The 2026 FIFA World Cup is finally here! AND WE ARE BURSTING WITH WORLD CUP FEVER!!!!!!!!!

With just two days until the greatest sporting event on earth kicks off, Lachlan and Harry settle in for the ultimate tournament preview. The boys are joined in the studio by a very special guest and long-time football companion, Andrew, to break down the massive sense of anticipation building across the country. From discussing the grueling sleep schedules ahead for Australian fans to stoking up the winter fires for those early 5:00 AM kick-offs, the team captures the exact essence of what it means to live through a winter World Cup on home soil.

The panel dives deep into the high-stakes tactical matchups ahead, analysing the Socceroos' opening battle against Turkey in Vancouver and plotting out the path required to advance from the group stage. They share their definitive tournament predictions, including tournament dark horses, breakout young stars, and bold scorelines. To wrap things up, the boys share a massive call-out for local fans looking to gather together and get to your local live site to get behind OUR Socceroos.

• 00:00 – Intro: Two Days to Kick-Off & Welcoming Special Guest Andrew

• 05:30 – Navigating the World Cup Sleep Schedule & Iconic Openers

• 22:15 – Group Stage Breakdown: Analysing Turkey, Paraguay, & The United States

• 45:00 – Socceroos Tactical Blueprint: Starting XI Debates & Key Men

• 1:02:40 – Bold Predictions: Tournament Champions, Dark Horses, & Final Scorelines

• 1:13:42 – Volpato's Moment & Outro: Nostalgia FIFA Gaming Series Launch

Fresh off braving a brisk Friday night out at Willowbank Raceway for the Winternationals, the boys parse through an unforgettable day of high-octane drag racing and elite-level people watching. From ticketing debacles and freezing conditions to parsing through the distinct local subculture of servo sunnies, flame-covered clothing, and the legend of commentator Alan Reinhardt, we break down why the event lived up to the hype. Plus, back in the studio, Harry breaks out a black-framed look that has the team calling him Clark Kent, and we track the incredible intramural dominance of Taylor House in the school netball competition.

On the sporting front, there is finally a pulse in Queensland after the Brisbane Lions put on a gritty, backs-against-the-wall masterclass to get the job done in Q-Clash 31. We salute Logan Morris's steering-wheel accuracy, unpack whether the season is salvageable heading into the bye, and look ahead to the looming World Cup schedule clash. Finally, we share a poignant tribute to the late, legendary Neil Daniher following his extraordinary 13-year fight against MND, discuss the upcoming Big Freeze clash at the MCG, and celebrate the inspiring paths of cricket's rising stars.

• 00:00 – Intro: Harry's "Clark Kent" Look & The Week 8 Grinds

• 01:48 – Taylor House Rules: Hype PowerPoints & Lunchtime Netball Clinics

  06:05 – Braving Willowbank: The Winternationals Petrol Head Culture Shock

  25:39 – The Ticket Office Debacle & Alan Reinhardt Appreciation

  38:00 – AFL: Brisbane Lions Revive the Season in Q-Clash 31!

  48:00 – Remembering Neil Daniher: Big Freeze 2026 & Cricket Journeys

With just five days until the World Cup kicks off against Turkey in Vancouver, the Socceroos' final warm-up match against Switzerland is officially in the books! Lachlan and Harry break down the 1-1 draw on a brisk winter morning, dissecting what has become a worrying trend of sluggish first-half performances followed by explosive second-half adjustments. From Tete Yengi’s crucial debut goal to the defensive stability of Popovic's back three, the boys analyse exactly how prepared Australia looks for the world stage.

Beyond the pitch, the boys have a massive debate on tactical strategy—discussing whether exciting young talents like Nestory Irankunda and Cristian Volpato should start or be utilised as ultimate weapons off the bench. They also look ahead to the tournament group stage with score predictions, call out the Brisbane City Council over their lacklustre World Cup live sites, and tease a brand new retrospective FIFA World Cup video game series dropping on their channel.

