The Hard Ball Gets AFL Show
Hosted by Nick Rynne and Ryan Daniels and Xavier Ellis · The West Australian
4.8from 405 ratings
- 304
- Episodes
- 26
- Transcribed
- 405
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 10M
- YouTube views
About The Hard Ball Gets AFL Show
Your new favourite footy podcast. Hawthorn premiership player Xavier Ellis (robbed of the Norm); 7NEWS sport presenter Ryan Daniels and Nick Rynne lead the roster of football dribblers, current schedule: MONDAY: Two Minute Warning - two minutes on each team. TUESDAY: Mailbag - answering your questions. THURSDAY: TABtouch Teams - two minutes on each game & Hard Ball Bets.
- Publisher
- The West Australian
- Category
- sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Nov 2022
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
26 of 304 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
MAILBAG: James Sicily's antics, Murphy Reid glazing & Ryan's basketball blunder
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Preliminary finals review
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
MAILBAG: Chris Scott's excuses, our flag favourites & Wharfie Time conspiracy
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MAILBAG: James Sicily's antics, Murphy Reid glazing & Ryan's basketball blunder
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Closing it should mean no chance of waking the kids up. If not, might be time for a new door that's not made of glass. I'll get back to that. A few years ago now, our basketball team was up by a couple of points with about five seconds to go in our grand final against a team that we had struggled to beat in big games for years. It was finally our chance. We had the win in the bag. Ryan Daniels has the ball at half court. All he has to do, oh no, is hold onto the ball and we would win. Amazingly, instead, he decides to launch the ball from half court, completely missing the ring, and the ball goes out of bounds. […]
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- YouTube views
- 9,945,864
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 7 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 398 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts The Hard Ball Gets AFL Show?
Nick Rynne and Ryan Daniels and Xavier Ellis host the show. Published by The West Australian.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Hard Ball Gets AFL Show take guests?
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