Boxing gets a rare run, with an equally rare example of a sport delving into the archives and reversing a 30 year-old result, setting quite the precedent.....ESG finds its inevitable way into sport.....the Cappuccino Kid, Alex Watson, turns good guy and is trying to save Modern Pentathlon from itself (and the animal rights fraternity).....and the 'G chucks its twenty cents worth into Red Card Yellow Card. 

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The World Cup plunders on, providing more material than we know what to do with: armband bans, Infantino's multi-personality diatribe, the beer sales backflip, etc. etc. And was the early morning Socceroos opener the real reason no-one turned up to an Aust v Eng ODI? Red Card Yellow Card has a football focus, with a can't-be-unheard nomination for Wayne Rooney. After impressing in the qualifiers last show, journo Kevan Sangster comes in off the bench, deputising for Reills ('soreness').

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Show me the money! Or at least where a savvy advertiser should place it. The team work through the usual suspects and a few surprises on this year’s Most Marketable Athletes List. They can’t agree about the future of Pickle Ball or the Giteau Law, but they do agree that this show has one of the most fun interviews ever: one half of Australia’s recently crowned Wife Carrying Champions, Nick Topham (yes, you did read that right…and yes, we are very very careful). Enjoy!  

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The World Cup is about to kick off in Qatar and the team talk to journalist, Kevan Sangster, who helps us navigate player protests, FA remedy petitions and Denmark’s black kit. We also venture into the virtues of Netball sponsorship and the values of the Essendon football club and its one day CEO! The banter in this one is deep and meaningful, though there’s also $50,000 NFL lunches and a star-studded Red Card Yellow Card. It’s another great episode of For & Against!

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The ink is barely dry on the AFL’s new $4.5b contract and the team bring in Dr Hunter Fujak to put it under the microscope…and bring the hammer down on the NRL (who must be feeling very sorry for themselves). We also object to a Scottish legal ruling that sport is not a religion and discuss the holy relics known as sporting collectibles. Amen to another great episode of For & Against! 

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In this show, the For & Against team get serious - if just for a short time - to discuss head injuries, concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). And given that they can barely pronounce encepha… encephalo… CTE, they bring in Dr Alan Pearce, world-renowned neurophysiologist, to talk about how we might reduce the chances of our sporting heroes spending their later lives suffering from cognitive impairment, depression, suicide and short-term memory loss. To lighten the mood, they also talk LIV Golf (much to Roachy’s chagrin), Bledisloe on a Thursday and why everyone should crush their medication and take it to the casino in a plastic baggie! Please enjoy another great show of For & Against

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Yes, we’re making up words, but only because words can’t describe the high drama and controversy that For & Against’s intrepid investigative team uncover in this show!
The NRL is looking for bidders to host their Grand Final, Super Bowl-style. Will it catch on? Or is it just another piece of V’landys brinksmanship? 

And the noble sport of Cornhole has been rocked by allegations of cheating by the game’s elite…Simon’s world has been rocked and you’ll never look at competitive bean bags the same way again…as I said, words can’t describe!

But For & Against is here to make sense - and fun - of it all!

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First it was One Dayers, now it’s the jewel in the traditionalist’s crown, Test Cricket, whose life is on the line. South Africa might be the number one ranked team in the world, but does their lack of sponsors mark them as a canary in a coal mine?
Fear not, because the For & Against team is all over it! Listeners should also take heart that Ash Barty has a new job, we have discovered the Excel world championships and sporting champs are being called out for acting like chumps in Red Card Yellow Card.
It’s another great episode of For & Against.

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He’s back! Sound the trumpets! Wave your flags! The walking encyclopaedia of all things football, David “Bear” Gill, is back from sabbatical to celebrate and reminisce over the 30th Anniversary of the introduction of the back pass rule! We also cover other great rule changes, Sam Kerr achieving legendary status on the cover of FIFA2023 and Australia’s secret championship credentials in Obstacle Course Swimming. The back pass was introduced to reduce time-wasting, but you won’t want to miss a minute of this - another great episode of For & Against.

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Is it sacrilegious to watch sport on Christmas Day? Or sacrilege not to? To figure it out, the team interview Sydney Kings Co-Owner, Paul Smith, who recently announced the NBL’s intention to break the taboo and own Christmas Day. Paul gives an off-the-cuff, sports business masterclass on potential benefits of first mover advantage, the risks that he and the NBL are taking and, most important of all, why it just might work. Also on the show: Has Ben Stokes signalled the end for 50 over cricket? Has Roachy had enough of LIV Golf? And is there anything Johnny can’t stomach about the Tom Brady of Hot Dog Eating? This one’s got everything - we hope you enjoy another great episode of For & Against.

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