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We caught up with Raymond Terrace captain and halfback Luke Handsaker to talk local footy, the drop in participation in his local area over the last ten years as well as revealing the locations of the Newcastle & Hunter Rugby League finals series.

We proudly bring up episode 50 of LeagueCastle and raise the bat with Tim Christie joining us again, this time wearing his Waratah Mayfield hat (interestingly Tim is the first man to make 4 episodes representing 3 different clubs - Episode 8, Ep 21, Ep 29 & now Ep 50 - not bad in just over 15 months). As always our show couldn't happen without our great supporters Newy Threads & Tex Bet.

We caught up with Mallabula VP & Mens B Grade Manager Brad Fogarty, talking his lacklustre Dogs, high flying Panthers by two as well as casting our eye across the next week of fixtures in Newcastle Rugby League, Newcastle & Hunter Rugby League and the Maitland Pickers in the NSWRL President's Cup Brought To You By Newy Threads Also thanks to our Tipping Sponsors TexBet - check www.texbet.c...

We caught up with Matt Richards of Western Suburbs to chat all the local footy comps, the ongoing Covid regulations and adherance as well as unveiling our newest segment - LeagueCastle's Bachelor of the Year.

We caught up with host of local podcast What's New In The Castle & South Newcastle front rower Daniel Nilsson to chat all things about him temporarily putting the boots up as well as how Souths are travelling & the restructure of the NHCRL competitions. Brought to you by Newy Threads

We caught up with former The Entrance Tigers premiership player & now Budgewoi Bulldogs player coach Coedi Towney to talk all things local footy as well as a brief chat with Dora Creek 7 try hero Royce Geoffrey to talk about that day out and the Swampies season so far Brought To You By Newy Threads

We caught up with Thornton-Beresfield Bears A Grade Captain Coach Pat Robards to talk about the return of the Bears, their winning start to the season as well as all things local footy. A big thanks to Pat for his time! Brought to you by Newy Threads

A run down & preview of the Newcastle Rugby League competition ahead of the revised 2020 season including a team by team cover of the Tier 1 sides. Thanks to our guest for this episode Josh Callinan of The Newcastle Herald you can catch all of Josh's work at www.theherald.com.au Brought to You by Newy Threads

We looked ahead at each of the grades for the 2020 NHCRL Season with some guests. A Grade - Kahn Juhnke (West Wallsend Magpies) - 2:42 B Grade - Mitch Flanagan (Wallsend Maryland Tigers) - 17:52 C Grade - Jack Dawson (Hamilton Ducks) - 29:15 D Grade - John Warburton (Kearsley Crushers) - 37:51 LLT & Womens Tackle - Shae Ross (Aberglasslyn Ants) - 42:55 A big thankyou to all our guests who gave...

We caught up this week with the well traveled former West Tamworth junior who has now taken the reins at Singleton Greyhounds as captain coach ahead of their foray into the 2020 Newcastle & Hunter Community Rugby League Win Network A Grade Premiership. We talked all things Singleton, some Newcastle & Hunter Community Rugby League as well as his upcoming podcast What Lies Beneath which deal...

Owen Craigie 1995-99 Newcastle Knights - 76 Games 2000-01 Wests Tigers - 23 Games 2002-04 South Sydney Rabbitohs - 54 Games 2005 Widnes Vikings - 15 Games Honours Selected for Australian Schoolboys Side 3 Years Running (only player to do so) First Grade Debut at 17 1995 NSWRL Reserve Grade Premiers 1997 ARL Premiers Member of Inaugral Wests Tigers Side

We caught up with returning Central Newcastle outside back Josh Neilson to talk all things around the countdown to footy with all local comps Newcastle Rugby League, NSWRL President's Cup, Newcastle & Hunter Community Rugby League & Central Coast Rugby League kicking off in 2.5 weeks. We also chatted his satire page @dailybluenews on Instagram, his lack of passion, taking sickies and his s...

A chat with former Lakes United & Wyong Roos premiership winger and now Northern Lakes first grade player coach Jayson MacKenzie. Talking all things Northern Lakes, the impacts of Covid on the Central Coast Rugby League, an injury that almost cost him a career, some thoughts on Newcastle comps, and a question from Belmont South's coach and resident KFC connoisseur Aarron Morris. Brought to you...

A catch up with Glendale Gorillas president Ben Robertson talking about the upcoming Newcastle & Hunter Community Rugby League season, the draft draw that was released recently, the impact of Covid on his club and the 4 year path Glendale ahs taken building up from a rag tag D Grade side to having two sides they believe can compete for premierships in 2020. Brought To You By Newy Threads

Sitting down with Dave Wild (NSWRL Competitions Administrator) & Keith Onslow (Manager Newcastle/Central Coast Regional Rugby League - NSWRL) talking about what the recent announcements allowing a return to Community Senior Sport from July 1st means for our local Rugby League competitions in Newcastle & the Central Coast. Brought to you by NewyThreads

Peter Shiels Penrith Panthers (1993) - 5 Games Western Suburbs Magpies (1994) - 6 Games Western Reds (1995-97) - 48 Games Newcastle Knights (1998-2000) - 61 Games St Helens (2001-02) - 47 Games Honours 2001 World Club Challenge winner 2001 Challenge Cup Final winner 2002 Super League Grand Final winner

Talking all things isolation and lockdown, including Hosko's theory that Hitler might have been misunderstood and Sam recollecting a time he became captain of his footy team "by default " with our host Chris's help, and we even snuck in a little bit of footy chat. Brought to you by Newy Threads

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Featuring Dora Creek Swampies outside back and fast talker Scott Fitzpatrick talking lockdown, push up challenges, seagulling tries, footy resuming, a Central Coast NRL/NSW Cup team and why he thinks he is a smarter coach than Dave Hoban.

Mark Taufua Newcastle Knights (2007-11) 67 Games Cronulla Sharks (2012-13) 21 Games Samoa (2009-13) - 7 Matches including 2013 Rugby League World Cup  Wests Rosellas (2014-19) This episode brought to you by Newy Threads

We had a catch up with Jade Porter talking moving from Moree, lots of premierships, his alter ego and how he is chomping at the bit for footy to come back As Always our show is brought to you by Newy Threads!

We caught up with Chris Hyde to talk his time with Woy Woy Roosters, Macquarie Scorpions, North Sydney & Melbourne Storm as well as his journey on the NRL Rookie. Brought to you by our great partners at Newy Threads!

We caught up with Daniel Abraham and talked all things in his career from his early days playing footy in Lake Macquarie, through to an NRL Premiership, almost heading to the UK, playing in North Queensland before returning home and fittingly leading the club e started his career with to a drought breaking premiership.

We talk to Lakes United Senior Vice President Tony Delaney about the latest news from NSWRL of a scheduled return to play date of July 18th & a return to train date of July 1st and what this means for local clubs and the competition. As always this episode brought to you by our great sponsors at Newy Threads!

A catch up with Daniel Nilsson to chat all things local footy, lockdown and his new podcast - What's New In The Castle? Worth a listen to find out how he really spent the money he won on Millionaire Hot Seat and to find out which former Newcastle magnate has a beef with Dan that has run for over 6 years! We also talk some local footy and how the delay has affected Dan and his team mates at Souths...