The Sideline Story: Rugby League Podcast

Clarkie takes over the reigns as host as him and Guildy discuss the explosive news that DCE will leave Manly at the end of 2025… The boys also discuss the NRL Round 3 results before heading into our fan-favourite “Bunker Review segment” where Guildy blind-ranks halfbacks. —— TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - Episode Overview 03:00 - Clarkie’s Good Guy of the Week vs. Who’s in Guildy’s Bin? 04:30 -...

What a difference a week makes… we guarantee NOBODY would have tipped all 3 of the Warriors, Roosters and Raiders to win the upset in their matches, but they did… Plenty on the agenda this week with Dylan Brown signing with the Knights and Parra setting their sights on Lachie Galvin, Todd Payten set to be sacked as Cowboys coach, and multiple injuries in Edwards, Kikau, Burton, DCE and Turbo… In o...

Round One of the NRL threw up some big scorelines for the Broncos, Sea Eagles and Storm who respectively annihilated their opponents in the Roosters, Cowboys and Eels… The boys also discuss the NRL’s decision to relocate the Dolphins game during Cyclone Alfred, as well as Brandon Smith, David Klemmer and Dylan Brown looking set to move clubs… In our fan-favourite “Bunker Review segment”, Tass cond...

Las Vegas has become the next big event in the NRL as the boys dissect the growing success of the NRL’s venture into the US, the opening two games of the NRL, the well-received inclusion of Super League and not-so well-received Jillaroos annihilation of the Lionesses… The boys also discuss the highs and lows of the USA v Greece tests, the NFL rookie tasered in an Allegiant Stadium bathroom, and NZ...

The wait is finally over and Vegas 2.0 is upon us! The boys preview the LV quadruple header and get into all the major injury, suspension and transfer news and rumours of the week leading into the opening of the NRL 2025 Season. —— TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:15 - Is the Rabbitohs season already over? 06:56 - Backlash for our Crystal Ball Predictions 10:29 - Episode Overview 12:27 - Join TSS Tipp...

It’s one of our favourite episodes each season: Clarkie, Guildy and Tass look into their crystal balls to predict what will happen in the 2025 Rugby League season. The boys will dissect each NRL Club’s Finals prospects, as well as who will win the NRL Premiership, Dally M Medal, Team of the Year, State of Origin, International Rugby League’s major competitions, and finally the Super League Premier...

Clarkie, Guildy and Tass return for Season Five of The Sideline Story Rugby League Podcast, ushering in the new rugby league season with their first episode of 2025 covering all the off-season rugby league happenings! —— TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 11:32 - Opening month of the Sideline Story Episodes 13:23 - Join our Tipping & Supercoach money-comps 14:42 - Episode Overview 16:58 - Will a 15-min...

The boys band together for the final episode of season 4 of the podcast as they discuss all things rugby league in the annual end-of-season bunker review for 2024… (and yes, we will be back in 2025 for Season 5)! —— TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - Guildy disagrees with our review of the NRL Grand Final 06:51 - Episode Overview 08:11 - Revisiting our Crystal Ball predictions for the 2024 Rugby Le...

The Penrith Panthers have etched themselves into Australian Sporting folklore after claiming their 4th NRL Premiership, cementing themselves as the best rugby league club in the modern era! Tass and a drunken Clarkie deep dive into the key moments of the 2024 NRL Grand Final, including Howarth’s no-try call and Munster’s biting allegation, where the Panthers bested the Storm, the best and worst pl...

Will the Storm vs. Panthers Grand Final top last year’s edition? The boys dissect each club’s pathway to the final dance and who they think will win and why… In our “Around the Grounds” segment, Warrington and Leigh advance to the Super League Semis, the Roosters and Sharks will battle it out in the NRLW GF, Newtown Jets make history in the NSW Cup GF, and Canterbury go B2B in Jersey Flegg… In the...

Tass makes his long-awaited return as all the boys jump into the Week Three games of the 2024 NRL Finals Series with the Roosters and Sharks set to meet the Storm and Panthers respectively in the Prelims, with the Cowboys and Sea Eagles eliminated… In our most in-depth “Around the Grounds” segment, the boys dissect the finalists for the Super League and NRLW, the Norths Devils QLD Cup premiership...

Clarkie and Guildy dissect all the Week One games of the 2024 NRL Finals Series with the Storm and Panthers progressing to the Prelims, Cowboys and Manly winning their sudden death matches, Roosters and Sharks getting a second bite at the cherry, with the Bulldogs and Knights eliminated… In “Around the Grounds”, the boys dissect the penultimate round of the Super League and NRLW, as well as the re...

