And just like that, the bye rounds are upon us! Coaches are about to enter 4 rounds of best 18, with all players set to have a bye at some point in the next 4 weeks. Historically, this is where the good coaches can surge up the rankings as they trade their way towards a completed team! As coaches scramble to fix red dots, upgrade their failing mid-…

After the chaos of round 8, round 9 treated coaches to a bit of normality as we saw some big scoring return to AFL Fantasy. Captains were back with ceiling scores from popular premiums such as Marshall, Daicos and Butters which saw many coaches pushing above 2200 and even further north! However, many issues are starting to appear with a change of r…

Round 8…. What…was….that!!!??? Carnage, carnage, carnage! Beginning with a Connor Rozee sub on Thursday night, coaches thought things couldn’t get any worse and boy were they wrong! Tom Green, Zac Williams, Elliot Yeo and Jye Caldwell all headline a number of popular premiums that found themselves injured, with Jordon Sweet adding himself to that l…

Round 7 saw a mixed bag for coaches, with many good teams copping bullets whilst others remained steady on their rise towards a top 100 cap. Fantasy jets such as Jack Steele and Rowan Marshall are shells of their former selves off the back of injuries, Tom Powell has been shunted to the forward line and many rookies and mid pricers times are coming…

Just like that, round 6 is over and the bye rounds have come to a conclusion. There were two types of coaches this week… Coaches lucky enough to be on the end of some monster premium scores from players like Dawson, Xerri and Grundy… And coaches who found their teams crumbling with sub par scores from Saints players, North players, Luke Jackson and…

What a rollercoaster of emotions AFL Fantasy threw up for coaches in round 5. Many coaches got off to an absolute flier with a Max Gawn vice captaincy and it seemed coaches were in for a big one! However, just 24 hours later this was flipped on its head with popular premium Marcus Bontempelli putting up his worst score since 2015!! It didn’t get mu…

Gather Round has been and gone and what a crazy week we had for AFL Fantasy with a return to a best 22 team. Popular rookies such as Sharp, Reid and Dempsey ensured that coaches with a ‘guns and rookies’ approach kept their season rolling in the right direction, with many monster scores from popular premiums such as Bontempelli, Rozee and Sheezel m…

Round 3 saw some monster scores from some popular premiums that had coaches licking their lips as they witnessed their rankings leap towards hat territory. Nick Martin went BANG, Max Gawn reminded everyone of his ability as the number one ruck, Riley Bonner had a big ton and other popular premiums like Sheezel, Heeney and Steele continued their rip…

A week is a long time in AFL Fantasy!! Many popular premiums such as Tom Green, Caleb Serong, Harry Sheezel and Jack Steele continued their hot run of form to start the season and rewarded owners for paying up big! However, it was not all positive with players such as NICK DAICOS???!!!, Jai Newcombe, Rowan Marshall and Karl Amon making owners quest…

Round one is done and dusted and months of pre season planning was thrown out the window…Grundy flopped, Xerri flew and many rookies have got our cash generation off to a massive start! Many round 0 premiums continued on their merry way, with Tom Green, Issac Heeney and Nick Daicos all rewarding owners with massive scores!! With other popular premi…

Round zero is complete and it’s thrown us a few curve balls bound to ruin the months of planning and preparation we’ve put in this pre-season. Isaac Heeney F1? Lachie Whitfield D1? Tom Green must-have?! Nick Daicos full-time mid!!! Erol Gulden’s a dud????!?!? Overreactions are flowing after the first four games of ’round zero’ but we must keep a co…

Opening Round is just around the corner and our AFL Fantasy teams are starting to shape up! Holmesy, Harmey, and Lewy recap all the hottest storylines from the AAMI Community Series and touch on ALL the most relevant players, including Nick Daicos, Rory Laird, LDU, Max Gawn, Marcus Bontempelli, Brodie Grundy, Sam Flanders, and 69 others! Like this …

