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“Who Do You Take Out?” Abbey Holmes Unpacks Zach Merrett’s All-Australian Non-Selection

Abbey Holmes and David Zaharakis teamed up for the Monday episode of Footy Talk – and Zacka had a burning question on his mind.

It was about former teammate Zach Merrett.

Merrett was one of a handful of notables who didn’t make the final 22 of the All-Australian team, announced last Thursday.

So Abbey – a member of the selection panel – took us inside the room.

“There’s literally whiskers between players making the side or not making the side,” she said on Monday.

“Midway through the year I think we were all on the Zach Merrett bandwagon, and he started so strongly…”

WHY ZACH MERRETT MISSED THE TEAM:

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