Cooke & Cranny

Bobbo parties with Tongan fans in Liverpool, Mick traces the history of Rugby League in the South Pacific back to the 1700s, the US Army dumps nuclear waste in the Marshall Islands but Mick reveals a deeper plot by the enemies of Rugby League.

Mick captivates Bobbo with a beautifully tragic tale of love and loss. A perfect, fragile love, built on baguettes, pipettes, Renaissance art & Rugby League, shattered in the merciless grip of mistrust and suspicion. A journey through his own vulnerability which finally connects the dots between some of his sprawling theories regarding the paranormal origins of the game.

The boys record their best episode, just in time for their worst ratings figures. Bobbo wears his best Scottish wedding suit and Mick laments an overlooked Scottish cultural challenge. Mick goes north in search of a purported chronicle of his family's mysterious history and returns with crappy scrapbook full of Queensland players. Canada arrives.

The boys decide that apparel oft proclaims the man. Bobbo doesn't want his potatoes to go soft. Mick begins fingering the foes of Rugby League, including NSW Police, the Federal Government & Rugby Union, but still seems reluctant to implicate the Catholic Church.

Bobbo discovers a suspicious link between the Citizenship 7 and the nations of the RLWC. Mick is contacted by a stranger who corroborates his haunted tales of the Hunter. Bobbo chows down on more than just baguettes and reveals his Rugby League hero to be a Frenchman.

World Cup teams are announced and Mick isn't sure who they are. Bobbo draws on Sydney's late-night culture to create some multi-ethnic matchday treats. Mick revisits his family's oral history to reveal the tale of some very mysterious balls.