Americans Watching The Footy

What a round! Both our sides lost, but the quantity and magnitude of upsets still has us buzzing. Some were easier to see coming than others, but we probably backed in GWS more than most. We dedicate the greatest amount of time, though, to another Blues meltdown on Friday and Saturday's Darwin spectacle. Sections 0:00:00 Intro 0:06:22 SYD v CAR 0:17:00 STK v HAW 0:26:13 MEL v FRE 0:33:46 GEE v...

It's a momentous occasion: our 100th episode! Amazing how quickly it's come along — we reflect on what these first 15 months of the show have meant to us and share some of our future plans. As always, though, the footy remains the main story. Marn Grook at the SCG has an extra level of desperation this year, with both combatants on the outside going in. Narrm and Walyalup highlight Saturda...

Who knew this number would be so important? In a weekend with some drama each day, the spectacle of the Sir Doug Nicholls Round combined with scintillating footy and a number of surprises in a loaded fixture. The Friday nighter and Dreamtime lived up to their billing and then some, more than making up for the one club that didn't show up at all this round. The episode ends with another real-ti...

The Sir Doug Nicholls Rounds are here, and they have no shortage of juicy fixtures to make these couple weekends all the more special! Yartapuulti and Narrm will kick it off on Friday night, and it won’t slow down much from there. The Central Highlands will host a great clash, and Walyalup have rounded into form ahead of their clash with Geelong, before Saturday night concludes with QClash and a D...

In a series full of out-of-pocket titles, this one may be our new clubhouse leader! Round 9 didn’t have much late drama, but it made up for that by answering many questions we’d had for multiple weeks. Count Freo’s forward alignment and the Dogs’ use of Rory Lobb among the resolved matters… as well as what “dacking” is, because multiple incidents caused us to learn that term this week! Sections 0:...

It's our first post-list announcement bonus of the season! We update you on the ins and outs alongside other important items, including a successful Demon appeal and a Kangaroo olive branch.

We've got our first Friday doubleheader of the year to begin Round 9, and it only gets stranger from there. As we weave through talk of injury report protocol, celebrity heights, and who knows what else, we also reflect on what the AFL probably thought of this round's schedule when they created it months ahead of the season. They likely thought very different of the Saturday and Sunday ope...

It was a kinda weird round, with enough games that kept your interest the whole way to help balance out a few dull contest. Still, though, every game has its fair share of talking points. We saw Jack Payne shutting down Charlie Curnow on Friday, wet Canberra footy and drama on the Gold Coast on Saturday, and plenty of inaccuracy Sunday… aside from one man who produced one of the highlights of the...

No sales pitches from us — rather, we celebrate that Tassie's getting their way! We spitball on nicknames and expansion protocol as we look five years ahead… before zooming back in on this week's action. The Friday night opener is high-stakes for both the Blues and a Lions side set to miss some important older pieces. Saturday features a big Kardinia Park clash and Western clubs in winnabl...

So who was "that guy" in Round 7? You could argue between Toby Greene, Charlie Curnow, Will Ashcroft, or a handful of others for various reasons. The beauty of sports, footy included, is that it can be a different guy every day. On Friday, Jason Horne-Francis made his case with a full-game effort that helped Port get over the Saints. What about Patrick Dangerfield on Saturday, tearing th...

This is a different sort of preview episode because of how it ends — you won't want to miss our real-time reaction! We set the stage for an overlap-heavy weekend of footy, which will build to a huge Sunday twilight finish in Adelaide. We also give our thoughts on Tasmania and AFL CEO developments. Sections 0:00:00 Intro / News 0:05:06 STK v PA 0:10:05 BRI v FRE 0:15:51 SYD v GWS 0:20:56 WB v H...

Clickbait? Maybe. Great Anzac Appeal Round? We'd say so, considering how it ended with big finishes to the Monday night and Tuesday afternoon matches. Don't forget, though, that the weekend started with Rory Lobb making Freo forget how to play footy, that the Cats exceeded their Grand Final performance, and that Sunday featured a thriller in Tasmania. We get into all that and more (or shou...

