Afl Fantasy Podcast With The Traders

Roy is being reckless this week chasing some points. Can you trade Zak Butters with the upcoming Mullin tag? Is Rowan Marshall a good play with TDK likely to miss? Which rookies should be the first to be chopped? Plenty is discussed on the latest episode of the Official AFL Fantasy Podcast. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or fire up the app to make your moves. Episode guide 0:30 - The Traders’ round six scores. 3:00 – Warnie’s lucky captaincy move. 8:00 – Last week’s trades and the Crypto.com Trade of the Week. 10:30 – Cash Cow of the Year votes. 12:40 – News. 19:00 – Tag watch featuring Zak Butters’ incoming tag. 24:30 – Which cash cows can be traded out? 30:00 – Trade targets. 44:00 – Most traded and The Traders’ early moves. 45:50 - Questions from social media - follow @AFLFantasy on X, @aflfantasy on Instagram and like the Official AFL Fantasy facebook page. - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.co

Roy, Calvin and Warnie went live as the round six teams dropped. Catch their instant reaction to all the news ahead of the first game of the round with plenty of tips for your team including the top trades, best captains and more. Join in live every week from 6:15pm AEST at AFL.com.au or the AFL Live app. Ask your questions via social media as the best ones are read out on the show. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au to pick your AFL Fantasy Classic team and you can set up your AFL Fantasy Draft league today at fantasydraft.afl.com.au. Episode guide 0:00 - Popular moves 5:00 - Team announcements 12:00 - Calvin's Captains 19:00 - Roy's top trade targets 25:00 - Your questions - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gather Round was a vibe, but most importantly for Fantasy coaches, a return to normality. We now have nine game a round and we're heading into upgrade season... as long as there aren't too many forced trades. This week also signals the first set of position updates. Calvin, Roy and Warnie chat through the most relevant and help you get set for round six. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or fire up the app to make your moves. Episode guide 1:00 - The Traders’ round five scores. 5:45 - Last week’s moves and the Crypto.com trades of the week. 8:00 - Cash Cow of the Year votes. 9:55 - News of the week. 14:30 - Tag watch. 17:00 - New dual-position players and the first triple. 24:00 - Archie Roberts v Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera. 27:30 - Is Angus Anderson a must-have? 32:30 - Reviewing the ruck decisions. 36:00 - Is it time to grab Izak Rankine? 38:30 - Most traded and The Traders’ early moves. 40:30 - Questions from social media - follow @AFLFantasy on X, @aflfantasy on Instagram and like t

Roy, Calvin and Warnie went live as the round five teams dropped. Catch their instant reaction to all the news ahead of the first game of the round with plenty of tips for your team including the top trades, best captains and more. Join in live every week from 6:15pm AEST at AFL.com.au or the AFL Live app. Ask your questions via social media as the best ones are read out on the show. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au to pick your AFL Fantasy Classic team and you can set up your AFL Fantasy Draft league today at fantasydraft.afl.com.au. Episode guide 0:00 - Popular moves, Crypto.com Trade of the Week 5:00 - Team announcements 15:00 - Calvin's Captains 20:00 - Roy's top trade targets 22:00 - Your questions - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The early byes are in the rear view mirror but round four wasn't a smooth one with plenty of injury drama. From the Nick Daicos late out just before the first ball-up for the round and seeing popular captain Tim English go down with a knee injury, there's plenty to think about for Fantasy coaches as we head into Gather Round and being back to nine games a round and best 22 scoring. GATHER ROUND LIVE SHOW - Catch The Traders' teams stream at the Maccas Footy Festival, Elder Park on Thursday 9 April from 5:45pm ACST. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or fire up the app to make your moves. Episode guide 0:30 - The Traders' round four scores. 8:10 - Cash Cow of the Year votes. 10:20 - News of the week. 18:15 - Tag watch. 20:45 - Possible position additions. 27:00 - What to do with Tim English. 38:30 - Other players to target for round five. 50:15 - The Traders' early trades. 51:40 - Questions from social media - follow @AFLFantasy on X, @aflfantasy on Instagram and like the Official AFL Fantasy facebook page.

Roy, Calvin and Warnie went live as the round four teams dropped. Catch their instant reaction to all the news ahead of the first game of the round with plenty of tips for your team including the top trades, best captains and more. Join in live every week from 6:15pm AEST at AFL.com.au or the AFL Live app. Ask your questions via social media as the best ones are read out on the show. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au to pick your AFL Fantasy Classic team and you can set up your AFL Fantasy Draft league today at fantasydraft.afl.com.au. Episode guide 0:00 - Popular moves, Crypto.com Trade of the Week 5:00 - Team announcements 15:00 - Calvin's Captains 20:00 - Roy's top trade targets 22:00 - Your questions - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The second bye round didn't bring epic scores for The Traders, but one thing is for sure, Nick Daicos is a must-have for Fantasy midfields. Calvin, Roy and Warnie wrap up round three and look ahead to the final early bye round with Giants and Saints missing this week. Who are the key trade targets? Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or fire up the app to make your moves. Episode guide 1:00 - The Traders' round three scores. 8:00 - Cash Cow of the Year votes. 10:00 - News of the week 15:15 - Magoos news. 18:10 - GWS Giants and St Kilda have the bye. 22:00 - Do you just pay up for premium options? 23:20 - Defender options. 29:00 - Midfield options. 33:25 - Forward options. 38:45 - Rookie options. 42:40 – Popular trads and The Traders' early moves. 45:10 - Questions from social media - follow @AFLFantasy on X, @aflfantasy on Instagram and like the Official AFL Fantasy facebook page. - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on

