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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.
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XXXIIXXXIIXXII: The Equinox of the Southern Cross (opens the original)
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Grapple 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 tell'eth. It's not the results, although they are spectacular for Roosters/Knights/Lions/Wallabies fans. It sure aint the gruesomely medievil injury incurred by the NRL's golden boy. And there's no f**king way anything resembling perfection will ever come from the whistle of Wallaby nemesis Andrea Piardi. No friends, it was
Grapple & Zoom: The Hiatus ends (opens the original)
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Heroes 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 (opens the original)
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It'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 them all up by going all in with a heavy hitting Queenslander? Even the Bluest of Blues will get a tickle from the tales spun by the one and only Trevor Gillmeister. Our heroes have done well.
The Genesis of Miles: A Grapple Oddysey with a QLD legend (opens the original)
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Lewis 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 one of rugby league's most storied backlines. Gene Miles almost didn't make the journey from Townsville to Brisbane when the BRL came calling. The fact he did was a win for the rest of us. Strap yourself in as our heroes go deep with 'Geno' on his career journey, from the halcyon years of the BRL, to the birth of the Bronc
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