They Came To Play

They Came To Play

By Lehmo, Tess Armstrong and Danny McGinlaySportsNewsSports News
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They Came To Play episodes

  • The Krak-house!

    Our Guest Tess this week is Front Bar writer and comedian Adam Rozenbachs! Which international athlete do you want on your team? Which club is now the smuggest? Why was Lehmo getting drunk in a scout hall?

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    56 min
  • Pour a beer on Richie Vandenberg's Dad

    We're joined by Guest Tess, writer and Hawthorn fan Declan Fay! We discuss the perils of sitting near famous people during big matches, SuperPatreon Mario launches a new segment for us and we of course make a stop on Declan's favourite sporting subject - the night Australia defeated Uruguay in the 2005 World Cup Qualifiers. 

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Team of Rivals

    Joining us this week as Guest Tess is Waleed Aly! So naturally there's a lot of discussion of the Richmond honeytrap they're laying for the rest of the league. We also chat the nature of the role of sport in society, and in case you're worried it's all serious - Danny has ideas on how to make the Big Freeze more competitive. [Only one involves nudity]

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    1 hr 7 min
  • Home Game in Turkmenistan

    Live from New York it's Scott Dooley as our Guest Tess this week! Dools comes up with a TV show for each AFL club, Lehmo exposes the dearth of good pun headlines in the newspapers and Danny has a plan to fix St Kilda!

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Positive Pauline

    Holy crap! Our guest Tess this is the real actual TESS ARMSTRONG!!! We welcome our TigerMum back to the pod for a lockdown special! We meet her new cub Patrick, debate whether a positive or negative attitude is best for footy fandom, uncover a classic old Swans banner and we launch two brand new segments! 

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Slip a Rooster Past a Sunrise

    This week our Guest Tess is Premiership coach Bec Goddard!!! We chat the parallels of coaching footy to being in the Federal Police. Discuss the best tactics whilst on the mark and Bec launches a new segment for us - BLUE MOONERS!

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    54 min
  • Three Games out of the Eight!

    This week our Guest Tess is the king of Melbourne Radio - MARTY SHEARGOLD!! Perfectly timed to discuss his Roos celebrating their first win of the year!! 

    Which fundamental force is helping Essendon? Who is subtly pregnant? Who killed JFK? Should Danny quit stand up to help the Dogs win? We tackle all the big issues!

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Vague Smell of Gorillas

    Our Guest Tess this week is Dr Kasey Symons who is one of the founders of Siren Sport and on the board of Fitzroy FC. We discuss Collingwood's coaching MASTERSTROKE, which 70's movie is the most relevant right now and which commentator is still learning the rules of the game?

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    54 min
  • Taken By a Pelican

    This week our Guest Tess is comedian and Crows fan Mickey D! Mickey is one of the best comics in the country and has lived the highs and lows of Adelaide's journey. Meanwhile Danny has been contacted by an actual AFL numbers boffin telling us the final 8 is all but locked in! And Lehmo actually takes Geelong's side!

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    54 min
  • LIVE EPISODE!

    WARNING - EXTREME LANGUAGE. 

    Recorded live at the Comics Lounge in North Melbourne, we present our first live show, featuring Eddie Betts, Chelsea Roffey, Ben Dixon, Broden Kelly, Dave Thornton, Paul Calleja and of course Danny and Lehmo!! 

    We hear about Eddie's sneaky tactics, what Chelsea hears in her earpiece and which umpire hated Dicko! Then hear Lehmo live react to Hawthorn beating Adelaide and then our comedy debate "That it's worse to be a Saints fan than a Demons fan"

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    1 hr 11 min

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Lehmo, Danny McGinlay and Tess Armstrong take a fun look at the AFL.

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