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Two Englishmen in Australia, talking sports and life in a new country
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Reece Lightning!
We relive a blistering 26–22 grand final where Brisbane’s effort plays, edge fixes, and a full-field masterclass from Reece Walsh decided a tight, high-skill contest. Melbourne’s spine faltered at key moments, a lenient whistle let the spectacle breathe, and futures for Munster, Papenhuyzen, and Bellamy headline a pivotal off‑season.
• heat, crowd energy, and pre‑match ceremony setting the tone
• Mariner’s early strike and Storm’s targeted left‑edge raids
• Reece Walsh’s try‑saver, chase‑down, solo try, and three assists
• officiating balance between safety and game flow
• Mam’s defensive steel and Haas’s second‑stint platform
• Broncos’ fitness, resilience, and path through Raiders and Panthers
• Storm crossroads: spine cohesion, roster churn, Bellamy’s last year
• fullback era, jersey culture, and competitive parity across the ladder
• Pacific Championships outlook and Ashes tour storylines
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Hello and welcome to this week's episode. They've been doing it all day. My my my, we are treated to an absolute ball game on Sunday. Let's get stuck in.
SPEAKER_02:How was your long weekend, mate?
SPEAKER_00:Warm. It was a warm one. Um Saturday decided to go into the city just for a little bit of an explore, went to the Australian Museum. Been there a couple of times before, but the the boys absolutely love looking at dinosaurs and the dinosaur bones. Obviously, Sunday, big one, which we're getting into in a sec. Uh and then yesterday went up to Central Coast and had a little explore of uh Tawoon Bay, I think it was. Um nice little calm bay for a little swim in, first swim of the summer, and then managed to not get caught in the traffic on the way home on the M1, which was which was good. But what about yourself?
SPEAKER_02:Uh yeah, pretty pretty good to be honest. Um, went out to Freshy Local again on Saturday. Well, three seven dollar schooners, three till six. You can't really argue with it. Can't argue with that one bit. Found out there's an absolute great charity shop next door, but quite high-end. Um decent GAMS knocking about. There was some decent Ralph Loren knocking about for quite cheap, um, which which my partner found, which was which was quite cool. Then went home, made some smash burgers because I bought a hot plate for the Weber. So I'm absolutely upgrading the cooking experience. Um Sunday final, Monday, just caught up with some friends for for dinner as one of the lads is off to UK. So nice. Um so yeah, all all round, very good long weekend.
SPEAKER_00:Sounds good. And you know what? We had our best weekend for subscribers of all time. We had five new subscribers. How good. So if you're new around here, hit that subscribe button, trying to get to a hundred in the near future. Would be nice. Um greatly appreciated. But Sunday, what a what a game we were treated to. Yeah, it was fantastic. Now, to start off with, though, as always, when we head out west, it tends to get a bit warmer.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, I do it was the it was the thing I was not looking forward to the most, and there was a waft. There was the waft was there.
SPEAKER_00:It was a bit of a sticky one still. Um, I remember last time we went out there. 2023 went to the final, it was warm last year. I think I was in the UK for that one, so we missed that one, but it was the same again. Like we got up to our seats, we were up in, not in the gods, I thought we had quite good seats. Yeah. By the time we sat down in a seat, it's like, oh, under this roof's a bit is a bit clammy, a bit cozy. Sticky.
SPEAKER_02:Bit cozy.
SPEAKER_00:And we got there a bit early because we decided, oh, we'll go along and watch the the build-up and the the pre-match. And do you know what? I thought it was uh it wasn't a bad start to the event. No, yeah. We had the what was it, the um retiring ceremony, yeah, which was good. And you cracked a joke saying, Imagine if this is how we find out DC's is.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, I thought it was just gonna come out of nowhere, like the Undertaker. Like I've just the whole stadium went black and he then just bowls out in the middle, like they separate and he walks out in the middle. I was expecting to be a little bit more than a little bit.
