Speaker 1: Bit of a gear change on the show. Overnight, we
Speaker 1: got news through that football legend Robert Walls had passed
Speaker 1: away and out Robert Walls by way of background, seventy
Speaker 1: four years of age. He was He was a triple
Speaker 1: premiership player with the Blues. He was also a premiership coach.
Speaker 1: Some of the tributes have been rolling in really really
Speaker 1: special because I'd met him quite a few times. Just
Speaker 1: what was your interactions like just a gentleman. And one
Speaker 1: of the quotes, one of the quotes I loved was
Speaker 1: he was epitome of a beautiful man. That's how he
Speaker 1: was remembered, just really really lovely. Here are some more tributes.
Speaker 1: It was pretty emotional, so you know, you know a
Speaker 1: person you respect, you know come out so honestly and
Speaker 1: very bravely. He didn't want to die an invalid and
Speaker 1: he didn't want to die in Pelly Live care. He
Speaker 1: is a genuine hard ass and really taught about professionalism
Speaker 1: and work ethic.
Speaker 2: His an icon hadcome an icon of football.
Speaker 1: So just some of the tributes there, Mike she In,
Speaker 1: David Yes, Jones, John Nichols, Michael Voss as well. One
Speaker 1: of those tributes was from Mike Sheen, who spoke about
Speaker 1: his battle. Robert Walls was battling cancer. He'd battled cancer
Speaker 1: and been in and out of hospital for near on
Speaker 1: eighteen months, but he'd had enough, and through Victoria's assisted
Speaker 1: dying legislation euthanasia, he decided that enough was enough and
Speaker 1: he wanted to He wanted to end it all, which
Speaker 1: is quite an extraordinary decision to make with family, Jays.
Speaker 1: It's clearly a very emotional journey he's been on.
Speaker 2: I was reading some comments online. Some people were voicing,
Speaker 2: you know, their negative thoughts towards it, and look, everyone's
Speaker 2: allowed their opinion, but I don't think you can fully
Speaker 2: understand the situation unless you've had a front row seat
Speaker 2: to someone experience that. Yeah, Abs, And I remember when
Speaker 2: my mom passed away. It was very different when my
Speaker 2: dad passed away. You know, my mum was in extreme
Speaker 2: pain at the end, and I will never forget hearing
Speaker 2: her howling in pain and just wanting it to be over.
Speaker 2: And you know that was up in Queensland. We never
Speaker 2: had this conversation and I just yeah, when I've seen
Speaker 2: the negative comments, I'm like, you know, like I said,
Speaker 2: everyone's allowed their opinion, but I just don't think you
Speaker 2: fully understand it until you've seen it firsthand.
Speaker 1: Like sorry, Lauren, I was just going to say, I
Speaker 1: guess I understand people voicing those opinions. You know, people
Speaker 1: argue they don't have the right to play god, but
Speaker 1: people do have the right to die with dignity.
Speaker 3: I couldn't agree more, Clint. And I also think when
Speaker 3: it comes to things like this, it's so deeply personal
Speaker 3: it's actually not up to anyone else to have an
Speaker 3: opinion on it besides the person who's being affected and
Speaker 3: and those in in a sanctum. And I send so
Speaker 3: much love to his family. It's obviously an incredibly difficult
Speaker 3: time for them as well, and they should absolutely not
Speaker 3: be having to deal with anybody else's opinion on something
Speaker 3: like this. Robert Wolves was a terrific bloke. He was
Speaker 3: very very well loved obviously in the AFL community and
Speaker 3: in the public, and I can't imagine what his family
Speaker 3: and friends are going through right now. But it's always
Speaker 3: it's always sad when you lose someone that it was
Speaker 3: his nikon of the AFL.
Speaker 1: Right, Clint, absolutely, I mean a premiership player, premiership coach,
Speaker 1: but also just beloved in football circles, but also as
Speaker 1: a Melbournie as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, surely they'll do something this week.
Speaker 1: All the Blues are playing tonight at the SCG, and
Speaker 1: I dare say they'll all be wearing black armbands for
Speaker 1: the great man that was Robert Walls. It's what wolves
Speaker 1: he wanted, that's the way he wanted to go out.
Speaker 1: He was done and as I mentioned before, he's done
Speaker 1: it with dignity.
Speaker 2: We just want to see our love and thoughts to
Speaker 2: his family and everyone in that community. It is just
Speaker 2: gone twenty seven past seven.
Speaker 3: Neiverver