The League Scene

AJ is joined by a new co-host this week. No we haven’t had acoup, Rhys is on assignment with his work so AJ is joined by Ramblings of a Saint podcast host Johnny Lew to recap the week that was in the…

AJ and Rhys return to a firestorm surrounding the contract future of Lachlan Galvin. We have a fierce debate about the role of controversial player-manager Isaac Moses in this and several other contr…

AJ and Rhys are back once again to review a chaotic Round 5 of the NRL season. We had everything from crackdowns appearing to come and go, some great football, some indifferent football and some grea…

AJ and Rhys are back to review Round 4 of the NRL Telstra Premiership and we have a crazy week to review. We also have some major breaking news on the future of NRL referees and their current contrac…

AJ and Rhys review a crazy round of rugby league which saw the high-scoring theme of the first two rounds completely disappear with attack seemingly going out the window.

We also have a live reaction…

AJ and Rhys return to recap Round 2 of the NRL season. There was lots of upsets this week, so if you won last week but lost unexpectedly, take our learnings from Round 1 and don't panic. Unless you a…

AJ and Rhys recap the opening week on Australian soil!

We live react to the Dylan Brown to Newcastle news, we wish we had his manager after earning $1.3 million a year for 10 years as well as the Tay…

AJ and Rhys are back (albeit a little late) to preview the 2025 season. We have some wildly controversial takes and also some normal takes to look ahead to our amazing game returning this season!

A ma…

AJ and Rhys review the NRL's second adventure into Las Vegas.

A crowd improvement of 5,000 has shown that there are green shoots a plenty but there are still many areas of improvement if the game is t…

AJ and Rhys are back on the eve of Las Vegas to look at the third week of the NRL’s Pre-Season Challenge and how they are tracking on the eve of the NRL season which kicks off in the Sin City. There …

AJ Lucantonio is joined for the first time in 2025 by co-host Rhys Sullivan to review the first full round of Pre Season Challenge matches.

On the show

- Stonestreet v Katoa while Raiders have some fut…

AJ and guest host Aidan Edgecomb review the opening week of the NRL's third pre-season challenge.

They look at the Warriors run-on side and the performance of Luke Metcalf as well as Sam Healey's rise…

After the success of last year's episode, AJ and Rhys are back to analyse each club's train-and-trial prospects and those on supplementary deals (formerly development deals).

We do warn it will be …

AJ and Rhys return to make their assessment on the recent round of international rugby league.

On the show today

- We assess all the chaos of the NRL off-season!

- We analyse how the Cook Islands a…

AJ and Rhys cap off a successful but strangely predictable NRL season with a recap of a spectacular Grand Final Day. The boys celebrate the success of the Penrith Panthers as they celebrate four succ…

AJ and Rhys review what was a chaotic preliminary final week in the NRL.

On the program this week

- NAS, will he or won't he play - we give our views before the judiciary handed down their sentence

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AJ and Rhys are back to review the major talking points of the second week of the finals. We look at all the big moments that dictated the course of the season and saw the Cowboys and Manly eliminate…

AJ and Rhys are back to review a chaotic opening week of the NRL finals.

On the show this week

- Roosters sticking loyal to Sandon Smith amid calls to bring in Joey Manu

- Penrith put together their …

AJ and Rhys break-down the final round of this minor premiership year. Off the top, the boys quickly analyse the biggest issue in the game after the drama surrounding Josh Addo-Carr's road-side drug …

AJ and Rhys review a chaotic round of football as the playoff picture becomes clearer.

On the program

- Cowboys defensive concerns amid Melbourne's B Grade putting on a show.

- Manly showing they ar…