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The Wire in Bondi

Each week I sit down with former players, current players, refs, fans and we look back on careers within Rugby League.

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The Wire in Bondi (Ian Smith)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2025/01/06

This week, Former Super League Referee Ian Smith joins me this week to discuss his career and new book The Final Whistle. Ian has recently wrote a book about his career and being a ref in the Super League, we discuss why he.s now decided to bring out a book and how he felt writing it. We also chat about how he started as a ref, his first game in the Super League and the last game between Hull and Leeds. He tells us about the 2 charities the profits from the book is going too and his work with the

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75:00

The Wire in Bondi (Gary Chambers)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/12/30

This week former Warrington Wolves player and now Direction of Rugby at Warrington Gary Chambers joins us. We discuss the season just gone, the development of the young players and the progress made under Sam Burgess in his first season as a Head Coach. We also discuss why Warrington haven't always looked at promoting the youth and the changes we are now making to help develop the players coming through the academy system. We look back on Gary's playing career with the Wire, playing at the famous

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55:59

The Wire in Bondi (Ben Evans)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/12/23

This week former Warrington Wolves player and Wales International Ben Evans joins us. Ben tells us about how he and his brother Rhys move to Warrington at a young age from Wales. His time coming through the academy and making his first team debut. We chat about him playing regularly during the 2014 season only to be sadly caught short by a big injury and then having to leave Warrington 18 months later. He tells us about his time at other clubs such as Barrow, Bradford and London, as well as the

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41:32

The Wire in Bondi (Zane Musgrove)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/12/16

This week, former NRL and Warrington Wolves player Zane Musgrove joins us. Zane discusses the season just gone, including the loses in the Challenge Cup Final and the Super Legue Semi-Final. He tells us about how he got started in rugby league. making his debut in the NRL and playing with Sam Burgess at South Sydney. We chat about how his move to Warrington came about, the differences between NRL and Super League, and if he has settled into life there. Zane talks about his plans for the future and

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33:30

The Wire in Bondi (Matty Ashton)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/12/09

This week I'm joined by Warrington Wolves and England international winger Matty Ashton. Matty tells us about the season just gone and the lost to Hull KR. I ask him about the NRL rumours and discuss the recent England games against Samoa. We chat about how he got started in Rugby League and his journey to the Warrington Wolves. He tells us about the seasons under Steve Price and Daryl Powell and about how nervous his was on his debut against Wigan. Matty chats about how positive everything is under

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64:42

The Wire in Bondi (Danny Walker)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/12/02

This week, Warrington Wolves number 9 Danny Walker join us to discuss his career up to now. We chat about the season just gone and the lost to Hull KR, as well discussing the rumours linking him with an NRL move. Danny tells us about how it all started for him, his time at Widnes before making the move to Warrington. We talk about those seasons under Steve Price and Daryl Powell as well as looking forward to the future with Sam Burgess. Danny speaks about the dream he has to be involved in that

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68:33

The Wire in Bondi (Gary Hulse)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/11/25

This week, I'm joined by former Warrington Wolves halfback and a man who played at both Wilderspool and the Halliwell Jones, Gary Hulse. We chat about how Gary started playing rugby league as a kid and making his debut for Warrington in 2001 against Castleford and why it then went so badly wrong in 2002. We talk about the last game at wilderspool and moving to the Halliwell Jones. The first season at the new stadium and his great try against Widnes. We speak about the sadness he felt in leaving

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113:37

The Wire in Bondi (Mike Cooper)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/11/18

This week, I'm joined by former Warrington and Wigan forward Mike Cooper. Mike talks about the fact he has recently retired from the game on the back off medical advice. We discuss his journey through rubgy league from being at Warrington since he was 11 to finishing off his career with world club and super league champions Wigan. We also chat about his time in the NRL and finding it hard when he came back to the Wire. We chat about the highs of the challenge cup wins and lows of the grand final

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92:19

The Wire in Bondi (Joe Philbin)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/11/11

This week I'm joined by Challenge Cup winner, Warrington Wolves homegrown player Joe Philbin. We chat about Joe coming through from the academy and making his debut in 2014. We discuss the 2016 season making the grand final but then having a tough season in 2017 resulting in Tony Smiths last season. Joe tells us about Steve Price coming in and how well he got on with him straight away. We talk about losing the 2018 Challenge Cup final to Catalans but then winning the 2019 final against Saints and

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59:52

The Wire in Bondi (Dec Patton)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/11/04

This week, Former Warrington Wolves and Challenge Cup Winner Dec Patton join us to discuss his time at the Wire and his career so far. Dec tells us about how he started at Warrington, making his debut and becoming a regular within the Warrington squad. We chat about him scoring in the 2016 grand final but sadly ending up on the losing side. We dicuss Tony Smith leaving, Steve Price coming in and that first season under Price losing the Challenge Cup Final and Grand Final in 2018. We chat about Dec

