Triple M has announced Demons captain Max ‘Gawny’ Gawn is joining The Marty Sheargold Show, every Friday to discuss all things footy.
Combining host Marty Sheargold’s sharp comedic genius with the footy smarts of Gawn, who has clocked up 181 matches and counting, will bring listeners the most unique and fun footy chat as they head into the 2023 AFL season.
Each Friday on the show, Gawn will preview each round and provide analysis, insights and context from the perspective of someone inside the player group.
At 209 cm tall and weighing in at 111 kgs Gawn is literally a giant of the game. He was recruited by Melbourne Football Club in the 2009 draft and has been a Demons stalwart for the majority of his AFL career and, appointed Captain in 2020, he led Melbourne to its first AFL Premiership in 57 years.
Gawn has won the Keith ‘Bluey’ Truscott Trophy twice, the Neale Daniher Trophy, has been named in the all-Australian AFL team six times and is still held up by many as one of the best ruckman and leader in the game.
Marty Sheargold, Max Gawn and the team
Sheargold said: “Max has such a high footy I.Q., we love to think what he could bring to the show each week and hopefully some Lululemon merch is included.
“Having grown up in Melbourne and captaining the oldest club in the country, Max represents the beating heart of this city.”
Listen to Gawn on The Marty Sheargold Show on Triple M Melbourne Breakfast from 6am-9am and every afternoon nationally from 3-4pm on Triple M and LiSTNR.
Sheargold returned to breakfast radio and Triple M at the beginning of 2020 with the aptly named Marty Sheargold Show. He previously spoke to Mediaweek about his return to breakfast radio and said he enjoying the new gig.
“I absolutely love it. I love the grind of it, I’m not put off by the workload. I love the structure and discipline of having a job,” he said.
“Someone was talking in there before about stand up and the thing about stand up is that when you are trying to make a living out of it, there is no consistency around it. You might go 10 days without doing a gig. In 10 days, you could go to Bali! Thats too much time off. I like working,” he added.
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Top image: Marty Sheargold and Max Gawn