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NEWLY installed AFL football operations manager Simon Lethlean has joined the AFL Exchange podcast team for the first time this season. 

Among the issues covered in a wide-ranging bonus podcast with Peter Ryan and Matt Thompson are: 

• New ruck interpretations

• The Gabba surface

• AFLW trading and free agency

• Mid-season player movement

• The future of the bounce

You can join the conversation @AFLExchange on Twitter. Lethlean will join the team again throughout 2017.