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Our hosts discuss the virtues or otherwise of Allianz Stadium, whether Yochi culture has taken the next generation of halfbacks, and the great pie-throwing atrocity at the  Dragons/Bulldogs game. And that's just for starters...tune in to hear the full gamut of irrelevant yet spirited discussion. If you manage to sit through the whole episode, please leave a review or tell your firiends or fam...

We're back for our first episode in 2025 as the NRL season commences in Vegas and this week's games are dodging a cyclone. As always we're swinging pendulum-like between hope and hate, yes the song does indeed remain the same. Giddy up, Game On, let's get it on! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Season's Greetings to all Fire Up! Listeners, we've put together a little "Best Of" to commemorate another year of inane blatherings about the NRL in all its glory....and it's many atrocities! Thanks again to all the guests who appeared on the show this year, as well as the Production team (Mash Ferris and Josh Beagley) and Andrew Gordon from Personal Best Media. Here's looking forward to another...

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Special Guest Podcaster and ex-Cricketer Shane Lee joins the boys in the studio as Stephen battles his PTSD at not being the Game Day DJ for the first time in many, many years to discuss The NRL Grand Final, the run up, the game, the fallout....and as always, much much more!!! Thanks for listening this year, we'll be back next year and keep your eye out for some off-season special episodes. Big Lo...

With most of the NRL fraternity focussed on this week's grand final, Fire Up! scratches at the surface of the supernatural and paranormal realms this week, as ghost stories begin to emanate from the Pearce family. Crazy stuff, but you can't ignore it! And of course our hosts dig deep - some might say too deep - into the forthcoming big dance. Spooooooky Tune in comrades for all this and much, much...

And then there were 4. If you need a completely non-critical, non-expert analysis of where the NRL Season is at right now, you've stumbled on to the right POD. Fortunately our hosts have spies everywhere, from the Caringbah Inn to the set of 100% Footy to the cockpit of the Vlandys Airlines NRL Jet, and have got all the big news covered. Thanks for listening   See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

As this oh-so-long Season of Rugby League winnows it's way to conclusion, our hosts are exhausted and furious. With hope taken off the table, now there is little do but hate. But wait.....does Stephen have a secret affinity for the Panthers? And Kris seems very-entrenched with the Eastern Suburbs elite at The Chooks? What's afoot? Join us to find out, and hear a bunch of non-expert pontifications...

With our hosts gearing up for Mad Monday and the upcoming Finals, the fastest man in Rugby League has given them plenty to discuss in a last minute heroic effort to enter the Fire Up! Hall Of Shame. They also lament the passing of the Burgi, discuss the "Spoon Bowl" and laud the innovative Fireball Bubbler coming soon to the Robin Hood Hotel.  And as always, much, much more. Tune in to tune out, L...

With all sorts of action occurring at the fringe of the Final 8 and at the nether regions of the ladder, our hosts regroup after a week in Ibiza with regular guest Denis Carnahan to discuss Hip Drops, Merger Mania, Wagering Content, the PVL Dreamliner, generous Tommy Turbo, Deathriding, The Spoon Bowl, Wayne..... and of course much, much more! Tune in, sign up, follow, get involved, spread the wor...

Sorry listeners we're having a week off, we're short a host and a producer so it was all just too hard this week! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With 2 Happy Hosts in the studio after a rare brace of victories, they discuss Kris's "Game Day Experiences" over the weekend, start a new band called "Buzz & The Flanagans," breathlessly await the announcement of the next Rugby League IMMORTAL, mounting the case for the demonic Cameron Smith, discuss Les Boyd and the Hall Of Fame...or Shame, and look further into Latrell-Gate, amongst much, m...

We're joined this week by Dave Ray who has a nose for a story and a deeply held affection for the Canberra Raiders. He has also sat next to Tigers supremo, Shane Richardson, during a game at Leichhardt this year and lived to tell the tale. We discuss everything from Nathan Cleary's Rexona commercial to Nibbler Flanagan and the Trbojevic Tricksters. And much, much more! See omnystudio.com/listener...

