NOT The Footy Show - NRL Podcast

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 271 of NOT The Footy Show for the 5th edition of The Recruitment Whisperers during the NRL Off-Season. Dylan Brown's manager declaring he's available to the very highest bidder should be setting off alarm bells at Parramatta with not only the new kids on the block the Redcliffe Dolphins keen as mustard but

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 270 of NOT The Footy Show as we wrap up Week 2 of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup being played in the UK. In Week 2 - Australia looked tremendous, New Zealand scored the most points but Jamaica won World Cup's hearts, PNG still hit to hurt, the Samoans looked more likely and did Tonga take a step back? As for

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 269 of NOT The Footy Show for the 4th edition of The Recruitment Whisperers during the NRL Off-Season. With Josh Jackson retiring with a full year on his deal - Canterbury supremo Phil Gould now has a war chest for 2024 and beyond thanks to the cap flexibility Jackson's retirement gives them in 2023. Hello Mitchell Moses? Hello Latrell

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 268 of NOT The Footy Show as we wrap up Week 1 of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup being played in the UK right now. We cover England's gigantic win over a woeful Samoa, Australia doing the business against Fiji and New Zealand cantering to a win over a spirited Lebanon but the game of the tournament so far was PNG v

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 267 of NOT The Footy Show - the third instalment of 'The Recruitment Whisperers' as we discuss Luke Brooks, finally - almost certainly - getting his wish and joining the Newcastle Knights for 2023. It looks like Jake Clifford has been helped out the door to the UK and if the Knights decide Brooks is worth

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 266 of NOT The Footy Show as we preview just how good the New Zealand Kiwis will be against the Rest of the World Cup in the UK starting this weekend. We also have to revisit the jersey number debacle that's a direct result of the Australian Rugby League falling asleep at the wheel (Yes Mal Meninga...

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 265 of NOT The Footy Show - the second instalment of 'The Recruitment Whisperers' as we talk all things Supercoach Seibold being gifted the Manly job, Scott Penn saying bye bye Des Hasler and ask where to now for the Trbojevic Brothers?  You can be certain Gus Gould has already picked up the phone for them

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 264 of NOT The Footy Show - the first of our 'The Recruitment Whisperers' shows for the NRL Off-Season to be released ahead of 2023. We cover off Munster and Hunt re-signing, wonder if Klemmer should sign with the Tigers, Tabuai-Fidow joins the Dolphins, Sullivan looks like he's off to Canterbury and ask what's

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 263 of NOT The Footy Show as they break down the Australian Kangaroos Team for the upcoming Rugby League World Cup in the UK.  We pick our preferred starting lineups and the bench is particular point of contention - with where Jack Wighton ends up in the 17 a big factor in how we settled on our teams. &

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 262 of NOT The Footy Show as they review Penrith's utterly dominant 28-12 win over Parramatta in the 2022 NRL Grand Final.  That's back to back Premierships for the Panthers - and thoroughly deserved too.  Parramatta were just outplayed and outmatched on the biggest day of the year.  We

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 261 of NOT The Footy Show as we preview the Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels in the 2022 NRL Grand Final. We break down both team lineups and wonder if Brad Arthur has pulled off one of the great all time selection ploys by waiting until the GF to recall Nathan Brown. You'll get our bold NRLGF predictions:&

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 260 of NOT The Footy Show as they review Parramatta's 24-20 win over North Queensland and Penrith's 32-12 win over South Sydney in the Preliminary Finals. This now means it will be a Penrith v Parramatta Grand Final and Stadium Australia is going to be going off on Sunday October 2. Oh and has anyone seen

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 259 of NOT The Footy Show as they preview Cowboys-Eels and Panthers-Rabbitohs in the 2022 NRL Preliminary Finals. Chances to reach an NRL Grand Final don't come along every day, so we give our predictions on the two sides we think fight it out for Premiership glory on October 2 at Stadium Australia. We also ask

