Chiming In - Steve Gillis, Player Manager

Max King was born to play rugby league. His great-grandfather, grandfather and dad all played first grade footy. King's dream of following in their footsteps didn’t go to plan. In fact, it appeared all-but certain his career had come to a halt at the end of 2021 when an Achilles tendon injury failed to respond to treatment. Frustrated and without a Club, King explains how he was ready to retire un...

Currently the second highest point scorer in the history of the game, Reynolds has some big decisions to make regarding his future as clubs circle to lure him away from the Brisbane broncos In this episode of chiming in - the premiership winning halfback talks about his future, his desire to coach in the NRL and what he considers to be the best day of his footballing career. It will surprise you....

Few strength and conditioners can boast a resume as long or impressive as Ron Palmer. The former Balmain rugby league player, found a career as a trainer shortly after retiring from football. With over 50 years experience in rugby league, no-one knows sport like Palmer. In this podcast he shares his highs and lows, secrets to success and talks about what every individual needs to do to get healthy...

Greg Florimo is regarded one of the North Sydney Bears finest servants. Having played a record 285 games for the Club, Florimo has been instrumental in North Sydney’s push for re-entering the NRL in partnership with a new Perth franchise. Until now, the former NSW and Australian representative has been guarded about sharing his thoughts on the Bears potential re-instatement but today’s decision by...

Laurie Daley is one of the most highly regarded people in rugby league. Daley is three time premiership winner, a former Nsw and Australian captain and one of the most competitive and dynamic players in the game’s history. But the champion Canberra Raiders legend has unfinished business - that being ensuring NSW continues to shine at State Of Origin Combat In this revealing interview, Daley t...

Tarryn Aiken is regarded as the best female rugby league player in the World. Recently named the Golden Boot Winner, Aiken has dominated at NRLW and representative level for the past few seasons. But it hasn’t been all smooth sailing for the 25-year-old Queensland representative with Aiken having to overcome family tragedy to achieve all her goals. In this episode of Chiming In, the champion five-...

Mose Masoe was told he would never walk again after breaking his neck while playing in the English Super League. The former Sydney Roosters, Penrith Panthers and St George Illawarra Dragons representative, underwent a life saving operation before embarking on a remarkable road to recovery. Mose speaks at length about he re-built his life and managed to defy doctors - making a miraculous recovery t...

The veteran journalist is in his 50th year of covering the game and shares some of the highlights of his career with Steve 'Chimes' Gillis in this edition of Chiming In. Rothfield talks about the day he suffered a massive heart attack, and was lucky to survive. He reflects on the Super League War and tells of some of his personal clashes with several of the game's most high profile people. It's Ro...

Super League wars, player sacking & gaol time plus everything in between, Steve 'Chimes' Gillis has been at the centre of everything Rugby League for the past 45 years. From his start as a copy boy for News Ltd to time at the 'bible' Rugby League week before starting as a player agent on the eve of the Super League war. Chimes opens up about the good times and the bad this time as a guest on h...

He’s larger than life and has entertained rugby league fans on and off the field for more than 50 years. Darryl “The Big Marn” Brohman opens up on footy, life, love and how he is indebted to the game of rugby league. A premiership winning forward and Queensland Rothmans Medal winner, Brohman has entertained fans for many years on radio and television. Brohman’s love of life will have you chuckling...

Nathan Gibbs had never really given any thought to becoming a doctor until after he received his HSC results. The emerging rugby league star decided he would attempt to juggle a career in sport while studying medicine at university. Gibbs went on to captain South Sydney and represented City before having a season with the powerhouse Parramatta Eels in the 1980s. Today he is regarded one of Austral...

Former rugby league star David Gillespie is regarded one of the toughest players ever to lace a boot but he also boasts a softer side.   Gillespie opens up to Steve Gillis on life, love and footy and reveals how he checked himself into Rehab after a poker machine addiction derailed his life.   He also reveals how he lost a finger in a work accident and defied doctors orders to return to...

Blake Steep is regarded one of the most promising young rugby league players in the business. He’s also an adventurer, who together with his dad Brent, often delve into the ocean or the bush to fish or hunt.   Steep tells Steve Gillis of an adventure gone wrong when his dad has a heart attack while spearfishing and he has pull out all stops to save his life. The young Sydney Roosters forward...

With 264 first-grade appearances, 3 Premierships, 4 Grand Final Appearances, 3 World Club Challenges, 4 Minor Premierships, and 1 Origin appearance, Jake Friend has cemented himself as a Roosters and NRL legend. But it hasn't all been smooth sailing.   Sacked by the Sydney Roosters as a 19 year old after repeated indiscretions with the law, Friend took up a job cutting vegetabl...

Decorated sports journalist Paul Kent is one of the most polarising figures in the Australian media. As the face of Fox Sports' flagship program NRL 360, Kent had the world at his feet until consecutive run-ins with the law triggered his demise. Now on the comeback trail, the award winning journalist breaks his silence with Steve Gillis about the hurdles he’s had to overcome and his plans for the...