The Hard Ball Gets AFL Show
Hosted by Nick Rynne and Ryan Daniels and Xavier Ellis · The West Australian
4.9from 459 ratings
- 308
- Episodes
- 30
- Transcribed
- 459
- Ratings
- Weekly
- 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
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
30 of 308 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Post-season review & best moments of 2026
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
MAILBAG: Eagles fans pile on, best team since 2000 & GF pre-game conspiracy
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
A gut-wrenching grand final experience relived
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Post-season review & best moments of 2026
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There was three. Right, okay. There was a theme, was there? Which we'll get to. We'll go three to one in reverse order when we get to that, Joshie. But first I'll just rattle off. So there were some other ones that were pretty close. Suggested by multiple people was the sitting down to wee debate. […]
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- YouTube views
- 9,945,864
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 7 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 452 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 weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Hard Ball Gets AFL Show take guests?
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