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79:39

The Wire in Bondi (Richard Silverwood)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/10/28

This week, former super league referee Richard Silverwood joins us to discuss his career and his thoughts on the current game now. We chat about his journey to become a super league referee and his first final in 2006. He tells me about what he felt was the turning point in his career and in becoming the main referee for a numbers of years, being the ref for final after final, including many finals Warrington were involved with. We discuss why after the 2013 grand final he didn't referee another

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83:16

The Wire in Bondi (Blake Austin)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/10/21

This week, Former Warrington Wolves and Nrl star Blake Austin joins us to chat about his career. Blake chats about growing up in Western Sydney and debuting for Penrith. We found out about how he ended up at Canberra, how close they were at making the grand final and why he left to join Warrington and how he found the super league. We talk about him scoring on his debut and about how well he started at the Wolves. He tells us about how he felt during the Challenge Cup final win against St Helens and

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75:34

The Wire in Bondi (Matthew Blythe)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/10/14

This week, former Warrington Wolves and Bradford Bulls player Matthew Blythe joins us to discuss his career. Matty tells us about him coming through the academy at Warrington and him making his debut against Salford. We chat about him being around the club during the 09 and 10 challenge cup wins and how he could see Warrington pushing in the right direction. We talk about him playing on a regular basis during the 2011 season winning the league leaders sheild. We chat about the reasons why Warrington

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88:11

The Wire in Bondi (Michael Monaghan)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/10/07

This week, Former Warrington Wolves and 3 time Challenge Cup Winner Michael Monaghan joins us to discuss his career and time at the Wire. Michael chats about his time in the NRL and playing in a grand final for Manly before moving to Warrington. He tells us about the tough start he had to his Warrington career and how he and the team was able to turn it around to win the Challenge Cup in 2009 and going back2back by winning it again against Leeds in 2010. We chat about what went wrong in the 2011

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69:04

The Wire in Bondi (Kurt Gidley)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/09/30

This week, Kurt Gidley chats to us about his playing career with the Newcastle Knights in the NRL and the Warrington Wolves in the UK Super League. We also discuss his international caps with NSW and Australia and tells us why it was such a honour playing for them both. He chats to us about losing the challenge cup and grand final with Warrington and how if certain things had worked differently we could've easily won both. We find out who he would want on a night out and just had good it was playing

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81:05

The Wire in Bondi (Chris Hill)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/09/26

This week, I'm joined by former Warrington Wolves Captain Chris Hill, he tells us about his future plans and looking forward to the England games coming up. We chat about his start at Leigh and how he nearly quit the sport before signing for Warrington. He tells us about the early succes at the wolves and how close we came to winning at least 1 grand final. Chris describes how Tony Smith told him about becoming the wolves captain and how it took a while to sink it. We also speak about the

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59:23

The Wire in Bondi (Vinnie Anderson)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/09/16

This week, former New Zealand Warrior, St Helens and Warrington player Vinnie Anderson chats to us about his career. We discuss the early years at the Warriors, joining St Helens and playing with the likes of Jamie Lyon. The success of that St Helens team and winning the double there. He tells us about how he came to join Warrington and playing with his brother there. We talk about the Challenge Cup success and how playing poker helped them the night before. Vinnie also talks about how good Adrian

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41:38

The Wire in Bondi (Trent Waterhouse)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/09/09

This week, I chat to former Penrith Panthers, Warrington Wolves, NSW origin and Australia international Trent Waterhouse. Trent tells me about how he nearly quit Rugby League before earning a full time contract at Penrith, going on to win the grand final and representing NSW state of origin side and Australia. Trent also talks about his sending off in the 2009 state of origin series and how he got his nickname the house. We chat about his move to Warrington and the different in atmosphere between

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53:40

The Wire in Bondi (Kevin Penny)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/09/02

This week, I chat to former Warrington Wolves Player Kevin Penny about his career at Warrington and his time as a rugby league player. Kevin tells us about how he became a wolves player having never really played the game as a kid. Those first few seasons at the Wire, him being compared to a rugby league great such as Martin Offiah and being named in the Super League Dream Team. He talks about how he left Warrington and went to play for teams such as Widnes and Swinton. We discuss him moving back to

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43:33

The Wire in Bondi (Louis Anderson)

The Wire in Bondi ·

2024/08/26

This week, Former New Zealand Warriors, Warrington Wolves and Catalans Dragons player Louis Anderson chats to us about his career. Louis tells us about starting off with the New Zealand Warriors at a young age and scoring with his first touch of the ball on his debut. His move to the Warrington Wolves and winning the challenge cup twice with them and playing alongside his brother Vinnie there. We also discuss his time at the Catalans Dragons and missing out on the challenge cup win against

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