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Find your frequency here“Completely comical”: Cornes erupts after 200-game guards of honour
SEN • August 11th, 2025 9:17 am
Kane Cornes has flamed teams who line up for a guard of honour for anything less than 300 games or a significant retirement.
Western Bulldogs players got around Melbourne’s Ed Langdon for his 200th and Richmond players applauded St Kilda captain Jack Steele for the same milestone over the weekend.
Cornes cannot believe how soft the game is becoming and labelled the acts from the Dogs and Tigers as “comical”.
“I saw some extraordinary scenes on the weekend, scenes that I actually cannot believe,” Cornes said on SEN’s Fireball.
“How soft has the game become. What is going on?
“I saw two teams hang around post-match on the ground line up and give guards of honour for game 200.
“I’m not talking Steele Sidebottom 350, I’m not talking last ever game Sam Docherty, I’m not talking game 300, I’m talking game 200.
“The Western Bulldogs lining up for Ed Langdon is as comical as I’ve seen, and Richmond lining up for Jack Steele is completely comical.
“So game 300 is the limit or a significant player’s retirement. Where to next? 150? 100? First gamers get a chair off?
“Who has decided to line up for Jack Steele? Ed Langdon?
“You should say ‘well done’ and shake his hand, wish him well on his milestone, but we’re not giving him a guard of honour.
“Who signed off on the guards of honour? Steam was coming out of my ears. People say relax and don’t let things affect you, but they do.
“We’ve just become so soft.”
