Ando’s Shout: Jimmy Bartel steps up his presence on the airwaves with 3AW’s breakfast program

Jimmy Bartel’s media presence is set to skyrocket after landing a breakfast radio gig on the highest rating radio program in the country.

Jimmy Bartel is set to broaden his radio repertoire with a gig on the highest rating radio program in the country.

Bartel, 37, will co-host 3AW’s breakfast program in the summer holiday absence of co-hosts Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft.

Stephen Quartermain and Emily Power are the normal fill-ins, but Quartermain is away for some of the holiday period.

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Jimmy Bartel will join Emily Power on Australia’s highest rating radio program this summer.

High five by greats of states

In a week where the state of South Australia paid homage to the late Russell Ebert, let’s visit where he and others sit in terms of greatness over the past 50 years.

To determine the five finest players from the four traditional Australian rules states since 1971, four legends of those states in John Nicholls (Victoria, AFL Team of the Century) Rodney Eade (Tasmanian Team of the Century) Mal Brown (WA, 1972 All Australian captain) and Graham Cornes (SA legend) did the choosing.

VICTORIA

John Nicholls

1 Leigh Matthews

2 Kevin Bartlett

3 Bruce Doull

4 Simon Madden

5 Alex Jesaulenko/Gary Ablett Snr

Unlucky: Tony Lockett, Robert Harvey, Greg Williams, Francis Bourke

“I wonder how many bad games Kevin Bartlett played in his 403? Not many from what I saw. Madden is the best ruckman of the last 50 years by so far it doesn’t matter. Jesaulenko could, and did, play every position on the ground.

Kevin Bartlett comes in second in Victoria behind Leigh Matthews, according to John Nicholls.

TASMANIA

Rodney Eade

1 Peter Hudson

2 Ian Stewart

3 Royce Hart

4 Matthew Richardson

5 Alastair Lynch/Jack Riewoldt

“Picking between Hudson, Stewart and Hart is like being asked to name your favourite Beatle. I went for “Huddo’, and I did play with him at Glenorchy in 1975. There has never been a full forward like him. Riewoldt has more highlights than Lynch, but Lynch could play both ends very well.”

Malcolm Blight is in a three-way tie for top dog in South Australia.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Graham Cornes

1 Russell Ebert/Malcolm Blight/Barrie Robran

4 Stephen Kernahan

5 Phil Carman

Apologies: Mark Ricciuto, Gavin Wanganeen, John Platten, Matthew Pavlich, Gary McIntosh, Craig Bradley

“I refuse to split the top three. Ebert was powerful and highly skilled, Robran an artist who glided across the ground and Blight an explosive genius. Carman had all of those attributes but was let down by his temperament.”

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Mal Brown

1 Barry Cable

2 Graham Moss

3 Maurice Rioli

4 Peter Matera

5 Stephen Michael

Apologies: Glen Jakovich, Brian Peake, Ross Glendinning, Ben Cousins, Dean Kemp

“I couldn’t select Polly Farmer because he retired in 1971, so Barry Cable was a clear number one. I accept being accused of bias given I coached Maurice Rioli and Stephen Michael at South Fremantle. Peter Matera was a freak, Graham Moss just a rung below Farmer and Nicholls.”

Perfection by Old Trinity ace

Anthony Scott from Old Trinity made huge inroads as a mature-aged player in 2021, playing 21 matches as a 26-year-old for the grand finalists.

He’s also pretty handy with a golf club in hand as evidenced by his recent hole-in-one on Yarra Bend’s Toptracer ball-tracking technology, making him the first to have done so on a Par 3 in it’s young history.

The best part is Scott did it on a mate’s account, meaning Joe Campbell now has documented proof of his ace.

Crackers’ big mark pulls them in

A cast of sporting hundreds will be on hand on Sunday at North Port Oval for the joint 70th of Peter “Crackers” Keenan and his wife Judy.

From Keenan’s Melbourne playing days will be Stan Alves, Barry Bourke, Paul Callery, Frank Davis and Gary Hardeman, from other teams Ron Andrews, Gary Ayres, Ron Barassi, Graeme Cook, Kevin Egan, Brad Hardie, Bernie Quinlan, David McKay and Wayne Schimmelbusch, who will listen to Assumption schoolmate Shane McCarthy speak.

Olympic rowing gold medallist Peter Antonie and cricketing great Merv Hughes are other guests alongside Keenan’s racing mates in Harry White, Mick Mallyon, Midge Didham, John Patterson and Reg Fleming, plus media types such as Daryl Timms, Graham Dawson, Bruce Eva, Russell Holmesby and Michael Stevens.

Kangaroos recruit Hugh Greenwood already has something in common with coach David Noble.

Roos’ family ties

Forget six degrees of separation when it come to this week’s recruitment of Hugh Greenwood by North Melbourne coach David Noble.

Sixty years ago when Tasmania played in the 1961 Interstate Carnival in Brisbane, two of the players on its last line of defence were Noble’s father John and fullback Peter Marquis.

John Noble was named Tasmania’s player of the series while Marquis, who played in Premierships with Melbourne in 1955-56-57, is the grandfather of Greenwood.