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The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War

The Rugby League Digest

The Rugby League Digest"s in-depth investigation of the Super League war Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:28:02

The Super League War - Chapter 34 - The Telstra Cup...

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/11/22

In this the third installment of chapter 34, we discuss Penrith in 1997, Gower the prodigy, Tony Puletua, Ryan Girdler being more than a super boot, an oddly in-depth debate on rugby league’s sexiest man, Matt Adamson, the Bulldogs season, their halfback woes, Hazem El Masri breaks out, hitman Haumono, Halligan the dealmaker, Steve Price, crowd violence, intra-familial disputes at the family club, Canberra’s decline, Mal taking the reigns, hookers galore, Mullins’ star falls, the greatness of Laurie

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1:10:02

The Super League War - Chapter 34 - The Telstra Cup...

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/11/01

In this second installment of ‘The Telstra Cup’, we discuss the ill-fated Perth Reds through the lens of three genuine rugby league bad boys, Scott Wilson, Julian O'Neill and Mark Geyer. We discuss the tragedies, nuance, and the redemption arcs, both real and imagined, highlighting a very real human side to Super League War! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:25:25

The Super League War - Chapter 34 - The Telstra Cup...

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/10/25

In the first installment of ‘The Telstra Cup’ we discuss the Cowboys, Tim Sheens and the coaching merry go round, player clean outs, John ‘Chicka’ Ferguson, The Adelaide Rams, Liz Dawson, Kevin Campion, being cast aside, the Warrior’s board,Phil Blake, Steve Kearney, Lee Oudenryn, the sacking of John Monie, the Warriors' financial woes, privatisation and much, much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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54:13

The Super League War - Chapter 33 - Two Tribes (Part 3)

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/09/13

In this concluding episode of ‘Two Tribes’ we discuss the ARL's preseason trip to East Japan, the ARL World Sevens vs the Super League World Nines, Super League jersey designs and numbering system, a Baz Luhrmann opening night, underwhelming opening rounds, slippery balls, the ARL’s Yanni effect, mass ticket giveaways on both sides, Topper Stadium, Wonderland militants and much, much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:14:05

The Super League War - Chapter 33 - Two Tribes (Part 2)

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/09/07

In part two of 'Two Tribes' we discuss the ad campaigns of both competitions,the ARL ramps up nostalgia, false anniversaries, Ron Casey lunacy, Super League goes all in on the sizzle, Cubby Checker, Dionne Warwick, Rodney O, great Aussie companies, hit and miss rules changes, the video referee, Hollywood Harrigan, the ARL's 40/20 rule, an Eric Cox update, and much, much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:12:13

The Super League War - Chapter 33 - Two Tribes (Part 1)

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/08/30

In this installment we examine rugby league's competitors in 1997, Stadium Australia, Paddington vs Homebush, contract fiascos, a trademarks quagmire avoided, football magazine wars, gossip mongers, petty radio squabbles, primitive Pay TV, The Footy Show, Channel 9's true colours, the juggernaut that is Water Rats, the downfall of Monday Night Football, and much, much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:36:35

The Super League War - Chapter 32 - Clearing The Decks

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/08/23

As we kick off season three, we see a clearing of the decks of some of the major players in the war to date, Cowley goes, Frykberg arrives, Ribot and Quayle stand down, and we reflect on Ribot and Quayle's legacies, Quayle's replacement Neil Whittaker, Arko steps down, but the hurt remains, interstate fighting, the ghost of Jeans West, Arko's amazing legacy and much, much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:05

The Super League War Season 3: WE ARE BACK

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/08/16

News on the imminent release of The Super League War season 3. We are pumped for the season ahead! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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39:16

Patreon exclusive episode - Royce Simmons charity event

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/06/01

A very special episode featuring long time loyal listener Murray Croft and his wonderful fundraiser with the legendary Royce Simmons, as well as Mick and Andy discussing the origin teams, indigenous jersey ratings, the week that was, the RLD catch up, barnet talk, signing news, minnie riperton news, and much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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43:46

