- Tigers great Trent Cotchin’s TV commentary comes under fire
- Kane Cornes showed no mercy in wild takedown
- He was then beaten by Matthew Richardson.
What was intended to be light-hearted sledging earned Kane Cornes a fierce rebuke from AFL great Matthew Richardson, who criticized the media personality for mocking Richmond champion Trent Cotchin’s commentary skills.
Cornes played 300 games for Port Adelaide and won a flag in 2004, but is now best known for his cuts as a radio host and co-presenter of Channel Nine’s The Sunday Footy Show.
He has regularly sparked controversy and has been criticized again for mocking what he sees as Cotchin’s stiff delivery in his new role as an AFL analyst.
Cotchin now works for Channel Seven and is on a learning curve in front of the camera, which was obvious during a segment posted on the network’s TikTok channel.
Trent Cotchin is learning to commentate with Channel Seven and appeared in an analysis video on the network’s TikTok (pictured)
Cornes not only mocked Cotchin’s appearance and delivery, but also the production value of the footage which regularly saw the Richmond champion’s arm cut out of the shot.
But Cornes showed the media rookie no respect in a Nine segment on Sunday, mocking Cotchin’s appearance and the segment’s production values in a cutting display.
“Hey guys, this is Kane Cornes. I just wanted to show you what’s not working for Hawthorn right now,” Cornes said in a monotone voice that was trying to mimic Cotchin’s piece.
‘So let’s take a look at the vision. In this example you can see James Sicily with the ball and he kicks it to his teammate and he scores. His teammate doesn’t really know what to do and he decides to kick it at his teammate, who also marks him.
Matthew Richardson took the bat for his Sevens colleague and fellow Richmond champion Trent Cotchin following Cornes’ knock.
‘His teammate then kicks the ball and his teammate marks it and they continue playing and then he kicks it and there is another mark. And then Hawthorn kicks him and then there’s another mark,” Cornes continued.
‘As you can see there, it’s an innovative vision. For more information on this analysis, stay tuned next week.”
While Cornes, his colleagues and many viewers found the stitching hilarious, former Richmond star Richardson was not amused.
He criticized Cornes for the parody and also pointed out the fact the media personality had targeted Geelong champion turned Channel Seven analyst Joel Selwood.
“I’m making fun of two AFL premiership captains.” The bar is getting lower,” Richardson posted on social media.
Cotchin is finding his feet as a media personality after establishing himself as a great player by winning three premierships with the Tigers.
Richardson said Cornes should have shown Cotchin (pictured) more respect, but the Sunday Footy Show personality responded that he should “chill out”.
But Cornes did not back down on his SEN Breakfast radio show when confronted with Richardson’s comment.
‘We had fun on the Sunday Football Show. We take the mickey out of ourselves more than we take the mickey out of anyone else. “I think Richo is being a little sensitive on that,” he said.
‘If you watch the Front Bar on Channel Seven, their whole show is driving people’s nerves.
“So I was hoping it would be taken the right way and I think 98 percent of people thought it was okay.”
Cornes said he would be “fine” if Cotchin had a chance with him.
“Surely we’re old enough to be able to accept a bit of light-hearted fun,” he said.
“So Richo, relax.”
