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It is officially the men’s off season and the news has definitely slowed down in the mainstream media. But as always, the Insiders still had PLENTY to talk about on our now infamous mid-week podcast.

Hosted by Ash Browne, the Insiders, including Mick Cowan, Julia Faragher and Nat Martin had a fair time of it, discussing much of the news from the past week.

🗣️ Key talking points:

* Our AFLW win against the Bombers - covering the groundbreaking game from all angles;

* Looking ahead to our final home and away AFLW game of the season against the formidable Roos;

* Unpacking (literally) the move from Waverley to Dingley;

* The unopposed reappointment of our President Andy Gowers on a three-year term;

* The upcoming National Draft - strategy and selection musings;

* AFL Rule changes - what they mean;

* And plenty more…

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It may have been a tad quieter than the Trade Week preceding it, but given the fact that we are the most relevant team in Australia, there was plenty of news around.

Hosted by Ash Browne, the Insiders, including Mick Cowan, Darren Levin, Andrew Weiss and Julia Faragher had a heap of fun discussing much of the news from the past week.

🗣️ Key talking points:

* Our AFLW loss to the Power and how the season is unravelling before our eyes;

* Julia’s incredible article celebrating Pride Round, and calling out trolls;

* Seamus Mitchell and the reaction to his delisting;

* Bodie Ryan and Jaime Uhr-Henry (shoutout to HI Fan and Jamie’s dad, Anthony);

* List numbers and how the list is shaping up;

* Jason Williams’ appointment as a new Development Coach;

* Farewell to Waverley - auctions, statues, and names on plaques;

* Josh Weddle. Funny stuff;

* Questions from the community;

* Enjoying feasting on the rablle that is the Essendon Football Club;

* And plenty more…

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Well, it was a bit of a deflating end to a Trade Period that showed so much promise. The Hawks unable to shift Essendon’s hard stance on trading their captain to one of their bitter rivals.

Danny Prins hosted a BIG collection of Insiders — including Andrew Weiss, Brad Klibansky, Darren Levin, Simon Morawetz and Mick Cowan — as well as a cameo from Ash Browne live from Marvel. The team reflected on what was, what could have been, and what the future looks like for a Hawthorn team minus Zach Merrett.

🗣️ Key talking points:

* What happened, or in this case, what didn’t happen in the Merrett deal;

* Who’s at fault here? Or is the better question, where does the responisibility fall?

* Jai Serong being the next McGlynn or Kennedy;

* CJ the DeeJ, and the lost that he is to the club;

* Where do the Hawks go from here?

* Hitting the draft;

* and much, much more…

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The silly season is officially here, and as always, there is so much Hawthorn news to discuss because quite frankly, we are the centre of the AFL universe.

Hosted by Ash Browne, a small group of the Insiders — including Danny Prins, Simon Morawetz and Mick Cowan — broke down the Hawks trade news before a massive last day of the 2025 Trade Period:

🗣️ Key talking points:

* How we are all feeling ahead of tomorrow;

* Jai Serong and his worth;

* Thank you CJ (can someone check on Daz?);

* Zach Merrett, will it happen?

* Why do the Bombers hate the Hawks/Sam Mitchell?

* Mitch Lewis, will he be moved?

* Can the Hawks pull a rabbit out of a hat?

* And plenty more…

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The silly season is officially here, and as always, there is so much Hawthorn news to discuss because quite frankly, we are the centre of the AFL universe.

Hosted by Ash Browne, the Insiders, including Mick Cowan, Darren Levin, Nat Martin and Andrew Weiss had a heap of fun discussing much of the news from the past week.

🗣️ Key talking points:

* A wrap of the Peter Crimmins Medal;

* Jack Gunston and Luke Breust;

* Daniel Giansiracusa and the monster coup getting him to the club;

* Our AFLW game against the Dockers and another W under the belt;

* Zach Merrett;

* More Zach Merrett;

* Even more Zach Merrett;

* Which Insider settled in to watch the Crichton Medal?

* Our trading plan and the midfield gap;

* A tonne of listener questions;

* And plenty more…

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The Hawks AFL season came to an end a week earlier than we all hoped, but there’s still enough to be optimistic about as the team head into an important off-season.

