The boys are off to the nation's capital to step up their fight in the most competitive challenges yet. Then, as tensions mount in the locker room, which recruit's dream will come to a disappointing end?

Recruits at War

Swimming with the Sharks

Follow the Leader

Fifty footballers from across Australia converge in the hope of gaining an AFL contract. A competitive game takes its toll on several players, leaving the Executive Team with tough decisions on who will move forward.

The Cut

The boys hit the field during an AFL game in a kicking challenge that sees some hit the mark, while others fall flat. Then, a helicopter drops them into the ocean in a team challenge that pushes some to their limits.

Drop Zone

A bungee jump challenge tests the boy's courage, before taking on their toughest test yet - a footy game against prisoners. A shock twist after the game changes the competition.

Leap of Faith

A test in discipline has the boys flipping out. Then the boys feel the long arm of the law as they play a heated game against some of Melbourne's finest with another brutal announcement after the horn.

Child's Play

The Boys take on an all star indigenous team, before one recruits dream could be shattered in a matter of moments, when he makes a mistake that could cost him his future AFL career.

Survival of the Fittest

The boys tackle each other head on in the Captains Challenge, as some rivalries get heated. Later, the team challenge leaves a few of the recruits shipwrecked, and an emotional delisting ends in tears.

Stranded at Sea

The final eight get a lesson in leadership by one of Australia's biggest sporting stars. Then, the new guys battle the old when the boys play an All Stars game against some of their AFL idols.

A trip to Adelaide gives the boys one last chance to impress in the biggest game of their lives. Then, during some down time the Recruits come face to face with their fears in a lesson on courage.

After weeks of competition, we are down to the final three. And for one, the dream to become an AFL player will become reality. Join us live, as a specially convened draft will decide the first ever recruit.

The Draft

Playing somewhere in Australia right now is a weekend warrior that AFL recruiters have either never seen, or missed. A man dreaming of an AFL career. He is ‘The Recruit’; and he will win arguably the biggest prize ever given away on a TV show – a guaranteed place at an AFL club. Hosted by former AFL player turned popular radio host Ryan “Fitzy” Fitzgerald, THE RECRUIT is a reality football entertainment series that will follow 12 ‘Recruits’ who will live and play together as a team, while at the same time competing against each other, in order to win this life-changing prize. Joining Fitzy as head coach on the series is AFL Hall of Fame legend Michael “Vossy” Voss. A three-time AFL Premiership Captain with the Brisbane Lions and winner of the 1996 Brownlow Medal, Vossy is one of the most respected players in AFL history. It is up to him to lead, motivate, teach a

Recruits at War

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