Australia bloods more bats.. England phones it in Vlandys struggles to put the entire NRL playing group in the bin The Wallabies are a game away from rugbys greatest sin AND the CELTIC COUNTRIES CAUS CHAOS with dramatic last minute wins Alllll happening in the world of sport and our heroes are padded up and ready to take on the new ball, unlike the poms, who’ve played less cricket than the SCG gets every rained out summer in the build up to the ashes. Peter V’Landys continues to derive inspirati...
Nov 20, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Andrew and Peter challenge the Klingons for total interstellar rule Crawleys crying that Kev leaving out the Emus is cruel… The Wallabies slip to seventh but do not despair While Josh Giddey now sits in Rarified This week Grapplers call for action on the NRL. The only consistent is the inconsistency and hypocrisy. Andrew and Poiter are giving off a “Bond Villain” like vibe…… absolutely hell bent on global, nay universal domination. Next story will be NRL HQ has relocated to a hollowed out volcan...
Nov 07, 2025•41 min
It’s chaos as always as the rugby logo moidia dishes up the same number of shoddy headlines, only with less personnel on the tools. Our heroes call into question some of the analytical reads read out by B. Read to millions of mainstream readers. Short version: they stink. Assistant coaches are moving and shaking, rugby league is trying to dine out on the English Super League, as the English team deals with the apparent anxiety and stress of what their own coach described poor buildup to a first ...
Oct 31, 2025•1 hr 7 min
The sun rises on an all new ashes series The Kangaroos team has raised a couple of vexing queries Our women’s cricket team continues in their merry way The Wallabies, the NFL, The NBA and Shohei Otahn-ey Our heroes assess international eligibility and the role of the Kangaroos assistant coach who calls himself a Bull and confronts many targets of his media crosshairs ahead of the Rugby League Ashes. Perhaps a more credentialed and active coaching appointment might have made sense? Meantime.. the...
Oct 23, 2025•56 min
The Slightest Sniff of Context In the off season you think there’s nothing to do Why not stay up late and watch the Kangroos Whilst we can always rely on a scandal to keep things spicey Just don’t listen to the media… they info can always a tad The N and L have been removed as prefixes to 360 and this new mob have deeper pockets than Long John Silver. But PVL is his winsome had gone all Don Corleone on players and agents who choose to “ go against the family. Lomax, Papi and Payno will be checki...
Oct 17, 2025•55 min
We will fly way up high Where the cold wind blows The Wallabies leave their worst til last And you will free the beautiful bird That's caught inside your heart Oscar Piastri falls afoul of the favourite child at McLaren And that's the way it's gonna be, little darling We'll be riding on the horses yeah, yeah Noone's talking about it, but we will. For the majority of the episode if you don't mind. Forget about Melbourne's inexplicable stage fright, sponsorship nuances for the Dolphins because of ...
Oct 07, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Talty Must be salty after missing the big dance As Teddy plays it steady with a season ending romance The Bledisloe heads West to the land of the bears As the AFL bounces the bounce.. amidst officiating safety fears As one of our heroes is this week in the throes of impending ecstasy as Grand Final week descends, the other laments what a 4-0 Colts would have looked like if not for AD Mitchell pulling an old school TO against the Rams. If you know you know. The Broncos bear the pressure of the Li...
Oct 02, 2025•57 min
Stage is set, and we’re gunna go right over the top.. with Cliches, claims and predictions that are gunna be hard to cop. Don't despair, don't lose hope there’ll be smatterings of intelligent chat But its the Grapple Baby and its finals…and that is mutha fuckin that This week our heroes wax lyrical about the Rugby League Worlds very own T1000…Penrith can't be bargained with, they can’t be reasoned with. they don't feel pity, remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop... ever, until you ...
Sep 23, 2025•1 hr 6 min
As things in the NRL start heat up in the finals, one Rooster looks like he could be on the rotisserie ready to be bagged up and left in a warmer at your Coles Local for a much longer time than the health department recommends. And as that Rooster rapidly bakes up a near lethal dose of footy salmonella, an equally pungent stench descends upon the crimson and myrtle of Redfern and our heroes tackle the biggest question in sports today- Will Wayne cut the cheese? Speaking of things that stink, Ash...
Sep 18, 2025•55 min
Sometimes you need to make up or invoke far fetched hollywood movie plots or fairytales to try and translate some of the NRL's decision making; and in the case of the backflip on a would be Nicho Hynes finals missing hip drop charge, look no further than the 1999 Crime Thriller 'Double Jeopardy;' with Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd basically explaining why a hip drop that's already been charged cant be charged twice, or in this case wasnt actually a hip drop in the first place. Don't worry, the...
