All Episodes
The Hard Ball Gets AFL Show — 100 episodes
MAILBAG: Eagles fans pile on, best team since 2000 & GF pre-game conspiracy
A gut-wrenching grand final experience relived
Grand final preview
MAILBAG: James Sicily's antics, Murphy Reid glazing & Ryan's basketball blunder
Preliminary finals review
TEAMS: Preliminary finals preview
MAILBAG: Chris Scott's excuses, our flag favourites & Wharfie Time conspiracy
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Semi-finals & bold predictions review
TEAMS: Semi-finals preview
MAILBAG: Freo were too soft, DODI feedback & Ryan's haircuts
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Qualifying & elimination finals review
TEAMS: Over/unders scandal uncovered & finals preview
MAILBAG: Daicos vs Bont, Reid vs Hornet & Daniels vs Morris
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Over/under review
TEAMS: Wildcard finals preview
MAILBAG: The good, bad & ugly for West Coast & Xav's prediction regret
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 24 review
TEAMS: Round 24 preview
MAILBAG: Ryan backs Mini, compo pick farce & mullet conspiracy
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 23 review
TEAMS: Round 23 preview
MAILBAG: The Dogs' cupboard is bare & can the Dees win the flag?
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 22 review
TEAMS: Round 22 preview
MAILBAG: Eagles trade regret, Brisbane unlocked & upgrade the ARC
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 21 review
TEAMS: Round 21 preview
MAILBAG: Ken Hinkley audit, Canberra for 20th team & Dean Cox the ruck god
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 20 review
TEAMS: Round 20 preview
MAILBAG: Xav becomes a Suns member & who gets the 20th AFL team?
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 19 review
TEAMS: Round 19 preview
MAILBAG: Oisín Mullin 2.0, spicy Bont fantasy & Ryan at the Brownlow conspiracy
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 18 review
TEAMS: Round 18 preview
MAILBAG: Brownlow Dogga poem, GC to the NT & can you sack the caretaker?
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 17 review
TEAMS: Round 17 preview
MAILBAG: Worst team over five years, cooked Suns & WA forwards curse
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 16 review
TEAMS: Round 16 preview
MAILBAG: Chaotic AFL events, secret tactics & Nick the time traveller
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 15 review
If Xavier Ellis were AFL CEO for a day
TEAMS: Round 15 preview
MAILBAG: Ryan's trade crystal ball, no more Saints hate & Freo flag conspiracy
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 14 review
TEAMS: Round 14 preview
MAILBAG: The new big four, why Freo don't want Neale & sh*t stadium deals
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 13 review
TEAMS: Round 13 preview
MAILBAG: Every club's James Hird, see ya St Kilda & is the shepherd dead?
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 12 review
TEAMS: Round 12 preview
MAILBAG: Max Gawn v Dean Cox, Freo's extra gear & the SGA of the AFL
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 11 review
TEAMS: Round 11 preview
MAILBAG: Trembanyama cursed, Hawks missing something & SIX conspiracies
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 10 review
TEAMS: Round 10 preview
MAILBAG: Footy pet peeves, Nostradamus Nick & are rucks really dumb?
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 9 review
TEAMS: Round 9 preview
MAILBAG: West Coast woes, crowd etiquette & Pendlebury rested conspiracy
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 8 review
TEAMS: Round 8 preview
MAILBAG: Is there anything the AFL is doing well?
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 7 review
TEAMS: Round 7 preview
MAILBAG: Ross Lyon pressers, Collingwood's recruiting & the Rynne curse
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 6 review
TEAMS: Round 6 preview
MAILBAG: Ryan exposed, Craig McRae curse & will Freo make top 4?
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Gather Round review
TEAMS: Gather Round preview
MAILBAG: Eagles' bathwater, the Matt Kennedy curse & Harley Reid conspiracy
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 4 review
TEAMS: Round 4 preview
MAILBAG: Bad Bombers deep-dive, cut Amiss some slack & KitKat conspiracy
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 3 review
TEAMS: Round 3 preview
MAILBAG: Brayshaw responds, who gets sacked first & is Clarko crying now?
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 2 review
MAILBAG: Under the pump Dockers, Southport Sharks & Dylan Stephens love
TEAMS: Round 2 preview
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Round 1 review
TEAMS: Round 1 preview
MAILBAG: No more Suns hate, Xav culls three teams & is round 0 dead?
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Breakout & under the spotlight in 2026
TEAMS: Opening round preview
OVER/UNDERS: 2026 predictions part 3
OVER/UNDERS: 2026 predictions part 2
OVER/UNDERS: 2026 predictions part 1
MAILBAG: Short pre-seasons, WA v SA teams & 'tainted' flags
Our HOTTEST takes for the 2026 AFL season
AFL Origin reviewed & a Monday mailbag special
MAILBAG: Lachie Neale return odds, basic Suns analysis & GF entertainment
TWO MINUTE WARNING: Every club's best player in five years
MAILBAG: No sub rule strategy, sitting in the shower & Ryan in Bali conspiracy