About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming AFL finals and the pressures faced by various teams and coaches.

The “real finals” start now according to our resident tipping experts, Andrew Wu and Peter Ryan. Fremantle will be warm favourites at home to Hawthorn, but will they be able to handle the pressure of expectation from their parochial fans? Geelong face the buoyant Blues, who’ve had the wood on them of late. The depleted Swans host the Lions, and Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks is also under the pump as his team takes on the Bulldogs. 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 finals
• team performance
• sports analysis
• pressure of expectation
• coaching challenges

Keywords

• AFL
• Hawthorn
• Fremantle
• Geelong
• Matthew Nicks
• Bulldogs
• Swans
• Lions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fremantle, Hawthorn, Geelong, Blues, Swans, Lions, Bulldogs

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