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Broadcasters, thespians and shameless sports geeks Joel Spreadborough and Johnny Manning take a deep, irreverent tumble into the world of Rugby League, sport, life in general..and god knows what else.
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- Sep 28, 20261h 4m
XXXIIXXXIIXXII: The Equinox of the Southern Cross
Grapple Global returns to Austrayan shores in the aftermath of a perfect sporting weekend, delivered via the nation's oval shaped codes. Perfect why, you asketh? Well, we'll tell'eth. It's not the results, although they are spectacular for Roosters/Knights/Lions/Wallabies fans. It sure aint the gruesomely medievil injury incurred by the NRL's golden boy. And there's no f**king way anything resembling perfection will ever come from the whistle of Wallaby nemesis Andrea Piardi.No friends, it was soul music playing the sounds of sporting wonder. It was a convergence of 3 regular foes across 4 glorious games, crackling with the energy of glory and despair, faster than the biggest coaster at the theme park, and far more entertaining. So pop an ear or two over the latest Grapple'isation of everything right, wrong and mildly inaccurate about the phenomeena that unfolded over the final weekend of September.
- Sep 18, 202651 min
Grapple & Zoom: The Hiatus ends
Heroes return, technology tests, opinions flow, insight dazzles.The Grapple is back from a short hiatus. All hail our new emperor, PVL Palpatine.
- Jul 20, 202632 min
Grapple Special: A Chop off the old Axe
It's a delightful tonic for a wounded state. Going down in a humbling to the Blues in a cauldron decider is heavy hitting for Queenslanders.. so our heroes figured why not cheer them all up by going all in with a heavy hitting Queenslander?Even the Bluest of Blues will get a tickle from the tales spun by the one and only Trevor Gillmeister.Our heroes have done well.
- Jul 9, 202632 min
Origin legacies to cheer up QLD: Trevor Gillmeister Grapple special
Don't worry about Origin 3, 2026 Queensland fans. A minor blip in an illustrious history full of devastating warriors. On that note, enjoy this deep dive into the life, career and inner most everythings of one of the Maroons greatest hitmen. They call him the axe for a reason, and our heroes have a bloody good chop at finding out what makes him tick. Dig it, or if you're Trevor Gillmeister, cut it in half.
- Jul 4, 202636 min
The Genesis of Miles: A Grapple Oddysey with a QLD legend
Lewis to Miles, Miles in the clear, TRY time.A version of the above was a very frequently used line in the 80's, as the REAL inventor of the flick pass cemented his legend in one of rugby league's most storied backlines.Gene Miles almost didn't make the journey from Townsville to Brisbane when the BRL came calling. The fact he did was a win for the rest of us. Strap yourself in as our heroes go deep with 'Geno' on his career journey, from the halcyon years of the BRL, to the birth of the Broncos, Kangaroo Tours, and Wally's go-to guy in the legendary Maroons backlines of the concept's golden ago. Part 2 of a 3 part special state of Origin series- DIG IT.
- Jun 17, 202636 min
A State of Origin’al thinking
A series won a series lost,A sacred setting, a twisting plotmMaroon and blue, the chase and the hunt.And a whistleblower who apparently doesn't hate a puntTime to grapple with Ashley Kleins tough week, state of origin, and Australia's best ever FIFA World Cup display.Time to work out who wins Origin 2 and why the league press carves out conflict narratives, not unlike villainous media mogul Elliot Carver in the 1997 Brosnan Bond entry Tomorrow Never Dies. 'Tell me James, do you still sleep with a gun under your pillow?'And, for fans of the 90’s spoof classic Hot Shots 2, time to work out why we bought helium.. Instead of air.Life. Grapple. Dig.
- Jun 16, 202640 min
SPECIAL EP: GRAPPLES OF ORIGIN- Mark Coyne and the miracle
'That's not a try, that's a miracle.'An especially special State of Origin adjacent special from our heroes, who go deep with Maroons legend Mark Coyne. From the BRL in the 80's, NSWRL in the 90's, to THAT try, it's a Grapptacular lens into some vintage rugby league folklore. And it's all yours. Tell your mates. Go the Maroons.
- Jun 10, 202656 min
THE MIDWINTER BALLS: ORIGIN FOLKLORE WITH SOME TECHNICAL YIPS
And so we arrive at a critical juncturePremiers buckling like a cyclist with a punctureFIFA takes over, Ben Stokes goes on a benderAs Aussie crickets crisis reaches a crescend..aStudio transition pains have forced our heroes into a hibernation at an inopportune time of year. Only a marginal amount of time is wasted getting asses back into gears and the Grapplers are back into it, despite dealing with a few ongoing auditory and technical pieces of evil that they can only express widespread listener apologies for. Origin is well and truly afoot and the teams are dissected with the gentle touch of a year 8 biology student tearing into an unsuspecting mouse corpse. A reverant Mt Rushmore of all time great Origin finishes takes us all down a nostalgic hallway to piece together just why this concept is so bloody enduring. The NRL is broken down into 3 convenient QLD based teams for analysis, while the FIFA world cup is analysed with the analytical depth of a petri dish by by the same year 8 kid who ripped the mouse apart a few sentences ago. Our Grapplers may have lost a bit of touch with the world game since the 2006 world cup but they will join millions of others in firing up for a foreign winner of personal choice, while riding the Socceroos as far as they can manage. And hopefully having more luck in covering it all than Somalian ref Omar Artan had getting into the host country.Elsewhere, cricket is still happening and Australia’s proud history of the odd colored clothing calamity marches on in Dhaka. Amid it all, a pause, a nod, and a sincere hat tip to the Rabbitohs and NRL world for its outpouring and recognition of Jai Arrow’s awful plight. In a season where the fans have been dealing with more emotionally confronting headlines than most.But there is always hope. Because there is always Grapple.
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