Roy, Calvin and Warnie went live as the round three teams dropped. Catch their instant reaction to all the news ahead of the first game of the round with plenty of tips for your team including the top trades, best captains and more. Join in live every week from 6:15pm AEST at AFL.com.au or the AFL Live app. Ask your questions via social media as the best ones are read out on the show. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au to pick your AFL Fantasy Classic team and you can set up your AFL Fantasy Draft league today at fantasydraft.afl.com.au. Episode guide 0:00 - Popular moves, Crypto.com Trade of the Week 5:00 - Team announcements 12:00 - Calvin's Captains 18:00 - Roy's top trade targets 22:00 - Your questions - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian Petracca and Connor Rozee need to be moved on this week and The Traders consider all the options. With a choice of just about anyone in the competition, the boys run through the best choices in each position with some strategy to go with it. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or fire up the app to make your moves. Episode guide 1:00 - The Traders' round two scores. 8:00 - Cash Cow of the Year votes. 10:20 - News featuring Christian Petracca and Connor Rozee injuries. 17:00 - Tag watch. 20:30 - Gold Coast, Hawthorn, Sydney and Western Bulldogs have a bye. 24:30 - Rozee trade options. 29:30 - Petracca trade options. 44:00 - The Traders' early moves. 45:15 - Questions from social media - follow @AFLFantasy on X, @aflfantasy on Instagram and like the Official AFL Fantasy facebook page. - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omnystudio.com/listener

Roy, Calvin and Warnie went live as the round two teams dropped. Catch their instant reaction to all the news ahead of the first game of the round with plenty of tips for your team including the top trades, best captains and more. Join in live every week from 6:15pm AEST at AFL.com.au or the AFL Live app. Ask your questions via social media as the best ones are read out on the show. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au to pick your AFL Fantasy Classic team and you can set up your AFL Fantasy Draft league today at fantasydraft.afl.com.au. Episode guide 0:00 - Popular moves 5:00 - Team announcements 10:00 - Calvin's Captains 15:00 - Roy's top trade targets 20:00 - Your questions - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Round one is in the can and The Traders are picking up the pieces from locking in their teams. Roy is off to a cracking start while Warnie and Calvin have a bit of work to do. They chat through what to do with Errol Gulden, the priorities for round two trades and more as the fun and frustration is well and truly back!  Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or fire up the app to make your moves. Episode guide 2:00 - The Traders' round one scores. 9:30 - Rookie roulette 11:00 - Cash Cow of the Year votes. 13:30 - News featuring Errol Gulden's injury. 18:15 - Brisbane, Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong have the bye. 20:30 - Cash cows are a priority in fix up trades. 29:00 - Midfield premium options. 35:20 - Concerns in Fantasy teams on the chopping block. 43:00 - The Traders' early moves. 44:20 - Questions from social media - follow @AFLFantasy on X, @aflfantasy on Instagram and like the Official AFL Fantasy facebook page. - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The

Roy, Calvin and Warnie went live as the round one teams dropped. Catch their instant reaction to all the news ahead of the first game of the round with plenty of tips for your team including the best selections, captains and more. Join in live every week from 6:15pm AEST at AFL.com.au or the AFL Live app. Ask your questions via social media as the best ones are read out on the show. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au to pick your AFL Fantasy Classic team and you can set up your AFL Fantasy Draft league today at fantasydraft.afl.com.au. Episode guide 0:00 - Must-have picks and rookie news 5:00 - Team announcements 15:00 - Calvin's Captains 20:00 - Your questions - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here we are! It's lockout week. That means decisions we make in the lead up to each game of round one will stick ... until you have a chance to trade them out! Calvin, Roy and Warnie run over the Opening Round games and name up their locks, debate some selections and build their team to get started for 2026.  Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or download the app to start picking your team today. Episode guide 0:00 - Tips for lockout week. 4:00 - Quick takeaways from Opening Round. 6:00 - Sydney v Carlton. 10:00 - Gold Coast v Geelong. 14:00 - GWS Giants v Hawthorn. 18:00 - Brisbane v Western Bulldogs. 24:45 - St Kilda v Collingwood. 39:45 - Must picks and structure for each position. 54:30 - Questions from social media - follow @AFLFantasy on X, @aflfantasy on Instagram and like the Official AFL Fantasy facebook page. - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.