SPEAKER_00:Get bought in on a Kia Tasman just holding on and saying, I'm done, this might this my last dance, I'm finished. Um, and then Teddy Swims, the the performer that there was a lot of um not controversy, but is he gonna perform? Is he gonna perform? What were your thoughts on it? He's class live, yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Like I he he's one of those artists that sounds the exact same live as he does in p in in like on um on the the tracks and stuff like that. Um great show. I know you had your reservations around it. I think you were you were looking for a bit more of a hype hype song, weren't you?
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, I was like, don't get me wrong, when they did the ACDC um TNT, I was like, right, that's good. And then they went into his like control, lose control, I think was it? And it was a bit of a slower end to the set. Look, he's a great performer, and the crowd were behind it, and the things we had on our wrists lighting up were pretty cool, and they engaged like throughout the the game as well. When there was a that was quite a good thing, actually try, no try, they were green or red, and then purple and all that sort of stuff. But I think they could he he could have ended on more of an upbeat song to get the crowd really hyped. But when the players ran out, and I mean we mentioned it last week around hoping that the Brisbane crowd bring that Brisbane energy. Well, it was on paper a Melbourne storm home game, but my word, the Brisbane fans did turn up and they were it felt like a Brisbane.
SPEAKER_02:I felt like we're at the Sun Court, like it was when when the Brisbane teams were being um announced and stuff like that, you hit heard the cheers very early on, and you were like, There's a big, big difference here.
SPEAKER_00:There was, and the hilarious thing was it sounded like it sounded like someone from the the crowd had just stolen the mic and just gone, let's go, Broncos. And you're like someone just rubbed the mic here, but it all built up to a great atmosphere, and do you know what the game reflected? I feel what it was. Um, obviously, Broncos 26-22 victors, and we predicted it. We did, we did.
SPEAKER_02:Um, when when uh old Mariner went over very early on, I thought it was gonna be an absolute drumming. I had I just had this feeling that the Broncos were just gonna dominate the game. Yeah, I don't know what it was pre-game. Um, didn't end up being being like that throughout, but it was it was quite funny because we we we said straight away this could be an absolute drumming by the Broncos, and then I said, I think when Storm went over for their first or second try, Walsh can't defend one-on-one. When he's when he's got that split decision to make, he's he's always flying through the air to to no avail. Um, but by God, did he make up for it? He put in a hell of a shot when there was a two-on-one situation, which I think he just 100% committed to one of the players and just laid them out, which was an incredible bit of work, defensive work.
SPEAKER_00:I believe in this game, like obviously he wins to Clive Churchill, fully deserved. And listening to a few of the podcast reviews of the experts that know what they're talking about more than we are, it's the most complete 80-minute performance that's ever been seen in a grand final. And there are three moments in this game. Gordon Tallis said this earlier, but I had this thought like when I was thinking, what can we what do we talk about about this? When Kamakamita goes over after half time, and it's Reese Walsh making that effort. If he if he holds on to that ball, puts it down with no pressure, it's game over. Storm score first after half time, they get the momentum, they go on and they win. But knocking that ball on, or sorry, making that tackle to make him knock that ball on, the chase back and the hustle for when he tackled, I think it was Pappenhausen who was through. Yep, absolutely immense. Stopped a guaranteed try. I don't know why Pappenhausen didn't try and run it in himself instead of flicking it back, but then also his try himself, like that solo effort. It was almost like number one versus number one, where I saw it on slow mo when I got back, and he's eyeing Pappenhausen up from the moment. You've got to remember it's on final tackle as well, that he got the ball, he's eyeing Pappenhausen up and he's looking at him as he's got people flying off of him left, right, and he just gets to him, gives him a stiff arm to the chest, and then just powers over under the posts, and he was he was incredible. Like he was, he absolutely deserved it. And you put you couple on top of that his three assists, which two of them just passes that were bullets, yeah, missing one person out to the winger. Mariner just cleaned up.
