Welcome to The Grapple!
Broadcasters, thespians and shameless sports geeks Joel Spreadborough and Johnny Manning take a deep, irreverent tumble into the world of Rugby League, sport, life in general..and god knows what else.
Our heroes reunite for a fearless and graceful series of pirouettes through an array of Winter ending sporting shenanigans.
The NRL's penultimate round has penultimately proven that the NRL actual top…
This week the NRLs very own Friday Night Lights.
Heidelberg United are giving the Aussie Cup an almighty fright
Tino hitting the open market to make a quid
and this week redemption is pronounced Joe Sch…
The Grapplers are BACK after a mid winter hiatus
AND bugger me drunk if a a cavalcade of narratives dont await us
THE NRL irons out its contenders with a weekend of truly chaotic stuff
The Boomers cant …
Roll on, roll on, the footy is rolling into a new phase of wild interpretation
Kevs gone from the outhouse to the hopping heart of the nation
Frizelle gives Des the ultimate lack of endorsement
So const…
The Red Coates descend upon Brisbane – Independent fire at will
The Wallabies rue the loss of Robbie V
Another Red team, A finals appearance for the Dolphins could be on the Bill..
The Open Championshi…
EPISODE MAROON 5: THE ORIGIN STORY OF ORIGIN STORIES
Another Origin series goes to plan
Big Pappi showed he is the man,
The Lions played the Brumbies, Canberra Stadium was full
And Christian Horner final…
The Lions are roaring… and Owen Farrell is never boring
4 tours of duty.. and the Wallabies are in the crosshairs
The decider countdown is on.. Who's gonna be happy..
In Origin 2 the Blues were crappy..…
We love Selwyn, according to Madge
Yet here’s 2 signings… wearing the same badge..
A bloodbath in Barbados.. Or just a slow start..
And Wayne redefines working into the grave.. Cos hes a bit of an old f…
The Maroons live to fight another day
Cant wait to hear what Woodsy has to say
Fort the rest of the Rugby League media, Crow is on the menu
And where the hell was Spencer Leniu?
Plenty to Grapple with …
Billy names anew skipper and he’s on the Munny
The blowback on DCE hasn’t been real funny
Wayne hoses down rumours of Cobbo becoming a bunny…
Socceroos go straight through on a Metcalf strike… sweet lik…
It’s the sound of footy right now.. and its nothing new
Gus plays us all… we collectively stew
The prospects of the maroons… look decidedly blue
So lets distract ourselves with lachlan Kennedys very fuc…
The Autopsy of the Queensland Corpse will be conducted by Johnny and special guest host Shane Muspratt
It's the day after the night before. Our heroes, fresh from an evening that began with confide…
As one of our heroes takes a sabbatical his seat is filled by a special Guest Host.
Regaling tales of Paris, Osaka, Suncorp Stadium and nights on the jars with Alf, Luttsy places his feet in the sizab…
An overcast Queensland Autumn Tuesday evening , on the roof of a Leagues on Fulcher Road Red Hill, a solitary man cuts a forlorn figure as pulls the cover off a large spot light pointed into the Bris…
It is a time of great upheaval.
The NRL.. obsessed with its quest to flood players' veins with hyperdrive fuel and create the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, have created a paradox of umbilical p…
As player safety continues to be the number one issue in Rugby League today our heroes are buoyed with confidence knowing the NRL will not.... ever.... compromise...... if there's a fire.
Our heroes p…
As any Statistician on a juicy consulting wage from the NRL will tell you, records are made to be invented, and it's with this gusto that our heroes grapple with yet another glorious 'crowd record' d…
The only thing Grappling harder than our heroes this week isLachie Galvins Instagram algorithm. Withthe young man being essentially boned this week by Benji our heroes doingsomething no other media …
Join our heroes for a crucial investigation, as they try and work out exactly WHO started the ugly, damaging smear campaign against outgoing Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans. A long list of suspects a…
This week a dagger has thrust into the heart of our heroes. Not only do they have to deal with continuous, rubbish “6 again” calls and dubious at best “on reports… now the news arrives that the weekl…