The Lord Mayor is joined by the Raging Bull to discuss the way in which politics is becoming part of the sporting world, and how sporting administration bodies are succumbing to virtue signalling. The Lord Mayor also welcomes on board a special guest, who is part of the Triple H team for this week.

The Sultan and Lord Mayor don the gloves and fire up as they analyse the newly created NOAS, to replace the old National Refereeing Accreditation Scheme as the way in which to develop referees within rugby league for the future. As always, they both come to the table with solutions to the problems they see.

We're all in this week! As we

On last week's Bench, the Lord

Following on from last week's edition of Splinters, the Sultan is joined by former Valleys and Peninsula Seagulls administrator, now with the Narrabeen Sharks, Steve 'Stats' Woodley, to discuss where everything went wrong in the northern corridor when it comes to the now defunct Manly-Norths A Grade competition, who should take responsibility, and what can be done to save the greatest game of all from some of the biggest incompetents of all.

The Lord Mayor and the Hat Rack sit down with latest Bears import Danick Gauthier and returning Bench star Jeremy Vasquez to discuss Danick's arrival in Australia, his thoughts on fighting in hockey, the NHL playoffs and his background in North American and European hockey.

The Sultan is joined by Mr Berowra Wallabies, Andy Paterson, to examine the demise of the Northern Conference A Grade competition, and the way in which rugby league from the Harbour Bridge to the Hawkesbury Bridge has encountered a difficult demise.

The Lord Mayor sat down with three of the Sydney Bears' youngest members to discuss the recent U/20s World Titles, the AIHL and the NHL playoffs and what teams the boys follow abroad.

The Lord Mayor welcomes Bench favourite Chloe Walker on her first Splinters to discuss the outlook for the eight teams in this season's Australian Ice Hockey League, with interviews from Perth Assistant Coach Chris Kostopoulos, Newcastle Assistant Coach Joe Theriault, CBR Brave captain Matt Harvey and Melbourne Mustangs captain Michael McMahon as well as Sydney bears coach Ron Kuprowsky and import Justin Vienneau. Chloe also gives us an insight into the rivalry between the Sydney Sirens and the Melbourne Ice in the women's league and offers quite the prediction for one of the league's strugglers.

Catch up on our interview with Sydney Bears Coach Ron Kuprowsky and freshly arrived import Justin Vienneau, which went from really good, deep hockey insight to some of the most spicy, funny content we've ever had on The Bench!