BarTV Group Seven Rugby League commentary duo Corey Hammond (WIN News) and Courtney Ward (Australian Community Media) discuss how all nine first grade teams are shaping up ahead of the 2021 season, while also making their fearless predictions for the year ahead.

Courtney Ward is joined by David Hall to breakdown how all nine Group Seven Rugby League sides are shaping up for the 2020 season, while also making their fearless predictions - including the Michael Cronin Medallist, recruit of the season and premiership winner.

Born with cerebral palsy, Callala Bay's Ben Atkins endured a tough time growing up - that was until he found the sport of football and more specifically, the Pararoos.

Since making his debut 2008 against Canada, the Shoalhaven High School alumnus has gone on to play for the Pararoos on 70 occasions, which includes three World Cup appearances.

Ahead of his team's historic clash with Canada - the first time the Pararoos have played on home soil in 19 years - Courtney Ward caught up with the 28-year-old to chat up the high and lows of his inspiring career.

On this week's podcast, Courtney Ward catches up with Shoalhaven basketball legend Phil Lynch.

Lynch started playing hoops in 1961 at Nowra High School and HMAS Albatross prior to the Tigers Den being built.

This is where his love for the game started, which saw him go on and represent Shoalhaven, Newcastle, NSW and eventually Australia.

After ending his playing career back where it all started, in the Shoalhaven, Lynch transitioned into a media career.

This eventually saw him move to Canberra to work on the radio but also commentate sport, predominantly basketball.

Being so good at what he did, Lynch had the opportunity to commentate at four Olympic Games, three FIBA World Championships and two Commonwealth Games.

The now 70-year-old also had a big role in setting up the Bernie Regan Memorial Sporting Trust - which has donated more than $370,000 to junior Shoalhaven athletes over the past 34 years.

So tune in to hear the pair's in-depth chat about Lynch's amazing career.

The 2019 Group Seven Rugby League season will culminate with its exciting grand final day at the Collegians Sporting Complex on Sunday, September 15.

The day will start with the WLT2 clash between Shellharbour and Jamberoo at 8.30am, before the WLT1 at 9.50am (Kiama and Jamberoo), third grade at 11.15am (Mount Warrigal and Susex Inlet), under 18s at 12.50pm (Warilla-Lake South and Albion Park-Oak Flats) and reserve grade at 2.15pm (Albion Park-Oak Flats and Gerringong) - with the main event, the first grade fixture between Jamberoo and Kiama, from 4pm.

So tune in as Courtney Ward and David Hall break down where all six grand finals will be won and lost and who the pair both think will prevail on the day.

Courtney Ward is joined by Group Seven guru David Hall to discuss all the high and lows of the 2019 rugby league season.

The pair name their respective teams of the year, while also predicting how the semi-finals will play out, ahead of the grand final at the Collegians Sporting Complex on Sunday, September 15.

The duo also break down the five other grades of Group Seven Rugby League, while also looking into their crystal ball and anticipate who is going to make the big dance in those respective divisions.

WHEN news first broke 282-game NRL veteran Luke Patten was going to lace the boots up in Group Seven, the whole of the South Coast competition was a buzz.

After stints with the Illawarra Steelers, St George Illawarra Dragons, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Salford City Dragons and NRL video referees, Patten signed on to play with the Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles in 2019.

Hear all about his incredible journey in rugby league, during his in-depth chat with Courtney Ward.

AFTER a couple of week's hiatus, the podcast returns with a bang, as Courtney Ward catches up with the newest Australian Boomer Xavier Cooks.

Cooks started his hoops journey with the Illawarra Hawks before heading to the United States to follow his college dream with Winthrop.

On the back of four successful season with the Eagles, Cooks took his talents to European, signing with German club Oliver Wurzburg - where he played one season before penning a deal with French side Strasbourg.

All these accomplishments, mixed in with NBA Summer League stints with the Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns, put Cooks on the basketball map and helped him get invited into the recent Boomers camp.

As he always does, he grabbed the opportunity with both hands and now he is off to China for the World Cup with Andrej Lemanis' Australian team.

Hear all about his incredible journey in his in-depth chat with Courtney Ward.

After first starting swimming at a young age, with her two brothers Glenn and Andrew in Nowra, Karen Higgison (nee Phillips) had no idea what the sport would give her over the next two decades.

Karen would go on to claim a silver medal at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, before also winning two medals at the 1986 Commonwealth Games at Edinburgh.

But before she turned 21, Karen decided to give the sport away.

She would eventually return and add a number of World Masters Games medal to her collection, while also be the proud mother of Ocean6 Series ironperson Kirsty Higgison.

Hear all about her journey in the pool in her in-depth chat with Courtney Ward.

 AFTER starting to run, as a way to escape school bullies at the age of 11, Nowra's Paul Greene went on to reach the pinnacle as a track sprinter.  

His track and field resume includes two Commonwealth Games, one junior World Championships (which saw him claim bronze medal at Plovdiv in 1990), two World Championships, a World Indoors, World Cup and World University Games - before his career culminated at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

Since then, Greene has moved into the music industry, where he has released numerous albums, both as a solo artist but also with his band Ghostwriters - while also spending time with drummer Rob Hirst (Midnight Oil) and bassist Rick Grossman (ex-Hoodoo Gurus).

His career has now come full circle as he now has returned to the athletics scene, helping coach some of Shoalhaven's up and coming  track stars, including his daughters.

Hear all about his amazing journey, both in sport but also in music, in his in-depth one-on-one chat with Courtney Ward.