THE HITOUT: Revealing our 2026 AFL season predictions

We’re back ahead of the 2026 AFL season, with our first episode of the year setting some ground rules for the season ahead. Phoenix attempts to guess the 17 stats AFL umpires now have access to for Brownlow voting, while Mitch has to explain our recent AFL experiments ratings. The team also goes through their predictions for 2026, including secret predictions we’ll uncover later into the season.The Hitout AFL Podcast is Zero Hanger’s weekly show covering all of the latest AFL news, views and footy fun, featuring host Phoenix Trinidad and presenters Mitch Keating and Aidan Cellini.⬇️ RUNDOWN:00:00 Welcome to the Hitout05:36 Umpires getting stats12:34 Banned words18:00 Season Predictions24:33 Ranking AFL Experiments30:13 The worst best playersRECORDED: 26/02/2026For all your AFL news go to ZeroHanger.com and make sure to FOLLOW Zero Hanger on social media:NEWS: https://www.zerohanger.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/ZeroHangerFB: https://www.facebook.com/AFLZeroHangerX: https://x.com/zerohangerTT: https://www.tiktok.com/@zerohangerYT: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZeroHangerAFL