Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has come face to face with football reporter Tom Morris for the first time since their infamous clash in 2022 – and appeared on Channel Nine for the first time since “antagonists” left for rival network Seven.
On Tuesday night, Beveridge joined Footy Classified on Nine (owner of this masthead), on which Morris is a panellist. He was asked about his clash with Morris but declined to go into detail.
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge.Credit: Getty Images
“It’s the first time I’ve been on Channel Nine, probably since some antagonists have moved over to Channel Seven, to be honest. And so I’ve come here tonight to definitely interact and hopefully provide something of value. But the detail in what happened … I just don’t think we should go there,” Beveridge said.
Beveridge did not specify which “antagonists” he was referring to, but former Footy Classified, Sunday Footy Show panellist and Age columnist Kane Cornes, who had been highly critical of the Bulldogs coach in 2024, recently left Nine to join Channel Seven.
Cornes’ criticism included a column for this masthead in April last year, when he wrote that Beveridge should step down as coach, citing the club’s defensive issues, lack of finals appearance in 2023 and player management.
Speaking on Footy Classified at the time, Cornes said: “I don’t know how many times I can sit here and say they should have moved on from the coach [Beveridge] a long time ago”.
Also in April 2024, Western Bulldogs CEO Ameet Bains told ABC Sport that Beveridge’s critics in the media were making personal attacks.
“The personalisation of some of it and the way it’s directed at the coach at times is over the top,” he said.
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