Episode 145 | End-of-Season Bunker Review for 2024

The boys band together for the final episode of season 4 of the podcast as they discuss all things rugby league in the annual end-of-season bunker review for 2024… (and yes, we will be back in 2025 for Season 5)! —— TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - Guildy disagrees with our review of the NRL Grand Final 06:51 - Episode Overview 08:11 - Revisiting our Crystal Ball predictions for the 2024 Rugby League season 20:22 - Wigan win B2B Super League titles and the first-ever Grand Slam! 25:22 - Which Super League clubs could compete in the NRL? 32:32 - Will the World Club Challenge be played in 2025? 43:32 - International Rugby League: Who will win the Pacific Cup? 49:30 - International Rugby League: Who will win the Pacific Bowl? 53:22 - International Rugby League: England host Samoa in 2-test series 57:30 - NRL Expansion hits major hurdle; Perth bid in jeopardy 1:06:27 - Play-the-balls under the microscope for 2025 1:13:33 - National Youth Comp (U20s) to return in 2026? 1:17:40 - Are there too many jerseys in the NRL? 1:20:30 - Rugby League to be played in GPS system for first time in over 100 years 1:26:23 - Signing news and rumours (Gutho, Hunt, JAC, Trindall, Thompson, Cobbo, Doueihi, and more) 1:38:53 - Quick-fire NRL team reviews for 2024 and what they can improve on for 2025 1:55:27 - Outro —— 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. * rugbyleague.com  —— 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”