Final Siren Podcast

Join Final Siren host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro for the return of the show for 2024 following Round 1 of the Talent League Boys competition.

The episode includes:

- Talent League Boys Round 1 wrap

- The battle of the five AFL Academy members

- Is there a new Pick 1 contender?

- The Ashcroft-Hollow battle

- GWV Rebels' injury issues

- Father-sons shine in SANFL Under 18s

- Which other AFL Draft prospects are set to debut this weekend?

All that and more on the Final Siren Podcast.

Join Final Siren host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro in a special crossover edition with the Final Siren Podcast that focuses purely on the two Talent League Grand Finals.

We take a dive into the four teams, list some of the key players, team strengths and predict how the matches might pan out.

The Final Siren Podcast returns for another week and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the episode include:

- Positional Mini-Draft where each person picks a forwardline from this year's AFL Draft crop

The Final Siren Podcast returns for another week and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the episode include:

- U17 Futures double-header at Werribee

- Positional Mini-Draft where each person picks a player per position from this year's AFL Draft crop

The Final Siren Podcast returns for another week and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the episode include:

- July Power Rankings review

- National and State Draft Combine discussion

- Key performers around the nation

Tune in to Episode 162 of the Final Siren Podcast, as we draft five Larke Medal winners apiece in another special instalment of the show.

Tune in to Episode 161 of the Final Siren Podcast, where we draft five number one picks apiece in a special instalment of the show.

The Final Siren Podcast returns for another week and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the episode include:

- AFL Under 18s Championships: Team-by-Team review

- All the MVPs and other standouts

- An early look ahead to Power Rankings

The Final Siren Podcast returns for another week and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the episode include:

- AFL Under 18s Championships - South Australia defeated Vic Country

- AFL Under 16s Championships - Sydney Swans Academy defeated GWS GIANTS Academy

- State of play - who are the favourites for the under 18s title?

The Final Siren Podcast returns for another week and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the episode include:

- AFL Under 18s Championships

- How far can the Allies go?

- Rising AFL Draft Stocks

- Sandringham-Oakleigh King's Birthday clash

The Final Siren Podcast returns for another week and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the episode include:

- Coates Talent League returns

- SANFL U18s vs U20s trials

- State Game between WAFL and SANFL

- VFL highlights

The Final Siren Podcast returns for another week and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the episode include:

- AFL Academy vs Carlton VFL wrap

- Vic Country & Vic Metro trials standouts

- Mid-season Draft chances from the Young Guns guns

The Final Siren Podcast returns for 2023 and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the episode include:

- Mid-Season Draft discussion

- Scouting notes explainer

- Power Rankings teaser with potential bolters & sliders

The Final Siren Podcast returns for 2023 and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the episode include:

- Round 3 results from the Talent League

- Top-age and bottom-age standouts from the weekend

- Run through of some of the eye-catching players in the SANFL Under 18s Round 3 & League eyecatchers

- WAFL Colts & League standouts

The Final Siren Podcast returns for 2023 and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the episode include:

- Round 2 results from the Talent League

- Top-age and bottom-age standouts from the weekend

- Run through of some of the eye-catching players in the SANFL Under 18s Round 2

- WAFL Colts season preview

The Final Siren Podcast returns for 2023 and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the opening episode include:

- Round 1 results from the Talent League

- Top-age and bottom-age standouts from the weekend

- Run through of some of the eye-catching players in the SANFL Under 18s opening round

The Final Siren Podcast returns for 2023 and host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro are back with all the latest news in the underage space.

Highlights of the opening episode include:

- Preseason updates across the Talent League

- Previews of each of the 13 full-time Talent League clubs

- Predictions for the 2023 season

In the latest edition of the Final Siren Podcast, host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro begin a series of Pocket Podcasts leading up to the draft, starting with Positional Analyses. Up first is the key forwards.

In the latest edition of the Final Siren Podcast, host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro discuss the fallout from the October Power Rankings and answer all your questions regarding the extended Top 40 rankings.

