The SmartB Sports Update

🎙️ New Pod Alert! Episode 82 of the SmartB Sports Update is LIVE! 🚀

The teams have been named for State of Origin 2, with NSW making sweeping changes to key positions to try and get the series on track. QLD has a couple of forced changes, but nothing major. Because w…

Craig "Gowie" Gower dropped by to chat all things Origin and answer a couple of big questions about coaching and refereeing in the NRL. 

As always, he gives amazing insights into the NRL, and playing …

In today's episode we discuss all things Rugby League with an extended session on the Origin fallout and and the games over the weekend as well as all the news around the grounds.

We discuss the T20 W…

With Game 1 of the State of Origin done and dusted there's a lot to talk about. Especially given the send off of Joseph Sua'ali'i. NSW are probably going to make sweeping changes but should they?

The …

New Pod Ep Alert! Mitchell Pearce: Origin Insights & AMA! 🏉

Dive into our latest podcast episode where NRL legend Mitchell Pearce tackles fan questions about his intense Origin experiences, career cha…

In another awesome episode of the SmartB Sports Update we discuss the happenings around the grounds post Magic Round in the NRL. 

The coaching craziness continues with Brad Arthur being sacked and Ric…

Due to some technical issues, episode 75 was lost, and so now we have a new episode 75. 

Is NSW in crisis with no halfbacks, or centres? There's been injuries to two of the most important NSW players …

Are we currently in the time of the worst quality of refereeing in the history of the NRL? In episode 74 of the SmartB Sports Update, Dan and John give their thoughts on the officiating over the week…

Episode 73 of the SmartB Sports Update finally brings the Jason Dimitriou saga to a close. The Rabbitohs coach has been let go and that's that. Or is it? Will Wayne Bennett return next year? And in g…

Episode 72 brings us some interesting discussions with some craziness over the weekend. 
 
 Just a few weeks after being brought back to work, Paul Kent has found himself embroiled in another controver…

In Episode 71 of the SmartB Sports Update, our experts Dan and John discuss all things ANZAC Day, with 3 NRL games that went in a completely different direction than either of them thought. 

The Rabbi…

In this episode, which is running late due to John being out, we discuss Trent Robinson's Roosters, and how they are at a make or break point with the ANZAC Day Traditional match coming up.

We go over…

It’s episode 69 and Craig Gower has returned. This time John isn’t “sick” and there’s a wide-ranging discussion about the issues in the league.

We chat about the Panthers, Dragons, and Bulldogs and ho…

It’s Episode 68 of the SmartB Sports Update the guys discuss all the news around world in sports. Jason Demetriou has survived another week for some unknown reason, while Brad Fittler has chimed in w…

Last week John sat down with Gase Sanita for a very special episode of the SmartB Sports Update. Gase is one of the SmartB Ambassadors who is an up and coming MMA Fighter out of Sydney. Originally ha…

In this very special edition of the SmartB Sports Update we sat down with SmartB Ambassador Mitchell Pearce and have a wide ranging discussion around his time in the game, his thoughts on the scarcit…

It’s episode 65 of the SmartB Sports Update and we’ve had a bit of a change in format.

We’re going to be addressing the elephants in the room and going through the big news stories of the week. Today …

In a special edition of the SmartB Sports Update, John sits down with SmartB Ambassador Jake O’Driscoll to talk about being a high level competitor in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and managing his time betwee…

In episode 63 of the SmartB Sports Update we preview the upcoming round of the NRL, round 5.

Thursday night, we look at the Storm and Broncos, moving onto Friday for Dan’s Bulldogs vs Roosters and the…