EPISODE · Jun 4, 2025 · 52 MIN
Episode 7.65.3214: The sound of football
from The Grapple · host The Grapple
It’s the sound of footy right now.. and its nothing newGus plays us all… we collectively stewThe prospects of the maroons… look decidedly blueSo lets distract ourselves with lachlan Kennedys very fucking fast SHOESTIME TO GRAPPLE. The optics of the NRL’s relationship with key broadcasters and club hierarchies is more blurred than ever. Not even Fred Hollows could fix this one. Enter our heroes, with a concoction of call outs and constructive pieces of feedback for the game to contemplate/implement at its nearest convenience.Footy players telling journos and punters they wouldn’t know things because they were never on the footy field is nothing new, but Reece Walsh took it to frightening new heights this week with his dissing of a journo for pointing out a fact with absolutely nothing to do with playing football. Tha deserves a grapple too.Highly paid reserve graders, completely reasonable super rugby finals prospects and Australia’s fastest man with media variations on pronouncing his name.If it’s to be grappled with, the grappling shall occur.
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It’s the sound of footy right now.. and its nothing newGus plays us all… we collectively stewThe prospects of the maroons… look decidedly blueSo lets distract ourselves with lachlan Kennedys very fucking fast SHOESTIME TO GRAPPLE. The optics of the NRL’s relationship with key broadcasters and club hierarchies is more blurred than ever. Not even Fred Hollows could fix this one. Enter our heroes, with a concoction of call outs and constructive pieces of feedback for the game to contemplate/implement at its nearest convenience.Footy players telling journos and punters they wouldn’t know things because they were never on the footy field is nothing new, but Reece Walsh took it to frightening new heights this week with his dissing of a journo for pointing out a fact with absolutely nothing to do with playing football. Tha deserves a grapple too.Highly paid reserve graders, completely reasonable super rugby finals prospects and Australia’s fastest man with media variations on pronouncing his name.If it’s to be grappled with, the grappling shall occur.
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