The State of Origin period has officially begun as the NSW Blues and QLD Maroons announce their lineups for Game 1 of the 2025 SOO Series, with the panel deep-diving into the selections and omissions from each team… The boys blow-up over the mistreatment of Matin Taupau after he was sacked by the Brisbane Broncos for ‘liking’ an IG post… A massive congratulations to the NSW Blues Women for winning the 2025 SOO Series… The NRL announce the 6 teams heading to LV for 2026… Over to the NRL we witnessed the Bulldogs produce back-to-back comebacks; Knights the worst team in the comp?; Sharks finally piecing it together; Storm the new flat-track bullies?; Broncos in crisis; and much more… We end our episode with the Super League results for Round 11!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro (NSW win Women’s Origin; LV 2026 teams confirmed)

08:28 - Episode Overview

09:07 - Clarkie’s Good Guy of the Week: Braith Anasta

10:28 - Who’s in Guildy’s Bin: Mitch Moses and Isaac Moses

11:40 - Who’s in Tass’ Bin: Madge Maguire and the Broncos for the treatment of Martin Taupau

23:41 - Bunker Review: NSW Blues Lineup analysis for SOO Game 1

58:38 - Bunker Review: QLD Maroons Predictions for Game 1

1:22:06 - Bunker Review: Thoughts on the Origin Coaches

1:26:54 - Bunker Review: SOO Game I Predictions

1:33:06 - NRL Round 11 Review

2:16:41 - NRL Rapid Fire Tips: Round 12

2:19:27 - ATG: Super League Round 11 results

2:20:13 - Outro

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Hosted by Daniel Tassone, Nicholas Guild & Ryan Clarke.

Podcast mixed by Daniel Tassone using Garageband.

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It’s approaching State of Origin time and the boys reveal their NSW and QLD selections for Game 1, the Perth Bears finally confirmed for NRL entry in 2027, Is Ricky Stuart or Jaeman Salmon the weak gutted dog?, Guildy throws Tass in the bin, Roosters fire-sale players for DCE?… Over to the NRL we witnessed 5 halftime comebacks with 3 achieving the result, the first draw of 2025, Latrell kicks a 50-metre field goal, a 64-0 shutout, and so much more to beg the question, was this the greatest round of NRL ever?… We end our episode with the Challenge Cup Semi Finals results and the return of Jarryd Hayne to Rugby League!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

01:09 - Perth Bears confirmed to enter NRL in 2027!

03:49 - Episode Overview

05:54 - Clarkie’s Good Guy of the Week: Ricky Stuart vs. Jaeman Salmon

13:17 - Who’s in Guildy’s Bin: Our host Tass

17:33 - Bunker Review: NSW Blues Predictions for Game 1

48:52 - Bunker Review: QLD Maroons Predictions for Game 1

1:09:11 - TSS Tipping + Supercoach money comps [Round 10]

1:12:21 - Roosters offloading The Cheese, Dom Young, Sandon Smith for DCE?

1:22:27 - NRL Round 10: Dolphins def. Eels (Isaiya Katoa the next best half?)

1:29:48 - NRL Round 10: Titans def. Knights (Newcastle fans boo own team)

1:36:50 - NRL Round 10: Rabbitohs def. Broncos (Vintage Latrell)

1:45:45 - NRL Round 10: Bulldogs def. Raiders (Critta leads best comeback of round)

1:57:54 - NRL Round 10: Warriors def. Dragons (Wahs into 2nd place)

2:05:23 - NRL Round 10: Cowboys draw with Panthers (First draw of 2025)

2:12:36 - NRL Round 10: Storm def. Tigers (64-0)

2:17:15 - NRL Round 10: Sharks def. Manly

2:23:27 - NRL Rapid Fire Tips: Round 11

2:26:07 - ATG: Challenge Cup Semi Final Results

2:27:12 - ATG: Jarryd Hayne makes return to Rugby League

2:29:34 - Outro

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Nobody… AND WE MEAN NOBODY… predicted at the one-third mark of the season that the Bulldogs would be leading the competition with Raiders in 2nd, Warriors 3rd and Storm 4th!.. The boys analyse the 2025 NRL Ladder and gloss over each club’s prospects at this point in the season… Over to Magic Round we saw every Queensland-based club (and Women’s Origin team) fail to bag a victory, Raiders and Storm deliver the game of the round (and possibly the season), the Panthers revert to their dynasty-winning-ways, Jaydn Su’A produces one of the worst try-scoring blunders in recent memory that leads to the best 12-pt turnaround ever, and much more!.. We end our episode with a wrap-up of the NSW Blues leading the Women’s SOO Series 1-0, the Super League Round 10 Magic Weekend results, as well as the results for the NSWRL Junior Rep Grand Finals!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

07:07 - Episode Overview

09:00 - Clarkie’s “Good Guy of the Week” vs. “Who’s in Guildy’s Bin?”

12:45 - Bunker Review: 2025 NRL Ladder Review at the one-third mark of the season

34:26 - TSS Tipping + Supercoach money comps [Round 9]

37:28 - NRL Round 9: Sharks def. Eels (Mulitalo penalty turning point of the game)

43:53 - NRL Round 9: Roosters def. Dolphins (Teddy in frame for Origin return?)

53:02 - NRL Round 9: Knights def. Rabbitohs (Bennett criticises own team despite injuries)

57:50 - NRL Round 9: Warriors def. Cowboys (Wahs defy pundits to sit in 3rd place)

1:04:04 - NRL Round 9: Tigers def. Dragons (The GREATEST 12pt-turnaround try ever)

1:09:30 - NRL Round 9: Bulldogs def. Titans (Preston cops harsh suspension)

1:15:20 - NRL Round 9: Panthers def. Broncos (Cleary clinic forces Bronx reassessment)

1:22:17 - NRL Round 9: Raiders def. Storm (Game of the round by a mile)

1:29:40 - NRL Rapid Fire Tips: Round 10

1:32:20 - ATG: Women’s State of Origin Game One Review (Blues lead series 1-0)

1:34:26 - ATG: Super League Round 10 Results

1:38:43 - ATG: NSWRL Junior Rep GF Results (Lisa Fiaola, Tarsha Gale, Harold Matts, SG Ball)

1:40:22 - 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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© The Sideline Story: Rugby League Podcast, 2021.

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