The Coaches podcast is now legit! Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters and PNG Kumuls coach Jason Demetriou join Ben Dobbin to talk about Kevvie’s exciting new appointment for the upcoming Ashes series. We chat with Kevvie about player eligibility - will he be able to stop the raid on the Pacific Islands? DCE is all but a Rooster in 2026, and we discuss the role he’ll play for the Sydney club in the coming years. It’s been 30 years since the Dogs and Manly faced off in one of the all-time great ARL finals- Kevvie and JD reflect on the incredible rosters both sides had.

We also talk about the 2025 Coach of the Year race and preview the upcoming games for NRL Round 21.

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Adam Peacock, Danny Weidler & Michael Chammas are all in for Triple M NRL's The Journos! Kevin Walters has been announced as the new Kangaroos coach but only for three games? The latest on Hamiso Tabua-Fidow's, Payne Haas' and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui's international future? Are they likely to pick Samoa? Could a potential Samoan team beat Australia? Michael Chammas believes they could! We talk to rugby league/union agent David Rawlings about Rugby 360 but he explains that maybe the NRL won't need to worry too much of a threat. And he goes into depth about cross-code players from the professionals to the schoolboys. What happened with Kalyn Ponga last week? Was it a backflip? Did Chammas get the story right? Well.. there's even more to it! What's Des Hasler like? After that dressing room blow up, Danny shares his experience in dealing with the rugby league legend. But Chammas shares his yarn of copping a two-hour verbal assault from the great Phil "Gus" Gould. NRL, NRLW & the RLPA aren't big fans of the video game Rugby League 26 and we reminisce on this weekend's clash between Bulldogs & Sea Eagles as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Grand Final!

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Buzz Rothfield joins Charlie White and Brent Read to spotlight the genuine contenders heading into the NRL finals for 2025. We look at Dan Ginnane’s statement “The Dogs have beaten no one." And go through just how their 2025 season is shaping up. Following a throwaway comment from Turbo about heading to PNG, Ready has the mail that Turbo is close to securing a major contract extension with Manly.

We review the players the Knights have lost over recent years, and Buzz has high hopes for the Toa Samoa squad amid rumours that Hammer, Haas, and Tino are eyeing national selection.

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