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Have Dees found their next captain? Double-header to kick off AFLW season

5/20/202628 min

Nat Edwards, Riley Beveridge and Sarah Black discuss Wednesday’s biggest footy stories on the AFL Daily podcast.

On today's episode:

After Melbourne’s incredible start to the season, we look back at other teams who have made a significant leap in the space of 12 months Could Daniel Turner be Melbourne’s next captain after Max Gawn? Riley take a look at next week’s mid-season draft prospects The panel shares their all-time favourite indigenous players An AFLW check-in ahead of the fixture release Nat shares some Wednesday Wisdom

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First 90 seconds
  1. Nat Edwards· Host0:00

    [upbeat music] Plenty to unpack on your Wednesday edition of AFL Daily. Are the Ds the real deal, and how far can they go? We look ahead to the mid-season rookie draft, plus some big news in the world of AFLW. Let's get into it as I welcome in Riley Beveridge. Hello to you.

  2. Riley Beveridge· Host0:21

    Hello, Nat. Hello, Sarah.

  3. Nat Edwards· Host0:22

    Ah, and, uh- [laughs] I've preemptively introduced Sarah. [laughs] You have preemptively introduced Sarah Black, because Damian Barrett is not here. We booted him out of our studio, and we have brought in The W Download's very own Sarah Black for a little daily cameo. Welcome to you.

  4. Sarah Black· Guest0:38

    Thanks for having me, Nat. Surprise. [laughs] Surprise. Um, yes. No, I'm here. It's W time. It's, it's time for, for me to start, you know, hitting the airwaves.

  5. Nat Edwards· Host0:47

    I like it. [laughs] I like it. And if you want all of your AFLW news, The W Download podcast, which you can see in, uh, your feeds, is the way to go. But let's get into some AFL news to kick things off. And Melbourne have been making headlines. They're seven and three at the moment to start the year, and I think everyone's been a little bit surprised by what they've been able to achieve so far under their new coach in Stephen King. And I feel like every year there seems to be one team that doesn't make the finals- Mm ... and then jumps up to do so. So we've gone back and had a look, and shout out to, uh, Joel Peterson, who's actually done a little bit of digging for us. But if you look at, um, even 2025,

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