Episode 111 | "The 2024 Off-Season Bunker Review"

Clarkie, Tass and Guildy are back for Season Four, with their first episode in 2024 covering all the off-season rugby league drama! —— TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - What did the boys get up to this off-season? 09:30 - Join our Tipping Competition! (tips.com.au) (League Code: 311064) 11:20 - Contested kick-off rule change 19:40 - Forward-pass technology gets the flick 21:20 - Should trials be held at non-traditional grounds? 25:30 - Should the World Club Challenge remain in the UK? 29:25 - Will the NRL succeed in Las Vegas? 47:45 - Wests Tigers sack their board, recruitment manager and David Nofoaluma and sign Jarome Luai 1:01:20 - Dragons off-season from hell…  1:14:40 - Grassroots Rugby League overhaul  1:29:00 - Did the new International Rugby League window work? 1:36:00 - Will Michael Maguire succeed as NSW Blues coach? 1:41:05 - Does the current Golden Boot criteria work? 1:44:30 - Rep payment boost 1:49:30 - NRLW pauses expansion for reserve grade and Origin now a 3-game series 1:52:10 - Has an ANZAC Day tradition been ruined? 1:55:40 - AFL bans the publishing of player weights 1:59:00 - Should NRL Premiers open the following season? 2:00:10 - Should the Wooden Spooners cop the bye in the opening round of the next season? 2:01:05 - TPJ, Taumalolo, Haumole, 6 Bulldogs signings, Capewell, CHN, Moylan, T.Burgess, Curtis Scott banned. —— Click the link to follow us on Instagram, Facebook & TikTok, check out our sponsors, or to listen on your preferred podcasting platform: https://linktr.ee/thesidelinestoryrlpodcast —— Proudly sponsored by: * ADSE Apparel * Akasha * Rusty Penny Brewing Co. —— Hosted by Daniel Tassone, Nicholas Guild & Ryan Clarke. Podcast mixed by Daniel Tassone using Garageband. Podcast distributed to all major listening apps using Spotify for Podcasters. Music credit for this episode: ‘Chase’ [prod. Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay]. —— Logo designed by Tahlia Zaccomer. © The Sideline Story: Rugby League Podcast, 2021. —— “You're listening to The Sideline Story Rugby League Podcast: The Greatest View of Rugby League from the Sideline”