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Fire Up!
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Hosts Stephen Ferris and Kris Gale are back with the long-running Fire Up! show (formerly on FBI Radio) that dives WAY too deep into the absurdities, minutiae, atrocities and huuuuge personalities in the NRL Universe, featuring regular guest and a perfunctory, random and opinionated weekly analysis of every round's games.
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It's Not The Wine Footy Food Festival!
2w ago01:06:32Tap to summarizeMatt Rule joins us to talk through the delight that is the 10th anniversary of the Beer Footy Food Festival taking place at Henson Park, Marrickville this Saturday.And PWA's Kai Drake says that he will send North Shore Wrestling's Jack Osborne back over the Sydney Harbour Bridge with no belt as the Beer Footy food Championship is put up for grabs for the very first time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Beer, Footy, No Food
3w ago00:59:27Tap to summarizeThe Beer Footy Festival is looming large (18 July @ Henson Park, Marrickville) and we welcome independent brewer, Hawke's Brewing Co., to the mike via the agency of their digital marketing guru, Ben Hansen, to talk about their role in the festivities. Fire Up! favourite, Alby Talarico, adds the Newtown Jets perspective. And Fire Up! relationships correspondent, Emma Domoney, looks towards a Taylor & Travis/Vegas/Fire Up! tie up in 2027 (as opposed to a Benji Marshall tie in).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Momentum or Moments… Which One Of These?
4w ago00:46:46Tap to summarizeRugby league means pain, none more right now than is the case for followers of St. George Illawarra. We bring in the Prince of Punishment and media baron, John Gregory, to help process the particular discomfort being endured by Dragons fans.And we tackle one of the greater dilemmas in footy today which has seen Lord Benji Marshall be at odds with Emeritus Professor, Roy Masters, in working out whether league is a game of momentum or a game of thrones…sorry, moments.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Cowbell Clanger???
Jun 2301:02:50Tap to summarizeRugby league pundit, Stephen Rae, joins the show and adds his voice to Fire Up! in that we collectively know nothing about rugby league. Stephen also is unmoved by the return of Captain Charger up on the Gold Coast. However, alarm bells are ringing that the Storms have remixed their clanging cowbell tape. An inquiry seems inevitable.Fire Up! Covering the real rugby league stories.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →The Greatest Game of All You Can Bet On It
Jun 1600:59:06Tap to summarizeIt's Origin II time and it is apparent that rugby league, racing and the punt have never been more intertwined.Helping us unpack it all is Duncan Fine, a renaissance man whose love for the Bunnies is a matter of great pride (of the league).Who is rugby league's Justin Hemmes before there was ever a Justin Hemmes?And for all those who oppose the Leichhardt refurb, we say 'shoosh'...just like Romey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Medley Of Misery
Jun 1101:03:31Tap to summarizeAfter an inevitable moratorium owing to the goings on at the weekend at CommBank Stadium, Fire Up! returns to duty to explore the existential void associated with being a league fan, nay a sports fan.We trawl through three of the most downbeat of pressers in recent memory in Fire Up!'s Medley Of Misery. Returning guests, PJ Lane and Terry Bull, find out they are connected by Don Lane's love of sport and have Don to thank for their own personal fan miseries.And we take a peek at Hoppa's shopping bag and what makes up his 'Day On A Plate'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Rugby League Is A Man's Game?
Jun 201:11:08Tap to summarizeJR returns to Fire Up! to explain his controversial statements on a previous episode. about who's game is it. To her credit, Emma Domoney gives him the time of day.We look at the meaning of statistics , Ciraldo's clear belief that the Dogs are a big club and Denis Carnahan reminds us that PVL is both Jesus and Superman.And we tackle the biggest question coming out of Origin I - does Peter FitzSimons get AI to do his homework?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Mana & Manoush, Cuz!
May 2601:07:26Tap to summarizePWA tag team sensations, Mana & Manoush, join us ahead of their upcoming title match against North Shore's Wrestling's Sam & Jack Osborne to talk about their passion for their footy teams, for Origin and for their greater western Sydney roots.Things don't get out of hand as they throw shade at the fine pair of gentlemen that make up the Osbornes, but it was a close struck thing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Unconditional Fandom
May 1900:57:20Tap to summarizeSEN Women's Origin commentator and Ladies Who League legend, Mary Konstantopoulos, joins us to talk all forms of Origin, Not So Magic round and the protocols surrounding fan forums.And her baby daughter, Peta Amelia, is on the show as well!Hear what happens when an Eels girl and a Sharks boy have a baby together and then have to provide counsel to the youngster as to who to barrack for.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Negative Smells
May 1200:53:21Tap to summarizeAs Benji sprays some air freshener around the Zurich Centre, we’re joined by JR who shares all his NRL bugbears (which doesn’t include opinionated fans who aren’t club members). In fact, he ventilates some important matters that will help get rid of any odour of negativity around the game in general. Not sure if it’s enough to get to rid of the current whiff of desperation lingering around the Perth Bears though.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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