Hyper Thetic RL

Here is one for the Eels fans. What if Todd Lowrie passes to Hayne and he scores under the posts in the 75th minute of the 2009 GF? This one felt great and then instantly sad. Hope you enjoy longer than I did.

What if Peter Sterling had become a Sea Eagle instead of an Eel? Canterbury, Manly and Parramatta (and probably other clubs) where in search of young talent in the Riverina area in the late 70s. Canterbury ended up with Mortimer, Parramatta with Sterling and Manly with Steve Martin. This episode examines the effect that Manly signing Sterling instead of Steve Martin would of made. John Kolc anyone...

Every wondered what would of happened if the BRL was as strong financially as the NSWRL in the 1980s? Well my special guest and Qld correspondent Chris and I imagine a world where this is true. Join us and find out what may have happened.

Picture it. Round 21 1989 on the Gold Coast. The Cronulla Sharks pull off a last minute victory that sends the entire 1989 finals system onto a new trajectory.

We mess with the structure of the NRL for fun. The NRL goes Promotion/Relegation and it makes some interesting consequences over the period of the almost 20 years it is implemented.

It's time for Cronulla to go Up Up to the top earlier than they did...

Its time to go back to the English Super League and visit our friends. Whilst there we muck around with their love of promotion/relegation and I go on a rant. You know what they say...don't podcast angry. Well I think I broke that rule.

In this episode, we examine the 2010 finals series and particularly a famous game between the Wests Tigers and the Sydney Roosters.

In 1929 a plot was made between old rivals South Sydney and Balmain to steal and share the local district from Glebe by kicking them out of the competition....or was it the area of Glebe was changing to a more industrial and less residential area and their support was dwindling? Either way, our episode this week is about Glebe and instead of being voted out they survive but they re-locate. Where t...

Who hates finals footy. All that excitement and drama...No-one...I thought so. Well have I got an episode for you...maybe but its not this one. In this episode, we continue the period that the NSWRL goes first past the post by say 47 years.

So it's time to draw focus to the English game and what better team's history to focus on than Wigan. I have no real love or hate for Wigan but I will mess with them a little.

This episode is about Cliff Lyons and his short career with Norths. What if it was much longer?

This one is dedicated to the great Noel Kelly. We give him redemption for the 1963 GF loss and we generally muck around with St George. I break my rule to talk about Parramatta but hey I need to do this one now. A long one but a worthy topic.

When you talk about the history of RL in Australia, how can you not talk about 1909? I hope I do it justice...

Redemption for those Broncos fans...They win the 2015 Grand Final. Maybe Ben Hunt can get some redemption too?

In this episode we look at the failed relocation (merger with the Campbelltown District) of the Newtown Jets in the early to mid 1980s. Would Newtown still survive in the NRL in some capacity to this day....I have no idea but it is fun to think about.

My look at the implications of a victory by Illawarra in the 1992 NSWRL final against St George. How would it effect things if the St George 4 - Illawarra 0 result had been in Illawarra's favour instead? Listen to me bumble through the answer to that question.