Behind The Play - A Geelong Cats Podcast: Recent Episodes
Paul James
Dive deep into the lives of the players past and present, and the many incredible people that keep the Geelong Football Club #GeelongStrong. Your host, Paul James, talks with players, fans, and other impactful figures that keep the club ticking in this 1on1 interview series!
On this week's episode of Behind The Play, Paul James sits down with Brendan and Bianca Vella to discuss their love of the Geelong Cats.
Paul chats with one of our favourites, PommyInOz on this week's episode of Behind The Play.
On this week's episode of Behind The Play, Paul James sits down with Gerard Murphy who helped design and build the much-revered high-performance culture at the Geelong Cats in 2007.
0n this week’s episode of Behind The Play, Paul chats with Barra about the exciting developments regarding the new game ‘Footy Bash’.
Paul James is back for the third series of Behind The Play. To kick things off in 2024, he chats with 2022 Geelong Cats premiership player, Jed Bews.
In the final episode of 2023 Paul chats to Steve Hocking, 199 game great of the Geelong Football Club, but also our wonderful CEO
On this week’s episode of Behind The Play, Paul chats with the one and only, Razor Ray Chamberlain.
Paul is back with another fantastic one-on-one interview. This week, he sits down with John Roberts from the Ball or Nothing podcast.
This week on Behind The Play, Paul chats with AFL Draft Guru and AFL.com.au journo, Cal Twomey.
On this week's episode of BEHIND THE PLAY, Paul chats with James Button, author of the book 'Comeback: The Fall and Rise of Geelong'.
Paul chats with Geelong Cats AFL draftee and cult figure, Phoenix Foster. We're expecting big things from Phoenix in the next couple of years.
Paul chats with the one and only, Rach Danderfield in this new episode of Behind The Play. The pair discuss her explosion on social media, how she deals with the occasional negativity, and how the love of the Cats all began in this brand-new episode!
This week on Behind The Play, Paul chats with Riley McCartney (RilesMacca) about his YouTuber journey and love of the Sydney Swans.
This week on the show Paul chats with AFL YouTuber and Hawks fan, Daz from DazTalksFooty
This week on the show Paul chats with up-and-coming VFL commentator, Oliver Walker-Peel, about his unique style and love of the game.
This week on Behind The Play, Paul is joined by SuperCoach Royalty and former winner, Em Challis aka "Supercoach Mumma". She's also a Geelong Cats supporter which is a huge bonus.
Paul chats with Max Blake, the voice of local footy, commentator and diehard Geelong fan.
This week on the show, Paul chats with AFL YouTuber and Fremantle Dockers fan, Noah from @UCATTFooty .
On this week's episode of Behind The Play, Paul chats with PR Warrior and Cats fan, Trevor Young.
This week on Behind The Play, Geelong AFLW superstar Kate Darby joins Paul for a chat about her career and hopes for 2023.
Cats Fan Heartbreaker, but legend of the Sydney Swans, Nick Davis joins Paul in this new episode of Behind The Play to discuss his career which began as a Father/Son selection for the Pies before heading north to exploded as a premiership Swan.
In Episode 23 of BEHIND THE PLAY, our special guest is two-time premiership player, Shannon Byrnes, here to discuss his road into the AFL, and the various ups and downs he faced on his way to those two premierships.
AFLW young gun, Brooke 'Chooky' Plummer sits down with Paul James to discuss her love of footy and the Geelong Cats.
Paul chats with new Geelong Cats draftee, Osca Riccardi to discuss his pathway into the industry, and how he strives to separate his career from that of his famous father, Peter in this new Behind The Play.
This week on Behind The Play, Paul is joined by Carlton superfan and content creator for the @BlueAbroad Youtube channel. Terry is an absolute pro and has been a big inspiration for us at The Hoops Show.
This week on Behind The Play, Paul is joined by newly minted premiership player, Gryan Miers! What a banger of an episode this was. Hope you enjoy Cats fans!
Paul provides an update for the next season of Behind The Play, and how to tune in to it early for the cost of a coffee!
The Hoops Show Patreon can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/The_Hoops_Show
Paul is joined by the Geelong Advertiser's own Josh Barnes as the pair celebrate a victorious 2022 premiership campaign by the Cats and discuss Josh's own journey with the club
Anna Pavlou is one of sports media's shooting stars and kindly gave us her time to discuss her love of the Cats, her ascent in the industry, our finals chances, and more in this new entry of Behind The Play.
Despite being one of the Cats stars throughout the 2007-2011 golden era, the journey wasn't always easy for Mathew Stokes, but a laser-like focus on his work resulted in numerous successes. Stokesy joins Paul in this new entry of Behind The Play to discuss his delayed start to his career, the many ups, the downs, and the present day.
Global traveler and Cats supporting star of Australian television, Catriona Rowntree joins Paul in this new entry of Behind The Play to talk about her experiences with the greatest team of all.
Join Paul in this new entry of Behind The Play where he talks to...himself for an hour! The love of the game, the love of playing the game, and how he came to start creating content about the mighty cats.
Gill and Gabby are doing some incredible work in fostering the Geelong Cats Pride Supporter Group, and with Wear It Purple Day coming up, we got them both on BTP to discuss the support they've received from the club, the change they've seen, and so much more!
