With Sydney missing three of their best five players thiswas meant to be a walk in the park for the Lions. But as it turned out it was anything but. The Swans outplayed the Lions in every facet of the game, and in doing so booked a home preliminary final.

On a wet Thursday night, it was to be a coronation for the 12 - 0 Dockers with yet another game at home. No one told the Hawks though as they put the Dockers to the sword. Tune in to hear how it played out.

With a decent record against the Cats the pundits were thinking the Blues could keep their run going. And for a while it looked like they were until the Cats flicked the switch & never looked back.

In a tight game when the Crows needed them most, the bigboys stood up to withstand a big challenge from the Bulldogs. In doing so, Adelaide were able to begin to right the wrongs of the 2025 finals series, after crashing out having finished on top of the ladder.

Dan and Johnny recap the Fremantle V Hawthorn and Geelong V Carlton finals from the weekend

Dan and Johnny look ahead to week 2 of the finals and the pathway top victory for all teams.

In a big wild card final at the G', the 7th placed MelbourneDemons and the 10th placed Carlton Blues faced off in a do or die contest. It was a seesawing contest that greeted the 92,000 fans!

In the first ever Wild Card final, the Western Bulldogshosted the Collingwood Magpies at the MCG. It was a true contest of styles with the Pies explosion off half back going up against the clearance game of the Dogs. And better yet, the game was decided with the last kick of the day!

Dan and Johnny unpack the first ever AFL Wildcard round

Dan and Johnny draft a top 10 in order of best to worst chance at this year's flag.

We also go over the first ever wildcard finals