Sep 12, 2025•51 min
This week our Humble Heroes are back on deck in the bunker and spewing forth truth bombs for those whose ears are lucky enough to bath in the self-righteousness. Only the most critical of questions being asked in a forum that has zero space for whim, levity or hoopla. Does Madge have the Broncos cherry ripe, or has he run the arse out of Ghem, Dunny Drinker and friends too early? Will Nicho miss the first week of the finals or will the MRC show that they actually have allowed the injury severity...
Sep 08, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Our heroes reunite for a fearless and graceful series of pirouettes through an array of Winter ending sporting shenanigans. The NRL's penultimate round has penultimately proven that the NRL actual top 4, which is actually a top 3, is penultimately better than anything below it- especially the Raiders and Penultimate-rith. The Broncos and Cowboys submitted the final evidence required for such a conclusion in their match, that was played in the.... what's the word again for the second last of some...
Aug 31, 2025•1 hr
This week the NRLs very own Friday Night Lights. Heidelberg United are giving the Aussie Cup an almighty fright Tino hitting the open market to make a quid and this week redemption is pronounced Joe Schmidt! The team sees their linchpin goes down to short term injury and once again the next man up policy is enacted with Luttsy steeping into the fray. As is the case with the great man Olympics are on the cards in all iterations.But Rugby League is never far off, Joe Schmidt’s and Harry’s Heroics ...
Aug 21, 2025•1 hr 11 min
The Grapplers are BACK after a mid winter hiatus AND bugger me drunk if a a cavalcade of narratives dont await us THE NRL irons out its contenders with a weekend of truly chaotic stuff The Boomers cant win the Olympics, but sure as shit cant lose the Asia Cup SO STEP ON UP… DONT BE SHY… TIME TO GRAPPLE WITH TWO GOOOOOOOD LOOKING GUYS This week Our heroes wax lyrical about the beginning of something new for our smaller marsupial national team and speculate on the potential demise of the SuperCoac...
Aug 10, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Roll on, roll on, the footy is rolling into a new phase of wild interpretation Kevs gone from the outhouse to the hopping heart of the nation Frizelle gives Des the ultimate lack of endorsement So constable hasler might look for a gig back where it all started… in law enforcement This week our heroes grapple with the questions that are tugging on your shirt and curl us during those lonely week nights trying to drift off to slumber. Questions like “ was Des really a police officer?” “ What school...
Jul 24, 2025•1 hr 9 min
The Red Coates descend upon Brisbane – Independent fire at will The Wallabies rue the loss of Robbie V Another Red team, A finals appearance for the Dolphins could be on the Bill.. The Open Championship at Port Rush.. Aussies struggle on that Irish Tee… Time to Grapple..and yes indeedy it is the grappliest of times. A rush of roaring red in Brisbane and a gush of it from Broncos head knocker Brendan Piakura. Swanning dolphins and swirling question marks around the defensive capabilities of its s...
Jul 18, 2025•53 min
EPISODE MAROON 5: THE ORIGIN STORY OF ORIGIN STORIES Another Origin series goes to plan Big Pappi showed he is the man, The Lions played the Brumbies, Canberra Stadium was full And Christian Horner finally given the ass by Red Bull.. It’s important to be balanced and resist bias in the world of sports podcasting. So we will discuss the Lions, formula one, maybe even a bit of cricket. We might even list a few Clive Churchill medallist’s of days gone by. We will also take this opportunity to credi...
Jul 10, 2025•1 hr 12 min
The Lions are roaring… and Owen Farrell is never boring 4 tours of duty.. and the Wallabies are in the crosshairs The decider countdown is on.. Who's gonna be happy.. In Origin 2 the Blues were crappy.. Will they handle the comeback of big Papi. In an age of constant media scrutiny and attention this week our heroes delve into the real reason why Super Gaffa Billy Slater did an Uncle Wayne and recalled an Origin stalwart to bolster the stocks for game 3. Is it disloyalty? Have they departed from...
Jul 04, 2025•1 hr 4 min
We love Selwyn, according to Madge Yet here’s 2 signings… wearing the same badge.. A bloodbath in Barbados.. Or just a slow start.. And Wayne redefines working into the grave.. Cos hes a bit of an old fart. The future of wayward Broncos star Selwyn Cobbo is revealed by the Grapplers, who have both joined dots and gleaned insights from the very innards of the Brisbane Broncos publicity (or lack thereof) machine. It opens a discussion on gifted players who just didnt want to do it, and sparks a fe...
Jun 26, 2025•54 min
The Maroons live to fight another day Cant wait to hear what Woodsy has to say Fort the rest of the Rugby League media, Crow is on the menu And where the hell was Spencer Leniu? Plenty to Grapple with as our heroes digest a significant Queenslands bounceback on a sodden and miserable Optus Stadium, honouring the ‘born for it’ nature of freshly minted skipper Cameron Munster. The West ignites in a near sell out, perhaps providing an easily spinnable statistic pertaining to its people being far mo...