Hosted by Ash Browne, the Insiders, including Danny Prins, Brad Klibansky, Mick Cowan and Simon Morawetz, discussed a range of topics.

🗣️ Key talking points:

* The Prelim and where the Cats had our measure;

* What the Hawks need to do to take the next step;

* The departure of Sam Frost and Jasper Scaife;

* North Melbourne and Port Adelaide pilfering Zane LittleJohn and Andy Collins, and who could replace them;

* Luke Bruest to Richmond alongside his mate Do Duryea;

* Zach Merrett, Christian Petracca and Sam Flanders;

* A quick review of the AFLW win and a look ahead to the Cats on Thursday night;

* Brownlow Medal eye raisers;

* A look ahead to our PCM winners;

* And plenty more…

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While fairytales do often come true, unfortunately for the brown and gold faithful it just wasn’t to be on Preliminary Final Friday night at the MCG.

In front of nearly 100,000 people under lights in our biggest game of the year, there were too few decent contributors as we got out muscled and outshone by a hardened Geelong outfit.

It was a tough watch in the second half - but despite the sub-par showing we were able to unpack the game itself and put some context to the wonderful season that 2025 was.

Join Danny, Darren, Brad and Weiss as they discussed:🗣️ Key talking points:

* The Hawk Walk led by our President - another wonderful display of our proud club culture;

* The first three goals, the opening term, and daring to dream;

* The umpiring;

* Mitch Lewis’ first half;

* Being beaten comprehensively by Geelong’s band of stalwarts;

* Our midfield woes;

* The good - Moore, Ginni, Gunston and Nash;

* The not so good - CJ, Ward, Worpel and many more (particularly in the second half);

* And much much more.

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With a preliminary final on the horizon, an (almost) full HI board assembled to discuss another enormous game in HFC history, along with all other matters brown and gold.

Hosted by Ash Browne, the pod featured Nat Martin, Julia Faragher, Mick Cowan and Darren Levin, with a special cameo from Brad “Season Not Over” Klibansky.

🗣️ Key talking points:

* The Adelaide Oval experience courtesy of Mick Cowan;

* Brad’s early preview of his Selection Dissection column;

* Box Hill’s disappointing end to an otherwise excellent VFL season;

* Julia’s recap of our first AFLW loss of the season against the Crows;

* The sad end to Luke Breust’s incredible career;

* Hawthorn’s remarkable turnaround over the past three years;

* All our listeners’ questions including Zach Merrett trade talk; plus

* Our Prelim preview and predictions (of course).

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Elimination Finals don’t come much better than that. After a Giant win on the road last week, the Hawks backed it up with a demolition of the Minor Premiers, winning by 34 points and teeing up a Preliminary Final against ~ you can’t script this ~ Geelong.

Daz, Julia, Ash, Weissy, Mora and — live from Adelaide — Mick Cowan caught up within 20 minutes of the final siren to celebrate the win and look forward to what promises to be another blockbuster clash against the Cats.🗣️ Key talking points:

* A dominant four-quarter performance with contributions from across every line.

* Jack Gunston’s best finals haul.

* The Adelaide experience courtesy of Mick.

* Sam Butler’s clutch cameo.

* Mr September Jai Newcombe.

* Josh Ward’s best season in brown and gold.

* Jack Scrimshaw is back.

* Josh Weddle’s all-action performance.

* Chol’s sneaky good game, despite not hitting the scoreboard.

* Is Gini under an injury cloud?

* Connor Macdonald and Dylan Moore bringing the energy.

* The looming prelim against Geelong – tantalising, or terrifying?

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Not just another week this week - a week full of joy as we bask in magnificent wins from our men’s, women’s and Box Hill teams.

So it was a high-vibe, uplifting The Week That Was pod this week, as Ash, Mick, Daz and Julia jumped online to talk about all the fun things going on in the world of brown and gold.

Together the team covered:

* The massive finals win against the GWS Giants on the road;

* Our greatest final wins of all time and where this one sits in our overall body of finals work;

* Practice Match and training discussion;

* Semi Final plans for the Crows in Adelaide;

* Our Box Hill and AFLW wins on the weekend;

* Zach Merrett;

* A good look at the Crows game and the task ahead on Friday night; and

* Much more.

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