BRISBANE young gun Cam Rayner has had a stellar start to his AFL season, but what did he do earlier on in the year to draw the ire of Lions chief executive Greg Swann?

Last year’s No.1 draft pick bares all on AFL.com.au’s Road to the Draft podcast, alongside teammate Alex Witherden. 

Richmond young gun Jack Higgins also joins the team to reflect on his season, and reveals his weirdest fan interactions. 

While Swans teammates Ben Ronke and Oliver Florent go head-to-head in a battle of the housemates. 

In this week's episode ...

It's a whose who on the podcast this week as Cal Twomey and Nat Edwards catch up with the next generation of gun players at the 2018 NAB AFL Rising Star awards. The star-studded line up also includes Jaidyn Stephenson and Paddy Dow.

Episode guide

0.45 – Lions young guns Cam Rayner and Alex Witherden join the show 

5.20 – Rayner’s advice for 2018’s No.1 pick contenders 

6.00 – Carlton’s Paddy Dow joins Cal and Nat

8.30 – The impact Patrick Cripps and Kade Simpson have had on Dow in his first season

10.15 – ‘Long-time listener, first-time caller’ Jack Higgins joins us 

12.15 – Higgins discusses his Goal of the Year contender against the Pies 

18.30 – Why Collingwood’s Jaidyn Stephenson says his first season was ‘more relaxed and chilled’ than he expected

21.00 – Stephenson’s advice for the upcoming crop of draftees

26.00 – Swans teammates (and housemates) Ben Ronke and Oli Florent dish the dirt on each other 

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