About this podcast
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.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 98 episodes
- XXXIIXXXIIXXII: The Equinox of the Southern Cross · 1 h 4 minGrapple Global returns to Austrayan shores in the aftermath of a perfect sporting weekend, delivered via the nation's oval shaped codes. Perfect why, you asketh? Well, we'll…
- Grapple & Zoom: The Hiatus ends · 51 minHeroes return, technology tests, opinions flow, insight dazzles. The Grapple is back from a short hiatus. All hail our new emperor, PVL Palpatine.
- Grapple Special: A Chop off the old Axe · 33 minIt's a delightful tonic for a wounded state. Going down in a humbling to the Blues in a cauldron decider is heavy hitting for Queenslanders.. so our heroes figured why not cheer…
- The Genesis of Miles: A Grapple Oddysey with a QLD legend · 37 minLewis to Miles, Miles in the clear, TRY time. A version of the above was a very frequently used line in the 80's, as the REAL inventor of the flick pass cemented his legend in…
- A State of Origin’al thinking · 36 minA series won a series lost, A sacred setting, a twisting plotm Maroon and blue, the chase and the hunt. And a whistleblower who apparently doesn't hate a punt Time to grapple…
- SPECIAL EP: GRAPPLES OF ORIGIN- Mark Coyne and the miracle · 40 min'That's not a try, that's a miracle.' An especially special State of Origin adjacent special from our heroes, who go deep with Maroons legend Mark Coyne. From the BRL in the…
- THE MIDWINTER BALLS: ORIGIN FOLKLORE WITH SOME TECHNICAL YIPS · 56 minAnd so we arrive at a critical juncture Premiers buckling like a cyclist with a puncture FIFA takes over, Ben Stokes goes on a bender As Aussie crickets crisis reaches a…
- Episode 26.26.26 Walker's On, An Origin Story. · 45 minIts that time of year, state vs state, mate vs mate Bill's team looks good, Lozza’s is strong, but who’s will be great? Amongst all this the game is under heavy fire, the best…
- CONFLUENCE OF INTELLECT · 56 minThe Chiefs have got their guy, what about the bears? In more ways than one, down the barrel Bellyache stares the NRL reckon. the games are not too fast and injuries are down…
- 26.856798: CHUBBY HEAT · 58 minThe dragon lords did gather.. authoritarian their intent Shitting out excuses.. as out Flanno went While the kings of men and women bask upon their thrones Gazing afar to a land…
- Episodio 26: McDuffing The Matrix · 44 minThe QLD Reds wind back the clock The Wahs deliver an ominous shock Gout and Lachy signal a golden era ahead.. And can Flanno put the doubters to bed? Through the trials, tests…
- Episode 26 to the izzle: GRAP AND GO · 59 minOur heroes emerge from a two week Easter hiatus like a pair of cracked Easter eggs being devoured by bears with headaches and largely vacant playing rosters; taking derisive aim…
- Episode 26.5 The Cherry Sherry Lomax Effect · 1 h 0 minStar players dropping like flies, why would you be a coach? PVL reckons its all on the players, now the refs seem beyond reproach? The Queensland Teams are challenged to show…
- EPISODE 26.4 THE UNDULATING ZEITGEIST · 59 minOh where, oh where could our heroes be? Oh where, oh where could they be? Scanning the fields and domes of sporting prowess And sharing all that they see. From Broncos besieged…
- Episode 26.3The Symbology of Ultron · 55 minThe changing of seasons is not lost on our courageous heroes this week. As the spark of summer subsides, and the leaves begin to brown on the autumn trees, the often common…
- EPISODE 26.2: FRYING UP THE ARTICHOKES · 50 minAs we spiral headlong into a cultural collision course with Las Vegas and its Allegiant Stadium…curiously dubbed the Death Star…. Our heroes lifelong quest to uncover the Sith…
- Episode 2/6 + 1.0 : ANONYMOUS HEROES · 58 minAs a new season sets in and the NRL sets its sights on a possible Friday night footy adventure into Sarajevo or Constantinople, our heroes emerge from the gloom with a belated…
- Litigious Arbitratious · 47 minAs Summer descends and the Mercurio rises our heroes muse over the mere concept of a new world order. One where athletes can play for whomever they wish, where ever they wish and…
- THE EMBRYONIC FLEDGE · 1 h 2 minAustralia bloods more bats.. England phones it in Vlandys struggles to put the entire NRL playing group in the bin The Wallabies are a game away from rugbys greatest sin AND the…
- Andrew and Peter challenge the Klingons for total interstellar rule · 41 minAndrew and Peter challenge the Klingons for total interstellar rule Crawleys crying that Kev leaving out the Emus is cruel… The Wallabies slip to seventh but do not despair While…
