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ABC NRL Daily — 285 episodes

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NRL Monday: Chris Close – “I nearly kicked the TV over.”

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Is Michael Maguire gone and when will Dean Young learn his fate?

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"The harm is not done on the field, the harm's done on every other kid that was watching the game"

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NRL Monday: Joe Tapine talks tough love

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Kodi Nikorima: The best is yet to come

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Max King: 'Do or die' and it's been mostly do last couple of weeks

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Mark Hughes: These little humble beanies have changed the landscape of brain cancer

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NRL Monday: Connor Watson thinks NSW need a dedicated utility

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Zane Harrison: He's instilled confidence in me, it's not really pressure

10

The clearest way you can judge a coach

11

NRL Monday: Tackle Tough Together

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Jack Williams: Eels are showing plenty of fight

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As a game we need to keep doing more to be inclusive

14

NRL Monday: A stinker for the bunker

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Keano Kini: I count myself lucky to be pulling my boots on

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Connor Watson: Every time we've had a bad game it's been our ill discipline

17

Jai Arrow Birthday Plans & Bubba Kennedy stays a Shark

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NRL Monday: He can sleep at the drop of a hat

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Jock Madden: We felt like we wanted to re-start our year

20

Laurie Daley is shattered that Blayke Brailey will miss Origin II

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NRL Monday: Andrew Abdo the best NRL CEO ever?

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Connor Watson: I'd like to get my future sorted as soon as possible

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When Billy Slater called I thought it could have been a scam

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A lesson in resilience

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We want to play that Manly style of Footy

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NRL Monday: Victor Radley. Why?

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Ponga at half back would be lunacy

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Blaming referees is like blaming your mother in law when you have a fight with your wife

29

NRL Monday: Is a point scoring bonanza good for the game?

30

New coach, new confidence for the Newcastle Knights

31

I don't understand how they got that wrong

32

Women's Origin has to stay as part of Magic Round

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NRL Monday: Milky for Origin?

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The Perth Bears will be lucky to get 2 wins

35

Luke Lewis: "The Bulldogs were as soft as I've seen them"

36

NRL Monday: Should the Dragons stay on Anzac Day?

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You’ve Never Seen Melbourne in This Situation

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Dragons CEO: We're nowhere near where we need to be

39

James Valentine came up with most of the content we made in Covid

40

NRL Monday: Dragons drama and what's next

41

Will the Milk rise to the Top?

42

The Raiders are their own worst enemies

43

NRL Monday: The death of the disruptor

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It's hard to switch momentum back

45

Luke Lewis: For the Dragons it's 10 weeks, 10 losses, horrible football

46

Michael Maguire says the Broncos are "always looking to the future"

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The Cowboys defence is their best offence

48

Can anyone get close to the Panthers?

49

Craig Fitzgibbon has empathy for opposition coaches

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NRL Monday: Manly missed the boat on Willie Peters

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Canberra Stadium should have better facilities than this

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Manly’s upper management have let their fans down

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Ben Te'o blasted by Matt Elliott and will Nathan Cleary hit the open market

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NRL Monday: Will Manly fans boo DCE?

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Cameron Ciraldo Thinks Being Able to Play On Both Sides Is a Lost Art

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Will the Panthers lose a game?

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RTS on the move as Jack Williams wants to play for the Kiwis

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NRL Monday: No Ponga, No Brown, No worries

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Mitch Kenny is convincing Penrith teammates to join him bird watching

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Denis Carnahan: Romey Love Story

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Should the Ken Irvine Medal be renamed to honour Alex Johnston?

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Alex Johnston breaks the NRL all time try scoring record

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Barnett to Broncos "worth every cent" and Isaiya Katoa's Dolphins pledge

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NRL Monday: Should fans storm the field to celebrate Alex Johnston?

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Who's better - Reece Walsh or Nathan Cleary?

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Tom Jenkins chats Penrith's hot start plus Chammas on PNG Chiefs latest

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Tom Hazelton: "It's always good when a front rower goes over"

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NRL Monday: We're on the journey again...

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Andrew Moore, Luke Lewis and John Gibbs preview the 2026 NRL Season

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NRL Monday: Cleary cleared and Reed Mahoney live from Vegas

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InZane RL - Is Reece Walsh now bigger than the Beatles?

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NRL Grand Final Wash Up!

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Andrew Abdo: We love day time football

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Finals fever takes hold

75

InZane Rugby League - Is Payne Haas the greatest prop of all time?

