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The Beer Footy Festival is looming large (18 July @ Henson Park, Marrickville) and we welcome independent brewer, Hawke's Brewing Co., to the mike via the agency of their digital marketing guru, Ben Hansen, to talk about their role in the festivities. Fire Up! favourite, Alby Talarico, adds the Newtown Jets perspective. And Fire Up! relationships correspondent, Emma Domoney, looks towards a Taylor...

Rugby league means pain, none more right now than is the case for followers of St. George Illawarra. We bring in the Prince of Punishment and media baron, John Gregory, to help process the particular discomfort being endured by Dragons fans. And we tackle one of the greater dilemmas in footy today which has seen Lord Benji Marshall be at odds with Emeritus Professor, Roy Masters, in working out wh...

Rugby league pundit, Stephen Rae, joins the show and adds his voice to Fire Up! in that we collectively know nothing about rugby league. Stephen also is unmoved by the return of Captain Charger up on the Gold Coast. However, alarm bells are ringing that the Storms have remixed their clanging cowbell tape. An inquiry seems inevitable. Fire Up! Covering the real rugby league stories. See omnystudio....

It's Origin II time and it is apparent that rugby league, racing and the punt have never been more intertwined. Helping us unpack it all is Duncan Fine, a renaissance man whose love for the Bunnies is a matter of great pride (of the league).Who is rugby league's Justin Hemmes before there was ever a Justin Hemmes? And for all those who oppose the Leichhardt refurb, we say 'shoosh'...just like Rome...

After an inevitable moratorium owing to the goings on at the weekend at CommBank Stadium, Fire Up! returns to duty to explore the existential void associated with being a league fan, nay a sports fan. We trawl through three of the most downbeat of pressers in recent memory in Fire Up!'s Medley Of Misery . Returning guests, PJ Lane and Terry Bull, find out they are connected by Don Lane's love...

JR returns to Fire Up! to explain his controversial statements on a previous episode. about who's game is it. To her credit, Emma Domoney gives him the time of day. We look at the meaning of statistics , Ciraldo's clear belief that the Dogs are a big club and Denis Carnahan reminds us that PVL is both Jesus and Superman. And we tackle the biggest question coming out of Origin I - does Peter FitzSi...

PWA tag team sensations, Mana & Manoush, join us ahead of their upcoming title match against North Shore's Wrestling's Sam & Jack Osborne to talk about their passion for their footy teams, for Origin and for their greater western Sydney roots. Things don't get out of hand as they throw shade at the fine pair of gentlemen that make up the Osbornes, but it was a close struck thing.  See...

SEN Women's Origin commentator and Ladies Who League legend, Mary Konstantopoulos, joins us to talk all forms of Origin, Not So Magic round and the protocols surrounding fan forums. And her baby daughter, Peta Amelia, is on the show as well! Hear what happens when an Eels girl and a Sharks boy have a baby together and then have to provide counsel to the youngster as to who to barrack for. See omny...

As Benji sprays some air freshener around the Zurich Centre, we’re joined by JR who shares all his NRL bugbears (which doesn’t include opinionated fans who aren’t club members). In fact, he ventilates some important matters that will help get rid of any odour of negativity around the game in general. Not sure if it’s enough to get to rid of the current whiff of desperation...

Doesn't matter whether you're James Bracey, the Perth Bears, the 6 again rule or the broadcaster of horse racing documentaries, you are in crisis. It's up to Fire Up! to pair up with celebrity Rabbitohs fan, PJ Lane, to try and repair the fabric of OUR game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fire Up! is joined by Venues NSW and Sydney Roosters lawyer, Stephen Gorry, not dressed in a suit. It turns out there are better military ciphers than the landing at Gallipoli as the Dragons and the Storms suffered in manners resembling way more one sided wars. As always, Turbo's hammies and AI Gus feature. And we touch on the Jarome Luai trip to PNG and what it could mean. Well, it means that he...

Sharknado Survivor, Peter Campbell, joins us to help underline why you should never accept the Chairman's invitation to breakfast. We cover off the departures of Flanno, Haran & The Menace. But our deadline meant that we missed the boning of Kyle in what's been a bad month of Kyles. Peter laments the Sharks' lack of consistency. Amens all round from all league fans. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Denis Carnahan returns to the co-host seat to provide a lot of Raiders chat you didn't know you needed. The Dragons coaching issue turns somewhat dark as talk turns to how much rope Flanno is entitled to when you are in the hot seat, now found on the sideline. And Denis gets the party started by setting the Stadium Australia car park to music on the occasions where Canterbury-Bankstown ends up ahe...

