Story behind the story: Finn Maginness' return to career best form

About this episode

The episode discusses Finn Maginness' recovery from a serious kidney injury and his return to peak performance in football.

Joel Peterson and Josh Gabelich bring you this Saturday edition of AFL Daily. Finn Maginness lacerated a kidney in Tasmania late in the 2025 season, for a brief period football took a back seat as he fought through the horrific injury and trauma that followed. Gabo has unpacked the day of the injury, through to his return to the field and in career best form. >>> Read Josh Gabelich's piece with Finn Maginness here Subscribe to AFL Daily to never miss a moment.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Joel Peterson, Josh Gabelich

Topics covered

• Finn Maginness
• AFL
• football injury
• career best form
• return to sport

Keywords

• Finn Maginness
• AFL Daily
• football injury
• career best form
• Joel Peterson
• Josh Gabelich

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Tasmania

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