SPEAKER_02:He nearly, he nearly got that one that was called a forward pass, which looped out like and I've seen them been caught. I've seen them been fine. That looked flat to me, Lego consistency. Um and it was a very, very good loop pass out, but yeah, he he had such a con just a such a congruent game. Like you talk about Cleary's performance in 23. Yes, yes, it was an incredible 25 minutes, but that's all it was. Whereas Walsh was involved in the full 80. Yeah, um, and by God, he it was it was an incredible thing to watch.
SPEAKER_00:It was and it was we've the two grand finals we've been to, we've been both involved the Broncos and both involved absolute spectacles, but um one bit of controversy to do with Reese Walsh was the high shot that he put in on Xavier Coates early on. Obviously, Trent Liero goes to the bin later on in the game. I believe there is a big difference between the two hits. Um, Reese Walsh lowers himself, Xavier Coates is lowering himself, and if he doesn't lower himself, he's shouldering him in the chest, but his face is lower. Whereas Liero leaves his feet, is aiming at Carrigan's face and just nearly takes him out. So I I I feel yes, if we look at consistency for the whole season, Reese Wall should have gone to the bin, but if we're looking at consistency between the two decisions, I think it was right.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, because I think Hughes got away with uh there was one for the storm, I think early in the late must have been late in the first or early in the second, where it was very similar to Walsh's, like there was a little bit of mitigation in there, um, and it was just called a penalty. When I think when in those scenarios, I know you you get the ah if it was a normal club game, it would be off. Whereas when there's so much riding on it, I think there is a little bit of leniency, hence why you see it in origin as well. There is a little bit more leniency, um, in the sense of if high tackles and and and whatnot, there's probably a bit more penalty than it would be.
SPEAKER_00:Um what's what's really interesting though, and I noticed this earlier, Reese Walsh got a two-game ban reduced to a fine if he put an early guilty plea in. Now, I would understand if it was a one-game ban reduced to a fine, but the fact it was a two-game ban, I think, is a bit yeah, I think it should be two to reduce to one, but I don't know. I mean for me, gone.
SPEAKER_02:And then Grant Grant came out and was like, oh, I don't know how that wasn't because I got done for two weeks a few weeks ago. But then again, you watch Grant's, he's again high. Yeah, it's it's it, it's again, he's not lowered his body position. If anything, he's on his tiptoes, so he's he's he's he's tackling lads taller than him. Like Harry Grant isn't exactly the biggest of gentlemen, so it's it's again that force upwards, whereas Walsh was downwards, but then your caveat was saying any any contact to the head should be a bin-in, like any shoulder to the head should should be a bin in, like those those scenarios, and that's for next season.
SPEAKER_00:Like, I suppose I would like you we would like every game refereed like the final, a little bit of leniency, safety number one priority, and like making sure there's consistency, but it's so difficult because there's so many factors that go into certain hits. But I do the refereeing this year has been a controversial topic, a lot of inconsistencies. I thought Griner Atkinson had a good game as well, and he refereed it well for a grand final and it and it flowed and it was it just allowed for an unreal spectacle.
SPEAKER_02:He pinged things early, um, so the storms looked at slow slowing down um the stags escorting with um coats. We called that last week and saying if if because refs will have watched it back first as soon as Staggs moved his football gone penalty, um, and then he let things flow in the in the in the in the in the meat of the game. Yeah. Um which you know you you can argue that there wasn't the consistency with all calls because there was times when Storm were slowing it down again. Um but as you said, very very well ref. I think it added to the added to the spectacle as well. Yeah. Um when you don't have the man in the middle wanting to make it all about him, which is which was which was quite nice.
SPEAKER_00:100% agree. Um, one player that's caused controversy the whole season. We've spoken about him quite a lot, Ezra Maman, whether he should have been playing or not, is not a conversation for now. But his defensive effort when he came on started off on the bench, came on, and from minute one, he was just throwing his body all over the place. And one of his tackles that far sideline that we were sitting on, fumble and led to a try down the other end, right? A big momentum. So it might have even been Walsh's try, it led to. I can't remember, but it's just a case of his physicality shored up that edge defence, like those defensive frailties that were you could see the storm were just attacking one side, one side, one side.
