Rumour about AFL legend that everyone’s talking about

It’s the bombshell AFL goss of 2019, the scurrilous whisper that’s got everyone from the maintenance man to radio hosts and even footy bigwigs talking.

Rumours are flying about the supposed indiscretions of an AFL legend.

Scurrilous whispers are kicking off the footy season, as they do each year in Melbourne — and 2019 is proving a doozy.

Everyone from the maintenance man to footy bigwigs and radio hosts talking when the mics are off are dining out on the rumoured indiscretions of an AFL star and his wife’s extramarital affairs.

Everyone but the boot studder has been accused of having it off with the AFL legend, or his wife.

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Almost every sporting code from AFLW to Big Bash League gets a mention.

A one-nighter with a delisted player’s ex-girlfriend seems top of the pile as the rumour mill cranks up faster than Ricky Nixon on his self-destructive toot toot train — and don’t forget the yoga instructor or sports-star babysitter.

Almost every sporting code has gotten a mention in this fresh rumour sweeping the footy world.

The goss is that the AFL legend in question has moved out of the marital home and is in residence with a star player and his wife.

The common thread amid the vicious innuendo is that the once-glittering red-carpet couple have split.

Or have they?

After the blabber reached boiling point late last week, the club was asked whether there was something smelly in the locker room.

Lo and behold, the couple presented a united front just a few days later. Smell like a carefully orchestrated set-up?

But let’s rewind to some ghosts of Melbourne whispers past.

There was the time a certain million-dollar player went underground.

The whispers became a shout from the rooftops, and suddenly everyone was playing Columbo, claiming their source was“100 per cent” ridgey didge.

Friends-of-friends of players talked about the club being in turmoil because the star player was playing jiggery-pokery with another player’s girlfriend. Or was it his sister?

The AFL is no stranger to rumour and scandal. File image: AAP Image/Mal Fairclough

The finer details often get lost in translation.

Mental health demons were said to be a cover-up for other issues, which varied from epilepsy, to a problem with the plonk and being overly enthusiastic with the nose candy.

Who can keep up? Well, maybe Ricky Nixon on the toot-toot train … #ChickenGoesBang.

Or there’s the one about the former coach who had jetted off overseas and produced a “love child”, often reported to being pushed in a pram around the cafes of Northcote by the mistress baby mumma.

There were photos of the two canoodling in the City of Love, but as we know, a picture can tell a thousand stories, especially grainy out-of-focus ones.

Then there are the “true-rumours.” Think Wayne Carey or, dare we mention it again, Ricky Nixon.

So, what to make of the 2019 bombshell? It will either all come out as the dirty linen gets washed or it will become part of Melbourne whispers past.

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