You Never Forget Your First
Kevin Hillier is joined by a former player to reminisce and reflect on the day they played their first game. Whether it was one game, a handful of games or a couple of hundred games, they all have 1 thing in common, they all played a minimum of 1 game.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 39
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2020
John Barnes - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
John Barnes put together 202 games of AFL football with Essendon & Geelong playing in losing Grand Finals in 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, winning 1 premiership in 2000. He made his debut for the Bombers i…
00:20:45 |
Mon 30 Sep 2019
Nick Holland - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Nick Holland made his AFL debut with Hawthorn on a Friday night in Round 3, 1994 against North Melbourne. The Hawks would lose the game by 127 points. He played in Round 4 before not being seen in th…
00:22:07 |
Mon 23 Sep 2019
Shaun Smith - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Shaun Smith played 109 games from 1987 - 1999, making his debut for North Melbourne in Round 4 vs. Geelong. He would play 14 games including a final in his first season at VFL level, he stayed at Nor…
00:27:58 |
Mon 16 Sep 2019
Keenan Reynolds - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Keenan Reynolds made his AFL debut in Round 2, 1990 for Footscray at the SCG vs. Sydney. He would have 12 disposals and 1 tackle in the Bulldogs big win, he played 74 games with Footscray before movi…
00:29:23 |
Mon 09 Sep 2019
Mark Yeates - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Mark Yeates made his VFL debut for Geelong in Round 15, 1980 vs. Hawthorn. Mark had the 1 disposal in the game. He didn't get back into the side until the 1980 Preliminary Final. From there he didn't…
00:17:41 |
Mon 02 Sep 2019
Rene Kink - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Rene Kink made his debut for Collingwood vs. Fitzroy in Round 19, 1973 at the Junction Oval. A game the Magpies won, Rene had 8 disposals and kicked 2 goals in his first outing at VFL level. In the m…
00:25:12 |
Mon 26 Aug 2019
Russell Greene - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Russell Greene played 304 games of VFL football for St Kilda & Hawthorn, including 3 Premierships during his career. He made his debut for the Saints in Round 1, 1974 vs. Fitzroy but is more well kno…
00:39:22 |
Mon 19 Aug 2019
James Podsiadly - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
James Podsiadly spent many years in the VFL before getting his opportunity to make his AFL debut with Geelong at the age of 28 in Round 3, 2010 vs. Fremantle. It ended up being a shootout with the Ca…
00:13:25 |
Mon 12 Aug 2019
Ricky Nixon - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Ricky Nixon is perhaps most well known for being an AFL player manager, but before that career kicked off he was a VFL footballer for Carlton, St Kilda & Hawthorn, he made his VFL debut for the Blues…
00:20:03 |
Mon 05 Aug 2019
Wayne Harmes - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Wayne Harmes is remembered as a Carlton legend for his act to help win the Premiership in 1979. His first game of VFL football was with the Blues in Round 18, 1977 - Carlton played the Demons, Harmes…
00:21:49 |
Mon 29 Jul 2019
Mark Eustice - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Mark Eustice played VFL football during the 80's & early 90's for 3 clubs, he made his debut Round 21, 1980 for the Bombers against the Demons. Mark had 9 disposals and kicked a goal in the #47 jumpe…
00:27:06 |
Mon 22 Jul 2019
Renato Serafini - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Renato Serafini played 88 games of VFL football for Fitzroy & Carlton. He made his debut in round 21, 1971 - The game is remembered as the "fog match" where players could barely see metres in front o…
00:19:44 |
Mon 15 Jul 2019
Doug Hawkins - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Footscray/Western Bulldogs legend Doug Hawkins made his VFL debut in Round 1, 1978 vs. North Melbourne at the Whitten Oval - The Bulldogs were thrashed, but Dougy still remembers the game fondly. A y…
00:27:07 |
Mon 08 Jul 2019
Shane McInerney - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Shane McInerney started umpiring in the AFL in Round 6, 1994 between Carlton & Sydney - Since then, he hasn't looked back and is on the verge of breaking the umpire games record set by Hayden Kennedy…
00:52:36 |
Mon 01 Jul 2019
Kevin Hughes - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Kevin Hughes' VFL career spanned 1 game in round 1 of 1988. His only senior game was with the Kangaroos out at Windy Hill against the Bombers, he had 15 disposals and was dropped the following week. …
00:29:25 |
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Michael Barlow - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Michael Barlow joins Kevin Hillier & Paul Daffey in the newest edition of You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game. Barlow was a "late-bloomer" in AFL terms making his debut at the age of 23 after be…
00:28:18 |
Mon 17 Jun 2019
Brent Harvey - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
The AFL games record holder Brent Harvey is the special guest on this edition of You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game - Boomer made his debut for North Melbourne in Round 22, 1996 against the Tig…
00:22:29 |
Tue 11 Jun 2019
Max Crow (Essendon, St Kilda & Footscray) - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Kevin Hillier & Paul Daffey are joined by Max Crow in the second edition of "You can always tell em you played 1 game". Crow made his debut for Essendon in Round 8, 1974 - The game is most remembered…
00:21:20 |
Tue 04 Jun 2019
Mark Dwyer (Fitzroy & St Kilda) - You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!
Kevin Hillier & Paul Daffey are joined by Mark Dwyer in the first edition of "You can always tell em you played 1 game". Dwyer is best remembered for his strong debut season with Fitzroy playing on t…
00:24:13 |
Mon 27 May 2019
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