Episode 114 | "Viva Las Vegas, Baby"

The 2024 NRL Season is upon us, and for the first time ever it will be launching in Las Vegas! Clarkie, Guildy and Tass dissect the inaugural split-round Team List Tuesday for the LV double-header, but not before a massive recap of the controversy surrounding Wigan Warriors’ victory over the Penrith Panthers in the World Club Challenge… not to mention Tass blowing up about the stupidity of rugby league’s differing rule books… all that and much more this week! —— TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 02:05 - Tass changes his crystal ball predictions already! 03:57 - Gilbert and Hess out for season / Maika Sivo suspended 05:02 - Mitch Kenny suspended for ‘Boxing Day lines’ post 06:15 - Luciano Leilua signs with Dragons immediately 08:19 - Bunker to review field goals… and nobody cares 09:23 - Reynolds, BHU, Burgess and JWH sign new deals 15:50 - Stacey Jones wins NZ Kiwis job over Wayne Bennett 18:13 - CHN to return to NRL with defibrillator! 19:50 - Stephen Crichton new Bulldogs captain 23:29 - Wakefield Trinity win 110-0 against Newcastle Thunder… 25:14 - Broncos win Pre-Season Challenge 26:17 - Wigan Warriors win World Club Challenge over Penrith Panthers 36:05 - Tass blows up over rugby league rules not aligning across all comps 40:43 - Super League go too far with head high crackdown? 43:44 - Super League: Round 2 Results 45:23 - Will the NRL break into the US market? 50:15 - NRL to bankroll pro-comp in USA? 52:18 - NRL, Super League and WCC in Las Vegas? 53:09 - NRL Grand Final to revert to twilight timezone? 54:00 - Team List Tuesday: Rabbitohs v Manly Round One Preview 1:05:48 - Team List Tuesday: Broncos v Roosters Round One Preview 1:13:22 - Bunker Review: TSS Supercoach Live Draft —— 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”