SPEAKER_02:It was the left, it was the storm right, the Broncos left edge, they were targeting that side, and I think because they didn't want to run to Mam's side when he was up there, like he was he was solid.
SPEAKER_00:Um how do you think Payne Haas went? A lot of build-up on him before before the game.
SPEAKER_02:Um he was he was hidden a little bit in the sense of he was only given what about 40 minutes, I think he played.
SPEAKER_00:Played 20 minutes, two 20-minute stints, and I remember thinking Haas has come off. Is there something up with him? But he just had a real quiet first stint. I think he he nullified a Toya Kamano, like they kind of the middles did a bit of both, like Carrigan was fully up for it. You could tell he was like recharged, ready to go. He will he was playing long minutes. His second stint though, Payne Haas.
SPEAKER_02:53 minutes has played.
SPEAKER_00:Just I was sitting to that next to that Bronco supporter next to me. It's like Haas needs to come on now, Haas needs to come on, and he came on and he was just falling forward, always on his front, like just dominant, physical, and he was shot out on his feet at the end, like he was exhausted.
SPEAKER_02:He put in a ship like 117 uh run meters, like 30 uh 52 of them are post post-contact meters. Like it's he he was he was physical. Um like I said, it it was he just fatigued a little bit, hence why he didn't play the full 80. Because in the final you'd have expected him to play the full 80. Yeah, and when they and when the Broncos started dropping like flies as well at the end with with Hunt and Reynolds having it go off.
SPEAKER_00:Um so everyone else stood up, like another thing about Walsh Mam, they just stood up and took control, and like even the whole squad played a whole part in this in order to be able to win it. Completely agree. They were they they were unreal. Um, they were deserved winners massively. And Michael Maguire, Big Madge, has had his critics quite a lot this season, but he shut a lot of them up.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, and it's great, and it's and it's great to see after we released it because it's definitely because we released it and my take on the the training, yeah, it's now everywhere. Yeah, and I and I'm saying it's because I started talking about it and released it into the wild. Um, but no, and it and it shows because I know the the Broncos were tired, but in that last 10 minutes, I I just didn't see them granted defensive scheme, they were a little bit over the disjointed just due to that. That's losing that's losing Reynolds and that's losing losing your your your two halves there. But again, they just looked so fit. Like when they came out for that second half after that near miss, they just were foot on the pedal, constant. And they just as I said last week, their aggressiveness, and when they when the Broncos on a roll, they are so hard to stop.
SPEAKER_00:I mean, it's probably quite recently, but I'm not I can't be bothered to find out or look it up. But when was the last time that Melbourne Storm didn't score a point in a half? Yeah, and especially in such a big game like this, like the Broncos just done everything right, and that knee to Hunt's head was pretty serious.
SPEAKER_01:That's why you put your that's why you don't put your head across the uh across the body, kids.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, um he might remember most of the game. He doesn't remember hopefully he remembers a celebration because it gets like you look at where he was in 2015 dropping that ball, and that came up quite a bit, and there's been a few edits chucked around of his reaction, he turns around, he just looks like a defeated man. Then to go to St. George for a number of years, come back and win it with the Broncos again, it's absolutely just full circle. Like it's it's a fantastic story to see, and especially with Adam Reynolds as well, wouldn't it, Maguire, and then coming back and winning it with him again. There's just two players that if Adam Reynolds hung up the boots now, I think it'd be fine, wouldn't it? Yeah, you wouldn't you wouldn't argue against it. Um, but what I think about some of the things that we've spoken spoken about before, you look at Broncos' run to the final, they narrowly defeated the the Raiders, beat the Panthers, and then beat the Storm. That is a hell of a run. Yes, that is that is a big they deserve to be championship.
