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Barrett, Mikayla, Stu and Will are here for all the NRL, NRLW, AFL, AFLW, Cricket, F1, and Supercars news from the week. This week we focus on Cricket and the F1 being back from their break.... sorry Max. (Producer Note: they did hold the AFL and NRL grand finals on the same weekend in 2022 - AI lied to Stu).
Stu is back! F1 had a ridiculous round at the Dutch GP, and MXGP is about to wrap up with Jeffery Herlings already looking ready to celebrate.
Barrett, Mikayla, Stu, Joe and Will are back, but the kids have created factions now and we have NRL/W vs AFL/W sides of the room. They didn't want to talk about Australia's embarrassing loss at the cricket, but we doubled down and fixed the problem, and the Braves are getting a good run into the end of the AIHL season.
This week Barrett talks all things WWE from RAW Smackdown and NXT
Barrett, Stu and Joe are here to talk NRL, NRLW, AFL, AFLW, AIHL, UFC, MotoGP, and to argue about Ducati's. (Producer Notes: I'm so proud of them for the first 2 sports).
Wrestle wrap is back for its final semester as Barrett talks through SLAM! 25 and WWE SummerSlam.
MotoGP returns after its summer break and its back to nonstop action. Stu also discusses his thoughts on the 2027 MotoGP lineup.
Stu, Will and Joe are again back to talk "ball sports". Starting with NRL and NRLW for a full 6 minutes again, before ranting about their particular teams in the AFL for a while and hitting on some of the amazing performances in the Comm Games. It's also time for a chat about privatising FIFA (Producer Notes: I am of the opinion that it's unsurprising for FIFA to want more money and to go about that in an..... unusual way).
Stuart, Joe and Will are back to stumble through 7 minutes of NRL and NRLW before spending the rest of their time wrapping AFL, F1 and the Comm Games (Producer Notes: How do I stop them saying they know nothing about a sport and just get them to read up on it?).
F1’s final race before the summer break and it's a Hungarian Grand Prix thriller. Jeffery Herlings also continues his domination of the MXGP.
It's Stuart and Will today to chat all the AFL, NRL (barely), F1 and the World Cup final, Congratulations Spain! (Producer notes: Popping in for fact checking and Will had blank eyes when the F1 section came up, so I - once again - make an appearance). ALSO HAVE YOU ALL MET BRUCE??? THE BRAVES NEW MASCOT.
A huge shakeup in the world mx championship sees Jeffery Herlings on the hunt for another title, and F1 returns to Belgium.
The smaller team of Stuart, Joe and Will are back and fumble their way through NRL, before getting into their true love of AFL for way too long, then quickly touching on the World Cup. (Producer notes: yep, that's me popping in to talk about the Viking God that is Erling Haaland... ROW).
MotoGP returned to the prestigious Sachsenring with the championship lead up to play for multiple riders. Nascar returns to Echo Park speedway
Barrett, Stuart and Will are back in the studio for all your AFL, NRL, Super Rugby, F1, World Cup, UFC, and Tennis. (Producer Notes: I'm surprised that Barrett allowed this much AFL talk, was he asleep?)
Monday matchup crew of Stuart, Will, Joe, James #2 and Bonnie are back to tell you all the NRL, NRLW, AFL and union news. We were gone for 6 weeks so updates on the World Cup, Premier Leave, NBA finals, and so much more. (Producer Notes: I was away when this was recorded and I'm still suss on this ep)
NASCAR makes its debut of the San Diego street circuit, V8 Supervars heads north to Darwin for the next round of the series and MotoGP returns to Czechia.
Another 24 Hours of Le Mans in the books, a heavily rain impacted Isle of Man, and MotoGP and F1 are back for another weekend full of racing.
We chat to UC student Jack Egan about heading into the IGR Brisbane Bingham Cup, his team the Sydney Convicts, and why it's so important to see diversity but not always to point it out.
James #2, Stuart, Mikayla and Will go over all the NRL, AFL, Union and F1 news of the week. We touch on Arsenal and their drought breaking Premier League win, and news just broke about the AFL great Neale Daniher passing away, he has raised millions for MND research through his charity FightMND and the Big Freeze.