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Six More - Grand finale

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Denis Carnahan: You Won, Twice

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Ryan Hoffman: When the Big 4 play, they don't lose very often

79

Storm have the "perfect recipe for a successful coach" but can they cook it up again?

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InZane RL - Petero Civoniceva - The Broncos have to forget their past against Penrith

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Six More - Straight sets

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Billy Burns: It took me about 5 minutes to realise I was playing a semi final

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Denis Carnahan: Takin' a Dive 25

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InZane Rugby League: Did Reece Walsh get lucky?

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Six more - headbutt, sin bins, golden point glory

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Denis Carnahan: Donaghy (50 Little Steps)

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Andrew Abdo: I believe there's an over-fixation on criticising refereeing decsions

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Lachlan Coote: I had tears in my eyes realising how special it was

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Kristian Woolf: Our depth will be a hell of a lot better next year

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Fearless Raiders ready for Finals

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InZane Rugby League: Mega-Finals Preview

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Six More - The final(s) countdown

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Denis Carnahan: Nawaqanitawase

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Scott Sorensen: There's a real buzz in the air

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Andrew Moore: I'm not dying here in front of them.

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Michael Maguire: If you saw how hard Reece Walsh worked you'd understand his improvement

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James Tedesco: You can see the positives of not playing Origin and giving your body a rest

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Walsh confidence in defense a "really dangerous sign for opposition teams"

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Kurt Donoghue: We've got stuck trying to outscore teams

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InZane Rugby League: Will a wildcard round stop the resting?

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Six More - Rest stop

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Denis Carnahan: Dessie's Gone

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Joe Tapine: Now we can put a couple of our big stars on ice

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Connor Watson: How can he keep doing this stuff? It's wild!

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Cameron Ciraldo: If we're going to progress in finals we need to be able to handle the pressure

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Lewy happy with the Panthers mass rest but they "can't risk another game"

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Matt Cameron: At the End of the Day, We're Trying to Win a Competition

108

InZane Rugby League: Titanic roster changes on the Gold Coast

109

Six More - The great escape

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Denis Carnahan: Trainer Running Blues

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Ashton Sims: We're just custodians of the game

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Grant Anderson: 2 home finals in Melbourne will be electric

113

Kaeo Weekes: It would mean the world to win the NRL Premiership

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Jake Simpkin: I think the thing that's been hurting me the most is the no sleep

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Inzane Rugby League: Wendall Sailor - Take Reece Walsh on the Kangaroo tour

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Six More - Back to the future

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Billy Walters: After last night I told Reynolds and Mam they could take the rest of the year off!

118

Shaun Lane: I felt like the weight of the World lifted from my shoulders

119

NRL Saturday: The Roosters are going to be very scary if they get to semi finals

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"If they don't win the comp this year, they're gonna consider it a wasted season"

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Royce Simmons: I put a call out and there's 30, 40 people wanting to help out

122

InZane Rugby League: Anthony Minichiello - If the Roosters make the eight - they can win the whole thing!

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Six More - Parra and the passion

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Denis Carnahan's Song of the Week: Big Club

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Connor Watson: Playing with the firecracker Spencer Leniu you never know what you're going to get!

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Matt Timoko: We knew we had to get more aggressive

127

Casey McLean: Our standards had dropped off at the start of the year

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Hustle beats talent when talent doesn't hustle

129

Dean Widders: Rugby League should be at the forefront of tackling racism

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InZane Rugby League: Have the Panthers been fined $50,000 for an honest mistake?

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Six More - Moving day

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Denis Carnahan - Human Pinball

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Billy Smith: Defence needs to be the backbone of our team

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Gus Worland: Once you feel like you are part of something, you start coming up with solutions

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Ben Hunt: We can do something special

136

Luke Lewis: "If you don't play for 80 minutes, they'll make you pay"

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Chad Townsend: I burst into tears and said out loud to my wife that I want to retire at the end of the season

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InZane Rugby League: Billy Moore - We don't need the Pasifika players in State of Origin

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Six More - Ladder predictor

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Denis Carnahan - Song of the Week - All he wants is a spoon

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NRL Sunday - The palest Panther? Tom Jenkins or Liam Martin?

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Jaxon Purdue: We make it hard for ourselves

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New Aussie head coach wants players ready to "run through brick walls for our country"

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InZane RL - Can PVL top the AFL's broadcast deal?

