Brad Scott ‘didn’t have a chance’

About this episode

The episode discusses Essendon's recent coaching change, the mid-season draft, and the performance of teams in the AFL.

Essendon travel west after sacking their coach, teams top up at the mid-season draft and the Giants hook into some ice-cold beers after their remarkable win over the reigning premiers, whose credentials are now under question. Andrew Wu and Peter Ryan run their eye over what’s coming in round 12 of the AFL season. Support the show: https://subscribe.theage.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Wu, Peter Ryan

Topics covered

• AFL
• coaching changes
• mid-season draft
• team performance
• sports news

Keywords

• Essendon
• AFL
• mid-season draft
• coaching change
• Giants
• sports news
• team performance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Essendon, Giants, AFL, reigning premiers

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