SPEAKER_02:That is the half of the ladder you do not want to be in.
SPEAKER_00:The one the thing that makes me think though, do you think like the Raiders are kicking themselves thinking we've missed that and Panthers are both thinking, yeah, do you know what?
SPEAKER_02:I think I think everyone that went through that side of the side of the finals would have would have beaten the storm. Yeah. Um I just don't think that I've said it all season that they've limped limp to games and uh uh they they didn't limp this this week, they got amputated and they did they couldn't they couldn't continue in the game.
SPEAKER_00:At one point though, like genuinely when Storm just scored three back to back, I was like, oh here we go. But at half time, like Reese Walsh gets that one just before half time, and I'm thinking to myself, Broncos are a second half team, like this game is not over. Ten points is nothing to them, and they just came out completely different. Okay. Remember as well, they came out early because they were still putting the set away from the DJ who was banging it half time, but like got the party pumping, but they were they came out early, and it's like they got caught off guard trying to get the stuff into the tunnel, and they were fired up. Mag just must have shoved a rocket up their ass and gone gone out there, go out there and win it. Um, let's talk about the storm a bit because I mean, what do they where do they go from here? That's back to back years that they've they've lost in the final.
SPEAKER_02:Well, another thing that I I was chatting to you about the the stat uh about I think that was the fourth time Maguire has beaten Bellamy, but Bellamy has only won three finals or something like that out of and bit and he's been there a lot. Um so it's it's again, is it can can he not get a team to rise rise to the occasion in that sense? Because you you start looking at this and you look from the you look from the top down, you're like, right, okay, first of all, is it is it to do with the coach? You look at the scenario last last year as well, they got humbled a little bit by the Panthers in the final. Um is is that the issue? Then it's not, then you look at the players. You've got the likes of Cam Monster in there, you've got the likes of Harry Grant. They've got a ridiculous, you've got the likes of Jerome Hughes in there. Yeah, like what what's why are they not able to lead their team? Because you you look at the Panthers dynasty team, you've got Isaiah Yao, Nathan Cleary, yes, you've been uh and you could say the three are um Edwards, Edwards, Yao, Cleary are the three that have really led them, and you've got the supporting acts of of um Martin, you've got the likes of Crichton who are in there, Kik How, like they had their players. So yeah, so why why haven't the storm been able to do that?
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, it's a spine that has been together for a few years as well. Um, I mean, what the future looks like for him as well is is there's a few things circulating around today around Cam Munster. They're not gonna stop him from leaving, potentially going to Perth, potentially going to R360, or even being eyed up by the wallabies to play at a home World Cup in 2027. And and that the storm have said they're not gonna stop him. Big Nelson is off. They've I read something literally just a minute ago saying earlier in the year he was told that he's not needed next year. I mean, I know he's a liability, but I'd take him it manly as a bit of a physical, physical force. Um, but to me in this game as well, I think I spoke about in the Panthers game against the Broncos. Sorensen got knocked out early, and left meant they were playing with 15 players. Did the the intensity of the Broncos catch up with the Panthers in that game? And then you look at Horvath as well in here, he pulled his groin, and then again there's something that I've just seen. Apparently, he had a torn meniscus as well during that he was playing with. He had to leave early, and therefore they're playing with 15. So has the injuries kind of caught up? But then I also heard that Kobe Heatherington has also got double meniscus damage, and he played through the whole lot. So it's coming to Manley next year, which isn't good seeing someone with two men, yeah, two tears in there each meniscus. But um I just there's something else as well that I read. So I've literally read so many things just before this, but Pappenhausen is reportedly free to leave because of the rumours him going to R360. Uh, they want to kind of get rid of him before he makes a decision himself.
