The Wire in Bondi

This week, Kurt Gidley chats to us about his playing career with the Newcastle Knights in the NRL and the Warrington Wolves in the UK Super League. We also discuss his international caps with NSW and Australia and tells us why it was such a honour playing for them both. He chats to us about losing the challenge cup and grand final with Warrington and how if certain things had worked differently we could've easily won both. We find out who he would want on a night out and just had good it was playing with Andrew Johns.

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This week, I'm joined by former Warrington Wolves Captain Chris Hill, he tells us about his future plans and looking forward to the England games coming up. We chat about his start at Leigh and how he nearly quit the sport before signing for Warrington. He tells us about the early succes at the wolves and how close we came to winning at least 1 grand final. Chris describes how Tony Smith told him about becoming the wolves captain and how it took a while to sink it. We also speak about the differences between Tony Smith and Steve Price and how Price made him do a big army camp as soon as he came in which ruined his Christmas. Chris talks with proudness of the 2019 Challenge Cup win against St Helens and confirms it's his best moment of his Warrington career. We also heard about how he left Warrington and how he has enjoyed his time at huddesfield. We look back at Chris's international career and look forward to what the future holds for Chris.

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This week, former New Zealand Warrior, St Helens and Warrington player Vinnie Anderson chats to us about his career. We discuss the early years at the Warriors, joining St Helens and playing with the likes of Jamie Lyon. The success of that St Helens team and winning the double there. He tells us about how he came to join Warrington and playing with his brother there. We talk about the Challenge Cup success and how playing poker helped them the night before. Vinnie also talks about how good Adrian Morley was and how his leadership on and off the field really helped the team.

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This week, I chat to former Penrith Panthers, Warrington Wolves, NSW origin and Australia international Trent Waterhouse. Trent tells me about how he nearly quit Rugby League before earning a full time contract at Penrith, going on to win the grand final and representing NSW state of origin side and Australia. Trent also talks about his sending off in the 2009 state of origin series and how he got his nickname the house. We chat about his move to Warrington and the different in atmosphere between Australia and England. Trent talks about how awesome it was winning the challenge cup but the disappointment of 2 losing grand finals. We find out what Trent is up to these days and who he regards as the best player he played with at Warrington.

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This week, I chat to former Warrington Wolves Player Kevin Penny about his career at Warrington and his time as a rugby league player. Kevin tells us about how he became a wolves player having never really played the game as a kid. Those first few seasons at the Wire, him being compared to a rugby league great such as Martin Offiah and being named in the Super League Dream Team. He talks about how he left Warrington and went to play for teams such as Widnes and Swinton. We discuss him moving back to Warrington in 2014 and missing out on the Challenge Cup Final lost against Hull in 2016, a game he says we would've won had he been playing. Kevin tells us about how retirement came about for him and how happy he is with his life now after rugby league.

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This week, Former New Zealand Warriors, Warrington Wolves and Catalans Dragons player Louis Anderson chats to us about his career. Louis tells us about starting off with the New Zealand Warriors at a young age and scoring with his first touch of the ball on his debut. His move to the Warrington Wolves and winning the challenge cup twice with them and playing alongside his brother Vinnie there. We also discuss his time at the Catalans Dragons and missing out on the challenge cup win against Warrington Wolves.

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This week, I chat to former Warrington Wolves player and four time Challenge Cup winner Garreth Carvell. Garreth talks us about his role working for a players union and we discuss the challenges rugby league is facing at the moment. We talk about his playing career at Hull and how his move to Warrington came about. He also tells us about the cup final wins with Warrington and how close him came to winning the grand finalnot just with Warrington but Hull aswell. He spoke about his retirement from the game and how hard it can be for players once they retire.

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This week, I chat to former Warrington Wolves and Challenge Cup winner Bryson Goodwin. Bryson talks to us about his time in the Nrl starting with the Cronulla Sharks, moving onto the Canterbury Bulldogs and South Sydney. He tells us about how his move to Warrington came about and the Challenge Cup final against Saint Helens including that tackle on Tommy Makinson.

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Chris Riley and I look ahead to round 22 of the Super League, as well as discussing the results of round 21 and 20. We also chat about the magic weekend and Chris's time at these events. We discuss how the play off race is shaping up and who looks more likely to be in that grand final come October.

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I chat to former Warrington Wolves player, coach and who many say was the man who saved Warrington Paul Cullen. Paul tells us about his role on the match review panel and how he feels the game is in a good place. He tells us about his time playing at Warrington, missing out on the Challenge Cup Final and that world war 3 game against Wigan. We talk about he coming in as a coach at Warrington in 2002 to save them from relegation and the move from wilderspool to the halliwell jones. He chats about how the signing of Andrew Johns came about and how that pushed Warrington forward to signing big names in the future. Paul tells us about how proud he is of the mural of him at the kings head and he being the man who was the coach when we needed to win to stay up. Paul gives such an honest and open interview, it was a pleasure to talk to him.

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