In the latest edition of the Final Siren Podcast, host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro discuss all the key talking points in the world of underage footy. In particular the team analyses the AFL Under 18 Championships grand final between Vic Metro and Vic Country, as well as the Under 17 Futures match on AFL Grand Final Day.

Now on YouTube as well as all your favourite podcasting platforms, the Final Siren Podcast's latest episode features Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro discussing the finals across the country.  The team also chat to Sandringham Dragons duo Will Ashcroft and Harry Sheezel following their premiership over Sandringham Dragons.

Now on YouTube as well as all your favourite podcasting platforms, the Final Siren Podcast's latest episode features Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro discussing the finals across the country.  The team also chat to Sandringham Dragons' Charlie Clarke and Dandenong Stingrays' Kobe Shipp after their side's wins in the preliminary finals.

In the latest edition of the Final Siren Podcast, host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro recap the NAB League Elimination Finals for season 2022. The team also chats to RMC Medal winner Aaron Cadman after awarding the GWV Rebels forward his medal on the weekend, as well as Gippsland Power forward Jacob Konstanty after his side's thrilling win over Northern Knights.

In the latest edition of the Final Siren Podcast, host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro recap the Wildcard Round of NAB League for season 2022, chat to Western Jets defender Billy Kolyniuk after his side's upset win over Geelong Falcons, and Bendigo Pioneers coach Danny O'Bree after his team produced one of the biggest upsets in NAB League history, toppling premiership favourites, Oakleigh Chargers.

In the latest edition of the Final Siren Podcast, host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro recap the final round of NAB League for season 2022, check out who's starring in various state leagues, and chat to Oakleigh Chargers gun and potential top five pick Elijah Tsatas after the Chargers' win over Sandringham Dragons.

Rookie Me Central AFL Draft analysts Tom Wyman and Micah Hann take the reigns for a special South Australian themed podcast this week, chatting to Woodville-West Torrens Eagles midfielder/forward and potential Top 10 pick Mattaes Phillipou.

In an epic return, The Final Siren Podcast is hosted by Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, as AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro shifts into the expert chair to discuss Rookie Me Central's June Power Rankings. Fielding a bunch of questions, including some from listeners on social media, there is plenty to dissect in the third list of 25 for 2022.

In an epic return, The Final Siren Podcast is hosted by Declan Reeve this time around, as Michael Alvaro shifts into the expert chair to discuss Rookie Me Central's June Power Rankings. Fielding a bunch of questions, including some from listeners on social media, there is plenty to dissect in the maiden list of 25 for 2022.

Rookie Me Central AFL Draft analysts Tom Wyman and Micah Hann take the reigns for a special South Australian themed podcast this week, chatting to West Adelaide tall forward Tom Scully.

The 2021 AFL National Draft is closing in and the team at Rookie Me Central completed their Phantom Draft for another year. Host and Chief Editor Peter Williams was joined by AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro, and Draft Analysts, Declan Reeve, Micah Hann and Ed Pascoe, as the crew put their recruiters hats on to simulate the 2021 AFL Draft.

In this week's Final Siren Pocket Podcast, host and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro discuss the recent November Power Rankings which dropped on Monday night, where father-son and Academy bids might come in, and those on the cusp.

In this week's Final Siren Pocket Podcast, host and Draft Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro recap the double-header between Queensland and Tasmania Under 19s and Under 17s, as well as the SA Futures Under 17s Game 1.

In this week's Final Siren Pocket Podcast, host and Draft Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro recap Western Australia's nail-biting last-gasp win over South Australia, looking at all the key facets out of the match, and the players who stepped up in the absence of others.

In this week's Final Siren Pocket Podcast, host and Draft Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro discuss the draft prospects who are readymade and able to come in immediately to have an impact for their future sides.

In this week's Final Siren Pocket Podcast, host and Draft Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro discuss the draft from a key position player perspective, breaking the prospects down from the elite young talents in the Top 10, to those later in the draft, and some late value and mature agers on offer.

In this week's Final Siren Pocket Podcast, host and Draft Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro discuss the draft from a midfielders perspective, with the 2021 edition often dubbed 'the midfielders draft'. But just which sorts of midfielders are available? The team breaks the players down into key areas.

