We're back ahead of the 2026 AFL season, with our first episode of the year setting some ground rules for the season ahead.
Host Phoenix Trinidad attempts to guess the 17 stats AFL umpires now have access to for Brownlow voting, while presenter Mitch Keating has to explain our recent AFL experiments ratings.
The team also goes through their predictions for 2026, including secret predictions we'll uncover later into the season.
Episode Rundown:
00:00 Welcome to the Hitout
05:36 Umpires getting stats
12:34 Banned words
18:00 Season Predictions
24:33 Ranking AFL Experiments
30:13 The worst best players
The Hitout AFL Podcast is Zero Hanger's weekly show covering all of the latest AFL news, views and footy fun, featuring host Phoenix Trinidad and presenters Mitch Keating and Aidan Cellini.
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