Episode 33: Solid Win Over The Bye

It’s Origin Week and the Penalty Broncos boys are fired up! Langers is back from Bali, Ringer’s been branding calves, and Britto’s sipping ginger beers in the Bandwagon Bar — and somehow, they’ve still found time to dive deep into all things Broncos, Maroons, and NRL drama.   In this episode, the lads preview both the men’s and women’s State of Origin Game 1 matchups — including team lists, match-ups to watch, smoky selections, and why they reckon the women’s game should be the curtain raiser. There's big praise for the return of Ezra Mam, a crack at the media’s overreaction to Reece Walsh punching a mate, and a heartfelt wrap on the Reynolds retirement/coaching/Tigers saga.   Plus, there's a hat giveaway, a rave review of the Black Dog jersey drop, and some love for Knuckles and the CTC cap crew.   It’s everything you expect from the panel: Broncos bias, Origin fever, and unfiltered footy fandom - it’s another classic Penalty Broncos week.   00:00 - Introduction and Initial Banter Langers is back from Bali and somehow looking whiter, Ringer is ready to truck nut and Britto has been checking out the motocross scene in Charters Towers.   03:15 - Waterhole Waffle There is no game to review due to the bye, so the lads turn their focus to Origin which has consumed their souls. How good is it having a bye to feed yourself into Origin, you get to fully immerse yourself into the hype. There is some focus shown towards the media attention that the club is receiving, both good and bad, and some predictions on what Adam Reynolds does next year.   1:04:29 - Gronk The Gronk has Origin on the brain, keen to see another Queensland rookie tack it to the NSW star in front of the Suncorp crowd.   1:08:51 - Look Ahead To The Week Ahead We review the Casualty Ward and Judiciary for the Broncos, and review the game coming up at 4 Pines Park against the Sea Eagles.   1:20:04 - Tipping, Accountability & Bets A review of the Round 11 Tips and SuperCoach. Still no luck in the Best Bets for the Bronco, but a few legs got up for us to keep money in the kitty. The Road To A Million was no good this week, but we will still give it a good old college try next week.   1:33:07 - Wrap Up Before We Wrap Up We discuss the Galvin to the Bulldogs rumors.   1:41:22- Outro Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction and Initial Banter(00:03:15) - Waterhole Waffle(01:04:29) - Gronk(01:08:51) - Look Ahead To The Week Ahead(01:20:04) - Tipping, Accountability & Bets(01:33:07) - Wrap Up Before We Wrap Up(01:41:22) - Outro