In this week's Final Siren Pocket Podcast, host and Draft Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro discuss the recent September Power Rankings which dropped on Monday night, from the inclusions, to those on the cusp, and answering your questions.

In this week's Final Siren Pocket Podcast, host and Draft Central Chief Editor Peter Williams, and AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro recap Western Australia's big win over South Australia, looking at all the key facets out of the match, and whose stocks rose from the clash.

In the first Draft Central Final Siren Pocket Podcast ahead of an early 2020 AFL Draft, host and Chief Editor Peter Williams, joined by Draft Editor Michael Alvaro and Draft Analyst Declan Reeve, run through a potential Top 10 of this year's draft, players in contention, and some of the names to expect early on in the draft.

In a special edition of the Final Siren podcast, Draft Central Chief Editor and renewed host Peter Williams chats with AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro about his August Power Rankings, identifying the key trends and answering questions from our Instagram page.

In the Final Siren Podcast lead-up to the AFL Women's Draft tonight, Draft Central's Peter Williams, Michael Alvaro and Declan Reeve run through all 14 teams, some of the players they might read out on the night, and some key questions heading into the 2021 edition.

In what is always an incredibly tough exercise, Draft Central's Michael Alvaro, Peter Williams and Declan Reeve ran a AFLW Draft Phantom Draft "live" with 64 selections made and the 14 teams divided up amongst the three. A number of mature-age players were taken as well as young talent, but plenty of surprise selections along the way.

In the return of the final Final Siren podcast, guest host Declan Reeve poses your questions to Draft Central AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro, and Draft Analyst Ed Pascoe in relation to the latest Power Rankings edition.

In our latest edition of the Final Siren Podcast for 2021, Draft Central host and AFL Draft editor Michael Alvaro and Chief Editor Peter Williams review the final round of the NAB League Girls, preview the upcoming finals series, and hear a short snippet from Peel Thunder's Courtney Rowley ahead of Draft Central's AFLW U19s feature series starting.

In our tenth edition of the Final Siren Podcast for 2021, Draft Central host and AFL Draft editor Michael Alvaro and Chief Editor Peter Williams review the huge week at the AFL Women's Under 19 Championships as well as the second Under 17 Championships clash between Vic Country and Vic Metro, and preview the NAB League Girls final round.

Team-by-team reviews on:

• Allies
• South Australia
• Western Australia

In our tenth edition of the Final Siren Podcast for 2021, Draft Central host and AFL Draft editor Michael Alvaro and Chief Editor Peter Williams review the AFL Women's Under 19 and Under 17 Championships clash between Vic Country and Vic Metro, and previewing the upcoming matches, as well as recapping the SANFL Women's competition and previewing the state leagues.

In the return of the Final Siren boys' edition, host and Draft Central's AFL Draft editor Michael Alvaro, and Chief Editor Peter Williams look across the nation at some of the standout prospects from the opening weekend, with top talents Nick Daicos, Jason Horne and Jacob Van Rooyen featuring heavily.

In our ninth edition of the Final Siren Podcast for 2021, Draft Central host and AFL Draft editor Michael Alvaro and Chief Editor Peter Williams review all the big NAB League Girls games, as well as have a major focus on the AFL Women's Under 19 Championships. We review South Australia's narrow win over Western Australia, and preview the two Victorian teams ahead of their huge clash tomorrow.

In our eighth edition of the Final Siren Podcast for 2021, Draft Central host and AFL Draft editor Michael Alvaro and Chief Editor Peter Williams review and preview all the big NAB League Girls games, as well as run through the state leagues in action across the country. We also chat to Norwood's Jade Halfpenny about the Redlegs' season thus far and embarking on her first AFL Women's National Championships with South Australia on Sunday.

In our seventh edition of the Final Siren Podcast for 2021, Draft Central host and AFL Draft editor Michael Alvaro and Chief Editor Peter Williams review preview all the big NAB League Girls games, as well as run through the state leagues in action across the country. In a special addition, we look at the South Australian AFLWU19s squad and some of the names who have impressed in the SANFL Women's competition this season.