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Six More - Cooked chooks

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Denis Carnahan's Song of the Week: Zac!

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Royce Simmons: We're crying out for all Rugby League supporters to get on board

148

Craig Fitzgibbon: I think we've been playing some flimsy footy

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Luke Garner: We had a line in the sand moment that has turned everything around

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"The performance of that side doesn't match up with that roster"

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Zac Hosking: I was sick of being overlooked

152

InZane Rugby League: Allan Langer - It was Qld's greatest series win

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Six More - Pain in the neck

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Luke Lewis: Everyone keeps looking for recycled coaches with past failures. Why?

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Blayke Brailey: The Coach tells me I'm a slow learner!

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Kieran Foran: "Now I can just empty the tank"

157

Tyran Wishart: We wanted Cam Munster to know we've got his back

158

Zali Hopkins: I knew if I didn't do the celebration then I might not get another chance!

159

InZane Rugby League: John Lang - Kyle Flanagan plays his best football under Shane

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Six more - Big time win for Benji

161

NRL Sunday: "There's nothing I didn't look at to try and retain Tallyn Da Silva"

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Denis Carnahan: The Hammer song

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Shane Richardson: People don't realise how hard it is to turn around an unsuccessful club

164

Michael Maguire: "Welcome to Coaching!"

165

Jamal Fogarty and the Raiders go off the grid to reconnect

166

Connor Watson: "You deal with this stuff every week in the NRL"

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Bo Vette-Welsh: Up here they believe if one succeeds we all succeed"

168

InZane Rugby League: Qld selection shocks & what can be done to stop teams abusing the scrum clock?

169

Six more - Will Papa give Queensland the edge?

170

Denis Carnahan - Song of the Week - Rabbits Go Home

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Ryan Hoffman - 'I think Rugby League fans deserve better'

172

Sunday NRL - Lyhkan King-Togia on the Dragons win against the Eels

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Reuben Garrick: We're trying for an Us vs Them mentality

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Mark Hughes: I'm constantly reminded how tough this disease is

175

Tiana Penitani-Gray - The shire has been my home for many many years and will stay that way

176

Jack Williams: I don't think we've seen anything like it

177

InZane Rugby League - Should the Tigers let Api go to keep Tallyn Da Silva

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When does Alex Johnston celebrate his try scoring record?

179

Josh King: You can win by 40 and get sprayed by Craig Bellamy

180

Blake Solly: We want them to show us the details

181

Ricky Stuart: You always just want the best for your kids

182

Euan Aitken: We have only had our best side once this season

183

InZane Rugby League: Josh McGuire - Qld haven't got the skill to match it with NSW

184

Six more - Can QLD win game 2 in Perth?

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NRL Sunday - Pre-game show - Paul Vautin, getting to know Connor Watson, mid-season report cards and Roosters centre Billy Smith

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NRL Sunday - Paul Vautin - Queensland was soft in Game 1

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NRL Sunday - Six Again - "Is Victor Radley's playing future in danger?"

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Denis Carnahan - Song of the Week - Papali'i 25

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Reece Robson: We know they're gonna turn up this Wednesday Night

190

The hip bone's connected to the... spine

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Liam Martin: If Munster's in front of me there'll be no holding back

192

InZane Rugby League - Frank Ponissi -We don't want the Bears to steal our players like the Dolphins did

193

Try, try, try again: The Tom Jenkins comeback

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Denis Carnahan - Song of the Week - Number Seven Mambo

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NRL Sunday - Kotoni Staggs - I know how people with mental illness feel

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Mal Meninga: It's an opportunity to prove to myself I can still do it

197

NRL Thursday - Can Mal coach the Perth Bears and the Kangaroos?

198

InZane Rugby League - Does Craig Bellamy finish his coaching career at the Gold Coast?

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Is Maguire the Broncos problem?

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Sunday NRL - Seibs is smiling and who has the best mullet?

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Six Again - Is it a wasted year for the Brisbane Broncos?

202

Denis Carnahan - Electric Car

203

NRL Saturday - State of Origin 1 Fallout

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Zac Hosking: "He bashed us all summer in pre-season"

205

Commentary box clash

206

InZane Rugby League - Ben Elias - Blues will win 3-0

207

Galvin off to the Bulldogs immediately!

208

Dale Shearer - My late wife saved my footy career by getting me to Manly

209

State against state, mate against mate, Billy against Lewy

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Milking it

211

Denis Carnahan: That's in Queensland 2025

212

NRL Saturday - Will MC ever make it to Bathurst?

