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Two Englishmen in Australia, talking sports and life in a new country
Episodes
68 episodes
Knife Edge
One finals weekend can rewrite a whole season, and that’s exactly what happens here. We jump straight into the biggest NRL finals storyline: are the Warriors out of gas, or did the Dolphins just announce themselves as a real premiership threat?...
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Form Check
Round 27 is done, the final eight is set, and the chat instantly turns from “how was your weekend?” to “who actually survives September?” We start with the emotion of a milestone night and how that kind of moment can lift a side, then get into ...
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Finals Pressure
A local grand final, a brutal momentum swing, and a no-filter read on the NRL top eight. We start at Red Fern Oval where the Forestville Ferrets Women take out the Metro Conference Open Age Women’s Silver Premier 38-16, and we unpack what actua...
Broken Legs And Bad Tips
The Broncos for the wooden spoon sounds like bait… until you actually look at the ladder, the points differential, and the final three games. We walk through the teams still stuck in the spoon fight, what has to happen for the Broncos, Dragons,...
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Intimate
The weirdest part about following a struggling team is how fast your week flips from frustration to hope the moment you get a little access. We’d just come off another rough Manly result, then found ourselves at a members night rubbing shoulder...
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The Cable Guy
An 80-point scoreline should never feel normal, yet that’s exactly what made Roosters vs Cowboys so shocking: it wasn’t chaos, it was control. We unpack how a game turns into a conveyor belt of tries, what it says about premiership-level attack...
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Turmoil
One week you’re celebrating a birthday and talking up a team on top of the league. The next, you’re watching the NRL remind you how quickly everything falls apart. We start with the good stuff, then swing hard into the chaos that’s swallowing t...
Tipping Point
One missed conversion shouldn’t decide an entire weekend, but in rugby league it keeps happening and we can’t stop talking about it. We start with a quick hit on England’s frustrating game management and what a “successful” finish really means ...
Shark Fest
Football and rugby league collide when we start with England grinding out a tense win, then ask the question every fan argues about after a scrappy tournament performance: can you play poorly, still win, and still be a real contender? We get in...
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Never Again: The CommBank Curse
Seventeen errors can ruin more than a scoreboard, they can ruin your whole day. We start with a last-minute trip to Commbank Stadium that turns into a full-blown vent: leaving early, boiling over at the mistakes, and asking how a team can hand ...
The Perfect Storm
Melbourne arrived with the reputation, Manly delivered the reality. We’re back after a fortnight off and we get straight into why the Storm “didn’t cause a splash”, how Manly’s defence keeps tightening under pressure, and why the kicking game s...
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Origin Night At The MCG
One missed conversion, one late kick, and suddenly everything feels like State of Origin. We start with a proper 22-20 local nail-biter and use it as the perfect launchpad into Origin Game 2 at the MCG, where the margins are even thinner and th...
Origin Selection Outrage
Origin teams drop and suddenly everyone becomes a selector, but some calls are still impossible to defend. We kick off with the biggest head-scratcher: how a wrecking-ball edge forward like Haumole Olakau’atu can be tearing up the NRL, posting ...
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Foran Locked In
Manly just made a statement: Kieran Foran is locked in on a three-year coaching deal through 2029, and the club is leaning all the way into the moment with “Foz Pines Park” on Thursday night. We’re recording online for the first time, we’re bot...
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Origin Day Debates
A single pub-style question lit up the comments: where does Luke Brooks actually rank right now, and why do so many fans dismiss him before the debate even starts? We dig into the heat around “names vs form”, why being labelled a halves player ...
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Selection Week
Origin selection week always turns rugby league into an argument, and we lean all the way into it. We start with the biggest call of the lot: who deserves the New South Wales fullback jersey right now, what the decision says about the Blues’ st...
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Clear(y)out
A powerhouse coach walks away and the whole comp starts doing the maths. Ivan Cleary announcing he’ll step down lights up every big question at once: is this just work life balance, a pull toward rep football, or a sign that Penrith’s roster sq...
FIFTY not out.
PNG is coming for the NRL market and the tax-free angle is already making rival clubs nervous. We unpack the PNG Chiefs’ latest signings, why flying journalists over is a smart PR play, and the uncomfortable question at the centre of it all: wh...
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All Bark No Bite
Beer-soaked Anzac Weekend turns into a full-blown NRL therapy session: public holiday surcharges, two-up wins and losses, and that unbeatable feeling when you walk into a packed ground and everything smells like grass, hot chips, and chaos. We ...
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Circus
Eleven straight losses doesn’t just cost you games, it melts a club. We get into the Shane Flanagan exit at the St George Illawarra Dragons, what the “mutual agreement” line really means, and why the whole situation feels like a circus from the...
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Disruptor Chaos
The NRL served up one of those weekends where every match feels like it comes with a storyline and at least one moment that makes you pause and go, “Wait, is that really the rule now?” We start with the human side of being a fan: getting down t...
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Panthers On A Tear
Penrith just put 50 on Melbourne and somehow it still feels like they left points out there. We break down what that scoreline really says about the Panthers’ mentality, fitness, defence, and the ruthless “system” that keeps turning new faces i...
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Foz At The Wheel!!
Manly can score in a blink and still spend the next 79 minutes trying to escape their own end. We start with the usual life stuff, then rip straight into the Roosters game at Brookvale, including the thunderstorm lead-in, the wild opening momen...
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