an awkward situation’.
“It was an awkward situation because he was staring at me quite strongly and I didn’t really know what to say,” he stated.
“So I just said ‘g’day Bevo’ and it wasn’t received that well … I would’ve liked to have gone on with the conversation and had it respectfully, but it wasn’t the time or the place.”
“There was a confrontation, there were some words spoken … clearly the relationship between myself and the Western Bulldogs isn’t a strong one.”
Speaking on Fox Footy, former participant grew to become commentator David King – who works with Cornes two times every week on Melbourne radio station SEN, stated the disagreement is Cornes’ ‘shtick’.
“Tonight there are no winners. It makes two intelligent people look really foolish,” he added.
Beveridge refused to remark at the alternate when requested post-match by means of Seven soccer reporter Mitch Cleary.
“What incident?” he stated.
“If you’re trying to drum up any controversy, I don’t think there was any. I’ve really got nothing to say.”
When pressed by means of Cleary, Beveridge added “I know what you’re trying to do, Mitch. You’re not going to get me to bite.”
The 16.17 (113) to 20.7 (127) defeat to the Cats leaves the Dogs with a precarious 6-5 report in spite of their robust shape.