Roy and HG - Bludging on the Blindside

Roy and HG - Bludging on the Blindside episodes:

• 04.20.2024

  King Gutho - Emperor of Parramatta Stadium - Part 1

  Part 1 - Who is the true King of Rugby League? Most would say King Wally Lewis, but the way Gutho is playing, of course as fullback, kicker, shapes up in the front row and runs it out the back...

  
• 04.20.2024

  King Gutho - Emperor of Parramatta Stadium - Part 2

  Part 2 - Who is the true King of Rugby League? Most would say King Wally Lewis, but the way Gutho is playing, of course as fullback, kicker, shapes up in the front row and runs it out the back...

  
• 04.13.2024

  Four horsemen of Rugby League - Part 1

  Part 1 - To revive rugby league in the bush, we need a fiasco. A round robin series of City vs Country matches. Like Isaah Yeo, Roy and HG talk up the positive attributes of having a great competition like...

  
• 04.13.2024

  Four horsemen of Rugby League - Part 2

  Part 2 - To revive rugby league in the bush, we need a fiasco. A round robin series of City vs Country matches. Like Isaah Yeo, Roy and HG talk up the positive attributes of having a great competition like...

  
• 04.06.2024

  Snort the washing powder - Part 1

  Roy & HG discuss the "pathway" that the Man of Feathers, Peter V'landys could have travelled if he wasn't diverted from a life of crime. He would have fallen in with the wrong crowd, like the Channel 7's Spotlight people...

  
• 04.06.2024

  Snort the washing powder - Part 2

  Roy & HG discuss the "pathway" that the Man of Feathers, Peter V'landys could have travelled if he wasn't diverted from a life of crime. He would have fallen in with the wrong crowd, like the Channel 7's Spotlight people...

  
• 03.30.2024

  Drug Counsellors - are they real? - Part 1

  Part 1 - The AFL and NRL clubs are employing drug counsellors to counsel the players who are in danger of three strikes, you're out rule. Roy & HG discuss which rules trump which other laws? For example, does ACT...

  
• 03.30.2024

  Drug Counsellors - are they real? - Part 2

  Part 2 - The AFL and NRL clubs are employing drug counsellors to counsel the players who are in danger of three strikes, you're out rule. Roy & HG discuss which rules trump which other laws? For example, does ACT...

  
• 03.23.2024

  Highrise Racecourse - Part 2

  PART 2 - With the National housing crisis dominating the news headlines, this is a problem felt, not only around the world, but in sport as well. High-rise racecourses and stables, is this the way of the future? Join Roy...

  
• 03.23.2024

  Highrise Racecourse - Part 1

  PART 1 - With the National housing crisis dominating the news headlines, this is a problem felt, not only around the world, but in sport as well. High-rise racecourses and stables, is this the way of the future? Join Roy...

  
• 03.16.2024

  Suckling Pig and Duck Fat

  Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson cast a collective eye over the world of sport.

  
• 03.16.2024

  Guns and Rugby League

  Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson cast a collective eye over the world of sport.

  
• 03.09.2024

  No stool in the pot plant

  Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson cast a collective eye over the world of sport.

  
• 03.08.2024

  Do you like to Rugby League?

  Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson cast a collective eye over the world of sport.

  
• 03.02.2024

  Viva Las Vegas - Part 2

  Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson cast a collective eye over the world of sport.

  
• 03.02.2024

  Viva Las Vegas - Part 1

  Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson cast a collective eye over the world of sport.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: Baptism in Pools

  Home churches and backyard baptisms – a new tax write off for Rugby League players?

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: Commonwealth Games

  Who wants to billet an athlete? Roy and HG propose a future model for the unloved Games.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: Penalty Pullers

  “People love a terrific hit.” New rules designed to improve rugby league didn’t pass the pub test on The Bludge.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: The Toilet of Hope

  Roy and HG are moved by the story of a struggling rugby league player living out of his car before he’s offered unique accommodation..

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: Collapse of League in the Bush

  Never short of ideas to prop up rugba league, Roy and HG outline their four point plan to save the game in the bush.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: The Winx Car

  Roy and HG believe to bring car manufacturing back to Australia it needs to lean into our legends. Bring on ‘The Winx’; Sydney to Goulburn in 20 minutes.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: Central Coast Sickos

  When a NSW surf club bans nudity in their change rooms, Roy and HG propose ‘changing behind the towel’ lessons in schools.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: The Church of Satan v AFL

  HG’s viewing habits lead to a suggestion for a unique broadcast model.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best Of: The Cult of Eleven

  In 2022 the number 11 was ubiquitous. It dominated The Bludge all year. Hear how the Cult of Eleven began.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: GPS chips in balls

  Not often that Isaac Newton comes into the conversation. But here we are.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: Growing Pot on the SCG

  Why allow sports fields to lie idle during Covid? Weekend agriculturalists Roy and HG have the solution.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: China buying the AFL

  At the height of our trade war with China, amateur diplomats Roy and HG proposed expanding the AFL into China to soothe tensions.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: The Mornington 5 party

  How did five jockeys destroy an Air BnB during a Covid lockdown party? Roy and HG discuss the possibilities.

