Sports Best Friends: Rugby League Podcast

This week we record a Talk Drink Learn about the greatest 16 months in Sydney’s sporting history; we do some Love League Dedications; and do our Wow of the week.

Soulsy from Canberra’s ‘The Green Machine’ podcast sits down to get quizzed on all things Raiders. (Also Big T tried a new mic and it sounded like his nose was losing a fight with a peg. Sorry.)

This episode is all about excitement. We are excited about the May 28th announcement; We are excited about the SBFs Big Draft; We are excited about Peter Sterling in 1986; We are excited about Love League Dedications.

Our love of rugby league is not tied to live games. We ask rugby league people Who Am I as part of our quiz series. This episode we welcome back NRL referee Grant Atkins to play.

Another week down, things might be looking up. We start Love League Dedication; we review 1994 round 4 clash between the Raiders and the Bulldogs; and we look at tweets around Try-assic Park.

Matt from the Bulldogs’ ‘The Bulldogs Fans’ podcast sits down to get quizzed on all things Bulldogs.

Big T looks at Penrith v Bears 1991 Major Semi. We also discuss how we’d have at our 5 person NRL wedding and Glasgow RL’s greatest ever Wests Tigers squad.

Pete from NQ Cowboys ‘On The Ranch’ podcast sits down to get quizzed on all things Cowboys.

Round two 2020 done through social media. Thanks to all the people who sent in their own recorded voices to the RL Social Club.

Rugby league through the lenses of Twitter and other social mediums. This season SBFs is different to last. The sound quality won’t have Murcho’s class, but there is still a lot of Big T love. It’s a short show, and we hope you like the new format.

Jamie Soward is an expert on FoxSports’ Backpage, an expect on NRLTV, an expect commentator on 2GB, and all of this since his long and successful playing career! He played over 200 games for the Roosters, Dragons and Penrith combined; he played in representative teams such as Country, NSW and the Indigenous AllStars, before spending time playing in England. We welcome him to the show.

Michael is the host of the world’s best podcast focused on growing the game of rugby league. He is a brand ambassador for Red Star Belgrade, a member of the Golden Boot committee, the only man who had ever hosted an official an IRL affiliated podcast, and the brains behind this double-header medley of a podcast episode. This episode doubles both a SBFs Story and an episode of Chasing Kangaroos.

David Trodden is an administrator extraordinaire. After his wonderfully successful time overseeing the Wests Tigers he moved into helping improve the state. He is the Chief Executive Officer at New South Wales Rugby League, and a very welcomed guest.

Andrew Ferguson (aka Andrew ALP, aka Rex Ferguson) is the backbone of rugby league research. He is a historian, a record keeper, a statistician, and a writer. Andrew is the author of  "The Story Of Rugby League", and is the best part of the podcast Fergo and the Freak. He is a father of a sass pot, and a great friend of the pod. In this episode Andrew details his life and loves of rugby league.

Clinton Schifcofske played top grade football for over a decade. He captained the Raiders to the finals. He won the Dally M fullback of the year in 2006. He was selected to represent Queensland and the PMs 13 in the mid 2000s. He is equal 15th for most points ever score in Australian rugby league. But most importantly, during the peak of rugby league playing cards, he dominated the print having a...

Grant Atkins has officiated over 200 first grade games. He has been involved in state of Origin, the World Cup, Four Nations, All-Stars, Auckland 9’s, and other a number of international fixtures. He is the host of the podcast ‘View from the Middle’, interviewing referees and umpires from all different sports. But most importantly he loves a bad pun.

Ian Heads and Norm Tasker  are two giants of the literary world. Between them they have written a bijillion* books. They have covered everything from rugby league and union, Olympics and Olympians, cricketers, commentators, and coaches. John Coates AC, President of the Australian Olympic Committee, describes the two of them as “legends themselves”. We strongly encourage you to go out and get their...

Paul Gallen is a recently retired NRL great. He’s played 32 games for the Kangaroos and 29 for the Blues. He has more recently become a cultural icon having a mural painted of him, a whole set devoted to him in Rugby League the Musical, and has now written a book! Paul was very kind and generous with his time, and we thank him deeply for that. Get his book. https://allenandunwin.com/browse/books/g...

Matthew Elliot is an ex player, coach, analyst and commentator. He played for the St George Dragons for four years. He coached in England taking Bradford to a 72% winning rate from 1997 to 2000. In Australia he coached for over a decade, watching over more than 260 games for Canberra, Penrith and the Warriors combined. He’s been the mastermind behind the ‘Coaches Corner’ on NRLTV since 2015. He’s...

Siro played more games for the Balmain Tigers than any other human in the clubs 100+ history. He played for both NSW and Australia, with a 100% win rate in all his World Cup matches. In France they call him The Beast, as he was the star in Villeneuve-sur-Lot French title win in 1999. He was named in Balmain’s team of the century, and was nominated for the NRL Hall of Fame. Most impressive of all,...

Wayne ‘Junior’ Pearce is a rugby League Hall of Famer. He’s had Leichhardt’s famous Hill named after him, he has a song in Rugby League the Musical written about him, and his autobiography is so popular the Balmain Library won’t let you borrow it for feare of losing it. It was an absolute pleasure finding out why he loves rugby league so much.

We do the worst podcast we have ever done. Worst production, worst content. We have a great energy before the men's NRL grand final. It’s a little flat in the second part.    Thanks for a great season fam.

We do the worst podcast we have ever done. Worst production, worst content. We have a great energy before the men's NRL grand final. It’s a little flat in the second part. Thanks for a great season fam.

The rugby league has found its grand finalists for 2019. Pat, Migs and Big T discuss the round of NRL and NRLW.

Maria is a pure success story, starting right at the bottom of the chain as an intern, and has worked for over a decade to become the super mega boss of the NRL’s own magazine, Big League. She is a self proclaimed massive Simpsons and rugby league nerd, meaning she felt right at home here.