Things were a little existential and spiritual in the Fire Up! studios this week, as our hosts discussed exhumations, Creationism, Life Coaches and St. Jerome of Latimore. STGI's epochal victory against the Storm is discussed, along with The Prophet Of Belmore, Coaching Jocularity and DJ Otsi. We get a great new track from Denis Carnahan celebrating Papaalii's 300th, and as always, MUCH, MUCH more...

With the Olympics and Rugby League coalescing this week our hosts have adopted the Spirit of Revolution and are "Mad as hell and not going to take it anymore!" They discuss overturning the RL Class system and "The Big Walk" at the Tigers, along with St George getting "Nathanised" on the weekend. They spend some time talking about ways to "Fix" Rugby League let's just say that the brilliant ideas a...

Still basking in the victorious afterglow of Origin III, this week our Blueslander hosts are joined by Matt Rule, promoter of the upcoming "Beer, Food & Footy" Festival held annually at Newtown Oval, to discuss what happens on the day, the promising future of the Jets, the freeform Jazz improv performance of ref Ashley Klein, the Luai Hustle, The Bulldog "Hustlers", Trumpian Robbo and much muc...

In the lead up to the massive Origin III Decider we have the inestimable Vonnie Sampson from Fox Footy join us to discuss Mankinis, Possums, Fred Zeppelin, Police Escorts, The "Caco", Schnapps for breakfast, Navel Gazing and Regurgitator in a box. And some footy. Listen in for all the good goss. And tell your friends please, we need some more listeners! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Unfortunately we've had to cancel this week's episode due to a Personal Injury Mishap to one of our hosts. Back next week! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We wrap up all the important news to come out of Round 17 and State Of Origin II, trying to make sense of 90,000 confused Melburnians, Ashley Klein's need to be liked, Billy Slater's private video room and all the Sin Bin confusion. Sticky "Dials In" again and we live in fear of The Rise Of The Robots. All this and much much more!!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the eve of Origin II our hosts bemoan the absence of genuine nude streakers these days, talk up "Little Guys" with Vossy and Brandy, discuss the importance of having "Mitchell's" in your team and worry about Stephen Crichton's burgeoning handshake repertoire. All this and a severely inadequate preview of the big game.  With a new tune from Denis Carnahan and as always much much more!   See omny...

In the wrap up of Round 15, our hosts explore the idea of Role Models across the code, debate the etymology of the term "Glass Houses" (spoiler - it's not Billy Joel), the expansion team potential of the Beijing Bears, and take a deep dive into the motivational power of ribald tattoos. They also look into beat poet fanboy Tristan Sailor, ask "can Gutho Moonwalk?" and go hard at Billy Slater's tran...

What else is there to talk about this week but - The Dismissal?  Well our hosts do bemoan the musical choices from The Origin Debacle, and talk up the pre-game Lebanese meal at Accor Stadium,  but the incident between the "Pretty Boys" dominates the hearts, minds and conversation of all. Along the way they get to revisit Nate Myles's best work and credentials, Denis Carnahan's classic "That's In Q...

On the eve of the first Origin game for 2024, our hosts focus on the complex issues behind the facile back page news of the daily blatherings, such as Corey “Scavenger” Parker’s wedding night BLT, eradicating Sweet Caroline from the face of the earth, The DFAT Raiders’ Vegas gambit, The Taiwan Tornadoes, Vlandy’s Rosehill Ghetto and create a tonne of content for the impending reality that is PVLTV...

With Origin Rounds looming and injury carnage across the competition, many clubs that are flailing and floundering my be sniffing a chance to put their seasons back on track. Our hosts look back on Indigenous Round and have plenty of fodder for their segments "Dial In," "Rugby League Biology" and "On The Wires." As always we feature lots of (in)appropriate tunes and highly irrelevant information,...

With Special Guest Redfern Pat in the studio to discuss the fallout from Magic Round, the injury carnage keeps piling up and the controversies are erupting thick and fast. Nothing gets past the Fire Up crew, from Brad Arthur's Mad Monday to the Fifita Backflip to the PNG Franchise and Bellamy's Bits 'R' Us Business. Make sure to DIAL IN! one more time and come out the other end much more well info...