This episode has it all. Winners (Gale's Tigers). Losers (Rose's Bulldogs). Byes (Charlie White's Roosters).We are joined by Charlie White (The Bye Round podcast and Triple M) and Andrew Rose (game day music guru and The Voice Of PWA) to bathe in a NRL Round 5 bubble bath that had everything. Foz resurrecting Manly at Easter time. Reece whistling while he pushes. Flanno understanding everything an...

This week, we are joined by a man as lime green as Denis Carnahan in Dave Ray. We review the landscape at Shithouse Stadium as the glittering JJ Giltinan Shield run of 2025 is very much in the rear vision mirror of the Raiders bus right now. But Ricky is going up in the Maccas Universe. Anthony Seibold departs Brookie/4 Pines/Lottoland and you'd swear he and Dave are the same person when you hear...

Benji Marshall's standards have opened the profanity floodgates in 2026 as Gordie and Sticky turn the air blue. Fire Up! Founder, Stephen Ferris, returns to ask, What's In A Name?, as the mania for name changing extends beyond the Gorden Tallis Room. We explore what can you find these days in the boot of a coach's car. And we wonder why Multicultural Round didn't extend to Lapland, Czechia and Mai...

It's Round 2, 2026 and already things are falling apart. Anthony Siebold is sleeping fitfully after Manly-Warringah disintegrated in front of the eyes of all at Lottoland. The Knights can't keep their millionaires on the field. The Sydney Roosters can't keep their fans off the field (and their players on bikes) anymore. And the refs can't keep their lips off those damn whistles. Thanks heavens for...

Brendan joins us to reveal that Fitzy as “been building something” and, while he doesn’t make a predication, he notes that the Sharks will win the Summons Provan in’26Importantly, we take a deep dive into the match of the round @ Ocean PROTECT Stadium - Sharks v Titans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's not even halfway  through Round 1 in the NRL and the blaming has begun. Vegas united Ming The Merciless and Flanno in misery as they failed to get the (gulp) 'rub of the green'.Redfern Pat is on board to peel back all that went down on the Glitter Strip (including Joe Burgess?) and to bid adieu to Buzz in fine style. And we realise that PVL & Buzz are still on opposite sides of our g...

The boys return for the 2026 season and find themselves in the thick of it as they plausibly podcast from the Glitter Strip in Las Vegas. They cover off the pre-season with its usual diet of aggressive monkeys, porn addiction and mayonnaise and look at the Nevada match ups. And Stephen has a big announcement! Fire Up! Coming at you from the MGM Grand.... or is Excalibur?!? See omnystudio.com/...

For the final show of the year we wrap up deluxe the NRL Grand Finals, both men's and women's, starting and finishing with a deep dive inside the enigmatic Reece Martin's head, driving by the big brawl in the NRLW Final, Teddy Swims v Snoop, the Telstra wristband, a slight digression through the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Spinal Tap 2, Madge and Bellyache, and, as always, much, much more. Including a m...

With special guest Redfern Pat out of the NRL Buinker and LIVE in the studio this week, After discussing the short lived "Freya Fires Up!" show on SKYNews and the misappropriation of the Fire Up! brand, Snoop Dogg and his doppelganger, Teddy Swims' cancellation, shenanigans  at the Caringbah Inn, and an emo Raiders lament from Denis Carnahan, our hosts finally get down to talking about some f...

The underdog Shark’s triumph, Canberra’s lack of soul - and humour - exposed, the astonishing hypocrisy of the Roosters’ “Zero Tolerance” policy towards leaning in to look at bags of powder, the ‘unsustainable” culture at Belmore Rd, and the breathtaking Panthers….all get discussed in this week’s episode. As usual we get a brilliant NRL parody...

This week our hosts discuss the first week of the finals with special guest PJ Lane, son of legendary entertainer Don Lane, who has plenty of stories to tell! And of course the incredible exploits of Rheece get some airtime! Thanks for listening! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Having a week off sorry - we're behind closed doors celebrating our season in fancy dress with the Fire Up team this week. Back next week - but enjoy a song from Denis Carnahan! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.