Welcome to Return of the Pride. Josh Gabelich and Micheal Whiting have spoken to more than 50 people inside the Brisbane Lions and across the AFL industry about how the Lions hit rock bottom before returning to the promised land in 2024 and again in 2025. Sacking coaches Justin Leppitsch, and Michael Voss. Losing 5 players in a single trade period, now infamously known as "the go home 5" the club was in turmoil before the AFL deployed Greg Swann as CEO who began picking up the pieces of the rubble.  This is Episode 1 of Return of the Pride. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opening Round is here, or as we like to call it, Cheat Code Round! It means we get a look at some potential AFL Fantasy players who we are considering and know what score will be in there to affect the first price change. Calvin, Roy and Warnie chat through who is on the watchlist across the five matches and answer plenty of your questions! Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or download the app to start picking your team today. Episode guide 0:00 - Key info ahead of R1 5:30 - Sydney v Carlton Watchlist 8:20 - Gold Coast v Geelong Watchlist 12:55 - GWS v Hawthorn Watchlist 15:20 - Brisbane v Western Bulldogs Watchlist 19:45 - St Kilda v Collingwood Watchlist 22:00 - Questions from social media - follow @AFLFantasy on X, @aflfantasy on Instagram and like the Official AFL Fantasy facebook page. 37:05 - Last minute tips. - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omn

Thousands of AFL Fantasy Draft leagues will host their Drafts this week. The Traders have some quick tips to get started, but focus mainly on how the draft will play out. From how the first couple of rounds will play off  Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or download the app to get your Draft league sorted today. Episode guide 0:30 - Get prepared with a Mock Draft and the Draft Kit. 5:00 - The first round and drafting strategy. 8:30 - Where should you draft a ruck? 12:15 - Are midfielders an issue this year? 15:00 - Where do the top defenders go? 16:30 - Late round picks. 21:30 - More tips including pre-draft lists. - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was a big five days of watching our potential AFL Fantasy recruits run around racking up points that we could follow live in the AFL app and on AFL.com.au. It started with Jagga Smith topping the table for the Blues with 118 and ended with the highest score of the round of 152 coming from Zak Butters. Calvin, Roy and Warnie chat through all nine games with their takeaways as they piece together their teams for round one. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or download the app to start picking your team today. Episode guide 3:20 - Carlton v Geelong 8:45 - Sydney v GWS Giants 14:00 - Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast 19:20 - Melbourne v Richmond 24:30 - Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn 31:00 - St Kilda v Essendon 41:00 - Fremantle v Adelaide 53:10 - North Melbourne v Collingwood 1:01:20 - West Coast v Port Adelaide - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omnystudio.com/l

The dress rehearsal before the real stuff starts is upon us with the AAMI Community Series. AFL Fantasy coaches will be watching carefully and taking in the live stats (available via AFL.com.au and the AFL Live app) as they make their selections ahead of round one. Calvin, Roy and Warnie discuss what they'll be looking for and running through a player or two from each game that they'll be keeping an eye on. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or download the app to start picking your team today. Episode guide 0:30 - Tips for what to look for in AAMI 3:30 - Carlton v Geelong 5:45 - Sydney v GWS Giants 7:30 - Brisbane v Gold Coast 9:50 - Melbourne v Richmond 12:20 - Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn 15:50 - St Kilda v Essendon 18:10 - Fremantle v Adelaide 20:45 - North Melbourne v Collingwood 24:20 - West Coast v Port Adelaide - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See om

"Rookies dictate your structure" - Dawg, Warne (2008). They're the backbone of your AFL Fantasy Classic team and for many, they start by slotting in the best options and build the squad from there. Traditionally our cheapest players can be the most profitable cash cows that help increase team value and allows you to work towards an epic team for Fantasy finals. From the most popular selection in Jagga Smith, new draftees and the mature-age options, Warnie ranks his top five for each position. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or download the app to start picking your team today. Episode guide 0:30 - What do we look for in cash cows? 10:15 - Top 5 defenders 20:00 - Top 5 midfielders 29:45 - Top 5 rucks 38:40 - Top 5 forwards - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Calvin, Roy and Warnie - with the help of Nathan Schmook - review the nine matsch simulations over the last week. They offer their first take on the games and chat through relevant players. With some stats from the Fantasy community - thanks Heff, Pete and co - they try to make sense of who impressed from the eye test and what the numbers say. Head to fantasy.afl.com.au or download the app to pick your team now. Episode guide 3:40 - Hawthorn v Geelong 7:15 - Brisbane v Carlton 12:20 - Western Bulldogs v Sydney 17:55 - St Kilda v Gold Coast [insert ad] 23:20 - Essendon v Richmond 32:10 - Collingwood v GWS Giants 39:00 - Melbourne v North Melbourne 45:15 - Adelaide v Port Adelaide 56:20 - Fremantle v West Coast - - - - Find more from Roy, Calvin and Warnie. Head to afl.com.au/fantasy for more content from The Traders. Like AFL Fantasy on Facebook. Follow @AFLFantasy on Instagram. Follow @AFLFantasy on X.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.