Back Pocket Banter

Your favourite twins are back with a huge episode 93 of the BPB poddy, we welcomed bodybuilding coach (and our cousin) Taylor Crabtree. Big TC grew up as a promising young footballer in SA before an injury changed his life direction and helped him further discover his passion for bodybuilding. He is now the owner and founder of Crabtree Performance where he coaches and manages more than 50 athletes and has a strong social media pre...

The boys are back for Episode 92 of the poddy and welcome a huge special guest, Tom O'Neill-Thorne. 🎙

Tom grew up in Darwin and was confined to his wheelchair from the age of two with a congenital condition. But he didn't let that define him or stop him from being like any other kid his age. He tried his hand at a range of different sports before finding a love for basketball. 🏀

He grew up with aspirations of being an olympian,...

Your hosts were back in a big way for Ep 91 of the poddy, a couple of weeks ago, they caught up with a special guest and long-time listener of the podcast, Andy Munro. 🎙

Andy has taken over social media in recent years with his footy jumper collection and knowledge going viral on TikTok and Instagram. He has more than 600 jumpers in his collection and has an insane knowledge of local football clubs across Victoria in particular. ...

The boys are back and they're into the nervous nineties, they've been flat out with uni, internships and plenty of extra-curricular activities. They spoke about the footy finals which kick off tonight, as well as the trade period and what they got up to while they got home for a week. Stay tuned for some special guest eps dropping in coming weeks. If you haven't already, give last week's ep a listen, Harvey Langford...

Your hosts were back in fine form as Blair and Connor sat down with a potential No.1 pick in this year's AFL Draft, Harvey Langford. He has since played a game for Richmond's VFL side and his draft stocks continue to RISE. 📈🎙

Harv plays for the Dandenong Stingrays and has skyrocketed into contention for the No.1 pick which is held by his childhood club, Richmond. He received the Larke Medal and Vic Country MVP after ...

Blair and Connor caught up with the most exciting, electric and dynamic small forward in the 2024 draft crop who has skyrocketed into first round calculations, Isaac Kako. 📈

The young talent has been part of Essendon's NGA academy since for more than five years and looks set to join the Bombers after the recent NGA changes. 🔴 ⚫️

The boys chatted about his dominant season with Calder Cannons, changing mentality to he...

The boys caught up with a home-town star a few weeks ago for Episode 87 of the Back Pocket Banter podcast, chatting with Abbey Sutherland who continues to put her best foot forward playing basketball at a high level. Abbey is a 6" 4' centre who is strong defensively pulling down plenty of boards every time she steps on the court.

Abbey grew up in Hamilton vic attending Monivae College and dominating the junior pathway...

Your favourite twins are back after a brief hiatus which has seen them travelling, working and consuming sport as per usual. The lads chat about Connor breaking down on the way to Broken Hill, Blair ringing Jono Brown for work, Dusty 300 and plenty of AFL chat. They look at the state of the game and chat all things suspensions.

The Olympics also start tonight so they chat about the goat himself, Patty Mills and the Aussies'...

Connor and Blair are back chatting all things sport for episode 84. It has been a couple months since you last heard from the boys. They speak about going to Tigers vs Bulldogs and their thoughts, as well as uni life. They were back with the hottest takes on the AFL season, why they don't want shorter quarters, they make some big calls and chat about some of the most exciting draft talent in 2024. Before chatting basketball and...

Welcome back to an exciting episode 83. Connor and Blair sat down to chat with one of the most exciting prospects in the 2024 draft, Luke Trainor. The teenager has shot into TOP 5 calculations following some impressive form recently. 📈

The lads spoke about the AFL academy, getting BOG against Coburg, a positional change to defence, the great culture at the Sandy Dragons and his famous grandfather, Doug Wade. 🏈

They also...

Blair and Connor spoke with current Geelong Cats footballer Shaun Mannagh for a massive episode 82 chatting all things about his journey of being overlooked in drafts and finally getting to live out his childhood dream being drafted at the age of 26 as a mature ager just late last year. ⚪️🔵

It is an incredible story about belief and persistence. The boys spoke about his journey from playing at Murray Bushrangers, missing that...

The lads caught up with Tyler Welsh for a cracking episode 81 chatting all things about his footy journey so far. Welshy is a high-end father-son prospect for this year's AFL draft and has been spoken about as being drafted in the Top 10. He is a slightly undersized key forward at 191cm, but has a good kick and is continuing to add more strengths to his game.

Blair and Connor spoke to Tyler about growing up around elite l...

"A problem shared is a problem halved" ❤️

This is an episode the boys have been excited about for . Connor and Blair were fortunate enough to make the trek to Mornington where they sat down with the Speak Share boys in their factory, to chat all things about their not-for-profit organisation which has and continues to impact so many people positively.

Ben and Nathan spoke to the boys about how the organisation a...

We have another huge guest in the world of AFL. Paul Roos played 356 games for Fitzroy and Sydney. He was a star key defender earning him 7x All-Australian selections (including as captain), 5x Best & Fairests, a premiership coach and is in the AFL Hall of Fame. An incredibly successful career and undoubtedly one of the greats to be involved with the game.

We chatted to Paul about dominating basketball as a youngster, what...

Connor and Blair caught up with one of the greats for their latest episode. Terry Wallace. He played and coached over 500 VFL/AFL games throughout his career. He is a 3x Premiership Player, 2x Hawthorn B&F, 2x Bulldogs B&F, All-Australian as a player and coach and in the AFL Hall of Fame.

The boys chat about not getting a game in the junior ranks, being part of a Hawthorn dynasty alongside players like Leigh Matthews,...

Your favourite twins are back and having laughs about all things from their lives down in the big smoke, Blair's premiership glory, the start of the AFL season, some NBL talk and they get nostalgic reminiscing on the past 4 years of the poddy.

They chat about the humble beginnings of the podcast recording out of their bedroom back near Hamilton, turning 22 together, starting their final year of uni and some of the recent ...

The boys sat down with Seymour export and current College basketballer, Tyler Best who is plying his trade over in North Dakota playing for Williston State College in the NJCAA Division 1 at the age of just 22. 🤯

He stands at almost 2 metres tall and has a complete game, he has the ability to break ankles, knock down big threes and pull down plenty of boards. 👀

After dominating for years in the CBL with Seymour Blasters...

The boys are back with a massive episode 75 for you die-hard listeners. They welcomed one of the top AFL 2024 Draft prospects to the studio, Christian Moraes joined Blair and Connor in person to chat all things about his journey so far. Like our previous guest FOS, Moraes has also been floated as a potential NUMBER 1 pick in this year's draft crop and you can expect some huge performances this season.

Christian has always ...