Luke Darcy watches son Sam play Bulldogs-Melbourne game, while Dusty Martin dines at France Soir

Footy great Luke Darcy decided to swap his regular seat in the commentators box for the stands to watch the Bulldogs-Melbourne game.

Jason Dunstall missed out on seeing the Pheonix Open golf tournament after his was struck down by food poisoning. Picture: Getty Images

Time On is your Monday wrap-up of all the footy gossip from the weekend.

Luke Darcy has made the decision to watch his son Sam play football from the stands rather than the commentary box.

Darcy was at the Bulldogs-Melbourne game on Saturday night with his family instead of working in his regular spot with Channel 7.

“I didn’t feel like that was a hard conversation to have that, that wouldn’t be appropriate,’’ Darcy said on Triple M’s Friday Huddle.

Luke Darcy chose to watch his son Sam (left) play footy over commentating. Picture: Michael Klein.

“It’ll be nice to sit next to his mum Bec and watch the games.”

Sam Darcy, a promising young forward, has re-signed with the Bulldogs for a further two years.

“I would have nothing to do with that, he’s got his own life and his own management,’’ Luke said.

“Nice to be able to just be his dad and be separate from those conversations. Good luck to him. How lucky are you to play sport for a living.”

Dusty’s French affair

Dustin Martin dined out a France Soir following the Carlton-Richmond match. Pic: Michael Klein

The season opener produced a draw between Carlton and Richmond and there was another surprise after the game on Thursday night.

Dining at trendy South Yarra restaurant France Soir after 11pm were Tigers teammates Dustin Martin and Dion Prestia.

France Soir on Toorak Rd is known as the place to be for Melbourne’s movers and shakers.

It was where earlier this year Andrew Fox, son of trucking magnate Lindsay Fox, intervened in a fight that broke out on the street and saved a woman being punched by thugs.

Dunstall’s costly miss

Jason Dunstall revealed he spent five weeks overseas during the off-season but in amongst the trip of a lifetime was a costly miss.

The Hawks champion and Fox Footy commentator was due to attend the Phoenix Open golf before the Super Bowl but was struck down by food poisoning.

“Had tickets in a marquee on the party hole — the most expensive day I’ve ever laid in bed,’’ Dunstall said on Triple M’s Friday Huddle, adding he paid $2500 for that ticket and $10k for his Super Bowl ticket.

Dunstall’s favourite part of his travels, which included skiing in Canada, a Celtic game in Glasgow plus a catch up with Ange Postecoglou and an NBA game in New York, were seeing the Northern Lights and a Champions League game at Anfield.

“Fun break, was away for five weeks and thoroughly enjoyed it. And to the point where you seriously debate whether you want to come home because you’re enjoying it that much.”

Cheezels for Sheezel

Everyone is excited about Harry. Matthew Lloyd said Sheezel is the most exciting young player at North Melbourne since Wayne Carey and Corey McKernan.

Club president Dr Sonja Hood, recovering from breast cancer surgery, posted a picture while watching the game at home on Saturday with a box of Cheezels on the coffee table.

And the players handed out Cheezels to fans in the crowd after the game.

No doubt sales of the No.3 Roos jumper will go through the roof.

Dr Sonja Hood watching the North Melbourne game from home.

Return of the ‘Rat Pack’

The Rat Pack Ben Johnson, Dane Swan, Dale Thomas, Heath Shaw and Alan Didak. Picture: Michael Klein

Dale Thomas and Heath Shaw have joked about bringing the ‘Rat Pack’ out of retirement in the wake of news Nathan Buckley is pulling on the boots again.

The former Collingwood coach is the star of the second “Carlton Draft”, helping battling bush and suburban clubs sign an AFL legend to turn around their flagging fortunes.

“Do we wind up the Rat Pack who he sacked most of and go and play for the opposition,’’ Thomas posed on the Footy Talk podcast on Listnr.

Shaw said: “Don’t mind that, think the opposition club will be pretty happy with that one. Swan, Thomas, Didak, Johnson, Tarrant, Shaw... just load up the backline and charge forward.”