At last, an appropriate-length round preview! We cut right to the chase and get into the five-day Anzac round, which begins with a Western return for Rory Lobb. Saturday culminates with a Grand Final rematch, while Sunday's slate includes a highly anticipated Marvel Stadium clash between the Blues and Saints. Three clubs playing the traditional matches on Monday and Tuesday are bogged down by...

Gather Round was a roll of the dice for both the AFL and South Australia, but it paid off for both! The atmosphere was fantastic, and it made for an entertaining four days of action. Both SA teams won, with the Crows making a particularly strong statement. The suburbs and hillside region were embraced, and history was made at Norwood Oval in the process — did you catch on to it? Plus, we found our...

Hello, Gather Round (and the sound effect we use for it)! We hope it pays off for the game as a whole, and we think the bookend games being the most enticing could definitely help with that. The SA clubs will of course be focal points — with the Crows opening the round versus Carlton, and Port hosting the Bulldogs — but a lot of early-season storylines will be merging in Adelaide. From top-8 match...

We remain shocked by both Ethan's correctness and BT's steadfastness in two of the most discussed games from this lengthened fourth round. Good Friday had great energy surrounding it, while it was the Saturday slate that delivered the most. And hey, every team has a win now… so I guess the Easter Monday result is obvious, though it certainly wasn't at halftime. Sections 0:00:00 Intro 0...

We've got a spread-out Easter round and a pretty sprawling narrative for it, bookended by talks of drama around the siren. Not many matchups jump off the paper (or screen), but the Holy Thursday Brisbane–Collingwood matchup has tended to give us good games — there's a starting point. We might both be most excited about Crows–Freo on Saturday, given their similar starts to the season as wel...

Round 3 was defined by dissent, rivalries, milestones, and more dissent… though it did begin with Jamarra Ugle-Hagan taking a stand and echoing one of the greatest moments in footy history. The weekday games may have somewhat been slogs, but the later Saturday and Sunday games — particularly Showdown 53 — more than made up for what other matchups lacked. The ladder is beginning to take a more defi...

...don't ask, the title will be explained in due time if you listen. As Daylight Savings comes to a close in Australia, a club anniversary, a couple other marquee MCG contests, and two state rivalries all vie for footy fans' attention. It's a shame where certain overlaps lie. Also, some baseball info from Ethan — with an Australian tinge, of course — as MLB's Opening Day looms. Sec...

Just how much time do clubs have to get on track if they aren't already? It's a fair question to ask of Geelong after the reigning premiers showed more troubling signs against Carlton. Brisbane righted the ship, but their stadium didn't… and there was another sort of power failure the next day too. Saturday's highlights included a Daicosian double-down and a second-gamer's desp...

Round 2 begins with some appropriately marquee matchups, with the De Koning Derby starting it off, then the Lions and Dees battling it out for the first time this year on Friday. Those two teams had very different Round 1s… Saturday includes a strong road test for Port, a Richmond reality check, a Dogs v Saints matchup with a surprising amount on the line, and the first Western game this year. Sun...

This is a hefty episode, because it was a hefty opening round! From the first season-opening draw in 90 years to a shocking result in the Sunday nightcap, every game Round 1 had something we expected and something we didn't. Listen for our thoughts on draws in footy, what Bailey J. Williams actually does, Jason Horne-Francis not being Miles Bergman, and much more. Sections 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:2...

Full-on footy is nearly upon us! We take a look at each of the nine R1 matchups, putting the meetings in context of last season's encounters as well as the state of the league at present. Also: "fun" with time zones (looking at you, Queensland). Sections 0:00:00 Intro 0:07:14 RIC v CAR 0:13:44 GEE v COL 0:19:53 NM v WCE 0:27:00 PA v BRI 0:32:56 MEL v WB 0:37:08 GC v SYD 0:41:05 GWS v ADE 0:44:29 H...

...alright, which player prompted this quote? (Spoiler: episode art.) This is a pretty loaded final part to our team-by-team preview, taking us all across Australia between states and ladder positions, and featuring more sound bytes than ever before. There's a lot of variety in our sleepers across these teams as well — do you agree with our picks? And respond to our poll: who's your sleeper?

Our team-by-team preview continues, with a nice variety of finalists and outsiders from last year. The focus on younger players, particularly in our "sleeper picks," is a recurring theme. Also highlighted: double-ups, alternate sites, and what parts of the schedule are toughest for each club.