Hately's 'Leo Barry' style moment, Plapp's final swan song, best round of the season incoming

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Essendon's last kick of the day match-winner over Collingwood Tassie's historic first season in the competition  Aasta O'Connor the coach of the year leader in the VFLW More VFLW p…

Brady's bunch puts Werribee on 7th heaven, VFLW's weekend of upsets

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Brady Wright's 7-goal haul cements Werribee in the top 2 Geelong beaten by the Magpies, 12 wins in a row, the streak ends Upsets galore in the VFLW - North & Collingwood beaten Gem…

#1 seed debate fires up (again), Dogs heroics on the siren, Bomber blitz in the VFL

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: A shock loss to Williamstown reignites the #1 seed debate Steph Asciak a Bulldogs hero Essendon continuing this catapult up the table Frankston lets Gemma down against Southport IN…

Mirra reflects on Box Hill's season, Frankston Foster a new forward

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Gemma's pre-season prediction comes back to haunt her Frankston's found a new forward on the eve of the finals Carlton's VFLW formline is promising Essendon are becoming a nuisance…

Geelong teasing its opposition, Groves' Seagulls flying

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Geelong are taunting their opposition at the top of the ladder North Melbourne blew a golden opportunity to break into the top 10 Recapping the VFLW Grand Final rematch INTERVIEW: …

VFLW ultimate grudge match, can the Scray sneak into September?

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Have Williamstown surpassed the Magpies? Could Footscray go on a surprise September run? Unflappable formline of the Cats 2025 VFLW Grand Final rematch this weekend The intriguing …

Magpies frustrating victory & Hooper's GIANT Saturday,

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Is there vulnerability in the Collingwood VFLW line-up? Williamstown's incredibly healthy VFLW list Question marks over the Box Hill Hawks form Who saw Brisbane's victory coming?  …

Tassie's history-making victory, Voss the boss at the Dolphins, Carlton in free-fall

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Williamstown's ruck duo proving to be a handful Carlton's season is in free-fall Tasmania breakthrough for a historic first VFLW victory INTERVIEW: Grace White; Tasmanian VFLW forw…

Footscray in the doldrums, No Benno - No Bombers, Willy's outstanding weekend

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: The reigning premiers are in free-fall Noah Yze playing with excitement & freedom at Sandy Williamstown the third best seed in the VFLW Ella Stoddart holds the key for Box Hill thi…

The importance of a captain, checkpoint Charlie at home with Werribee

Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and VFLW competitions.  Catch up on: Gemma's day at Casey Fields Werribee continuing their climb up the ladder Bernardi leads the Bombers to their first win Renee Tierney & Dom Carbone leading from the front INTERVIEW…