Give Us A Spell

This week we welcome in Storm Fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen. An absolute legend of the game on and off the field.

Ryan is an open book when it comes to everything we asked. Loves his footy, loves his sport, loves his greyhounds and ponies!

Things we cover:

•How the team is shaping up & injuries. Resting players and able to be the youngest Captain

•The table tennis comp held, Munster vs Hynes in the final with bets placed. Big upset! & things they need to do to keep themselves entertained in the bubble

•What are they expecting from the Raiders and thoughts on Souths and Panthers

•What it's been like living in QLD in the bubble

•Where Paps grew up, went to school, junior footy, other sports, rep teams

•Development at the Tigers and then leaving to go to the Storm

•How much Billy Slater means to him

•How's Bellamy been handling the COVID bubble

•Thoughts on the aura around Cameron Smith and other senior players at the storm

•Favourite players and club growing up

•Origin chat - how keen is he? Would he be happy to play centre?

•Owning greyhounds and race horses

•Degenerate punting stories, how he used to pick quaddies, cashing out bets & sick multis

•Some Instagram questions

58:30 - We welcome in Nick (known for his famous race calls who we had on the other week). Nick is good mates with Paps and we chat about this weekends races in Sydney and Melbourne

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WHAT A TIME OF YEAR. 2020 has been a horrible year for most BUT finals footy and Group racing across Sydney and Melbourne is giving us all the feelings in all the right places

We have an in-depth chat on all things NRL in the first half of the show covering all the finals news, Burgess bombshell & our Origin teams

(47min) Second half of the show is dedicated to Horse Racing. We cover all the big races from last weekend and who we should stick with. We look at the main races this weekend and give a couple of bets for the weekend

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This week we cover all things NRL and Racing

First half of the show is all things NRL then onto Racing

0:00 - 12 - Intro chat

12:00 - Kevvie to coach the Bronocs, Wayne to Origin, Craig 10yr deal & journos

18:00 - Bolters for Origin and Tommy maybe pulling out, mail, Foran & AFB

26:00 - Broncos winning the spoon & Darius' gender reveal

35:30 - What happened with the Roosters? How will the Panthers go? Titans, Canberra milk

45:30 - Thoughts for the games this weekend

50:00 - RACING - Covering - wins from the weekend, thoughts for Sydney & Melbourne this weekend and of course some 5 leg multis

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Today on the show we welcome NRL and Boxing Personality John 'Hoppa' Hopoate

Hoppa had a unique career in League, making his debut really young but always finding himself in trouble on the field. Ultimately becoming the most suspended player of all time!

We cover everything to do with his career, his 11 children (3 of which are playing in the NRL), his social media game, boxing and everything in between. Enjoy!

Time Codes:

Intro - Servant's Birthday, Covid issues with 11 children

2:30 - Being a proud Dad of three boys playing in the NRL. Issues that Jamil went through and then sending him up to Queensland and eventually the Broncos. Thoughts on Albert so far. Who should coach the Broncos

9:15 - Will making his decision to go on his Mormon sabbatical and walking away from the game

11:00 - Where Hoppa grew up and his teenage years. Influence of Bob Fulton

12:45 - Changing the way wingers play the game

14:00 - The 1995 fight in Origin vs Matt Sing and Danny Moore. In awe of Freddy

16:50 - Joining the Tigers

18:00 - Finger incident and the 12 week suspension

21:00 - Keith Galloway incident

23:00 - Dealing with referees & thoughts on Bill Harrigan

24:45 - Resurgence of Tongan Rugby League and issues with the Board

31:30 - Calling out people on Instagram

33:00 - Playing 5th Grade Union whilst still playing NRL

35:00 - Life after NRL and moving into Boxing. Thoughts on Gal, Mark Hunt, Sonny, Choc & Tim Tszyu

44:30 - Working for John Ibrahim in the Cross

48:30 - Where his boys are signed for next year, his thoughts for the rest of the season & the issues he faced while coaching SG Ball

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This week Zach is joined by regular Tom and making his debut on the show Chris. We cover all the happenings in the NRL this past week, all the racing that happened on Saturday and looking forward to this weekend and is Union finally going in the right direction?

