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This week's episode welcomes special guest Benny Elias, the Balmain Tiger legend who thoroughly entertains us with stories ranging from the ‘89 Grand Final to his fence jumping mother at Star Of Origin, to meeting Tina Turner and dishing up the truth about that biting incident with Mario Fenech. Furthermore he lets us know what he thinks of current Tigers’ controversies and lets us know what he thinks about Jack Wighton, Kev Walters, Tim Sheens, Turvey, Alan Jones, Mario Fenech, mullets, shoulder pads, the Crimea look and much much more.

AND he debuts a potentially came changing new anthem for the NRL.

It’s good, you’ll want to hear it all, believe us!

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Our hosts discuss the  Anzac Round and in particular the Anzac Day games, bemoaning the diminished pre game ceremonies compared to yesteryear - no Black Hawks, no Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels - and ask some of the key questions to emerge from the weekend: “How long IS a minute’s silence?” “Do veterans REALLY get in free, and if so, where do they sit?” ‘Are the Warriors really representing NZ?”

And as always much, much more….

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Rd.7's episode features a rare and wonderful conversation with "An old fashioned operator with a gargantuan leg break" - the enigmatic cricket legend Stuart Macgill - or "Fondue Stu" as he dubbed himself mid-episode.

They discuss Warney, Advanced Hair, cheap wickets, New Order, Viv Richards, the Fat Shaming ACB, Wests Tigers Thongs (bought with Afterpay), Curtley Ambrose, abject fear and Brian Lara (nickname - "Brian.")

Back on familiar NRL turf - our hosts revisit last years hot topic - NRL Haircuts - and get into the "Usana Presence," Putt Putt at the Gold Coast, The Dynasty, Gus and The Dossier,  and air some confusing emotions regarding Cooper Cronk. 

Just for starters. 

If you're interest isn't perked by now....you might like to know what Fondue Stu thinks about Brad Thorn?

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After the completion of Rd.6 our hosts concern themselves with questions of team balance, the intense caffeination of some players, hat tricks, Victor Radley's football IQ and introduce a new segment "The End of Dog Days."

They also discuss whether Taylor Swift will EVER manage to keep a man, Brett Stewart's penchant for La Peruvian, and in their Rugby League Biology weekly segment, the phenomenon of grub on grub and The Grub Code.

And of course much, much more....

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Sometimes the minutiae of life warrants the greatest attention, and maybe that's the case this week as Latrell's prized heifers - "Talking Dirty" and "Quartz" - are front and foremost in our host's minds, along with the seismic implications of Joseph "The Technicolour Dreamcoat" Suaalii's defection to a dwindling, if even existent? alternative football code. 

We also introduce a brand new segment - "Rugby League Biology" - which feels like it will be essential listening for all students of the NRL.

And mentioned in passing are The Beach Boys, 80's adman Siimon Reynolds, The Holden Precision Driving Team and The Illawarra Ne'er Do Wells. Make of that what you will.

To make sense of any of this, you probably should listen in. To the Podcast where Rugby League is life, and life is Rugby League. Kinda. 

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Round 4 of the NRL finds our hosts with their heads in their hands, asking the big questions - "What is the price of fandom?" "Is the cost simply too much?" "Are South Sydney really more like a religion than a football club?" "What the hell does Atlassian actually do????" "What is loyalty when there is a Joseph Suaalii muddying the moral waters?" "What did Hook's meagre 39 word press conference mean, if anything?" "What is the best cult to join?"

For the answers to ALL of these profound questions, one must listen in. Be prepared to have YOUR.MIND.BLOWN.

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This week’s show welcomes special guest Rick Grossman to the Fire Up! Panel. Rick is a 2 time ARIA Hall Of Famer as bass player with the Hoodoo Gurus and The Divinyls, and as a lifelong Rugby League fanatic shares some amazing stories of encounters with King Wally, Choppy and Fatty through to Craig Tugger Coleman and Lou Reed.

The boys also discuss such hot topics as Legroom at Trellianz, The Manly Mobile Recruitment Mini Bus, The Book Of Feuds, The Kestrel 54 Wind Speed Tracker, the Penrith Culture Conference and much, much more…

With some original music as always from Denis Carnahan, and this week we give those floral shirt enthusiasts the Hoodoo Gurus some valuable airtime.

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Round 2 of the NRL Season, the appearance of Albo on the world stage and an impending NSW Election finds our hosts waxing lyrical about the geopolitical implications of the NRL and code expansion, infrastructure issues, Stadiums, catering and the all round Game Day Experience! Biden, Modi, Mao Tse Tung and the Australian Defence Force all get a look in, as do David Bowie, Stevie Nicks, Chris Rock and Weird Al.

In other issues, obviously Blake Ferguson's nasal issues require a thorough going over, as do the Wellness Gurus, the Red Mist and The Sheens/Marshall Initiative/Experiment.

And much, more more....

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Hosts Stephen Ferris & Kris Gale are back in 2023 with the long running Fire Up! show (formerly of FBI Radio) that dives WAY too deep into the absurdities, minutiae, atrocities and huuuuge personalities in the NRL Universe, featuring regular guests and a perfunctory, random and opinionated weekly analysis of every round’s games. 

This week's discussion centres on "Wellness" and it's increasingly pervasive role in the Greatest Game Of All. The NEW NRL Coaches - Bennett, Ciraldo, Seibold - seem to be bringing a new approach to the game. Or are they?

Other points of discussion include: "Can the Panthers go back to back to back?", "L Shaped Dressing Rooms," "The Village People Go West," "The Hectic Cheese," "Kris Gale's last will and testament," and amongst many other things "The (partially redistributed) Ashes Of Arthur Beetson."

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Wests Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe and Chair Lee Hagipantelis tell their rugby league stories. 

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