The Weekly Offload

Join Host Matt McCormick, NRLW Expert Achilles Byrne and Ex UK Superleague player Matt Gardner for another year of The Weekly Offload! Year 2 will bring great new guests, improved sound and more non-stop laughs. In this episodes the boys discuss their top 8, first coach sacked and give us some bold predictions for the year. Enjoy!

The boys are privileged to be joined by award winning sober podcaster Hamish Adams-Cairns as they discuss his new philosophy on alcohol as he reflects on his previous life when drinking. Hamish's podcast Sober Awkward is the most downloaded sobriety podcast in the world and recently won the Best Wellbeing Podcast at the 2023 Australian Podcast Awards. Hamish and his co-host Vic originally hail fro...

The Weekly Offload is privileged to welcome the renowned commentator and beloved Andy Raymond onto our podcast. Matt McCormick and Andy will discuss Andy's career from his 23 year with Fox Sports as a successful colour commentator and side line eye. Andy talks to The Weekly Offload about how he started in media where he sees the media headed in the future and what relationship the players have wit...

Former Parramatta Eel and Cronulla Shark Broderick Wright discusses his time playing in the NRL and how he has now forged a successful career afterwards as a real estate agent. Broderick also gives an insight into the NRL's relationship with journalists and how he believes mainstream media has changed from when he played rugby league. This thought provoking episode offers some fascinating revelati...

In this ninth episode Matt McCormick, Achilles Byrne and Darko Davidovic discuss the 2023 NRL season in length. The boys will analyse the Top 8 and expose the teams strengths and weaknesses. They also discuss what each team could do better to secure that elusive premiership in 2024. In Segment 2, they will name The Weekly Offload backline of the year and vote for who's in and who's out. They expla...

In this thought provoking 8th episode of The Weekly Offload, Matt McCormick and Achilles Byrne interview Justin Ashley, the CEO and co-founder of the hugely successful fitness brand One Playground. The boys will grill Justin to find out just what makes his entrepreneurial brain tick, discussing matters such as his previous life as a semi-professional soccer player and characteristics he attributes...

In this first section of two part Episode 7, Mind over Matter, the two Matts and Achilles Byrne will start by predicting their premier winners for the long awaited 2023 finals matches of the NRL and NRLW. With both battles set to be scorchers, the boys will discuss which positions and players will need to be at the top of their respective games if they hope to bag their teams the titles. The hosts...

In their first ever LIVE recording, The Weekly Offload co-hosts Matt & Matt put their heads together with Darko Davidovic and Achilles Byrne to predict their winners for the prelims round of the NRL finals 2023. The hosts preview the Melbourne Storm vs Penrith Panthers and Brisbane Broncos vs New Zealand Warriors before reliving their favourite prelim and finals moments.

In this week's highly anticipated episode of The Weekly Offload, the two Matts are joined by special guest Kailey Thompson; rugby league player, educator and ambassador. The trio will be delving into the current standings of the Women's National Rugby League and Kailey will share her thoughts on how women's sport has progressed in recent years. Following this, we will hear all of the hosts' predic...

In this highly anticipated episode of The Weekly Offload, Matt Gardner returns to join Matt McCormick and Achilles Byrne to stew over the forthcoming NRL playoffs. The boys will discuss the psychology of teams' historic results and whether this will have an impact going forward into the Week 1 of finals. They will also discuss current stand out players who they predict to make an impact in additio...

In this compelling episode of The Weekly Offload is the much anticipated 2023 season review. We rejoin Matt McCormick, Darko Davidovic and meet new guest Achilles Byrne as Matt Gardner is away this week. Achilles is a seven time Oz tag champion and rugby league die hard fan who will offer fresh insights and thoughts on the teams' performances this season. The hosts will work from the bottom up, di...

In this episode of our new podcast, thought provoking rugby league podcast, we meet our Sports Analyst Darko Davidovic who joins our co-hosts, the two Matts. The topic of this episode is the issue of gambling in sport. With almost half of those who gamble in Australia being at risk of gambling harm (AIFS, 2022) the issue is extremely pertinent and provocative. Matt Gardner will discuss how gamblin...