Chapter Timings

• 00:00 – Intro: 5 Days to Turkey & Quintessential Winter World Cup Viewings

  02:19 – Switzerland Lineup & A Disappointing First Half

  05:10 – Second-Half Response: Tete Yengi's Debut Goal & Defensive Solidly

  16:39 – The Bench Dilemma: How to Best Utilize Irankunda & Volpato

  22:03 – Turkey Predictions & Brisbane City Council Live Site Rant

  24:39 – Outro: FIFA World Cup Video Game Retro Series Launch

The wheels have completely fallen off for Queensland sport, and the boys are sorting through the wreckage of a brutal weekend. From a freezing night at the Gabba watching an "incredibly lazy" Lions midfield to the Broncos capitulating at home to the Dragons, there is plenty of blame to go around. We dive into the harsh reality of the year-on-year player ranking slides, question if it's time for selection changes, and unpack the controversial Ponga State of Origin send-off that has everyone talking.

When we aren't losing our minds over the footy, we tackle the real hard-hitting issues. Lachlan labels a local fruit shop car park the absolute worst in Australia, while Gus and Harry break down the high-stakes, no-list strategy of a grocery run dictated by their mum. To wrap things up, Harry counts down his definitive top 5 times of the day, we celebrate Ollie Peake's historic cricket debut, and we debate which subcontinent touring destination makes for the dodging-est holiday.

• 00:00 – Intro & Weekend Recovery: 1% Whoop Ratings
• 04:15 – Braving the Gabba Wind & "Depression KFC"
• 09:30 – The Blunder Road Grocery Speedrun Rules
• 15:45 – Harry’s Top 5: Times of the Day
• 22:10 – AFL: Lions vs. Dockers Midfield Crisis & Ranking Slides
• 34:50 – Around the Grounds: Cripps' Alpha Mark & Brad Scott Sacked
• 41:15 – NRL: State of Origin Ponga Send-Off Debate & Match Day Menus
• 53:10 – Brisbane Broncos Disaster Class vs. Dragons
• 1:02:40 – Cricket: Ollie Peake's Debut & Rogue Subcontinent Tours

With just 12 days until the 2026 World Cup kicks off, Lachlan and Harry break down the Socceroos' intense 1-0 friendly loss to tournament co-hosts Mexico at the Rose Bowl. Despite the result, a rock-solid defensive display and a massive second-half response show exactly where Tony Popovic’s squad is at ahead of their final warm-up against Switzerland.

Plus, the boys look ahead to tomorrow's official 26-man FIFA squad deadline, debating the final four cuts from the training camp. Finally, they unpack the massive bombshell news: Cristian Volpato has officially switched his international allegiance to Australia and landed in camp. Are you ready to get around him?

• 00:00 – Intro: 12 Days to the World Cup
• 00:27 – Mexico Match Reaction: A Hostile Rose Bowl Atmosphere
• 06:57 – A Game of Two Halves: First-Half Struggles vs. Second-Half Response
• 15:20 – Late Subs & Popovic's Tactical Experiments
• 20:22 – Squad Selection Debate: Predicting the Four Final Cuts
• 25:22 – The Volpato Bombshell: Why Fans Need to Get Behind Him

The boys open with a proper deep dive on Uncle Colin — welcome to country rates, smoking ceremony fees, and whether he's doing the Boxing Day test. It's Sir Doug Nicholls round and the AFL's most reliable elder is getting his work in. From there it's Harry's Top Five highways around the nation — the Warrego romps home at number one, Lachlan reckons the stretch between Toowoomba and Dalby is among the most boring patches of road in the country, and Angus is absolutely disgusted.

Then it's time to face the music. GWS 166, Brisbane 88. The Lions kicked 13 goals for the game. The Giants kicked 14 in the third quarter alone. The boys do their best to make sense of a humiliation — the injury toll, the midfield structure, the blokes who should have been picked, and whether this is a genuine alarm bell or just a bad day at the office. Brisbane face Fremantle this week and are somehow still favourites.

