The Back Pocket

The Back Pocket

If you’re looking for AFL podcasts who turn the attention to our unsung heroes of the AFL - defenders - then The Back Pocket is the podcast for you. It is not a very serious podcast, but it is very serious about defenders. Home of the Scarlett- Silvagni medal, join Alastair Hampton and Jack Turner on TBP each week as they discuss what happened down back. The Back Pocket is an independent footy podcast, and you can find us at https://thebackpocketau.com and on all social media platforms @TheBackPocketAU

Episodes

July 16, 2025 57 mins

This week we talk improving squads, All Australian captains, Gold Coast might be real, and Good Footy™ might finally be back after Dogslop June.

The Back Pocket is an independent podcast made without the influence of major broadcasters or gambling money. If you want to support The Back Pocket, please make a donation to our Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thebackpocket

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The Back Pocket is an independent podcast made without the influence of major broadcasters or gambling money. If you want to support The Back Pocket, please make a donation to our Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thebackpocket

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Current Scarlett-Silvagni Standings: https://www.thebackpocketau.com/defenders-award

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Current Scarlett-Silvagni Standings: https://www.thebackpocketau.com/defenders-award

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This week Jack is joined by Polly from True Bloods and Joe from This Week in Football for a slightly different perspective, and talk SD Cards, the Swans run home, the state of footy media and more. As always we have votes, talk of the game just gone and predictions for the round ahead.

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We're back with another late edition of The Back Pocket. We have news, reveiws, tips and yips. Who got votes this week? A few surprises if you didn't watch the games.

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We're here with a Hall of Fame episode, covering one of the worst rounds of football in recent memory. Who's up, who's down, who's legit, who's a bit... We have stocks up and stocks down, defenders' award votes, and a few notes from around the grounds.

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This week we talk AFL demotions, Scarlett Silvagni Medal promotions, moving in with mascots, if Tasmania will even have a team, and a special goal songs segment from Alastair.

The Back Pocket is an independent podcast made without the influence of major broadcasters or gambling money. If you want to support The Back Pocket, please make a donation to our Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thebackpocket

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This week on The Back Pocket podcast, Jargon is Jargon for Jargon, we chat teams decimated by injury, flag seedings heading into the first of the bye rounds, and not being nepo-babies. The Moose Missile escapes his terror charge against Darcy Byrne-Jones, and where on earth is the AFLW fixture?

Check out the eerily similar May goals here: https://x.com/DanvinCar/status/1926984137212125627

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This week we talk everybody's new favourite big goober, grudge matches, who's back and who's gone missing, and what our goal songs would be.

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Welcome back to The Back Pocket after what might have been the best round of footy we've ever seen. We have votes - as usual - chat about who is and isn't woke, Essendon's injury curse, spending war chests, and Northampton local greetings (it's ham).

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This week on The Back Pocket we chat about if Flagmantle is dead, what defenders are really impressing us, who might be the worst team of all time, and as usual Scarlett Silvagni Medal votes.

The Back Pocket is an independent podcast made without the influence of major broadcasters or gambling money. If you want to support The Back Pocket, please make a donation to our Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thebackpocket

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April 29, 2025 51 mins

Join us for another week of The Back Pocket, where we talk combat sports, MRO bans, coaching, sprays and all things football from Round Seven, as well as a preview of Round Eight.

The Back Pocket is an independent podcast made without the influence of major broadcasters or gambling money. If you want to support The Back Pocket, please make a donation to our Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thebackpocket

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Welcome back to The Back Pocket after a week off (sorry Gather Round). We have votes, stocks up and stocks down, who's good, who's in trouble, and who's just biding their time.

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This week we talk what's going wrong at Melbourne, horror injuries, how to enjoy 2025 as a Carlton fan, why the AFLPA should abandon everything it stands for (not really) and heading into Gather Round!

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A slightly late episode this week due to outside circumstances. We chat whole year suspensions, match review panels, who's hot and who's not. Nick Riewoldt's had a mare of a week (but at least he already speaks Tasmanian), the AFL Tribunal remains broken, and what Ross thought of the latest White Lotus. 

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Welcome back to another episode of The Back Pocket podcast. This week we chat weird things to say in press conferences, say nice things about Essendon, and realise that truly none of us know anything about football.

 

Find Jack's Essendon article on our Substack here: https://thebackpocketau.substack.com/

Find the Friday Footy Quiz here: https://www.fridayfootyquiz.com/ 

 

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March 18, 2025 40 mins

Welcome back for another episode of The Back Pocket podcast. Round One is over, and real footy has finally washed over us.

This week we talk forgetting your undies, rigged polls, biggest boilovers, why Jack Macrae apparently shouldn't be a midfielder, and who is Delta Goodrem's most famous ex (and does he like the footy?).

 

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March 11, 2025 37 mins

Welcome to the first real (but still not really) round of The Back Pocket for 2025. We have votes, new segments and a new structure. How many hot takes can you have from two games of football?

Join us and find out.

 

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Welcome back to another year of The Back Pocket.  Join us for some predictions and general pre season chat as we get back into the groove of things.

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IMMEDIATE AND URGENT PODCAST TO ADDRESS THE CRIME THAT IS LUKE RYAN MAKING ALL AUSTRALIAN. But also just the season wrap, grand final predictions and award winners for the Scarlett Silvagni Medal and The Back Pocket Data Award.

Learn which AFL Players Jack is taller than (Hint: It's not many) and who we think should be coach of the year and win the Brownlow.

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