Your Coach - an AFL podcast

The Brisbane Lions seemingly came from the clouds to achieve the ultimate in 2024, the 2023 runners up had a dream run during September culminating in the premiership. Replacing Joe Daniher, adding Levi Ashcroft amongst a host of young talent, bringing in the players that suffered season ending injuries, it's hard to see how Chris Fagan's side won't be genuinely contending again in 2025.  Hea...

2024 was Damien Hardwick's first year in charge of the Gold Coast SUNS, while they made People First Stadium a fortress they were unable to breakthrough for their first ever finals campaign. With the additions of Daniel Rioli & John Noble to the mix the SUNS will be pushing for September action in 2025 with Dimma confident he has the arsenal in the toolkit that will see them get there.  H...

The Swans took it all before them during the 2024 home and away season before falling again on Grand Final day. Over the off-season John Longmire made the decision to stand down as senior coach leaving his long-term assistant Dean Cox to step up and take the role.  Hear Cox with Cal Twomey discussing the transition from assistant to senior coach, handling his first full pre-season in charge,...

GWS stumbled throughout the 2024 finals series and fell at the semi-final hurdle after leading the Lions by 44 points.  During the Trade Period, Jake Stringer has joined the club to add another layer to their forward line working in tandem with 2024 Coleman Medallist, Jesse Hogan. Ahead of opening round against Collingwood, Riley Beveridge has gone one-on-one with Giants coach, Adam Kingsley....

Brad Scott is deep into his second pre-season in charge of the Bombers, after a strong start in his debut season, the Bombers fell away in the back half of the year. Scott goes one on one with Cal Twomey just over 2 weeks out from Essendon's opening round match against Hawthorn, the recruits the club has brought in over the off-season as well as how he'd like to see his team attack 2024. Subscribe...

It's been a rough 2 years for the West Coast Eagles, 2023 saw the club finish on the bottom of the ladder. The club opted to back in coach Adam Simpson, in this one on one with Nathan Schmook, Simmo discusses the off-season, looking ahead to the new year, the hype around Harley Reid and plenty more.  Subscribe to Your Coach wherever you get your podcasts.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Gold Coast finished in the bottom 4 last year and then pulled off the recruiting coup of the off-season with 3x premiership coach Damien Hardwick joining the club as their next senior coach.  Dimma joins Michael Whiting to discuss how the Suns wooed him to the club, the reason why Gold Coast has made him feel re-energised and reinvigorated plus some of the players that's going to help them strive...

Despite finishing in the bottom 4 in 2023, the Hawks started to make headway under new coach Sam Mitchell. Another pre-season under the coach, a busy trade and draft period sees excitement from the team at Waverley Park.  Leading into Round 1 against the Bombers, Callum Twomey goes one on one with the coach of Hawthorn, Sam Mitchell.  Subscribe to Your Coach wherever you get your podcasts.  See om...

The Magpies achieved the ultimate in 2023, winning the Premiership in a heart-stopper over the Lions. Craig McRae arguably had the greatest day on earth with his wife giving birth the morning of the game, before coaching the Magpies to their 16th title. Damian Barrett goes one on one with the Magpies coach as they begin the campaign to go back to back, an achievement the club hasn't reached since...

Port Adelaide were on track for a top-two finish in 2023 before the season came to a grinding halt with a straight-sets exit in the finals. Despite the heartache, a 13-game consecutive winning streak during the year meant the home and away season wasn't completely lost and the Power took away plenty in 2023.  Ahead of the Power's season opener, Callum Twomey goes one on one with the coach of Port...

The Blues came from seemingly nowhere in 2023 after the halfway point of the year to reach a Preliminary Final. With Charlie Curnow firing, Paddy Cripps continuing his dominance in the midfield and a mosquito fleet of speed, the Blues are hoping to take the next step in 2024. Ahead of opening round against the Lions, Callum Twomey goes one on one with the coach of Carlton, Michael Voss.  Subscribe...