In the AFL round wrap, Scott Pendlebury breaks the all-time games record at 433, the whole Collingwood team wears gold numbers which the boys unanimously hate, Jamie Elliott does his ACL, and the Kangaroos knock off the Suns to stay relevant. State of Origin is the big one to close — squads are out, Queensland's halves are a concern, and Harry tips Nathan Cleary for man of the match before Lachlan flips his tip to Queensland at the last minute. Pull out the tracksuit. Fire's on. It's a hot chocy kind of night.

Chapters

00:00 Cold Open – Uncle Colin & Welcome to Country Rates

18:11 Harry's Top Five – Australian Highways

25:29 AFL: Lions vs GWS Debrief

39:07 Fremantle Preview

42:26 AFL Round Wrap – Pendlebury's Record, Jamie Elliott ACL

49:56 State of Origin – Squad Review

59:13 Origin Predictions & Man of the Match

01:01:22 Origin Traditions

Four weeks out and the Socceroos are in Florida. Lachlan and Harry break down the two batches of players that have joined the training camp — from Harry Souttar grinding his way back to fitness, to Matthew Leckie's Cahill-in-2018 role, Daniel Bennie choosing the green and gold over Scotland, and the mystery of whether Segacic ends up at Croatia. The provisional squads are rolling in, so the boys go nation by nation — France with a squad so deep Eduardo Camavinga didn't make it, Brazil banking on a fading Neymar, and Bosnia's 40-year-old captain Dzeko leading them in what will almost certainly be his last World Cup.

Then there's the opening ceremonies — three of them, Tyla somehow performing at two — and Shakira's new anthem Dai Dai, which is fine, but it's no Waka Waka.

And then the real conversation. The great ripoff. The cheapest final ticket is seven times the price of Qatar. The $60 category four tickets were gone before general public sale opened. FIFA is double-taxing resales. A 15-minute New Jersey train is charging $150. Tailgating has been banned. Iran asked FIFA to move their games from US soil and were told no. Fans from Cape Verde, Algeria and Senegal are being hit with $15,000 visa bonds just to enter the country. Trump and Infantino are the dodgiest duo in world sport. The greatest sporting event in the world deserves better than this.

The football is going to be brilliant. Everything around it is a disgrace.

Chapters

00:00 Cold Open – Four Weeks Out

02:23 Training Camp Batch One

08:15 Training Camp Batch Two

17:18 Global Squad Watch – Japan, Bosnia

27:56 France's Ridiculous Squad

34:23 Brazil & Neymar

39:53 Opening Ceremonies

44:06 Shakira's Anthem – Dai Dai

48:42 The Great Ripoff – FIFA & Trump

55:23 Ticket Prices & Fan Exclusions

01:01:48 Iran, ICE & Visa Bonds

01:06:22 Empty Stadiums & What Comes Next

01:10:39 Closing – Final Squads & What's Ahead

The boys are back in the cottage studios and firing from the jump. Hugo kept Lachlan up five times overnight, Harry submitted a bio assignment with red lines still in it, and the Scottish Premiership final day had Hearts heartbroken at Celtic Park — which somehow became an everyone problem.

From there it's a brutal debrief on the Lions' Thursday night loss to Geelong in the wet — outmanned, outnumbered, and out-umpired, or so the boys reckon. A depleted back line, Geelong kicking from everywhere, and a Shannon Neale mark that defied physics. Sydney keep rolling on five straight home wins. Carlton get the new manager bounce under their caretaker after Michael Voss walks. Melbourne sit at 7-3 and no one knows what to make of it.

Magic Round stays in Brisbane until 2032 — and the boys are thrilled. State of Origin is a fortnight away and Queensland's halves are a mess. A new segment debuts: AFL players who don't look like AFL players. Buku Khamis at the Dalby Shopping World trolley bay, Zac Bailey at the surf shop, Grundy living out of a van in Colorado sandals.

Harry's Top Five this week is top five shops — Number 1 is a ripper.

The Well Park Country Club merch drop is coming. Don't miss it.

