COMMENTARY gold
By Joe Novella Photos Yanni
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hen you think of famous sports people of the Greater Frankston and Mornington Peninsula regions, names like John Coleman, Dermott Brereton and Debbie Flintoff-King spring to mind, but most people have probably never heard of Miles and Archie Shepherd – aka Shepmates. However that may all be about to change, especially if the Shepherd boys continue on their trajectory of making sports commentary gold, in which case they may end up outshining them all.
Shepmates' lip-synching videos cover iconic moments in sport like Tiger Woods winning the US Open or David Zaharakis' winning Anzac Day goal. The videos of the Shepherd boys doing their commentary have found a huge audience, played millions of times by people all over the world, shooting the Balnarring locals into internet superstardom and garnering the boys a cult following. The videos have also come to the attention of organisations like the AFL and Channel 7, who recently invited the twins to participate in the 2022 Brownlow Medal presentation by interviewing players such as Patrick Cripps, Lachie Neale and the Daicos brothers.
Miles and Archie Shepherd are twin brothers from Balnarring who have taken social media by storm, going viral with videos of themselves lip-synching the commentary of well-known commentators like Brian Taylor, James Brayshaw and Bruce McAvaney just to name a few.
The twins rise to fame was founded in their love for sport. Growing up on the Peninsula they tried a variety of sports including soccer, cricket, athletics, tennis and golf but their true love was AFL, the whole Shepherd family being mad Richmond Tigers supporters, they even had Jack Reiwoldt star in one of their
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