Welcome back to anyone’s game for 2026! We’re so excited to be back in your ears again. This year, we are trialling a new format of episodes. Every second Thursday we will be in your feed for a bumper episode of all the footy news and headlines from the previous 2 rounds. And every other Thursday we will drop a mini education focused episode - covering all the questions you didn’t know you needed the answers to.

We kick off the ep this week covering our own personal headlines, followed by the biggest headlines from the offseason before we finish up with everyone’s favourite segment - best on feed. This week, Monica shares this TikTok from Collingwood’s Pat Lipinski and Marielle shares this Reel from Hawthorn.

This week’s sources are: 

• ​2026 AFL Season Wikipedia 
• ​Tom Silvagni, son of AFL star, outlines rape conviction appeal grounds by Leanne Wong for The ABC 
• ​Why we haven’t touched the Jules Neale story until now by Bek Day for Mamamia 
• ​‘I have been betrayed’: Neale’s wife Jules speaks out on marriage crisis by Jackie Epstein for The Herald Sun 
• ​Victoria overcomes spirited WA in enthralling Origin clash by Nathan Schmook for afl.com.au 
• ​The Kyneton women’s football team’s story was always about more than just one club by Marnie Vinall for The ABC 
• ​How the Wedged-Tailed Eagles won their fight to play footy by Brayden May for The Herald Sun 
• ​Time running out for Kyneton women on midlandexpress.com.au
• ​They stood up to a toxic boys’ club. Now these women have been barred from the game entirely by Claire Murphy for Mamamia  
• ​RDRNL breaks silence by Tara Murphy for Star Weekly 
• ​Wedge-Tailed Eagles Football Club Website

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