SPEAKER_02:So a bit disappointed about him. There's a lot of there's a lot of talk around him being an incredible fullback. Yeah don't get me wrong, he's had I've not seen him be able to get to the likes of of Walsh, the likes of Tedesco, the likes of Edwards, because when they you know if they go for a bad patch, they're they're they're bad, but when they're good, they are incredible. Yeah. That that little cohort there, you can even throw Turbo in there, sort of when he's on somehow.
SPEAKER_00:Um Kyle Weeks now, he's got a huge following, he's absolutely incredible when he when he's on. There's so many fullbacks in the game now. Who's the geezer for Paramount? Youngie as well. Like, he can he fall back. I reckon we mentioned this earlier in the season when the conversation came up about naming rights on jerseys. If you had now names on the back of the jerseys and number one, there would be some serious fullback numbers sold. I think Reese Walsh would sell the most. I think he would he would have the highest following. Dylan Edwards, maybe just for those Penrith fans, but I think you'd capture the kind of like you know, the mighty. I'm not putting him the same echelon as Michael Jordan, but you know what I mean? The Michael Jordan effect and the Kobe Bryant, where just random people are buying number one Walsh jerseys. Um, but the future, next year they said they're gonna reload, go again. Harry Grant's speech as well, actually, after the game, saying um he looked very defeated. He did look very defeated. I suppose it's back to back years that he's had to give a losing speech. Um, but he said they're gonna be do their best they can to get back there next year. It's Bellamy's last year, next year. I believe there's talks that he's gonna go to the Titans as a supporting role.
SPEAKER_02:He's been there for 23 years. Yeah, that is a that's a long old that that's unheard of in sport now, especially in club sport. Yeah. Having a tenure that long is is is mental in in that in that side in that size of thing. And and I was just fact-checking myself on that, but it's he's now he's now five and six in finals. Five and six. Yeah. So he's yeah, in the eleven finals he's been in.
SPEAKER_00:Having a losing record in finals isn't isn't great.
SPEAKER_02:When you've been to eleven, like you you'd expect uh and that the manly 40-nil losses in that one as well.
SPEAKER_00:Reminds me of Thomas Tuchel, like he's such a good tournament manager. Yeah, and then when it gets to finals, it's a bit questionable, it's a bit a bit interesting. But I mean, look, let's props to Brisbane, absolutely fantastic. What an event, what a final. Um, numbers blew out the AFL final. There were more it's like obviously you get all the emails and everything. Australia's number one sport, the viewers were bigger for the final, but what a season in general! Like, we look at it. I think that I was reflecting on the way over here that I reckon anyone in that top eight could have won this tournament. Maybe not the sharks. I don't know why. Shout out Sharks fans, but um, I just think anyone, like Roosters could have upset anyone on their day, the Raiders 100% could have won it, Panthers could have won it, Bulldogs, maybe Limpin. Yeah, they would have struggled a bit, but it feels like to me it's exciting. Four or five years that I've watched your sport, this is the most competitive season that there has been in that time when you look at it from bottom to top. Yeah, there wasn't much of a disparity between that team that finished in 17th compared to all the knights were terrible, compared to that team that finished eighth. Like on any given Sunday, they could have beaten them. It's not like, oh, this is going to be a blowout, this is an easy win. This is that the Titans were turning up and beating people. Yeah, too. Yeah, exactly. The Dolphins were rolling over people, like only jersey we didn't see at the grand final. Oh, that's a very good point. So we did a bit of jersey watching, didn't we? We uh see we went through the ladder to see what teams there were. Knights were holding on for Dear Hope of not being represented. Then we scouted someone in the distance and saw them, and the Dolphins were the only team we didn't see. So maybe next year we'll try and uh we'll try and get all 17 jerseys.
SPEAKER_02:That would be a nice little tick off.
SPEAKER_00:It will be, it will be, but that's it. That's that's the season, that's the NRL 2025 season finish. Brisbane Broncos are crowned champions. Few things coming up though. The Pacific Championship is not far away. Few teams named today.
SPEAKER_02:Not far away.