  
• 12.17.2023

  Best of: Horses in Schools

  “A kid with a betting account could make a fortune by the time they’re 11”.  Roy and HG believe it’s never to young to train the next generation of punters.

  
• 10.28.2023

  Trump - The Manly Fan

  Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson cast a collective eye over the world of sport.

  
• 10.21.2023

  Happy Together

  Sporting fans around the world and across different sporting genres have butchered songs like "Sweet Caroline" for donkeys. Roy and HG ponded the songs Rugby League should take to Vegas. "Happy Together" by the Turtles, came up as a big favourite.. so...

  
• 10.14.2023

  Examination of Stoolage

  Australian sport is in a bit of a funk at the moment. The Chocolate Wallabies and the men's cricket team are basket cases in their respective World Cups. This gave an opportunity for Roy & HG to swing their focus...

  
• 10.07.2023

  Picking a winning dog

  Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson cast a collective eye over the world of sport.

  
• 09.30.2023

  2023 Festival of the Boot

  The BIG dance weekend is here! For both codes. Roy and HG lose their minds discussing all the stories in the lead up to the whistle. Vegas is still on their radar, Adam Reynolds - Captain/Coach of the year at the...

  
• 09.23.2023

  Burn Sticks

  The Old Gold fruit and nut Wallabies are a basket case! They couldn't win a free spin on the pokies. What are they gunna do? Roy & HG have decided to burn a stick for them and have asked you all...

  
• 09.16.2023

  Lowes meet Lowe's in Vegas

  Everybody knows Lowes fashion warehouse here in Australia. It's great! Great clothing. Well apparently there's a Lowe's in America. It's business is in home improvements, hammers, nails, racks, spanners, etc. The start of the Rugby league season next year in...

  
• 09.09.2023

  Pig Shooting Round

  It was suggested from Greg this week of a "Pig Shooting Round". Roy and HG thought, to help out the Government by combining this with Tanya Plibersek's problem with feral cats. Bring in your pig snouts to prove how many pigs...

  
• 09.02.2023

  STOP THE MADNESS!

  There's enough madness in Rugby League, let alone Sport. THE MADNESS HAS TO STOP! Everything from smoking dope in the stands at Flushing Meadows, amateur athletes retiring because of cost of living pressures to the mould and disrepair happening at Shark...

  
• 08.26.2023

  Rugba League Bong

  The NRL's policy on recreational drug use is about to be thrust into the spotlight. Something that bong heads don't like. There's been some limited research that cannabis may help prevent concussion or the after effects, but there hasn't been enough research done. Due...

  
• 08.19.2023

  200 Million Dollar Lucky Pig

  The NSW Minister for Agriculture is on the hunt for Feral Pig Coordinator. Sound like you? Combine that with using the $200 Million dollars pledged by the Prime Minister to women's sport and we could really get the feral pig...

  
• 08.12.2023

  A winner looks like me

  Roy and HG have been arguing for years that kids and gambling DO mix. More children at the races, maybe schools could organise excursions? It teaches children probability and mathematics in preparation for life as an adult. It shows the kids what...

  
• 08.05.2023

  Swung around by the tool

  New candidate for “Grub of the Year” this week. Touk Miller from the Suns. He grabbed Zorko by the flute, quite a bit of it and swung him around by the tool. Miller, while you’re grubb’in, see if you can...

  
• 07.29.2023

  Dolphin's Pizza?

  We've discuss previously some of the weird food our sporting venues are serving up... and at a price! Do they know we have a cost of living crisis? Now fans and business are showing their fanaticism with pizza. Matthew kindly...

  
• 07.22.2023

  What price to put on a dream?

  The elephant in the sporting room this week was the blowing up of the Commonwealth Games. It's a two parter. One, the money, seven billion dollars and two, dreams. What price do you put on a dream? What will our...

  
• 07.15.2023

  Cheeseburger Spring Rolls are normal

  Anthony tried to find comfort at Stadium Australia in food, when the Bulldogs were being hammered by the Knights. He thought of a bucket of chips and mid strength beer, but was surprised to find Cheeseburger Spring Rolls on offer....

  
• 07.08.2023

  Tarzan's Grip notes

  To step away from the bad cricketing stories this week, Ricky Ponting, past Australian cricket great, captain and batsman, owns his own winery, Ponting Wines. In a long line of sporting greats who also own wines, like Aussie Joe, Peter Sterling Ports...

  
• 07.01.2023

  Dreams of being a basket case

  Where do we start? The Dragons, basket case! Actually, below basket case. They would dream of being a basket case. Where's the Gould Report? Where is it? Does V'Landys have to step in and sort out the decay of one...

  
• 06.24.2023

  Cam Smith in Blue

  After the NSW Blues' shocking series loss to Queensland. Inevitably the coach, Freddy Fittler's job has come into question. The team's not preforming, get a new coach, but who? Danny Buderus, Joey Johns, Andrew Probyn, why not Cam Smith? That's just crazy...

  
• 06.17.2023

  Can I knock him out?

  The night of the Panthers vs Rooster's game, Jared Waerea-Hargraves ask Teddy on the field, "Can I knock him out?", referring to Penrith prop, Spencer Lenui. Teddy replied, "No, hold your cool", something Jared isn't good at, but he did....