State of Play - VFL/W Podcast

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: North Melbourne-Werribee join Collingwood in the Rebel VFLW Grand Final Richmond's season continues on after beating the Giants in their VFL Wildcard match A disappointing finish to the Magpies campaign with Williamstown advancing INTERVIEW: Tom Cashin & Dom Carbone,...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Collingwood VFLW book their spot in the Grand Final North Melbourne advance to the Preliminary Final against Box Hill Footscray claim the minor premiership 2 Williamstown stars are weekend heroes INTERVIEW: Stewart Edge; Coach of Footscray A preview of the Rebel VFLW Pre...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Collingwood end the winning streak of the reigning premiers Box Hill & Williamstown win through to the next round of the VFLW finals All 10 spots are still LIVE going into the final round of the Smithy's VFL INTERVIEW: Amelia Peck; Collingwood VFLW foward INTERVIEW:...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Essendon VFLW come from the clouds to book a spot in the finals Unpacking how the rest of the VFLW final round played out Box Hill have every reason to be considered VFL premiership favourites INTERVIEW: Lulu Beatty; VFLW finals analyst Taking a look at the three Rebel V...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Tobyn Murray the Geelong hero from the weekend Zac Foot keeping the Sharks on the right foot The Dolphins are charging towards September INTERVIEW: Tom Blamires; Frankston midfielder Previewing the final round of the Rebel VFLW season Games you can't sleep on in the Smit...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: VFLW sets up a fascinating final home and away round The form sides of the Smithy's VFL Corey Ellison produces the second biggest bag of the season INTERVIEW: Andy Otten; Collingwood VFL coach A competition wide bye in the Rebel VFLW this weekend Games you can't sleep on...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Tobyn Murray's 5-goal haul is one you can't go past It's Jacob Dawson's world, we're just living in it Back-to-back wins for the Bullants INTERVIEW: Ella Southgate, Darebin Falcons young star INTERVIEW: Jake Greiser, celebrating 150 VFL games this weekend The penultimate...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Carlton's Keeley Skepper ends Collingwood's winning streak Box Hill's VFLW program moves to 2nd on Gemma's power-rankings Finally the Bullants break their winless drought A weekend of close finishes in the Smithy's VFL INTERVIEW: Lachie Street, Richmond VFL captain Seaso...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Frankston's pressure rating through the roof Another bag of 7 for Brodie McLaughlin Box Hill make a statement to the rest of the competition The ladder tightens up in the Rebel VFLW INTERVIEW: Mel Staunton; Geelong VFLW captain Season defining weekend in the Rebel VFLW G...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Charlie West is firmly in line for an AFL debut after kicking 6 including the matchwinner Super Saturday of comebacks in the Smithy's VFL Geelong's drought breaking win in the Rebel VFLW after 421 days Is this Nike Dojiok's most consistent season of footy? INTERVIEW: Zac...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Casey have catapulted into 6th on the table Stuart Edge has the Dogs humming No complacency with North Melbourne Werribee in the VFLW  Box Hill going stride for stride with the Kangaroos INTERVIEW: Tom Cashin, Collingwood VFLW coach Ladder shaping weekend in the VFL...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Zac Banch debuts for North against his old side Werribee Next man in mentality at Box Hill A deep-dive into Williamstown's 5 straight wins AFLW Academy Game recap INTERVIEW: Emily Eaves; Williamstown vice-captain It's a mini-final weekend in the VFLW Must-watch matches i...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Hugh Dixon's bag of 13 sends Southport to the top of the ladder Box Hill's shock loss to Collingwood Dom Brew's dynamic final 5 minutes to win the game for Werribee Collingwood VFLW go 3 wins in a row Mon De Matteo the reason the Falcons have won 4 in a row INTERVIEW: Li...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Jordan Endemann with a bomb for a goal of the year contender Coburg the highest they've been on the ladder since Rnd 1, 2019 How do Geelong stop a 5-match losing streak The unsung heroes of the Rebel VFLW from the weekend Sandringham & Port Melbourne play out the sea...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Collingwood hand the Giants their first loss of the season The last month for Harvey Hooper has him in Team of the Year calculations Back to back wins for the Darebin Falcons North Melbourne win the VFLW Grand Final rematch INTERVIEW: Nyakoat Dojiok; North Melbourne VFLW...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: The Falcons produce a boilover for the second year in a row Don't sleep on Port Melbourne's VFLW midfield brigade GWS 6-0 to start 2025, they could be Premiership favourites in a month Blake O'Leary the Dolphins hero on Saturday night INTERVIEW: Jackson Kornberg; Coach o...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Nathan Colenso is a Williamstown hero GWS remain undefeated at the top of the ladder Essendon VFLW topple the reigning premiers Sandringham's strong start to the VFLW season INTERVIEW: Dom Bedendo; Port Melbourne midfielder Why Footscray v Casey is a fascinating watch th...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  The Rebel VFLW second round threw up some interesting results while there's a runaway pack at the top of the Smithy's VFL ladder Catch up on: Harry O'Farrell lives out a boyhood dream at Carlton Are the Giants going under the radar in the VFL?  An Essendon coaching masterclass i...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  We are recapping the opening round of the Rebel VFLW season while Coburg ended a 17 year drought against Williamstown in Round 4 of the Smithy's VFL Catch up on: Kangaroos make a statement in the Rebel VFLW Why Collingwood are one of the Rebel VFLW premiership contenders Another cont...

A heavy off-season of recruiting at Collingwood in the VFLW space has landed them near the top when it comes to pre-season premiership favouritism. Four new recruits to the Magpies were part of the Rebel VFLW representative team that proved to be successful on a historical evening during Gather Round over the SANFLW. State of Play host Gemma Bastiani caught up with Lily-Rose Williamson, Tahlia Fel...

A historic weekend in Adelaide saw the Smithy's VFL representative team end a 22 year drought by beating the SANFL. Former player in the competition and now highly respected broadcaster Nigel Carmody has been the Chair of Selectors for the 2024 and 2025 Big V programs, at the conclusion of the game, Carmody went one-on-one with State of Play host, Joe Pignataro.  Subscribe to the State of Pla...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  This weeks edition is your one stop shop for everything related to our historical weekend as part of the AFL's Gather Round in South Australia Catch up on: Rebel VFLW representative side claim the win in their first ever game Performance of Tahlia Fellows & Lilyrose Williamson Af...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  In this bonus edition of State of Play, hear from both representative state coaches Dom Brew; Captain of the Smithy's VFL representative team Dom Carbone; Captain of the Rebel VFLW representative team Subscribe to the State of Play VFL/W Podcast wherever you get your podcast to never...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  The next stop for the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW is Adelaide, representative footy is a key pillar as part of the AFL's Gather Round this weekend.  Catch up on: The "sliding" Geelong move to 3-0 Hynes sends Dogs fans into hysterics Wardius with a GIANT claim on an AFL debut Get...

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions.  It's time to unpack both Rebel VFLW and Smithy's VFL representative squads ahead of the representative games during Gather Round.  Catch up on: Rebel VFLW squad of 50 has been announced The make up of the Smithy's VFL 43-man squad Has Kreuger already been beaten for Mark of the...