Rough Time codes:

Intro - Highlights/lowlights/haircuts

9:00 - Origin Dates

12:30 - Suaalii demands

16:45 - Gavin Cooper calls it a day

17:40 - Souths Junior playing NFL

20:45 - Jarrod Croker gives game ball to Cody Ramsay & Papalli resigns

25:30 - Teddy a Rooster for life now

28:00 - Aubo V SBW

30:30 - Boyd Cordner & Benji petition

36:00 - Tips for the NRL

45:00 - Rugby Union new promo video

48:00 - Racing. Farnan, Rothfire, Fiteuse, Discharged & Kingsheir, Fierce Impact, George Main, The Shorts, Tea Rose and more

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This week Zach and the boys cover everything happening in the previous few days in League. There's been a HEAP. Plus Novak's stuff up & all things Racing heading into the Spring Carnival

Timecodes:

0:00 - 6:00 - Intro & Manly's dismal finish

6:30 - Alex Johnson resigns with Souffs

7:30 - Wayne Bennett begging for attention

9:00 - Tigers players doing the bolt

11:00 - SBW return

13:00 - Teddy Show, Griffin to the Dragons & Ponga v Townsend

21:00 - Foran finished?

24:00 - Curtis Scott charges thrown out!

31:00 - Tips for the round

Novak thrown in there

41:00 - End - Horse Racing. IG live with Tommy Berry, Kozi slots, Intuition & Jarrod Croker, Gytrash v Nature Strip, Furious Stakes, Avilius, Dreamforce, Run To The Rose & Some bets for the weekend

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This week Zach, Tom & Kohei are joined by Raiders back rower Elliot Whitehead

Elliot gives us the rundown on the form turnaround from the Raiders the last few weeks, the speed of Josh Papalii, his life in Bradford, Super League, Picked up by the Raiders, Love of Canberra, Love of a beer and punt + a heap more from the legend. Following the interview we cover all NRL and Racing news and tips and get a surprise call from Sky Racing QLD Form Expert Michael Charge, Enjoy!

Timecodes

0:00 - 44:00 - Interview with Elliot Whitehead

44:00 - NRL News and Tips

1:08:00 - Racing News and Tips

1:16:20 - Sky Racing's Michael Charge calls into the podcast for a cameo

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This week we're joined by Mitch and Nick who dead set blew up Social media with their Race call of the 2015 Manikato Stakes where Chautauqua took it out. We got the boys on to get their back story and give us a re call of 2016 Cox Plate where Winx dominated

Following the interview we re cap all the happenings in racing and NRL the past week and this coming weekend.

Timecodes:

0:00 - 11:00 - Intro - Highlights/Lowlights

11:00 - Interview with Mitch & Nick about how they blew up social media with their call, what they do with themselves, what a normal day is like living with each other and a re call of the 2016 Cox Plate

34:15 - Racing from the past week and this weekend

54:50 - NRL news and bets

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This week the Zach and the boys go over a rather large weekend in which Tom and Kohei are still recovering. A failed race call gets a start (well called Zach), all the NRL happenings and all the racing news. Timecodes:

0:00 - 14:00 - Intro, big weekend, Beers with Flindell, race calling, success and woes on the punt

14min - Seibold, Broncos, Texts & Fines

16min - Shaun Johnson & Kevin Proctor

18min - Warriors, Albert Hopoate & Sponsors

22mins - Dragons/Mary

24mins - Manly game

26min - Storm pump Roosters

28mins - Cooper Johns getting a start?

30min - Kotoni staggs calling out senior players

34min - Where did Finchy come from?

35min - Inside goss on the Roosters coaching ranks

37min - Tips for the round

48min - AFL/Rugby/Bball/Boxing

52min - Big bets that all came 2nd on the weekend, Torun, North Pacific, Masked Crusader, Showmanship, Adam Hyeronimus ban & favourite bets for Saturday

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Happy Punting

On the show today Zach catches up with champion Wallaby Will Genia. He's a Wallaby centurion having been the 10th player to crack 100 tests. Will has an awesome life story from growing up in PNG to moving to QLD and moving through the Rugby ranks. He's played all over the world and now has signed in Japan.

Timecodes:

0:00 - 4min - Playing some club footy on the weekend for GPS in the Brisbane competition, how he's handling the Covid issues in Brisbane and plans to head back to Japan

4:00 - Growing up in PNG, moving to Brisbane, schooling and Footy

5:00 - Family life now

7:30 - Deciding to be a Rugby player, making rep teams etc

8:15 - What professional players he came through the system with

9:30 - Relationship with Quade Cooper. Dealing with negative press and the media

13:45 - Recruited by the Reds

14min - Making the Wallabies squad

16:30 - Becoming captain of the reds & then the Wallabies

18:00 - What the tours were like, who was fun, enjoyed a beer etc

23:00 - What Rugby players do in their down time

25:00 - Resigning with the Reds and brushing the Force

26:00 - Playing in France

28:00 - What it means to Will playing 100 tests for the Wallabies

30:00 - Mould his game around anyone?

31:00 - How much longer do we need to wait to win a Bledisloe? Will's thoughts on the current climate of Rugby and what we can do to improve the game and bring fans back

34:00 - Thoughts on grass roots rugby

37:30 - Where to after footy?

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