The Border Barrels podcast is the brain child of three mates from Albury-Wodonga, a border town along the Murray River. One side in New South Wales, and the other in Victoria. Both sides of the border love their beer, and their footy. Hence, Border Barrels.
If you want to hear about our opinions on beer (without any high-level knowledge) then tune in. If you want to hear our opinions on the AFL (also without any high-level knowledge) then tune in, it is truely unhinged. And finally if you like SuperCoach and want to get better at it, go somewhere else, this really isn’t the place for you. But, if you like it, and you are content with average information and average advice, then stick around, it’s basically an hour of information you can find with a quick Google search, but delivered in a hopefully humorous way.
The father of Border Barrels, and the reason this whole thing exists at all.
Name: Simon Eyles
Instagram: @simoneyles
Favourite AFL Team: Sydney Swans, or Melbourne Demons, or the one that’s winning.
AFL Knowledge: Limited to the 90’s and current football (will get all the names slightly wrong)
Nickname: Old Sime
Accomplishments: 2002 Under 16’s Spin Bowler of the Year, Longest Distance between Eyebrows and Hairline 2022
Hasn’t stopped talking since the pod debuted in 2021, the only guy here who has actually played footy.
Name: Zach Gratton
Instagram: @zachgratton
Favourite AFL Team: Hawthorn Hawks (Western Bulldogs are his second, Port Adelaide his eighth favourite)
AFL Knowledge: All of it, seriously, ALL. OF. IT.
Nickname: Craft Beer Karen
Accomplishments: Can make Grand Finals (cannot win them), Border Barrels Podcast Most Kids Award
Computer man, stats man, spreadsheet man. Thinks only in numbers.
Name: Hudson Magerstein
Instagram: @hudson_magerstein
Favourite AFL Team: Essendon Bombers (Least Favourite AFL Team is also the Essendon Bombers)
AFL Knowledge: Barely anything (AFL Knowledge Confidence – Unexplainably High)
Nickname: That One Who Burps Too Loudly and Too Often
Accomplishments: Border Barrels Podcast Most Knee Reconstructions. Farthest Distance from the Microphone (every podcast recorded)