10 does not fit into 8, and with two rounds remaining in the NRL regular season it is clutch time for the race to the 2025 NRL Finals Series! On this week’s episode, Clarkie and Guildy crunch the NRL Ladder numbers, and also discuss the firing and hiring of the GC Titans coach, as well as the criminal charges against Brandon Smith… Round 25 of the NRL was another insane round with multiple try of the year contenders and a flipped script for the finals run home.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

07:10 - Episode Overview

08:12 - Clarkie’s Good Guy of the Week vs. Who’s in Guildy’s Bin

12:44 - Bunker Review: Des Hasler sacked, Josh Hannay new GC Titans coach

19:40 - Bunker Review: Brandon Smith charged with drug supply and betting scandal

21:55 - Bunker Review: NRL Ladder Analysis (after Round 25)

30:48 - TSS Money Comps: Tipping [Round 25] + Supercoach [Prelims]

33:33 - NRL Round 25: Rabbitohs def. Dragons

42:22 - NRL Round 25: Raiders def. Panthers (Insane Golden Point victory)

54:00 - NRL Round 25: Storm def. Bulldogs (Are the Dogs the real deal?)

1:00:14 - NRL Round 25: Manly def. Dolphins (Top 8 race alive for both clubs)

1:05:56 - NRL Round 25: Warriors def. Titans

1:11:21 - NRL Round 25: Eels def. Roosters

1:17:25 - NRL Round 25: Broncos def. Knights

1:22:45 - NRL Round 25: Cowboys def. Tigers (No finals footy for Tigers)

1:26:42- NRL Rapid Fire Tips: Round 26

1:28:17 - ATG: Super League Round 23 Results

1:29:43 - ATG: Super League Player Transfer News (Dodd, Carr, Valemei, Staines, Izack)

1:31:25 - ATG: NRLW Round 8 Results

1:32:00 - ATG: International RL allegiances (Val, Tino, Stefano)

1:34:47 - Outro

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Hosted by Daniel Tassone, Nicholas Guild & Ryan Clarke.

Podcast mixed by Daniel Tassone using Garageband.

Podcast distributed to all major listening apps using Spotify for Podcasters.

Music credit for this episode: ‘Chase’ [prod. Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay].

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We apologise for missing last week’s episode but the boys are back!… With three weeks to go in the NRL there are still some twists and turns, but the fact of the matter is that 11 clubs are genuinely still in the running for premiership glory in 2025! Round 24 of the NRL saw Harry Grant play Penrith like a fiddle, Dragons cruelled by another obstruction call blunder, Tino to become highest paid player, Manly giving up, and much more!… Also plenty to talk about ‘Around the Grounds’ with Hull KR set to claim the Super League minor premiership, Salford cancel a round game and look to be booted from the competition in 2026, Roosters still undefeated in NRLW, Pacific Championships confirmed for International Test Window, Payne Haas (amongst other players) confirm international allegiance, and Women’s eligibility tweaked to allow more movement!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

03:43 - Episode Overview

05:15 - Clarkie’s Good Guy of the Week vs. Who’s in Guildy’s Bin

15:08 - Bunker Review: NRL Ladder analysis after Round 24 + Best and Worst case finals scenarios

33:23 - TSS Tipping + Supercoach money comps [Round 24]

37:20 - NRL Round 23 Results

38:00 - NRL Round 24: Storm def. Panthers (Grant plays Penrith like a violin)

42:04 - NRL Round 24: Warriors def. Dragons (Obstruction call cruels Saints)

46:40 - NRL Round 24: Roosters def. Bulldogs (Sam Walker brilliance)

52:56 - NRL Round 24: Sharks def. Titans (McInnes out for season; Tino to leave GC?)

59:46 - NRL Round 24: Broncos def. Dolphins (Reece Walsh’s best game)

1:04:46 - NRL Round 24: Rabbitohs def. Eels (Lomax to leave NRL?)

1:14:04 - NRL Round 24: Tigers def. Manly (Manly given up; DCE to retire?)

1:20:14 - NRL Round 24: Cowboys def. Knights

1:22:51- NRL Rapid Fire Tips: Round 25

1:28:42 - ATG: Super League Round 21 & 22 Results (Salford game cancelled; set to get booted)

1:32:00 - ATG: Super League Ladder after Round 22

1:33:14 - ATG: Super League Player Transfer News (Arthur, Lodge, Staines, Taafe, Ravalawa)

1:36:02 - ATG: NRLW Round 6 & 7 Results

1:37:51 - ATG: Pacific Championships format confirmed for 2025

1:42:13 - ATG: International RL allegiances (Haas, Tino, Hammer, Toia, Halasima, B.Smith, Rinakama, Papalii)

1:49:16 - ATG: Women’s International RL remove eligibility tiers

1:50:53 - Outro

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Hosted by Daniel Tassone, Nicholas Guild & Ryan Clarke.

Podcast mixed by Daniel Tassone using Garageband.

Podcast distributed to all major listening apps using Spotify for Podcasters.

Music credit for this episode: ‘Chase’ [prod. Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay].

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At this point the 2025 NRL Premiership could be won by any club… Wild weather or not, Round 22 saw some major upsets and close-calls that have put every club on notice with five weeks remaining… In our ‘Bunker Review’ we discuss the NRLs ill-timed tweak to the Rookie of the Year criteria! We end the episode with the Super League Round 20 results and transfer news, as well as Super League expanding to 14 teams in 2026, the NRLW Round 5 Magic Round results, and the Warriors NSW Cup 14-game win-streak coming to an end!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

01:24 - Clarkie’s Good Guy of the Week vs. Who’s in Guildy’s Bin

11:08 - Episode Overview

12:40 - Bunker Review: Rookie of the Year criteria changed

20:18 - TSS Tipping + Supercoach money comps [Round 22]

23:40 - NRL Ladder analysis after Round 22

24:53 - NRL Round 22: Storm def. Eels (Hughes re-signs until 2030)

32:22 - NRL Round 22: Dolphins def. Warriors (Herbie hamstrung; Warriors slide continues)

37:34 - NRL Round 22: Broncos def. Rabbitohs (Souths cannot field 18 men)

45:53 - NRL Round 22: Panthers def. Titans (Controversy galore)

59:59 - NRL Round 22: Dragons def. Raiders (Canberra 9-game win streak ends)

1:06:07 - NRL Round 22: Roosters def. Manly (Easts still in the race for finals)

1:12:48 - NRL Round 22: Tigers def. Bulldogs (Bulldogs hopeless in the wet)

1:24:46 - NRL Round 22: Sharks def. Cowboys (Cronulla win 4-in-a-row)

1:30:30- NRL Rapid Fire Tips: Round 23

1:34:35 - ATG: Super League Round 20 Results

1:35:19 - ATG: Super League confirm expansion to 14 teams

1:39:00 - ATG: Super League Player Transfer News (Townsend, Jurbo, Sipley, Kerr, Havili)

1:41:24 - ATG: NRLW Round 5 Magic Round Results

1:41:56 - ATG: NSW Cup NZ Warriors win-streak ends

1:42:34 - Outro

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* Good Guys Mowing

* rugbyleague.com

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Hosted by Daniel Tassone, Nicholas Guild & Ryan Clarke.

Podcast mixed by Daniel Tassone using Garageband.

Podcast distributed to all major listening apps using Spotify for Podcasters.

Music credit for this episode: ‘Chase’ [prod. Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay].

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Logo designed by Tahlia Zaccomer.

© The Sideline Story: Rugby League Podcast, 2021.

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