AFL Fantasy 2025: Game on! Christmas special feat. Chris Burnham – Ep. 733

AFL Fantasy is open for 2025. Calvin, Roy and Warnie unwrap the early Christmas present and pick out some players they’ll be starting with. Chris Burnham, last season’s overall champ, chats about getting his Toyota HiLux and what he learned that he’ll take into the new season.

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Episode guide

0:30 – Fantasy has launched for 2025.

3:15 – Forwards with upside featuring Bailey Smith and a couple of ex-team mates.

5:55 – Mattaes Phillipou is high on Calvin’s radar.

8:45 – Defender bargains include Kidean Coleman and Callum Mills.

11:50 – Clayton Oliver is value priced at 77.

14:45 – Can you set and forget Rowan Marshall and Tristan Xerri?

18:10 – Last season’s champion, Chris Burnham, joins the show.

20:40 – How Chris won in round 24.

25:05 – Early bye round strategy.

30:15 – “You can’t fall too far back early on.”

31:50 – Chris is tempted by Jordon Sweet.

34:05 – Caleb Daniel is “the first person named”.

35:20 – Chris says to build team around value first.

39:50 – Jack Steele is on the watchlist.

43:00 – The Draft rebuild is the biggest gift for players.

45:00 – Playing through byes is now easier for Draft.

49:00 – Top three for each position on Draft day.

53:20 – The Traders’ Christmas draft: movies, songs, food.

59:50 – Create and save a range of Draft rankings.

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Warnie

Co-captain of DT Talk since we started this thing in 2007. Best finish was 13th in 2009... that was a long time ago. Follow on Twitter: @WarnieDT