On the eve of both the Cats and the Pies working towards a dozen wins in a row, we spoke to Collingwood content creator, and legend, Swoop Luke to discuss his love of the pies, his content and more!
Join Paul in a new Behind The Play where he's joined by the genius behind SaintsTV, Jake Bertone. They discuss the coming round's match, past Geelong V St Kilda epics, as well as his endeavours around content creation for his beloved Saints!
This week on BEHIND THE PLAY, Paul sits down with lifelong Cats fan, Melcatzzzz, to discuss her passion for the club and Joel Selwood’s upcoming milestone game.
Our special guest this week is Tom King from K Rock Football to talk about the journey into the commentary box, the fun of discussing the cats on a weekly basis, and a whole lot more in a new Behind The Play!
After becoming famous for his enthusiastic celebrations during the recent Cats V Dees game, Jake Rippon joins Paul in a new Behind The Play to discuss his love of the blue and white hoops and his involvement with the Cheer Squad
In this special Episode 0, a pilot episode of Behind The Play, Paul chats with The Hoops Show's own Ben Reeve about the love of the Cats, the ups, the downs, the jubilation, and the heartbreak, while also exploring the content creation path he's taken to about the mighty Cats.
Look, we don't want to pump up the competition because the Dees have enough wins at the moment, but Caden MacDonald, a Dees man through and through is also the biggest AFL content creator in the business and is the definition of "Self Made". Caden joins Paul to talk through his AFL journey, his content, and the many tussles with the Cats in this new episode of Behind The Play!
T I M E S T A M P S 0:00 Introduction 04:30 Oliver Locked Away 08:30 A Footy Nuffy 15:00 Finding Out What Works 22:50 The Drought Is Broken 28:50 Back-To-Back? 36:00 Geelong vs Melbourne 42:00 Favourite Dees / Next Gun 46:00 Luke Jackson Gawn 52:00 Geelong Players
Paul - @PaulJamesGames Caden - @Cados38
We've got our first outsider on the show, but we're pleased that it could be the awesome Seb Wright of 12 Rows Back fame to discuss his content, his love of the roos, the many battles with the Cats and a whole lot more!
Paul - @PaulJamesGames Seb - @12RowsBack
John Eron has been doing wonderful things in the broader Geelong community through the political lense for quite some time and is a major reason why the improvements to Kardinia Park have been made. He joins Paul for this new Behind The Play to talk health, women in sport, his career, and his incredible love of the Cats!
Paul - @PaulJamesGames John - @JohnErenMP
T I M E S T A M P S 01:30 Discovering the game 11:20 Health and family 16:20 A life in politics 25:30 Women in sport 33:30 Success at last 40:20 An amazing era 43:50 The passion of fans 49:00 John's favourite players
As former Premier of the state of Victoria, the home to the Geelong Football Club, and a Geelong tragic, Steve Bracks has had many interactions personally and professionally with the club and shares all of those in a new episode of Behind The Play with Paul!
Nick Wade has worked with the Geelong Football Club through a range of media-focused lenses, with the club specifically, as a reporter for the Geelong Advertiser, and now, as Sports Editor at The Herald Sun. Nick talks to Paul about experiencing Geelong premierships as a fan who is still working to a media deadline, the evolving landscape of sports media coverage and a whole lot more in a new episode of Behind The Play.
T I M E S T A M P S 0:00 Falling In Love With Geelong 5:15 Footy Career With Bell Park 7:20 Journey Into Journalism 12:08 Writing For The Geelong Advertiser 16:00 Business vs Pleasure 22:00 A Privileged Position 24:00 An Opportunity in Melbourne 28:45 An Online World 37:40 The Written Word 41:20 The Greatest Cats 50:15 The Current Crop 54:00 Our Chances in 2022
In episode 02 of the Behind The Play podcast, Paul sits down to chat with A Yank On The Footy's own Craig Wessels to talk about how he discovered AFL from half a world away, commonalities between the state of the game and the state of Baseball in the US, falling in love with the Geelong Football Club and a whole lot more.
Paul - https://www.twitter.com/PaulJamesGames Craig - https://www.ayankonthefooty.com
T I M E S T A M P S 0:00 Introduction 10:00 Frustrations with new rules 18:20 Why Geelong? 24:50 Falling short of ultimate glory 34:30 Yank on the Footy podcast 40:30 Feelings about Hawthorn 49:25 Creating AFL content 102:00 Greatest Cat of all time 109:00 Jnr vs Snr? 114:00 Craig's outlook for the rest of 2022
In episode 01 of the Behind The Play podcast, Paul sits down to chat with ex-Cat and Lion Allen "Bundy" Christensen, to talk about growing up a Bombers fan, being drafted to the Cats, winning a flag in his second year, moving states, his indigenous support work, and his battles with gambling addiction. Tune in for an amazing first episode.
Paul - @PaulJamesGames Bundy - @BundyATTG
T I M E S T A M P S 00:00 Introduction 01:30 Junior footy days 06:15 Geelong Falcons 09:30 Getting drafted 14:00 Debut season 19:00 Grand Final (2011) 22:45 Final years at Geelong 27:45 A new beginning at Brisbane 35:00 Retirement decision 43:45 Post-AFL life 49:30 Gambling Awareness
Paul introduces Behind The Play, and has a quick chat about himself, and his love of the blue and white hoops of the Geelong Football Club. Tune in soon for our first episode