SPEAKER_00:Um I've looked at the squads, and for me, one, it's gonna be a brutal championship. Like there are some big names, or there's some big names missing for injury, but I don't know. I just like the look of Tonga's squad. Tonga look Tonga looks so good.
SPEAKER_02:Out of all of them, so does Samoa. They both do, like and you can't rule out the the Kiwis either. Oh, they just look like they're gonna dominate, man. It's um it's yeah, that that that Tonga and I I'm I think I'm gonna join you on that. I think it could be a Tonga Tonga win. Like there's some serious talent in that in that team. Um and going off that the the Australia selection for for the Ashes, yeah, um as a as a proud Englishman, uh and it being very embedded into the in the NRL. Like I'd there's there's a lot of there's a lot of talent flying over to the UK.
SPEAKER_00:Well, Rhys Walsh getting his maiden call up after that performance in the final um depends how many how long he carries on for after after winning it, but heading over to the UK.
SPEAKER_02:I reckon I reckon he could carry on until the first game and still put in an absolute stellar performance.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, um few new faces called up, Bradman Best. I think he's got the opportunity to have to Big Tino again. Um look, I'd with Victor Radley not being called up, deciding to pull out one of the big names that we've lost, um, not knowing too much about the Super League itself, but only knowing the NRL players going over and playing, it feels like it could be a very one-sided affair. It's good that all games are sold out. I believe Wembley's the only one that's still got tickets. Everton's New Ground playing there is going to be class. Um but talking of Australian 11, the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister 13 was named. Big Jason Saab getting a call-up.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Do you know what? I'm a little bit disappointed. I reckon Bullimore could have could have potentially got a shout in that just for how he's played this year. I wouldn't have been disappointed if he would have got a call out. But I mean, look, he's he's won on the rise. Have you seen the odds for next year of who's gonna win whose favourite to win the 2026 title? I have not though. So Brisbane Broncos are five dollars to win it, and then you've got the usual candidates of the storm, Panthers. What do you reckon Manly are to win it next year? 40. Oh$41 to win it. Yeah, I am gonna be lumping on that because believe we were reading it, weren't we, on the way home? Cody Heavington, premiership winner, Jamal Fogerty, um, minor premiership winner, uh Blake Wilson, Canterbury, solid team. I reckon we're just a couple of signings away.
SPEAKER_02:We're a couple of players away from having a solid team next year, I reckon.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Um, but we'll preview that when we get we get all the information.
SPEAKER_00:We will. And do you know what? It's been fun this season. Um, it's been good starting this podcast. It is, it is. I think it's been been, yeah, learning curve. I mean, I look back to some of the videos that we released earlier.
SPEAKER_02:Very early on, very early on, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:And the quality's definitely gone up, but we'll be looking to improve that next year. So, uh, what what does the next few months look like? What we got coming up? We've got the ashes coming up.
SPEAKER_02:We've got the ashes, ashes, ashes, ashes, ash and ashes, ashes and ashes. Um, if Birmingham and Chelsea start doing well, I think we'll start dropping that in every now and then.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, uh well Chelsea beat Liverpool at the weekend. They did.
SPEAKER_02:We drew we drew Wrexham in the Hollywood Derby, um, which is mad that that's the second time I've talked about this in the whole period that we've done this. Yeah. Um we've got some guests lined up. I think there's a few people that want to jump on, and I think we'll uh it'll be exciting to get those different different aspects of of of the sporting world. Um, and yeah, it's it's gonna be an exciting period of time.
SPEAKER_00:Looking forward to it. So there we go. NRL 2025 done, season one wrapped up. Be sure to subscribe to stay up to date with the odd uh special episode that we might upload, maybe some Ash's review, because we're going to Sydney and we want to kind of or the Sydney test, we want to keep everyone updated. But hit that subscribe button, follow us on socials. Thank you for joining us, not just for this episode, but for the last 37. I think it's been. And yeah, we'll catch you next year. See you next team.