In our final episode of the season:

• PVL’s cultural cachet finally gains recognition…from an economics newspaper (link)
• PVL turns it up to 11 (minutes of surprise entertainment)
• Wayne Bennett is DONE with the bunker
• Did Mark Howard have an erection while calling the AFL (link) and do we need an AI commentary booth?
• A surprise season review from ‘Mango’
• NRL Book Club: ‘A well-hung hangover’, by Craig Salvatori
• Dante’s eighth level of rugby league Hell: Malebolge, the Final Furnace

In this episode

• We actually feel bad for Ashley Klein and it's an odd sensation
• Peter V'Landys bans pot plants, introduces Steedens
• Tones and bye-bye: the master negotiator fails to sign a grand final warm-up act - is a greasy pole the answer?
• Which fictional villain does PVL remind you of?
• Teams finals slogans Battle Royale!

In this episode

• Did teams lose games just so they could go to the NFL?
• Just stop it with the Rabbitohs jerseys at non-rugby league events
• PVL's power grab is a go
• Fan mailbag: augmented reality for referee howlers
• Luai vs To’o: Rice Wars
• Josh Addo-Carr's snowy road trip
• V'Landys 3000: a special sci-fi serial

In this episode:

• Peter V'Landys will attend the NFL, on verge of becoming Chancellor of the Reichstag
• Braith Anasta makes a massive career decision (and it was totally his call, definitely no other factors involved whatsoever)
• The bleak (augmented) reality of NRL World
• Equality! Seriah Palepale leads police on a high-speed car chase
• Great moments in the Greatest Game of All: Stanley the Steel Avenger

This episode brought to you by Eggs of the Papa.

In this episode:

• The Stench award: September edition
• The mighty Melbourne Storm are put off by a ground announcer
• Jarome Luai signs a big Pepsi contract. Where does this leave best mate Brian 'Coke Zero' To'o? (Watch Jarome's full best man speech here)
• We use our new interactive tool to choose a finals team
• Unpacking the biggest big game: the USARL grand final
• Predicto-pets: have you got the next Paul the Octopus?

In this episode:

• Toby Rudolf backs himself to dack himself
• Club statements are SACRED!
• Immortality awaits the PNG Chiefs social media team
• The disturbing trend of players ripping Pokemon cards
• Is COVID the Bulldogs’ secret weapon?
• Dante’s 7th level of rugby league Hell: VIOLENCE
• Reyno’s Olympic diving backflip
• Bennett is the only one who wants the kick-off change

In this episode:

• Is it normal for 17 teams to own a piece of their rival?
• Melbourne Storm shareholders are like a child in a Swede-shop
• Recapping the Dolphins' season using Woolf idioms
• Fantasy V'Landys: Touch Judge Enforcers
• Fantasy V'Landys Part II: The Spirit of Rugby League Officer

In this episode:

• Global round is a go
• Will Eddie Jones coach a Japanese NRL team?
• PVL wants his own jet to play with
• Third-place playoff? More like turd face piss-off
• Census 2026: Where were all the rugby league questions?
• We test Grok’s NRL banter skills
• Bears’ jersey marketing misfires