As they head into the 2025 AFL season Carlton are in search of their first premiership in 30 years. 

The Blues are expected to have Sam Walsh and Charlie Curnow available for their season opener against the Tigers, with coach Michael Voss expected to name pick #3 Jagga Smith for his AFL debut. 

Hear the coach of the Blues in a one-on-one interview with AFL.com.au's Riley Beveridge. 

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The Brisbane Lions seemingly came from the clouds to achieve the ultimate in 2024, the 2023 runners up had a dream run during September culminating in the premiership.

Replacing Joe Daniher, adding Levi Ashcroft amongst a host of young talent, bringing in the players that suffered season ending injuries, it's hard to see how Chris Fagan's side won't be genuinely contending again in 2025. 

Hear his one-on-one interview with AFL.com.au's Michael Whiting. 

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2024 was Damien Hardwick's first year in charge of the Gold Coast SUNS, while they made People First Stadium a fortress they were unable to breakthrough for their first ever finals campaign.

With the additions of Daniel Rioli & John Noble to the mix the SUNS will be pushing for September action in 2025 with Dimma confident he has the arsenal in the toolkit that will see them get there. 

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The Swans took it all before them during the 2024 home and away season before falling again on Grand Final day.

Over the off-season John Longmire made the decision to stand down as senior coach leaving his long-term assistant Dean Cox to step up and take the role. 

Hear Cox with Cal Twomey discussing the transition from assistant to senior coach, handling his first full pre-season in charge, as well as the discussion around Chad Warner and his contract status. 

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GWS stumbled throughout the 2024 finals series and fell at the semi-final hurdle after leading the Lions by 44 points. 

During the Trade Period, Jake Stringer has joined the club to add another layer to their forward line working in tandem with 2024 Coleman Medallist, Jesse Hogan.

Ahead of opening round against Collingwood, Riley Beveridge has gone one-on-one with Giants coach, Adam Kingsley.

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Brad Scott is deep into his second pre-season in charge of the Bombers, after a strong start in his debut season, the Bombers fell away in the back half of the year.

Scott goes one on one with Cal Twomey just over 2 weeks out from Essendon's opening round match against Hawthorn, the recruits the club has brought in over the off-season as well as how he'd like to see his team attack 2024.

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It's been a rough 2 years for the West Coast Eagles, 2023 saw the club finish on the bottom of the ladder.

The club opted to back in coach Adam Simpson, in this one on one with Nathan Schmook, Simmo discusses the off-season, looking ahead to the new year, the hype around Harley Reid and plenty more. 

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Gold Coast finished in the bottom 4 last year and then pulled off the recruiting coup of the off-season with 3x premiership coach Damien Hardwick joining the club as their next senior coach. 

Dimma joins Michael Whiting to discuss how the Suns wooed him to the club, the reason why Gold Coast has made him feel re-energised and reinvigorated plus some of the players that's going to help them strive towards September in 2024. 

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Despite finishing in the bottom 4 in 2023, the Hawks started to make headway under new coach Sam Mitchell.

Another pre-season under the coach, a busy trade and draft period sees excitement from the team at Waverley Park. 

Leading into Round 1 against the Bombers, Callum Twomey goes one on one with the coach of Hawthorn, Sam Mitchell. 

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The Magpies achieved the ultimate in 2023, winning the Premiership in a heart-stopper over the Lions.

Craig McRae arguably had the greatest day on earth with his wife giving birth the morning of the game, before coaching the Magpies to their 16th title.

Damian Barrett goes one on one with the Magpies coach as they begin the campaign to go back to back, an achievement the club hasn't reached since 1935/1936.

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