Moses Mbye and Michael Lichaa don't hold back in their assessment of life under Des Hasler and how things have changed at the Canterbury Bulldogs under new coach Dean Pay.

New Penrith Panthers halves pairing Nathan Cleary and James Maloney sit down in a revealing podcast with NRL.com to discuss lucrative contracts, Origin heartache, coaching sprays and why Cleary won't be home this weekend.

Wests Tigers recruit Josh Reynolds joins NRL.com chief reporter Michael Chammas and Steve Turner to chat footy, life as a bachelor, brain explosions and much more.

David Klemmer and Aaron Woods talk to NRL.com's Michael Chammas about their budding bromance and combining in the front row for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2018 after a successful World Cup campaign with Australia.

All the latest NRL team news from the trials, Auckland Nines and All Stars, plus we breakdown the key positions in NRL Fantasy, giving an in-depth look at the hooker, prop and second row positions.

• The panel raises the question about re-gifting at Xmas and Premiership ring etiquette

• Jack Bird talks about his year winning a Premiership and getting his shot at Origin as well as discovering more about his heritage

• James Hassan speaks all things Eels, Rugby League World Cup and lets us know he is ready to play in 2017

• Dene speaks of life after retirement and his continued involvement in the game

Christmas Edition

In this finals edition of the NRL podcast: 

The panel try to pronounce some of the hardest Pacific Islander names in the NRL while they argue about who deserves to be in the 2016 Telstra Premiership Grand Final. Ben Ross chats about the recovery from that fateful arm wrestle. Eloni Vunakece chats about holding down two jobs, Garbage Man & Sydney Roosters player. Anthony Griffin talks about what went wrong for Penrith in the finals, why Moylan was given captaincy and why Nathan Cleary is getting his shot so early. Ruan Sims lets us in on the joy and relief in breaking a 17- year losing streak for the NSW Womens team. Hindi & Ben Ross get heated about who's better all-time: JT or Cam Smith. Joseph Paulo takes us into the inner sanctum at the Sharks.

Perhaps the most dramatic end to an 80 minutes in NRL Grand Final history.