About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming AFL season, featuring guest Dan Anstey and topics like team selections and historical audio.

After another summer spent basking, footy is just about upon us again. Next Saturday night (assuming no cyclones form between now and then), the Lions will unfurl the Premiership flag for the second consecutive year, before kicking off the 2026 AFL season against the Western Bulldogs. We’ve had one dose of pre-season footy already in last week’s hit-out against Carlton, and there’s still one to come before the real stuff gets underway, with the Suns heading to Brighton Homes Arena for Thursday night’s fixture. This week on the podcast: -The club’s #1 ticket holder Dan Anstey joins us again -Who will get the final wing spot for Opening Round? -We’ve found some incredible Fitzroy audio from the archives And much more!

People in this episode

Hosts: Dom Fay, Michael Whiting

Guest: Dan Anstey

Topics covered

• AFL
• pre-season
• team analysis
• football history
• player selection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lions, Western Bulldogs, Carlton, Suns

Places: Brighton Homes Arena

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