# FOOTY LOWDOWN | Round 1 In Focus

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Podcast: [The Footy Lowdown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-footy-lowdown-6844464)
Published: 2026-03-18T15:42:45+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ash-mcphee8/episodes/FOOTY-LOWDOWN--Round-1-In-Focus-e3gkplm
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## Resource

🏉 Round 1 is in the books, and The Footy Lowdown is serving up a double-sized episode packed with chaos, comebacks, controversy and a ladder that already looks nothing like it did seven days ago. 🏉 Ash breaks down every match of the round — the shocks, the steamrollings, the fade-outs and the freakish individual performances — plus the young guns who stole the spotlight, the teams already wobbling, and the early premiership threats emerging from the pack, this week had a bit of everything… including a few eyebrow-raising umpire interpretations, a media circus or two, and an all-timer coaching sook. 🏉 You’ll get Ash’s Team of the Week, his rolling ladder (which has already imploded once), and his tips for a round that looks even harder to predict than the first. 🏉 Hit play and find out what really happened in Round 1.

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