Fire Up!

OG Mal Meninga understands. It's an West Coast v East Coast thing.So with a 2028 Perth GF in the offing, the Bears are getting their act together (finally).We're joined by PJ Lane and Alby Talarico to inspect the Bears' jersey, mascot and salary cap/player concessions. And we even preview the new team song.Meanwhile, at SuperJesus HQ, Sarah McLeod AKA PVL is  unleashing a torrent of content ideas - 3rd v 4th Froth, Global Round, Global GF, Global NRL Cop and Global NRL Jet. We unpack it all.And what's the deal with the popcorn chicken @ Allianz!?!?!Turn on your grill and Fire Up!

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We here at Fire Up! totally respect the NRL's initiative to keep the coverage positive.So Emma Domoney joined us to talk up the game with the exception of the following:blowout scorelines; angry birds (ie. Roosters); blueing Tigers; PVL; visually challenged touchies; Reece Walsh; threatened teddy bears; PVL; Global Rounds; PVL; Matt King's lack of emotion; Manly Sports Management Diplomas....on, and PVL.

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The Touchline Troubador, Denis Carnahan, paints The Bye Round Studios a shade of Raiders green as we get to grip with what more  can be said about the Tigers after you’ve had 21 seconds. Answer: Nothing.Big Club Theory rears its ugly head in the NRLW. PVL may not have been on The Queen’s speed dial. Denis is doing Rugby League the Musical for a 10th consecutive year come Finals time. How can you not be FIRED UP!?!?!

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We are joined by Kellis Hollis from Hear Her Roar, a Wests Tigers NRLW podcast, as we look at the latest concerns around Big Club Theory as Dragons CEO, Tim Watsford,  sees a problem that extends "beyond the football field."We also usher in the era of Sarah McLeod AKA Peter V'landys AKA The Supreme Being.And producer, Jordan Weis, comes off the bench and plays some crashball.

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Matt 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.

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The 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).

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Rugby 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.

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Rugby 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.

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It'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.

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After 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'

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