{"id":390382,"date":"2024-05-03T07:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T07:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=390382"},"modified":"2024-05-03T13:06:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T13:06:30","slug":"impact-stirring-moment-had-on-afl-stars-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=390382","title":{"rendered":"Impact stirring moment had on AFL star's wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melbourne<\/a> captain Max Gawn<\/a> has lauded the AFL's move to hold a minute's silenece across all games in round eight to shine a light on gender-based violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\ufeffDuring Showdown 55 on Thursday night, Adelaide and Port Adelaide players stood arm-in-arm in the centre circle to observe the initiative.<\/p>\n

The AFL's move, which was lead by West Coast CEO Don Pyke<\/a>, has been met with some criticism, with calls for the league to do more than just a moment's silence.<\/p>\n

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Howe\ufeffver, Gawn has declared the move is having a positive impact that he experienced first hand on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

"I definitely agree (that it's a powerful statement). I watched (last night's game) with my wife (Jess). What it did do is it created a conversation between me and my wife," Gawn said on Triple M's Marty Sheargold Show.<\/em><\/p>\n

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"The naysayers saying, '40 men cuddling in the middle (of the ground) is this really doing anything for domestic violence? I say yes, because the awareness it brought started a conversation between Jess and I about it."<\/p>\n

Gawn\ufeff admitted that the conversation was confronting, but something he "knew" was going on for the average woman in everyday life.<\/p>\n

"What she delved into, I sort of knew in the back of my head," Gawn said.<\/p>\n

"Jess was talking along the lines of being scared to walk at night and leaving trails for anything in case something happened, locking doors when driving."<\/p>\n

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The 2021 premiership captain is confident the conversation happened around the country on Thursday night and will continue beyond this weekend.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"That got brought up in a simple awareness chat while the moment of silence was going on," he said.<\/p>\n

"If that happened between me and Jess, I daresay it was happening in multiple lounge rooms around Australia. It's good but we don't stop at this though."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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