Ground Up

2026 • 1 Season • Returning Series

Tasmania has finally been given the green light to field a team in the AFL - but there's a catch. The locals have to build a new stadium, and not everyone thinks the 1.13 billion dollar taxpayer spend is the greatest idea.

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Episodes

E1. Offensive Pressure

29 min

The new CEO Hugh and the new COO Destiny feel each other out while trying to settle on a club song, a mascot and whether it's appropriate to have a sa...

E2. Taking Territory

30 min

AFL CEO Alistair is in town to help secure a site for the club's new Training Centre. When the RSL rejects the use of the land at the war memorial, Al...

E3. Too High

30 min

Destiny is tasked with securing a sponsorship from an Opium producer, Hugh has to counter a Greens campaign about the economics of the stadium and the...

E4. Ins and Outs

27 min

Hugh weathers protests against the proposed Training Centre site and against the club's salmon sponsorship. The President Catherine tries to buy some...

E5. Boundaries

30 min

The Symphony Orchestra is unhappy with the proximity of the new stadium to their concert hall, the relocation of a waste treatment plant stalls, and a...

E6. Contested Possession

31 min

Alistair tells a Hobart Bishop the AFL provides superior moral guidance, Hugh's dog is kidnapped, the football department's database is hacked and a s...