Round One Recap - Patreon Bonus Episode

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/03/16

To apologise for the lack of new episodes this year we have unlocked one of our Patreon bonuses, recapping round one of the NRL. This episode includes thoughts on the state of the women's game, RLD vindication watch, jersey talk, new league speak, love for the lock forward position, the boys' thoughts on all the round one games, next week's games, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:26:12

Americanisation Case Study with Spencer Kassimir

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/01/17

Americanisation was a cultural buzzword inside and outside Rugby League during the Super League period, and American sport was an obvious influence on the presentation of the Super League vision. But what did it all mean? We break it down with academic and Rugby League fan Spencer Kassimir. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:15:51

Two Tribes: an interview with Steve Mascord

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2022/01/11

The big one! Michael is joined by Super League fellow traveller Steve Mascord to discuss the war and his new, greatly anticipated book Two Tribes. RLD listeners can go to http://stevemascord.com/product/twotribes and enter product code "rugby league digest" for a great discount offer on Two Tribes discussed at the end of the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:04:15

The Super League War - Chapter 31 - The Appeal (Part 2)

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2021/12/30

In the second and final episode of this chapter, we look at the fallout from News Limited's comprehensive court victory. It was a frenzied week of speculation following the judgment, with crisis talks at the ARL and in club boardrooms, possible club defections, yet another loyalty agreement, a pay-TV rescue package, and much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:03:00

The Super League War - Chapter 31 - The Appeal (Part 1)

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2021/12/16

The RLD takes an in-depth look at the appeal judgment, the lead up to the case, predictions, the court's interpretation competition, overturning nearly all of Justice Burchett's decision, the immediate courtroom reactions, Ray Hadley's public backflip, Arko's naive reaction to the result, the question of legality versus morality and much, much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:47:16

The Super League War - Chapter 30 - The Optus Cup...

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2021/11/12

In this concluding episode of Chapter 30: The Optus Cup, we discuss the semi-final runs of Manly and St George, the post mortems for their victims, a surprisingly entertaining grand final despite popular sentiment, the infamous Manson blunder, John Raper's memorabilia fiasco and much, much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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54:39

The Super League War - Chapter 30 - The Optus Cup...

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2021/10/26

In this penultimate episode of the Optus Cup chapter we compare the seasons of the 1996 ARL grand finalists, we discuss Manly's veterans, the impact of unlimited interchange, the Lyons and Menzies combination, offer some overdue Daniel Gartner appreciation, discuss Manly's gun back row, Joey's "red hair" game, Rod Reddy's departure as Dragons coach and the impact of David Waite, Mark Coyne's leadership, "goose of the week" shirts, Dean Raper, nefarious 'Skull' plans, more claims of referee bias,

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11:50

Vale Norm Provan

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2021/10/14

A tribute to the life and career of the Immortal Norm Provan. Vale Sticks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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57:13

The Magpie Wing with Max Easton

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2021/10/01

Max Easton is host of the excellent Barely Human music history podcast and author of The Magpie Wing. Michael talks with Max about all of things, about Rugby League in the western suburbs, about Chilli's Hill, and more!The Magpie Wing is available now through Giramondo Presshttps://giramondopublishing.com/books/the-magpie-wing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:01:13

The Parramatta Splurge with Ben Darwin

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2021/09/24

While we are immersed in the 1996 season it is time for a deep dive on Parramatta's buying spree and its failure to generate instant success, with former Wallaby and Gain Line Analytics founder Ben Darwin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:13:08

The Super League War - Chapter 30 - The Optus Cup...

The Rugby League Digest presents: The Super League War ·

2021/09/16

In the second installment of Chapter 30, we discuss the Super League teams forfeiting round one in1996, Illawarra club turmoil, the Crushers failing on and off the field, South Sydney's abysmal record, Balmain punching above their weight, Sironenremaining a one club man, the 1996 awards season, David Farleigh, the last Rothmans medal, the RLW players poll, a mini hall of fame discussion on the year's retirees, a deeper look at Parramatta and their gigantic player splurge, Canterbury-Bankstown and

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