{"podcast":{"title":"Craft of the Draft AFL Podcast","slug":"craft-of-the-draft-afl-podcast-6209399","podcast_index_feed_id":6209399,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/craft-of-the-draft/","website_url":"https://craftofthedraft.substack.com/publish/home","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/8635974d-63d7-443e-8afe-41f32f582cb1/COTD-Podcast-Cover.jpg","author":"Zero Hanger","episode_count":149,"summary":"Jonty Ralphsmith and Mitch Keating provide all the latest insight on AFL Draft, Coates Talent League, and young footy prospects across the nation. Brought to you by GETDRAFTED.COM.AU MORE AT ZEROHANGER.COM FB: https://www.facebook.com/AFLZeroHanger IG: https://www.instagram.com/zerohanger/ X: https://x.com/zerohanger TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@zerohanger YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZeroHangerAFL","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/craft-of-the-draft-afl-podcast-6209399"},"episode":{"title":"Our EARLY 2026 AFL Draft predictions","slug":"our-early-2026-afl-draft-predictions","published_at":"2026-03-20T05:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/craft-of-the-draft-afl-podcast-6209399/our-early-2026-afl-draft-predictions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/craft-of-the-draft-afl-podcast-6209399","url":"https://craft-of-the-draft.captivate.fm/episode/cotd-2601","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ef40aad2-7ddf-444a-968d-c62fc3122799.mp3","summary":"Jonty and Mitch are back ahead of the first weekend of action to kickstart the 2026 AFL Draft season, with SANFL U18s and Talent League matches commencing. The boys preview the trends among AFL clubs and the arrival of Tasmania will impact this year’s draft, and flag some early potential Mid-Season Draft options to watch. As well as flagging the prospects who have turned heads over pre-season, they also give their premiership predictions for the four leading pathways competitions, and even name who they think could go Picks 1-3 at the end of the year. RUNDOWN 00:00 Welcome to Craft of The Draft 01:29 2026 Draft Class Strengths 03:40 Impact of Tassie 05:51 AFL club trends 12:20 Mid-Season Draft watch 16:38 Pre-Season Standouts 19:58 Pre-season health check 21:26 Season Predictions 27:20 What’s coming up? IG: https://www.instagram.com/craftofthedraft/ For all your AFL news go to ZeroHanger.com and make sure to FOLLOW Zero Hanger on social media: NEWS: https://www.zerohanger.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/ZeroHanger FB: https://www.facebook.com/AFLZeroHanger X: https://x.com/zerohanger TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@zerohanger YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZeroHangerAFL","meta_description":"Jonty and Mitch are back ahead of the first weekend of action to kickstart the 2026 AFL Draft season, with SANFL U18s and Talent League matches commencing…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1710,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/craft-of-the-draft-afl-podcast-6209399/episodes/our-early-2026-afl-draft-predictions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/craft-of-the-draft-afl-podcast-6209399/our-early-2026-afl-draft-predictions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}