The ESPN Footy Podcast

FAGAN MAKES HIS CALL! 😮 The triple premiership coach will join Josh Fraser at Carlton in 2027!

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Chris Fagan has a tattoo of the three flags! And his former charges love it! (Via @brisbanelions on IG) #AFL

The trade period is over and eyes are turning to the #AFLDraft 👀 Here's @Jasperc53's early, first-round Phantom Draft. Who goes where? When do bids come? espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/5…

The #AFLGF is won and done ... so we've turned our attention to 2027 for our way-too-early predictions... 👀🔮 Who wins the flag? Brownlow? Who finishes top of the ladder and wins the wooden spoon? espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/4…

MASSIVE #AFLGF REVIEW! 🚨 The duality of footy ... the 2026 AFL Grand Final was a harrowing, living nightmare for Fremantle fans and players, but unbridled ecstasy and jubilation for Lions players and fans. POD OUT NOW! linktr.ee/ESPNFootyPod

From 17 points down with 22 minutes elapsed in the fourth quarter, to an ALL-TIME result! 😱🦁 @rohan_connolly on the Lions' WILD #AFLGF win. READ 📝: tinyurl.com/5482eh2p

Finally got there lads! 🤣 #AFLGF Red Time with Coxy out tomorrow! 📺🎧

The newest Brownlow medallist approves 🏅 🤝 Nick Daicos has backed Lachie Neale to win at the tribunal and play in this year's #AFLGF MORE 📝 : bit.ly/4hF3lCD #AFL #NickDaicos #LachieNeale

A record breaking night for the Collingwood star. 47 Votes. #Inevitable

Hope you like HIGH SCORES! 🤑 Hawthorn vs. Brisbane was the highest-scoring prelim since the Dees beat the Kangaroos in 2000 (total 262 points). MORE STATS 📺 : bit.ly/4yNgAqD #AFL #BrisbaneLions #HawthornHawks

HUUUUUGE POD! 🚨 😍 How good are prelims?! 📈 What is Wizard's ceiling? 👎 James Sicily's conduct 😵‍💫 'Moronic' Lachie Neale 🧐 Treacy must step up ⚓️ 'Keep the receipts!' 💥 Lions' firepower key to the #AFLGF ➕ MORE #AFL chat with @ChampionDataAFL ⬇️ linktr.ee/ESPNFootyPod

Nick Daicos is the RAGING favourite to win tonight's Brownlow Medal But he'll have to buck some MASSIVE trends to take home Charlie... BROWNLOW PREDICTOR 📝: bit.ly/4h84KA4

FINALS SCORING IS UP 📈 The average score in semifinal weekend is the second highest since the turn of the millennium. PFs 2000 116.8 SFs 2026* 115.3 SFs 2000 107.5 GF 2003 105.0 #AFL

🚨 Pod is live! 🔥 Analysing the semifinals, prelim previews 📈 The highest scoring week of finals since... 😬 Chris Scott didn't 'punch a wall' 🧈 Butters to the Dogs ⏲️ Shorter quarters? Leave the game alone 🌞#NFLMelbourne = Day #AFLGF? ➕ MORE linktr.ee/ESPNFootyPod

The AFL's score review system "is failing" the league, says @rohan_connolly. Was Ollie Dempsey's bicycle kick an "obvious" goal? 🧐 WHAT WE LEARNED 📝: tinyurl.com/yckx3634

There's good and bad news, Lions fans... 😬 Brisbane will have to overcome history to make it a threepeat after the 53-point loss to Sydney. MORE STATS 📺 : bit.ly/4xOaOoQ #AFL #BrisbaneLions

NEW POD! 🚨 💪 Reviewing the weekend's games 🫨 Why Dockers will be 'shaking in their boots' 🥊 Tex vs. Morris ❔ Grading Carlton's season 🏅 GOTY and MOTY should include finals 👀 Semifinal previews All the #AFL chat with @ChampionDataAFL ⬇️ linktr.ee/ESPNFootyPod

"[We're not buying] into all the bulls--- in the outside world!" 🗣️ The Dockers aren't catastrophising their qualifying final loss to the Hawks. MORE 📝 : bit.ly/4AgW9nN

Matthew Nicks' job is safe ... for now, and the Bulldogs had their chances! Here's what we learned from #AFLCrowsDogs. espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/4…

"No shame in Carlton's curtain call!" The Blues' season is over, but the optimism for next season is already palpable, writes @rohan_connolly. WHAT WE LEARNED 📝: tinyurl.com/yf98xr94