Chapters

00:06 Cold Open – Scottish Premiership Heartbreak

11:24 WPCC Merch Update

13:05 AFL: Lions vs Geelong Debrief

27:52 AFL: Sydney vs Collingwood

31:40 Carlton New Manager Bounce & Voss Departure

35:00 AFL Round Wrap – Melbourne, Dogs

38:27 Magic Round Stays in Brisbane Until 2032

42:45 State of Origin Preview

49:00 AFL Players Who Don't Look Like AFL Players

52:48 Harry's Top Five – Best Shops

01:00:09 Closing – RWR Ep 4 & WPCC Merch

The boys are back in the same room and fresh off a massive Friday night at the Gabba — and they're not the only ones who noticed. The lads get their first ever fan encounter live at the game, a surreal moment just 12 episodes in. Before the footy, it's a debrief on Hugo's first birthday, Harry walking through a water park and arriving soaking wet, and Angus nicking a kid's football at the party.

Harry's Top Five returns — this week it's the worst road signs. School zones, portable traffic lights, detours, flashing motorway speed signs, and the dreaded start roadworks. Country logic meets city chaos.

Then it's onto the Lions. A 49-point lead that somehow turned into an 11-point win, Fagan's spray at three-quarter time, Ryan Lester's statement game, and why Harry McKay gave Harris Andrews a bath in the second half. Geelong rolled Collingwood and Scott Pendlebury is one game away from breaking the all-time games record. Freo got it done in wharfie time against Hawthorn.

The Broncos make it three losses in four weeks at Brookvale. Melbourne Storm finally snap their losing streak. Cowboys golden point heartbreak and Tom Dearden's State of Origin injury cloud the NRL round. The Stock Exchange takes on Freo as minor premiers, Kane Cornes stepping down as All-Australian selector, Matthew Leckie's World Cup spot, Pep Guardiola at Man City, Pat Cummins and the franchise cricket crossroads, and the Cronulla Sharks as flat track bullies.

Chapters

00:00 Hugo's First Birthday

10:33 Harry's Top Five – Worst Road Signs

31:50 First Fan Encounter at the Gabba

34:35 AFL: Lions vs Carlton

49:52 AFL: Geelong vs Collingwood

52:58 AFL: Freo vs Hawthorn

01:01:11 NRL: Broncos vs Manly

01:09:13 NRL Round Wrap

01:11:28 The Stock Exchange

Harvest is done and all three boys are back. Lachlan, Angus and Harry open with a proper debrief on what four weeks of 12-hour days actually looks like — from caramel pies over the UHF to granddad trucking along at 83.

Off the back of a massive weekend of sport, the conversation turns to the Brisbane Lions and the AFL whiteboard saga that sent the Sunday Footy Show into a spin. The boys are in firm agreement: elite sport is no place for hurt feelings.

From there it's a Lions 64-point demolition of Essendon, the Carlton game preview, and an AFL round wrap including the Collingwood-Hawthorn draw and the AFL's baffling Double Friday scheduling. In the NRL, the Broncos lose to the Roosters in a game that ended with Dean Marriner undergoing emergency limb-saving surgery for acute compartment syndrome after what everyone thought was just a bad cork. The Stock Exchange returns with calls on Zac Bailey's future, Carlton's season, Reece Walsh, and Nathan Cleary for Dally M. Harry debuts his Top Five — and goes an interesting choice at number one. Premier League title race and the Spurs vs West Ham relegation battle round things out.

Don't get bitter. Get better.

Chapters
00:00 Harvest Debrief

15:30 Weekend of Sport Setup

16:00 Whiteboard Gate

27:00 AFL: Lions vs Essendon

31:00 Carlton Game Preview

38:00 AFL Round Wrap

41:20 NRL: Broncos vs Roosters

47:00 NRL Round Wrap & Tipping

49:30 The Stock Exchange

54:00 Harry's Top Five – Footwear

1:02:30 Premier League Title Race

1:05:20 Relegation: Spurs vs West Ham