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 258 of NOT The Footy Show as they recap big Semi Final wins by Parramatta and South Sydney in NRL Finals Week 2. So we say goodbye to Canberra and Cronulla and ask how good Souths can be if Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker turn things up a notch next week? We also explore how it's Parramatta under all the pressure to take out the 2022 NRL

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 257 of NOT The Footy Show as they give their predictions for NRL Finals Week 2 - Parramatta v Canberra and Cronulla v Souths in the Semi Finals.  We also discuss Phil Gould's lambasting of the NRL Bunker (once again and quite rightly) to open the show, then finally get off that and dive into why we think Parramatta or Canberra

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 256 of NOT The Footy Show as they recap the opening week of the 2022 NRL Finals - featuring wins by Penrith, Canberra, North Queensland and South Sydney.  The season is over for Melbourne and the Chooks, after Elimination Final victories by Canberra 28-20 and Souths 30-14 respectively. In the Qualifying Finals the Panthers asserted their

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 255 of NOT The Footy Show as they debate which matchup would be the NRL's Dream Grand Final - both in 2022 and also if any two NRL teams could make it in a future year?  Waz thinks Parramatta are the biggest draw for the NRL in an all-Sydney Grand Final but Coxsmith may not agree... we'd love to hear your picks for the NRL's

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 254 of NOT The Footy Show as they Preview Week 1 of the 2022 NRL Finals Series. We give you a good half an hour on the four Semi Finals being played this weekend with Penrith v Parramatta, Melbourne v Canberra, Cronulla v North Queensland and Easts v Souths on the Week 1 Schedule. Coxsmith and Waz also give their pick for what they think

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 253 of NOT The Footy Show as they get back in front of a microphone to discuss how open the 2022 NRL Premiership race appears to be after it appeared like a one horse race a month ago. We also talk Coxsmith's hand-washing of his beloved Red V, Waz's quiet confidence in Canberra knocking out any one of the Eels,

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 252 of NOT The Footy Show to review Cam Munster's masterpiece as QLD beat NSW 16-10 in Game 1 of the 2022 State of Origin Series in Sydney. Queensland now take a 1-0 series lead to Perth later this month and a host of confidence after losing last year's series in two games. Ashley Klein may get a mention but

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 251 of NOT The Footy Show as they dissect the NSW Blues and QLD Maroons Teams selected for Game 1 of the 2022 State of Origin Series. There's 7 rookies set to lineup in Game 1 as Brad Fittler and Billy Slater ring the changes from last year's series - won 2-1 by NSW. We talk the massive loss of Tom

It took 6 NRL Rounds and 48 games to be played but NOT The Footy Show has indeed come back for 2022. Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for a comprehensive State of the NRL podcast through the opening rounds covering all 16 Teams. Stick around for bonus NRL Jokediciary thoughts and NRL Commentator analysis to close out our first show of the year. Apologies for Waz's audio - will fix

Penrith have defeated Souths 14-12 in the 2021 NRL Grand Final to claim the club's 3rd NRL Premiership, so join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for NOT The Footy Show Episode 249 as they review the decider shortly after the game finished. Nathan Cleary is awarded the Clive Churchill Medal and his father Ivan wins his first premiership on the third attempt, as the Penrith coach goes one better

It's Grand Final time! Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for NOT The Footy Show Episode 248 and our 2021 NRL Grand Final Preview as the Penrith Panthers take on the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Is it time for the Ivan Cleary's Panthers to deliver on two superb seasons with a Premiership or will Uncle Benny steer South Sydney to his 8th win in 10

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for NOT The Footy Show Episode 247 as we recap both 2021 NRL Preliminary Finals - Souths 36 def. Manly 16 and Penrith 10 def. Melbourne 6. That leaves us with a Rabbitohs v Panthers Grand Final next Sunday October 3 at Suncorp Stadium and we review how the Penrith and Souths did the business in the Prelims... and some things the NRL simply can't keep