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Story behind the story: Why Shai Bolton is one of the most watchable players in the game

5/22/202612 min

Nat Edwards and Nathan Schmook bring you this Saturday feature edition of AFL Daily.

Shai Bolton has been an excitement machine since he burst onto the scene at Tigerland.

Now he's forging his path at the Dockers, the club he grew up barracking for, wearing the #10 - The jumper his idol Sonny Walters wore during his time with Fremantle.

Nathan Schmook sat down with Bolton this week as part of Sir Doug Nichols Round.

>>> Read Schmooky's piece with Bolton here

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Nat Edwards· Host0:14

    [upbeat music] Welcome to this Saturday edition of AFL Daily, and on Saturdays, we like to get the story behind the story. My name is Nat Edwards, and joining me on today's edition is our WA reporter, Nathan Schmuck, who's written a brilliant feature piece on Fremantle star Shai Bolton, which you can read on afl.com.au and the AFL Live app. Schmucky, welcome to you.

  3. Nathan Schmook· Guest0:49

    Morning, Nat. You're very kind, and this has quickly become one of my favorite editions of AFL Daily, so thank you very much for having me on.

  4. Nat Edwards· Host0:56

    Ah, I'm so glad we get to have a little bit of the Western Australian flavor in today's edition, because let's be honest, if you're watching footy, some of the most watchable players have become Kozzie Pickett, but Shai Bolton is another name that's come up there in 2026. Some of the things that he does on a football field, you just marvel at them. Talk to me, first of all, about the reason behind such a seller- a stellar season from him in 2026.

  5. Nathan Schmook· Guest1:26

    Well, it's all got to do with off-field, Nat. That's what I, I found

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