Final Siren Podcast

The latest edition of Draft Central's Final Siren Pocket Podcast looks at Western Australia's top two key defenders and their differing styles. Going into detail, host and Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro compares and contrasts the "Defenders, defender" of Denver Grainger-Barras , compared to the rebounding, attacking nature of Heath Chapman .

In the second edition of our AFL Draft Pocket Podcast series, Draft Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro take a look at some of those prospects who have the ability to transition from defence to offence and might be a good fit for a club that is looking for a player to fill a role at half-back.

In a special new series leading up to the 2020 AFL Draft, the Final Siren team discuss a particular topic in a pocket podcast (under 15 minutes). In today's episode, host Draft Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft editor Michael Alvaro compare and contrast the kicking abilities of the four most talked about key defenders - Denver Grainger-Barras , Zach Reid , Nik Cox and Heath Chapman...

With the AFL Women's Draft done and dusted for another year, Draft Central's Taylah Melki and Peter Williams take a look at how your team performed, what to expect from the players and how the big winners and steals out of the night.

In the final episode leading up the AFL Women's Draft, Draft Central's Taylah Melki and Peter Williams take a look at all the Draft Combine invites and breakdown the players by position, as well as look at some of the over-age and mature-age talents. Finally, we take a look at some of the players in contention for the top 20.

In a special edition of the Final Siren Podcast, host and Draft Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro answer your questions that you sent through during the week from potential number one picks, to position-related questions, and specific players. Note: This is only the AFL Draft questions, the AFLW Draft questions will be answered in the AFLW Draft podcast.

In this edition of the Final Siren podcast, Draft Central Chief Editor and  host Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro welcome guest Draft Central writer Ed Pascoe to go indepth about the Vic Country prospects. From the AFL Draft Combine invites to a host of outside chances and mature-agers, we dissect who could end up on and AFL list in 2021. We also take a look at next year's d...

In this week's edition of the Final Siren Podcast, Draft Central host Taylah Melki and Chief Editor Peter Williams chat with special guest, former Queensland Under 18s captain and Brisbane Lions AFL Women's player Lily Postlethwaite about her journey through the pathways, what to expect in the lead-up to the draft, previewing the QAFLW Grand Final and talk about the Queensland players who earned a...

In this edition of the Final Siren podcast, Draft Central Chief Editor and  host Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro welcome guest Draft Central writer Ed Pascoe to go indepth about the Vic Metro prospects. From the AFL Draft Combine invites to a host of outside chances and mature-agers, we dissect who could end up on and AFL list in 2021. We also take a look at next year's dra...

In this week's edition of the Final Siren Podcast, Draft Central host Taylah Melki and Chief Editor Peter Williams chat with special guest, Vic Metro representative and Northern Knights' co-captain Jess Fitzgerald about her journey through the pathways, and talk about the NAB League Girls players who earned an invitation to the Victorian Draft Combine.

In this edition of the Final Siren podcast, Draft Central Chief Editor and  host Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro welcome guest Draft Central writer Ed Pascoe to go indepth about the West Australian prospects. From the AFL Draft Combine invites to a host of outside chances and mature-agers, we dissect who could end up on and AFL list in 2021. We also take a look at next year...

In this week's edition of the Final Siren Podcast, Draft Central host Taylah Melki and Chief Editor Peter Williams chat with special guest, Vic Country representative and Bendigo Pioneers' co-captain Brooke Hards about her journey through the pathways, and talk about the NAB League Girls players who earned an invitation to the Victorian Draft Combine.

In this edition of the Final Siren podcast, Draft Central Chief Editor and  host Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro go indepth about the Allied states. From Queensland to Northern Territory, NSW/ACT to Tasmania, we take a look at all those players putting their hand up to be drafted over the next couple of years. In particular we discuss the Northern Academy prospects, as well...

In this week's edition of the Final Siren Podcast, Draft Central host Taylah Melki and Chief Editor Peter Williams recap the WAFL Women's season with special guest, Claremont's Bella Lewis .  Bella and the team run through how each team performed, who some of the West Australian AFL Women's Draft prospect are, and who the Claremont young gun believes could take out the flag this season.

In our return episode for the Final Siren podcast, Draft Central Chief Editor and  host Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro chat with South Australian-based draft writer Tom Wyman about all things draft related in the SANFL. More than 50 players mentioned across top, bottom, over and mature-age levels; Run through those young guns representing their SANFL clubs at League, Reser...

In the return of the Final Siren Podcast, Draft Central host Taylah Melki and Chief Editor Peter Williams recap the SANFL Women's season, looking back at each team and how they performed, and chat with South Australian Talent Manager of Female Programs, Robbie Neill who runs through some of the top prospects, how he works with the AFL Women's clubs, and the importance of the SANFL Women's competit...

In an unusual week for the Final Siren Podcast, Draft Central's Peter Williams, Sophie Taylor and Michael Alvaro dissect Round 3 of the NAB League Girls competition and the impact of COVID-19 on the competition, as well as what rescheduling could happen.

In our recap Round 2 of the NAB League Girls for season 2020, we welcome Calder Cannons captain Laura Cocomello onto the podcast, joining Draft Central's Peter Williams and Taylah Melki to chat about the weekend, the Cannons season thus far, the captaincy and her football journey. We also get insight into how she prepares for games and preview all the Round 3 games.

In the first recap of the NAB League Girls for season 2020, we welcome Northern Knights' co-captain Jess Fitzgerald onto the podcast, joining Draft Central's Peter Williams, Michael Alvaro and Taylah Melki to chat about the weekend, her football journey and last year's NAB League Girls Grand Final. We also get insight into how she prepares for games and look ahead to Round 2. The episode also incl...

In the first edition of the Final Siren Podcast for 2020, Draft Central's Peter Williams and Taylah Melki prepare for the NAB League Girls season by wrapping up last year's draftees and this year's AFL Women's Academy members. They also give their predictions for the season ahead with a few surprising selections including big improvers.

In the final edition of the Final Siren Podcast for 2019, host Matthew Cocks and Draft Central's Peter Williams and Michael Alvaro review and analyse key trends in the 2019 AFL National Draft, and look ahead to 2020 with some names to look out for, as well as how the AFL season might pan out and our predictions.

In the final edition of the Final Siren Podcast prior to the 2019 AFL National Draft, Draft Central's Peter Williams, Michael Alvaro and Ed Pascoe take the role of recruiter for six teams each and try and pinpoint talent throughout the first three rounds of the draft . The teams assigned to each member of the panel were: Ed: Adelaide, Essendon, GWS, Hawthorn, Melbourne, West Coast Michael: Carlton...

In the newest Final Siren Podcast series, host Matthew Cocks and Draft Central's Peter Williams and Michael Alvaro continue the lead-up to the 2019 AFL National Draft, taking a look at the bottom six clubs from 2019 with Fremantle, St Kilda, Sydney, Carlton, Melbourne and Gold Coast in this edition.

In the newest Final Siren Podcast series, host Matthew Cocks and Draft Central's Peter Williams continue the lead-up to the 2019 AFL National Draft, taking a look at the middle six clubs from 2019 with Western Bulldogs, Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, Adelaide and North Melbourne in this edition.

In the newest Final Siren Podcast series, host Matthew Cocks and Draft Central's Peter Williams begin the lead-up to the 2019 AFL National Draft, taking a look at the top six clubs from 2019 with Richmond, GWS, Geelong, Collingwood, Brisbane and West Coast in this edition.