MINI: Izak Rankine
The Christian O’Connell Show
GOLD and iHeart Australia
4.7 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
All the latest AFL fallout from Izak Rankine's alleged homophobic remark against his Collingwood opponent on Saturday Night.
Adelaide is set to argue that suspensions during the finals should be treated more seriously than bans handed out in the home and away season, and a Snoop Dogg song is featuring as part of the defence.
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| 0:00.0 | iHeart podcasts you can hear more gold 104.3 podcast playlist and listen live on the free iHeart app got anything good |
| 0:10.6 | hey this is the christian o'connell show podcast |
| 0:15.4 | Alex we've got to begin because now sport has spilled out into crazy town this week. |
| 0:24.5 | This whole Izzy thing is embarrassing for the AFL. |
| 0:28.4 | And now they're saying, well, yeah, it's Snoop Dog's fault. |
| 0:32.3 | The old classic Snoop. |
| 0:33.6 | And the Pies Lad said something nasty to me about something up in last year. |
| 0:36.9 | I had no choice to use that kind of language. |
| 0:40.3 | So what is the Snoop Dog Defence then? |
| 0:42.1 | Snoop Dog Defence. |
| 0:43.2 | Of course Snoop is playing the Grand Final Entertainment this year. |
| 0:47.0 | He is a rapper and, well, has used lyrics that Adelaide will probably be using, reportedly be using. |
| 0:56.1 | So he's got a hit called Dogs Are Gonna Get You. |
| 0:58.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:58.9 | And they... |
| 1:00.0 | It's your ringtone, isn't it? |
| 1:01.6 | It is not my ringtone. |
| 1:03.8 | Definitely not. |
| 1:05.4 | But Adelaide are going to use, as we said, the Snoop Dog Defense. |
| 1:08.2 | And they're probably going to reference that song, which uses the homophobic slur. But what's this got to do with a guy choosing to use language like that? It's embarrassing for the club, isn't it? That's their best defence. They're pulling out all the stops. It's a five-game suspension. It's a total lack of accountability, and also the club should be embarrassed by that language as well. Definitely. |
| 1:27.6 | Not trying to defend him and saying pointing over there going Snoop Dog. |
| 1:32.1 | And they also referenced the fact that Dan Houston was talking about how he knocked Isaac Rankin |
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