Clarkie, Guildy and Tass return for Season Five of The Sideline Story Rugby League Podcast, ushering in the new rugby league season with their first episode of 2025 covering all the off-season rugby league happenings!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

11:32 - Opening month of the Sideline Story Episodes

13:23 - Join our Tipping & Supercoach money-comps

14:42 - Episode Overview

16:58 - Will a 15-minute sinbin work in the NRL?

30:50 - World Club Challenge cancelled in 2025

35:52 - Will PNG succeed when they join the NRL in 2028?

59:45 - Should Ezra Mam have been suspended for one season?

1:09:15 - Bulldogs lead push for player-names on jerseys

1:20:40 - NRLW announce their own Magic Round

1:24:24 - Is Laurie Daley the right choice as NSW Blues coach for 2025?

1:34:34 - International Rugby League 2024 results; Golden Boot winners; 2025 IRL calendar

1:46:48 - Player Transfers and Rumours (Brown, Gutho, Val, Cookie, Hunt, Thompson, May, Robson, Bateman, and more)

2:29:29 - Outro

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Hosted by Daniel Tassone, Nicholas Guild & Ryan Clarke.

Podcast mixed by Daniel Tassone using Garageband.

Podcast distributed to all major listening apps using Spotify for Podcasters.

Music credit for this episode: ‘Chase’ [prod. Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay].

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