In keeping true to our local roots and going beyond mainstream media, the Sultan Tony Dosen has a chat with newly appointed Hornsby Swimming Club coach Matt McSorley to see how he's settling in to life with the stopwatch and clipboard at the Hornsby Aquatic Centre.

There is more to coaching swimmers than just driving elite athletes.  Coach McSorley goes into how he intends to bring all swimmers into the Hornsby Swimming Club family - regardless of ability.

Matt is not afraid to let the Sultan know what the challenges are and what exciting new talent is now under his care.  He also explains where he wants to see the Hornsby Swimming Club go in the future.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

The boys, along with first time Bench hostess Alex Bellamy, caught up with Northern District Cricket Club's Nathan Smith to discuss the Cricket World Cup and also with Sydney FC NPL Coach Jimmy Van Weeran.

With the death of the Northern Conference A Grade competition, there remains but two districts which maintain their own A Grade competitions: South Sydney and Penrith. To that end, the Sultan caught up with the voice of... well, everything... Nick Kutnjak, of Hawkesbury Radio fame and many other locales, to discuss the way in which A Grade rugby league has declined across the entirety of the Sydney basin.

In a continuation of the "Death of the A Grade" series, 'the Sultan'

In his last Sydney-based contribution to Splinters, the Lord Mayor sits down with Sassymodels boss Keira Howarth, who moonlights as the Dance Squad co-ordinator of the Wests Tigers, to discuss how the role of dancers has evolved over the years. His Worship also catches up with members of the Wests Tigers dance squad to get their take on a plethora of topics surrounding their role on an NRL game day.

The Hat Rack and our newest member, the Deputy Lord Mayor of Leichhardt, were joined on Friday night by Sam White of our favourite rugby union team, the Hornsby Lions, to discuss all the local goings on on the rugby union front, and then by Northern District Cricket Club first grade captain Nathan Smith (7:32) to talk about the Cricket World Cup.

The Raging Bull and the Italian Stallion get together for a second consecutive week to discuss the round ball game. This week, it's a full wrap up of the biggest European competitions: The Champions League, Europa League, La Liga, Ligue 1, the Bundesliga, Serie A and the Dutch Eredivisie.

The Raging Bull and the Italian Stallion team up to preview the goings on as the best of the women's round ball game come together to battle it out for supremacy in France.

In a massive bonus content feature, we begin by chatting with Jake Ratcliffe and Chris Moquin from the Sydney Bears in the Australian Ice Hockey League before we chat all things rugby union with Sam White from the Hornsby Lions in preparation for their Back to Waitara day (24:35). We wrap things up with Northern District Cricket Club's Nathan Smith (40:55) to discuss the Cricket World Cup.