The NRL Finals are here! Clarkie and Guildy deep-dive into Week One of the NRL Finals Series as they separate the contenders from the pretenders, as well as share which team they will bandwagon now that their clubs have September off… (Guildy is also very elated that the Eels won the “Spoon Bowl” with the Tigers grabbing their 3rd wooden spoon in a row)… The Sideline Story also announce their MVP,...

With ONE round remaining in the NRL regular season: The Panthers reclaim 2nd spot as the Roosters lose THREE key players in one match to season-ending injuries which has put a major dent on their premiership hopes. Canterbury, Manly and Cowboys battle it out for home elimination finals spots with the coveted 8th spot coming all down to the Knights vs. Dolphins match on old-boys day in Newcastle (u...

The NRL Ladder is starting to take shape with 2 rounds remaining in the regular season: Storm claim their fifth Minor Premiership in the past decade as the three-time back-to-back-to-back premiers, the Panthers, take a tumble down the ladder with both Roosters and Sharks jumping them in the Top 4. Canterbury, Manly and Cowboys solidify their finals spots with a FIVE TEAM log-jam battling it out fo...

With three rounds remaining in the NRL finals-race: Storm take a commanding lead over Panthers for the Minor Premiership, Roosters and Sharks maintain Top 4 status with Canterbury and Manly still nipping at their heels. Cowboys and Dragons bounce back to maintain a Top 8 spot with Dolphins slipping away. The Knights, Raiders and Broncos are hanging on a thread. Titans are the next team officially...

With four rounds remaining in the NRL finals-race: The Top 4 maintain the status quo as question marks are raised over the Storm and Panthers current form, Canterbury and Manly emerge as the dark horses for a red-hot crack at Premiership glory as the Cowboys slip-up in their quest for a finals berth. The Dolphins swap back into the Top 8 in place of the Dragons, Knights and Raiders still alive wit...

With five rounds remaining in the NRL finals-race: Melbourne drop a game and give Penrith a sniff at snatching the Minor Premiership, Easts and Cronulla maintain their Top 4 spots with Canterbury and North QLD still nipping at their heels alongside Manly. Dragons hop over the Dolphins and Canberra into the 8 as their battle for finals contention heats up. Gold Coast and Newcastle keep their faint...

With six rounds remaining in the NRL finals-race period we have: Melbourne still in the box-seat for the Minor Premiership, Panthers likely locking in 2nd spot, Easts and Cronulla tussle out Top 4 as the Bulldogs and Cowboys chomp at the bit as darkhorses alongside Manly. Dolphins, Raiders and Dragons battle it out for 8th position as the Warriors and Knights hang by a thread. Bronx, Titans and So...

As we recover from the Origin hangover, the NRL Finals race is just beginning with a logjam for the top 8 starting to heat up the competition, as the Melbourne Storm look likely to claim themselves the Minor Premiership. We also dive into the Super League Round 18 results, before our “Bunker Review” segment where we get to know our panel (Guildy, Clarkie and Tass) a little better! —— TIMESTAMPS: 0...

Wow… Just wow… 19 years since the Blues have won an Origin Decider on Queensland turf and for the 3rd time in 14 attempts they’ve finally done it again! We breakdown the main points of the NSW Blues victory over QLD Maroons in Game III and dissect the player ratings, as we also dive into the NRL Round 19, Super League Round 17, the Festival of Rugby League in Las Vegas confirmed, and finally who w...

After their second sabbatical this year, the boys return for another juggernaut episode to make it up to their fans in a HUGE two weeks of rugby league! Kicking things off with the lineups for The Decider: State of Origin Game 3 and all the changes for NSW and QLD. Plenty to cover in Rounds 17 and 18 of the NRL with Parra appointing Jason Ryles as head coach, the three benchmark clubs, Stefano to...

A much happier panel as the boys sit down straight after the Blues dominant Origin Game II victory. Tune in as we discuss all the key points for Game II, how Madge got the Blues back on track, where QLD went wrong, and much more. We also preview the Women’s Origin Decider, dissect the U19s matches, NRL Round 16 and Super League Round 15.  —— TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 05:27 - Episode Overview 06:20...

After a one-week sabbatical, the boys return for their longest episode yet to make it up to the fans in a HUGE two weeks of rugby league! Kicking things off with the lineups for State of Origin Game 2 and all the changes NSW and QLD make from Game 1. We also delve into the selection of Latrell Mitchell after his resurgence in 2024 amongst others, as well as Billy Slater dropping Selwyn Cobbo. Plen...

A sombre panel for our immediate reaction to the QLD Maroons victory over the NSW Blues to take a 1-0 lead in the State of Origin series. Massive talking point as Joseph Suaali’i gets sent off in the 8th minute of the game with much conjecture surrounding the decision at this level. The boys discuss which players stepped up and which ones faltered as things heat-up surrounding what needs to change...