Ruck 'n Roll

A World Cup or two, a few Sherbets, some elite footy tipping, the odd failed prediction, an assortment of Daryl's and an incredible Indian banquet. All on the one podcast? There is only one way to find out. Ruck ON!!!       Kevin Hillier, Mark Fine, Stephen J Peak, Ken Francis Producer - Steve Visscher  © 2026 Howdy Partners Media  See omnystudio.com/listener for...

As the EOFY sales come to a halt, it is time to take stock of the sporting year. Our fearless, peerless (and some would say clueless) panellists give their three predictions for the rest of the year. Finey forsees the World Cup, Brownlow, AFL Premiers, Coleman Medal & Melbourne Cup results. Kev's prognostications are England's chances in the World Cup plus changes at the top of Aussie cricket...

The sporting cup runneth over, with World Cup football, darts, Wimbledon, US Open golf, State of Origin Rugby League, netball finals and of course yet another round of our favourite - AFL.  In the hotly contested Lenny's Fine Food Tipping Competition, Ken tipped the card in a form reversal to rival anything seen on a sporting field anywhere. This week there's plenty of sport to discuss and Fi...

Welcome aboard your weekly flight to the Bermuda Triangle of podcasting otherwise known as Ruck 'n Roll (insert Vincent Price Thriller laugh but strictly no MJ-like groin touching). Captain Hillier speaking at the controls, along with First Officer Kenny 'Cockpit' Francis and your cabin crew Purser Peak and our Chef de Mission - launching Lenny's Fine Flying Food - Mark Fine.   Our fligh...

'As the chill of winter brings its icy countenance' is a nice turn of phrase and might be a good opening line for a Bureau of Meteorology staff meeting, but here it acts as an entree to the cold, hard reality of this episode's freshly generated word salad.  It's festive, frivilous, fractious, forthright, fearless, feckless, flamboyant, fiery and flawed ... and even Kev has injected an F word...

Is it vile or vial? Is it cheating or competing? Is it right or rort? A robust discussion about the Enhanced Games is just part of the fun and games in this episode. The robustness continues through football of all codes and modes and our intrepid panel drill down on everything from commentary to name changes and even some dental cover. The perils of the pre-recorded show strike as we discuss Brad...

We go all out for the celebration of Scott Pendlebury's AFL games record. Every 433 seconds, one of our intrepid team will say something Scott related. Listen carefully because it maybe subtle, vague or even obtuse.  Also in this Scott-stacked episode, a deep dive into World of Scott.  We dare ask the questions that have puzzled for years: Is Scott a better surname or Christian name?&nbs...

Robust, spirited, feisty, vigorous, unyielding, tempered, lively, compelling and intense are just some of the words you won't hear in this episode of Ruck 'n Roll, but several describe the nature of banter in this week's program. You might like to add inane, irrelevant, unprintable, insulting and nonsensical. No more words, time for some music.   Our musical journey takes us to the Bermu...

All hands are on deck for this episode as Stephen J Peak returns. It is a culinary explosion as Stephen shares his rather dubious degustation destination during his absence. Who knew dinner could be an occupation!? The SJP Experience isn't finished there, wait 'til you hear about his nocturnal balcony activities.  The following episode is rated OMG and may contain Adult Themes with childish g...

Mark Fine returns from Singapore and Stephen J Peak is a no show! Shock! Horror! Gasp! The gossip columnists would dine out on this development, but nothing to see here.        No IVO's here, the only orders Mr. Peak is interested in come from Uber Eats.  In this episode Anzac Day and the Anzac Appeal round get a robust 360 review. As does the AFL's  ARC, Scott Pendle...

While Finey explores the culinary delights of Singapore, it's an old school three ring circus and there is no shortage of clowns, that's for sure. There are no safety nets used here. Roll on up under the Big Top (one of Stephen's recently laundered golf polos). Ken performs stunts, both cunning and not so. For Kev, it's the Tightrope and other Leon Russell songs. The grand finale is Stephen 'Dange...

It's Showtime. Get ready for a powerful pontification of the people's position pertaining to the pleasure provided when the participants perform their professional pursuits in pastures whose proximity precludes the provision of the populace.  Gather round because unlike Adelaide in April, the heat is on, the seats are undercover and nothing floats in its own pea, or at least we hope not.&nbsp...

