The boys band together for the final episode of season 4 of the podcast as they discuss all things rugby league in the annual end-of-season bunker review for 2024… (and yes, we will be back in 2025 for Season 5)!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

01:17 - Guildy disagrees with our review of the NRL Grand Final

06:51 - Episode Overview

08:11 - Revisiting our Crystal Ball predictions for the 2024 Rugby League season

20:22 - Wigan win B2B Super League titles and the first-ever Grand Slam!

25:22 - Which Super League clubs could compete in the NRL?

32:32 - Will the World Club Challenge be played in 2025?

43:32 - International Rugby League: Who will win the Pacific Cup?

49:30 - International Rugby League: Who will win the Pacific Bowl?

53:22 - International Rugby League: England host Samoa in 2-test series

57:30 - NRL Expansion hits major hurdle; Perth bid in jeopardy

1:06:27 - Play-the-balls under the microscope for 2025

1:13:33 - National Youth Comp (U20s) to return in 2026?

1:17:40 - Are there too many jerseys in the NRL?

1:20:30 - Rugby League to be played in GPS system for first time in over 100 years

1:26:23 - Signing news and rumours (Gutho, Hunt, JAC, Trindall, Thompson, Cobbo, Doueihi, and more)

1:38:53 - Quick-fire NRL team reviews for 2024 and what they can improve on for 2025

1:55:27 - Outro

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Proudly sponsored by:

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* Rusty Penny Brewing Co.

* 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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