nicky winmar

Tony Armstrong says he was sitting on the couch when he saw what Jamarra Ugle-Hagan had his Nicky Winmar moment and immediately felt the emotion welling. On the Friday Fix he tells Patrick Stack why this moment was so significant and how important it is to the Indigenous community. PLUS, we preview the rest of the AFL action and talk NRL with Zac Bailey, including the Sua'ali'i special against Parra. Featured: Tony Armstrong, ex-AFL player, ABC Sport. Zac Bailey, NRL reporter, Channel Nine.

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As 1993 dawned the Saints were coming. After years of failure they’d made the finals in two straight years and maybe the elusive flag was now in reach. When they broke a 17 year hoodoo at Victoria Park in Round 4 that feeling grew, Lockett was still to return and Nicky Winmar was in Brownlow Medal favourite form.  Winmar’s actions on that day were the start of significant changes for football that are widely recognised 25 years on.

But what happened after that day at Victoria Park was much bigger news in 1993 than Winmar’s generational gesture. Mayhem descended on Moorabbin via a soap opera involving Winmar, Peter Jess, the St Kilda board and….Molly Meldrum?

We speak to broadcaster and Saints tragic Bruce Eva about the bizarre events at St Kilda that derailed the 1993 season.

The Greatest Season That Was: 93 documents our contention that in 1993, footy was never better. Hosted by Adam Collins, Dan Brettig and Shannon Gill, this series is an in-depth exploration of one amazing season. 

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