The fixture for next season has landed, the trade period is over and The Traders have started thinking about AFL Fantasy 2025! There has been a lot happening behind the scenes and Matt Jeffries, the product manager, joins Calvin, Roy and Warnie to chat through some exciting developments that is sure to make Fantasy Draft leagues excited.
Episode guide
2:15 – Opening Round and the early byes are back.
5:40 – Mid-season byes are now over five weeks.
6:50 – Keidean Coleman, Will Ashcroft and Levi Ashcroft have the round three bye.
8:45 – Thursday night games for the first 23 rounds.
11:10 – Matt Jeffries talks exciting game updates
13:15 – “We are rebuilding AFL Fantasy Draft from scratch”.
15:00 – Heavily inspired by Sleeper, the Draft Board is a big change.
17:45 – Pre-Draft pick trading, Keeper trading and more is coming.
19:20 – Flex/utility position is coming to Draft.
21:25 – New custom scoring presets will be available.
24:15 – Full Dynasty league functionality is in the roadmap.
28:00 – Fantasy Classic rebuild will be happening in 2026.
30:30 – Ex-Dogs Bailey Smith, Jack Macrae and Caleb Daniel are the most relevant traded players.
37:25 – Does James Sicily get a bump in points?
41:00 – New Eagle Liam Baker could offer value.
44:15 – James Peatling and Isaac Cumming are now Crows.
For the new draft system, will the commissioner be able to put in the score for the player? I play a draft game that has been off a website program and is simply run by a commissioner who tallies up his own scores. The thing we do different is positions score differently. So not every player is under the same scoring system.
G’day Liam. I’m not sure for specific player (I will ask … and suggest this)… but you can definitely adjust scores for match ups.
When will the draft kit come out?
We aim for this to be out mid-February.