Jun 19, 2025•50 min
Billy names anew skipper and he’s on the Munny The blowback on DCE hasn’t been real funny Wayne hoses down rumours of Cobbo becoming a bunny… Socceroos go straight through on a Metcalf strike… sweet like honey This week our heroes tackle the topics of Origin selections, Aaron Woods words and the second coming Lachie Galvin. Forwards passes and all. Players meeting coaches and coaches denying meeting players. Have we heard this before? The Grapple Wouk like to confirm that Joel has never met John...
Jun 13, 2025•46 min
It’s the sound of footy right now.. and its nothing new Gus plays us all… we collectively stew The prospects of the maroons… look decidedly blue So lets distract ourselves with lachlan Kennedys very fucking fast SHOES TIME TO GRAPPLE. The optics of the NRL’s relationship with key broadcasters and club hierarchies is more blurred than ever. Not even Fred Hollows could fix this one. Enter our heroes, with a concoction of call outs and constructive pieces of feedback for the game to contemplate/imp...
Jun 04, 2025•53 min
The Autopsy of the Queensland Corpse will be conducted by Johnny and special guest host Shane Muspratt It's the day after the night before. Our heroes, fresh from an evening that began with confident anticipation and ended with deep, dark depression, have the unenviable task of picking over the bones of another lost Origin.Searching for answers, pouring over replacements, speculating on futures ........but what will they uncover? Perhaps a fiendish plot, an inside job. The long game has been pla...
May 29, 2025•49 min
As one of our heroes takes a sabbatical his seat is filled by a special Guest Host. Regaling tales of Paris, Osaka, Suncorp Stadium and nights on the jars with Alf, Luttsy places his feet in the sizable shoes left by Joely. The Origin teams have the rule run over them and surprisingly the consensus of all in the room is QLD victory. Media training for the wayward Broncos shapes as a secondary source of income for our Grapplers with advice on life flowing freely. The PNG experiment is Grappled wi...
May 22, 2025•1 hr 21 min
An overcast Queensland Autumn Tuesday evening , on the roof of a Leagues on Fulcher Road Red Hill, a solitary man cuts a forlorn figure as pulls the cover off a large spot light pointed into the Brisbane sky and grits his teeth as he flips the switch….. he sighs as sparks shoot from the steampunk switch….. a moment of silence and anticipation…almost gives way to concern that the spot light has failed…… after all its been nine months… then with a wurr and a shudder the brilliant beam sets the Sou...
May 15, 2025•1 hr 1 min
It is a time of great upheaval. The NRL.. obsessed with its quest to flood players' veins with hyperdrive fuel and create the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, have created a paradox of umbilical proportions. Referees are afraid not to blow the whistle, while also being terrified of its piercing shrill. The Get Square narrative around football means penalties not blown in one game are now blown in another. One might describe the approach as utterly Sith-house. Meantime.. rumours abound concern...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 7 min
As player safety continues to be the number one issue in Rugby League today our heroes are buoyed with confidence knowing the NRL will not.... ever.... compromise...... if there's a fire. Our heroes provide the CSA that there has been no crackdown, none...Crackdown here, no... The 18 sin bins last week was the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite our sincerest efforts we have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. Matrix Revolutions quotes aside,...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 12 min
As any Statistician on a juicy consulting wage from the NRL will tell you, records are made to be invented, and it's with this gusto that our heroes grapple with yet another glorious 'crowd record' declaration issued from Pyongyang. That, alongside the scheduling of a double header to take on the British and Irish Lions tour opener, assures us all the leadership coming from HQ remains- as ever- supreme. The game is feeling a bit 1998 at the moment, with unlimited tackles AND the reinstated prese...
Apr 26, 2025•52 min
The only thing Grappling harder than our heroes this week isLachie Galvins Instagram algorithm. Withthe young man being essentially boned this week by Benji our heroes doingsomething no other media outlet is doing...provide an opinion on the Tigers/Galvin saga..... but wait there's more. Despite the East Coast of Australia thinking that's the onlystory worth our intrepid raconteurs will regale with astute insights into domestic and world rugby, how the hell anyone can say The Joker shouldn't be ...
Apr 16, 2025•46 min
Join our heroes for a crucial investigation, as they try and work out exactly WHO started the ugly, damaging smear campaign against outgoing Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans. A long list of suspects and a longer list of clickbaity dickheadery; let’s just say it’s an investigation breaching deep inside the walls of the NRL ‘moidea.’ Even more intriguing is a preview of the nuclear fallout on its way when one or both of the Turbo brothers are told they are surplus to operational requirements. Payne...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 4 min
