Summary: In episode nine of the Freedom in a Cage podcast, Bob and Adi are joined by cricket royalty and loyal Western Bulldogs fan, Merv Hughes. In this week's episode, Bob reveals why he is 'playing hurt' (00:46); why he'll never give up coffee (01:19); provides some free advice to men with a pregnant wife (02:46); wet weather football (04:22); debate whether a game should be called off if it's too windy (05:41); the Royal Wedding (08:11); Bob enlightens Adi about the meaning behind the phrase 'caught red-handed (11:00); Adi does more research on Whiskas Hocking and whether The Bont could change his name to Marcus BontemPALlli for money (14:02); and the boys answer a fan question about who holds the record for most hospital handballs (15:43). Them Merv Hughes joins the podcast to discuss his recent fishing trip to Darwin, and where to find the best steak in town (16:50); how closely he's following the Dogs in 2018 (18:34); his comeback to yappy Essendon fans (20:01); growing up in Werribee (20:39); his favourite Bulldogs player growing up and playing in the backline for Werribee (21:47); who he'd rather stand as a backman, Barry Hall or Tony Lockett (23:51); doing 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here' with Barry Hall (24:19); what the mood is like in the change rooms before Test Match (25:24); why former Australian captain Alan Border named him 'Fruit Fly' (27:36); his favourite Shane Warne stories (28:34); why he didn't train much and his first impressions (29:38); and Warne the tennis player (32:52). Hughes then talks about what he misses most about playing cricket (33:33); his memories of the 1989 Ashes series (34:53); sledging in cricket (36:56); facing Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies fast bowlers (38:10); the best bowlers he's ever seen (40:23); Hansie Cronje and his ever greatest sledge (41:29); rumours his moustache was insured and why he remembers the exact date in 1985 he decided to grow it (44:08). The boys then continue their search for Ballarat's best pie (49:59); preview Friday night's clash with Collingwood and Terry Walllace's famous "I'll spew up" line (54:43).