The Kangaroos are coming from a long way back in 2023. Riley Beveridge sat down with incoming coach Alastair Clarkson ahead of the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership season to talk about the Roos off-season, Clarko's homecoming and bringing in 2 special talented juniors - Harry Sheezel and George Wardlaw.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the end of the 2022 season, St Kilda made the bold move to sack its coach Brett Ratten. Ratts was replaced by former coach Ross Lyon as the club moves into its 150th year.  'Ross the Boss' has unfinished business at St Kilda after Grand Finals in 2009, and 2010 before walking out and heading to Fremantle in 2011. Hear how he has mellowed ahead of the 2023 season with Damian Barrett.  See omnyst...

West Coast experienced the year from hell in 2022. It's not a year Adam Simpson was too keen to reflect on over the pre-season, moreso choosing to focus his eyes forward on what's in store in 2023. A new set of draftees have joined the club, and although Simmo won't use the term rebuild, he is resigned to the fact that the club is transitioning from where they were to where they are going.  See om...

Fremantle's season looked all but gone at quarter time of its Elimination Final clash against the Bulldogs before producing a stellar comeback to win the game. It's the moment of the 2022 season that the coach has taken the most learnings from to pass onto his players throughout this pre-season in readiness for round 1.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Cats enter the 2023 AFL season as the reigning Premiers. Chris Scott has added a second Premiership to his CV, 11 years after his first.  Last year was a culmination of everything coming together. A plan that he has been tinkering with for the best part of a decade.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carlton's 2022 season ended in heartache as they lost the final four matches of the season to miss out on playing finals. Coach Michael Voss has taken so much from those games and used the lessons learned through the off-season in readiness for the 2023 AFL season.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Adelaide Crows come into season 2023 ranked #17 as the youngest side in the competition, it's not a stat that worries the coach, he still believes they can genuinely compete. Izak Rankine joined the club through the AFL trade period and last year's prized recruit Jordan Dawson has been elevated to the role of club-captain.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stuart Dew was the man under the most pressure leading into the 2022 AFL season. 12 months on, he has been re-signed and there's a sense of calmness about him and the Suns. The only team to not feature in an AFL finals series enters the year with no ceiling on how high they can go, plus the re-addition of power forward Ben King who missed all of last year with a knee injury.  See omnystudio.com/li...

The Bombers enter the 2023 AFL season with a new President, CEO, Coach and Captain. Cal Twomey goes one-on-one with the new coach, Brad Scott.  What he's learnt in his first pre-season with the club, what progression looks like in 2023 for the red and black, the transition from Dyson Heppell as captain, and calling on a relatively young playing group this season.  See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

The Brisbane Lions fell at the Preliminary Final stage of the 2022 AFL season, coach Chris Fagan has taken plenty of learnings out of the finals series last year in preparation for 2023. The feel around the Gabba is the Lions are right in their window of opportunity. Joe Daniher, Cam Rayner, Josh Dunkley and Will Ashcroft are all on the agenda as Fages goes one-on-one with AFL.com.au reporter, Mic...

Richmond still carries a lot of its Premiership stars into the 2023 season. The coach, Damien Hardwick firmly believes they're in the window of opportunity for further success. It's a fine-line balancing the stars with the incumbents and the next generation, but it's all positive news coming out of Tigerland.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hawthorn is moving into their second season under coach Sam Mitchell. Cal Twomey goes one-on-one to discuss the wholesale changes made during the 2022 trade and draft period. What progression looks like for Hawthorn in 2023, and some of the individual players who are putting their hand up for selection in Round 1.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fremantle fans, hear from Your Coach Justin Longmuir in the lead-up to the AFL season. Hear how Andrew Brayshaw has gone through this pre-season (4.05), the way he's gone about embedding a new gamestyle into the club (16.35) and where Nat Fyfe will spend most of his time on the field (21.30).  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bomber fans, hear from Your Coach Ben Rutten in the lead up to the AFL season. Hear how the Bombers are preparing for the year after last years elimination final loss to the Bulldogs (5.50), celebrating the clubs 150th anniversary year (9.45) and the sky is the limit for the Dons in 2022 (25.00) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.