How to Decode What Clubs Are REALLY Saying During Trade Week | The Breakers

The Breakers take you inside Trade Week, revealing how deals get broken, stories get hedged and what really happens behind the scenes in AFL newsrooms.

Billy Brownless somehow beat Mitch to breaking the Zach Merrett deal...

Tom reveals the language to listen for during Trade Week and how clubs avoid actually saying a player is staying

Xander takes us inside the awkward logistics of TV news, from triple crosses to two-shots and staged handshakes

The boys explain the art of “hedging” when you know something is happening but can’t quite report it

Plus, the mysterious “Staff Writer”, a potential twilight Grand Final and the six phrases banned in AFL newsrooms

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