The world is prepared for the moon landing, petrol rationing, fluctuations in the share market and global political upheaval, but is anyone ready for Stephen J Peak and his juiced up laptop? His drive is hard, his discs no longer floppy and his storage has increased, but calling himself ‘The Gigabyte King’ might be a stretch.   Ken ‘The Gig Pig’ Francis has been g...

It's like sitting around a campfire, toasting marshmallows and singing Kumbaya!  Said no-one ever about this podcast. With Finey toiling away in the Lenny's Fine Food kitchen, the gleesome threesome roll on regardless and clueless.   Stephen J (The Pompitous of Love) makes some bold football predictions that verge on comedic genius or madness. A team of AI monkeys is currently discu...

Disney had Fantasyland. The Ruck 'n Roll equivalent is Peakville, a land of endless buffets, unlimited litigation, pointless conversations and tuneless music. With that in mind, we forge on regardless to discuss a wide and varied array of human connection points like football, cricket and death, as well as some lighter subjects like death, cricket and football.  Did someone say footy tripping...

We are only two rounds into the AFL season, but the tension is palpable, the emotions are stirring, the loins are being girded and the goats are being scaped. Footy tipping really is serious business, isn't it?  In unrelated news, the Patron Saint of Losing Thoroughbreds Stephen J Peak has had a life changing experience, so too our resident social butterfly Ken Francis, who has been gigging i...

Finey had a better offer, so it is the gleesome threesome discussing the events of the week. And what a week, with footy, Formula One and cricket providing plenty to slice and dice. Despite that, SJP gets in a tizz over an AFL player's jewellery and players not wearing gloves. No-one said it had to make sense and it rarely does.  Musically, it is a trip back to January 1966 for the 3UZ Offici...

After a summer of twirling our seventies cricketing moustaches and enthusiastically rubbing a red ball in our groin area, it's time to get real. Time to get our rucks in a row, our behinds in gear and our floggers in hand. ..Footy is Back, Baby!  Armed with a mouthful of words, a fistful of opinions and a head full of you know what, the Ruck 'n Roll team will leave no turn unstoned to bring y...

Some very painful school memories kick off this episode, with the sting of the cane, the strap and the long wooden ruler echoing in the stories from four very naughty boys. But wait, there's more where that came from as discussion turns to the big news of the week: the Bardot reunion. On a more serious note, sports of all persuasions get the once over, including footy, T20 World Cup, the Moto GP,...

If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, then one member of the R 'n R ensemble is a weapon of mass destruction and he proves it beyond reasonable doubt when talk turns to the AFL State of Origin clash. It's self destruction at the T20 World Cup as the Aussies do a Bradbury - something they don't need at the Winter Olympics, where gold is easier to find than condoms. Speaking of that, romance i...

It's Trouble with a capital T and yes, it does include the 1982 Lindsay Buckingham hit, but that's not all folks. Also on the menu is a Superbowl serving of Bad Bunny, a feast of T20 World Cup action, a slice or two of the AFL's financial pie and the Chef's Surprise is a little something from the Milano Cortina Games that might be hard to swallow.  Musically, we visit February 1982 and the ne...

If the expression 'Worming his way into your affections' was to be used in relation to any member of the R 'n R team, who would you think it would apply to? Find out in this illuminating, eventful and (as always) classy episode.  Noah had enough trouble with two tablets. We have a panellist juggling sixteen a day! Who do you think that might be? Did someone say hypochondriac? Let's just say i...

No bells, whistles, marching bands or fireworks are needed to herald the return of the fab four for a new year of chaos, chatter, blather and whack. Bring on the tennis, cricket, Olympics and a World Cup or two, not to mention footy of all codes. Whether based on fact or fiction, this quartet of talking heads, of various shapes, sizes and attractiveness, will pontificate, adjudicate and facillitat...

'Tis the show before Christmas, the last for the year The rundown resembles something you’d get from Ikea Kevin and Ken will supply lots of banter And Peaky’s built to be our resident Santa The boys are full of cheek and good cheer And plan a big finish to a bloody good year So come all ye faithful and ripe It’s the last time you get to hear all this tripe.     Tha...

As 2025 winds down, our fab four find plenty to get wound up about, including our favourite summer pastimes - cricket and eating sweets. The Poms might have served up another load of tripe but the RnR dessert trolley is laden with everything from fairy bread to Bombe Alaska.  Thankfully, a distinct lack of unprovoked animal attacks for any of the panel this week.  There is some F1 chat,...