Show Notes
Round 23 brings finals-shaping chaos as Buddy and Shane dissect Carlton's stunning turnaround under new coach Josh Fraser, a locked-in top eight, and Charlie Curnow's Coleman Medal masterclass. The boys relive a wild Hawthorn-Collingwood draw, reignite the rules debate it sparked, and pitch their own outrageous ideas for fixing AFL draws forever. Fremantle's finals credentials get the full workout — Luke Jackson's ruck brilliance included — alongside the bombshell rumour that Zak Butters and Toby Greene could both be Geelong-bound. Steele Sidebottom's legendary 373-game career gets its flowers, Buddy crowns his Young Stars of the Week, and Franklin reveals a dodgy calf ahead of the Whitten Legends match. All that, plus a first look at what's coming in the Round 24 season finale.
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## Chapters 00:00 – Welcome & Round 23 wrap 00:55 – Carlton's stunning turnaround under Josh Fraser 04:24 – Finals picture locked in: Giants, Saints, Suns miss out 06:31 – Charlie Curnow's Coleman Medal & the King/Hayward fallout 07:15 – Hawthorn hold on against Collingwood 09:59 – Fremantle's finals form and Luke Jackson's ruck work 14:11 – Zac Butters and Toby Greene linked to Geelong 19:35 – Better Beer moment 20:09 – That Hawthorn-Collingwood draw, revisited 22:21 – Shane's wild ideas to break AFL draws 25:16 – Christian Petracca's best position going forward 27:08 – Steele Sidebottom's incredible 373-game career 29:11 – Melbourne's finals surge & the Van Rooyen suspension 30:09 – Buddy's Young Stars of the Week 31:46 – North Melbourne push Geelong to the brink 33:10 – Wrap-up & a first look at Round 24
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