It’s one of our favourite episodes each season: Clarkie, Guildy and Tass look into their crystal balls to predict what will happen in the 2025 Rugby League season. The boys will dissect each NRL Club’s Finals prospects, as well as who will win the NRL Premiership, Dally M Medal, Team of the Year, State of Origin, International Rugby League’s major competitions, and finally the Super League Premiership!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

01:53 - Episode Overview

02:11 - Super League: Round One Results (+ All-Stars and NRL Trials)

10:20 - Join TSS Tipping & Supercoach money comps!

11:04 - Wests Tigers

18:44 - South Sydney Rabbitohs

28:00 - Parramatta Eels

35:56 - Gold Coast Titans

40:41 - New Zealand Warriors

45:45 - Brisbane Broncos

51:27 - St George Illawarra Dragons

59:21 - The Dolphins

1:07:11 - Canberra Raiders

1:13:08 - Newcastle Knights

1:19:32 - Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

1:27:23 - Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

1:34:32 - North Queensland Cowboys

1:38:33 - Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

1:42:06 - Sydney Roosters

1:46:15 - Melbourne Storm

1:49:47 - Penrith Panthers

1:54:18 - NRL Ladder Predictions: Summary

1:57:00 - NRL Grand Final Predictions

1:59:10 - Dally M and Team of the Year Predictions

2:03:36 - State of Origin and Wally Lewis Medal Predictions

2:05:18 - Ashes Series, Pacific Cup and Golden Boot Predictions

2:06:31 - Super League and Man of Steel Predictions

2:08:08 - Outro

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https://linktr.ee/thesidelinestoryrlpodcast

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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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Logo designed by Tahlia Zaccomer.

© The Sideline Story: Rugby League Podcast, 2021.

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“You're listening to The Sideline Story Rugby League Podcast: The Greatest View of Rugby League from the Sideline”

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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Click the link to follow us on Instagram, Facebook & TikTok, check out our sponsors, or to listen on your preferred podcasting platform:

https://linktr.ee/thesidelinestoryrlpodcast

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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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Logo designed by Tahlia Zaccomer.

© The Sideline Story: Rugby League Podcast, 2021.

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“You're listening to The Sideline Story Rugby League Podcast: The Greatest View of Rugby League from the Sideline”

The boys band together for the final episode of season 4 of the podcast as they discuss all things rugby league in the annual end-of-season bunker review for 2024… (and yes, we will be back in 2025 for Season 5)!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

01:17 - Guildy disagrees with our review of the NRL Grand Final

06:51 - Episode Overview

08:11 - Revisiting our Crystal Ball predictions for the 2024 Rugby League season

20:22 - Wigan win B2B Super League titles and the first-ever Grand Slam!

25:22 - Which Super League clubs could compete in the NRL?

32:32 - Will the World Club Challenge be played in 2025?

43:32 - International Rugby League: Who will win the Pacific Cup?

49:30 - International Rugby League: Who will win the Pacific Bowl?

53:22 - International Rugby League: England host Samoa in 2-test series

57:30 - NRL Expansion hits major hurdle; Perth bid in jeopardy

1:06:27 - Play-the-balls under the microscope for 2025

1:13:33 - National Youth Comp (U20s) to return in 2026?

1:17:40 - Are there too many jerseys in the NRL?

1:20:30 - Rugby League to be played in GPS system for first time in over 100 years

1:26:23 - Signing news and rumours (Gutho, Hunt, JAC, Trindall, Thompson, Cobbo, Doueihi, and more)

1:38:53 - Quick-fire NRL team reviews for 2024 and what they can improve on for 2025

1:55:27 - Outro

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Click the link to follow us on Instagram, Facebook & TikTok, check out our sponsors, or to listen on your preferred podcasting platform:

https://linktr.ee/thesidelinestoryrlpodcast

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Proudly sponsored by:

* ADSE Apparel

* Akasha

* Rusty Penny Brewing Co.

* rugbyleague.com

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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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Logo designed by Tahlia Zaccomer.

© The Sideline Story: Rugby League Podcast, 2021.

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“You're listening to The Sideline Story Rugby League Podcast: The Greatest View of Rugby League from the Sideline”