The GOAT of AFL Fantasy, Moreira’s Magic, AKA Selby-Lee-Steere, joins two-time top 10 AFL Fantasy finisher and 2021 Runner-Up Kyle "Holmesy" Holmes for the final of The Holmes Files series in the 2024 pre-season. Selby’s back-to-back AFL Fantasy Classic wins in 2017 and 2018 etched his name in fantasy history forever. Joining Holmesy for an intimat…

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AFL Fantasy is really starting to heat up as we got to see some televised practice matches over the weekend. The lads discuss all the biggest talking points, including Harry Sheezel, Jordan Clark, Harley Reid, Mattaes Phillipou, Nic Martin, Jack Bowes, the ramifications of Luke Parker's broken arm, and much more! Then, five-time top-100 finisher, T…

Two-time top 10 AFL Fantasy finisher and 2021 Runner-Up Kyle "Holmesy" Holmes continues his one-on-one interview series with members of the AFL Fantasy community. In this episode, Vams (AKA Fantasy Nut) jumps on the show to delve deep into his thoughts on every position and some of the hottest topics from each line. Vams has been an active member o…

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Practice matches are back, social media is ablaze with PODs, hot takes, and new stats for us to dissect, and quotes from Dimma are making us salivate over a potential F1 option! We mix it up for a good old-fashioned AFL Fantasy Q&A to dissect all the hottest topics and burning questions! Some players we touch on in this episode: Nick Daicos, Sam Fl…

Two-time top 10 AFL Fantasy finisher and 2021 Runner-Up Kyle "Holmesy" Holmes continues his one-on-one interview series with members of the AFL Fantasy community. In this episode, Holmesy is joined by Jackson Davey – better known as JD in the AFL Fantasy and SuperCoach community – to have a good old-fashioned strategy discussion! JD is not only a c…

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The full POD Squad is on deck for this fan-favourite episode, where the lads use a draft-style format to put together an AFL Fantasy Classic team from scratch. Like this episode? Follow us on Spotify or subscribe on Apple to stay up to date when a new episode is released! Want to sponsor us? Hit us up at podpodafl@outlook.com or find us on X via th…

Two-time top 10 AFL Fantasy finisher and 2021 Runner-Up Kyle "Holmesy" Holmes continues his one-on-one interview series with members of the AFL Fantasy community. On this episode of the Holmes Files, Stevie Fizz joins the conversation, talking about the team stats that often go overlooked when breaking down which players truly have upside. Stevie F…

The reigning Premiers were also home to one of the most exciting AFL Fantasy prospects of all time, Nick Daicos. Following an incredible rookie year and backing it up in year two, the third-year stud is currently 50% owned by the competition. Is this too high considering their opening-round bye? Is it too low considering he's looking like the clear…

To build an audience in podcasting, the most important thing is to ensure that you’re producing outstanding content. Although there are a variety of techniques that you can use to get your show in front of more people, ultimately it’s the discussion itself that will keep people coming back again and again. This was one of the key topics that emerge…

The Brisbane Lions fell agonisingly short of taking the ultimate glory in 2023, but from an AFL Fantasy perspective, they cause some agony of their own for fantasy coaches. Only one player (Josh Dunkley) averaged over 100 at the Lions, while the reigning Brownlow Medalist averaged sub-100 despite playing an intrinsic role in the dominant Lions engi…

The Pear was elite in the regular season but a gross fantasy scoring team — DEAD LAST for AFL Fantasy scoring, even below West Coast and North! Will this game plan stick around for another year under Ken, or will we see some value options pop up at Port Adelaide FC in 2024? Dos, Lewy, Holmesy, and Harmey talk about all the Port Adelaide AFL Fantasy…

The Dees have had a tumultuous offseason thus far, but how will the off-field issues translate to on-field performance, and more importantly... our AFL Fantasy teams?! Dos, Holmesey, and Harmey discuss which Demons could benefit if Clayton Oliver misses the early part of the season with some #moremidtime! There are plenty of names to talk about for…