Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions. 

Reporting from the VFL/W Season Launch in Port Melbourne, our team discusses the summer heroes, the players from the Smithy's VFL that have been recruited into the AFL. As well as the VFL/W players who've earned AFLW contracts. 

As part of this Season Launch episode, hear from:  

• 9:10: El Chaston; Captain of the Essendon VFLW team
• 12:00: Jess Jones; Captain of the North Melbourne VFLW team
• 14:30: Sean Buncle; Coach of Port Melbourne VFLW team
• 17:45: Ben Hudson; Coach of the Brisbane Lions VFL team

Subscribe to the State of Play VFL/W Podcast wherever you get your podcast to never miss a moment, a fresh episode is released in-season every Tuesday.