213

Kristian Woolf: Salary cap "doing a better job this year that it has in the past"

214

Angus Crichton: It's a privilege to step into an arena where everyone hates you

215

InZane Rugby League - DCE - I wasn't sure if Billy would ring me

216

Who’s going to drive Adam O'Brien home?

217

Denis Carnahan - Syndesmosis

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State of Origin Fever on NRL Sunday

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"It seems to be the case that we're slow starters"

220

Dane Gagai: "I'm probably more excited about that than my 300th"

221

Meg Ward: "We were too nice game one"

222

InZane Rugby League - Mark Graham - I saved Wally's life

223

Don’t call it a comeback

224

Mother's Day Magic on NRL Sunday

225

Denis Carnahan - We eat a lot

226

Six Again - Should Latrell play for NSW in the centres?

227

Connor Tracey on the Bulldogs comeback in Canberra

228

Don Furner: I reckon Mal Meninga is the only big name player the Raiders have ever signed

229

Dene Halatau: "Scrap, fight, whatever you need to do to win games, do it"

230

Denis Carnahan: The Bears are Back in Town

231

Karyn Murphy: "The pureness, rawness and speed is what sets the Women's Game apart""

232

Inzane Rugby League - Does Magic Round show where Qld's at for Origin?

233

Magic upsets and worst bombed try ever!

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Denis Carnahan: Adam Doueihi

235

Andrew Abdo on the future of Magic Round

236

"Hopefully one day I can play Origin"

237

Lang Park is spellbound

238

Queenslanders just get it

239

InZane Rugby League - The coaches won't budge on lowering tackles

240

Sin bin city - Does the bunker have too much say?

241

Seibold: I have no confidence in what is a sin bin and what isn't

242

"Pulling that light blue jersey and walking out was insane"

243

Blake Steep: I shared a last moment with my Dad

244

Michael Maguire: I still don't know what I'll do with Ezra Mam

245

Billy Moore: "Within 10 years the Bears will be one of the top 5 clubs in the NRL"

246

Corey Horsburgh: "Funny days and good nights, that's what's bonding us a team"

247

Galvin firestorm, Bellyache's language warning, more big stadium blockbusters?

248

Denis Carnahan: Player Manager

249

Scott Sorensen on the Panthers tide-turning win

250

Kristian Woolf: "If I can't stay calm I can't help the team"

251

NRL Daily Pod - Good Friday pre-game

252

Matt Elliott: "I'm Filthy. The player movement system doesn't serve our game"

253

InZane Rugby League - Will Tigers fans turn on Lachie Galvin?

254

The Spencer and JT feud, more Penrith pain, Ricky's renewed Raiders

255

Denis Carnahan: Oh ho ho The Panthers

256

Rudolf: How Bizarre, How Bizarre

257

Kyle Flanagan: I thought I deserved at least a point from Lewey!

258

"The invincibility is gone"

259

Yeo "Results will come but it needs to happen sooner rather than later"

260

When you're desperate to say bye-bye to the bye

261

InZane Rugby League - Broncos should let Reynolds go

262

Panthers demise and Latrell's rise

263

Denis Carnahan's Song of the Week - Crackdown

264

First Time Winners & Head High Sinners

265

The other Greek God of Rugby League

266

Tired Panthers and fired up Cowboys

267

Does the Book of Feuds need to come out?

268

InZane Rugby League: Jason Hetherington - Mahoney has to be less emotional for Dogs to contend

269

Hot Dogs: just how strong is Canterbury?

270

DCE: "Unusual? That's Rugby League"

271

Loyalty, trust and a lack thereof

272

Denis Carnahan's Song of the Week - Daly Cherry-Evans

273

Tony Mestrov: "It could have been done better but we've moved on now"

274

It's all about GLD for RCG and the GCT

275

Panthers defensive cracks widen

276

The Daly News and Dragons look to deliver

277

InZane Rugby League: IRL - Mal will have the final say on Kalyn playing for the Kiwis

278

Manly play with the spirit of a super fan

279

Being Less Flash and Growing Stronger Together

280

Worst Club in the League

281

Evolution and unleashing the Payne

282

With every loss you're closer to a win

283

The Bunnies can't wait to get hold of Brandon Smith

284

InZane Rugby League - Glenn Lazarus - The game is going soft

285

The greatest upset we've ever seen?