SEN Breakfast’s Kane Cornes and Sam Edmund have come up with some massive sporting predictions for 2024.
The majority of their calls relate to the AFL, but there are some centred around tennis as well.
Cornes said: “These are our opinions that you can hold us to.
“We’ll be proven right or wrong and we’re happy to cop it.”
See their Hold Me To It predictions below:
Kane Cornes
Ash Barty will play again
“I’m saying Ash Barty will play again. Hold me to that.”
Hawthorn will finish above Richmond and Essendon will finish above St Kilda
“Hold me to those two.
“Essendon have just got more weapons than what the Saints have had. The players seem, finally, hungry to me.
“The Bombers to finish above the Saints.”
Lynch will kick under 30 goals
“Tom Lynch from Richmond will kick under 30 goals in 2024.
“He’s just started running on a treadmill, he’s not even running on grass yet.
“He’s 31, he had surgery back in July, it’s going to be a rough year for Richmond and Tom Lynch.”
Chris Scott will be the next coach of the Brisbane Lions
“Whenever the time is that Brisbane get a new coach, Chris Scott will be that coach.
“Chris Fagan is 62, he’s signed a two-year contract extension which was well deserved, but I think the next coach of Brisbane will be Chris Scott.”
Ainsworth will become a top-50 player
“Hold me to this that by the end of season 2024, Ben Ainsworth will be included in everyone’s top-50 lists.
“This guy is a gun and I’ve read that he’s going to spend more time up the field and Damien Hardwick’s game plan will suit him.
“Think the Tom Papley role and he’ll become a top-50 player and on the cusp of the All-Australian squad by the end of this year.”
Kyrgios will not be a top-30 player again
“Nick Kyrgios will never get inside the top 30 in the world again.
“His highest ranking was 13, he’s 28, his last win on tour was well over a year ago.
“I just don’t think this guy is coming back in any meaningful way.”
Grant or Beveridge will depart Dogs
“The review of the Dogs is fascinating me.
“At least one of Chris Grant or Luke Beveridge will depart in 2024.”
Sam Edmund
Suns will play finals in 2024
“The Gold Coast Suns will play finals for the first time in their history in Damien Hardwick’s first season as coach.
“This is the year they make it.”
Grundy will be in the AA mix
“Brodie Grundy will be a hit in Sydney.
“He’ll be in All-Australian contention deep into the season, he’ll be in the 40-man squad.
“It’s going to work up there and he is going to pilot a reinvigorated engine room at the SCG.”
Longmuir will not survive the year as Freo coach
“Justin Longmuir doesn’t survive the year.
“By the law of averages, it’s hard to see him surviving given the circumstances.
“Freo are coming off an horrific trade period, they’ve lost more talent than they’ve brought in in the short term which is not going to help him this year.
“The club’s five-year plan called for last year to be a top-four finish (when they fell to 14th).”
Hawks and Swans will make headlines over Ugle-Hagan
“Hawthorn and Sydney will make headlines for an extraordinary contract offer for Jamarra Ugle-Hagan that will shock with its length and value.
“The Dogs will have to pay full freight to keep him, which I think that they’ll do, albeit he’ll have to stay for less.
“Those offers from Hawthorn and Sydney, when they come to light, will be enormous.”
The 2024 Grand Final will be the last during the day
“I think this year will be the last year of a day Grand Final.
“If it doesn’t come in twilight in 2025 I would be absolutely staggered.”