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In this episode we talk about the upcoming World Club Challenge, the former Wests Tigers CEO who felt like he had no power to do anything, the challenges faced by sports in a changing media landscape, what will be achieved by the upcoming NRL games in Las Vegas and much more! We hope you enjoy it.  Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com Youve found the best 2025 NRL Podcast! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News or the 2025 NRL Draw just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2025 NRL Tickets you know where to go!

In this episode we talk about the achievements of the St George Dragons team that won 11 straight titles, what the Panthers would have to achieve to equal them in the modern day, and the different situations, rule sets and dynamics both great teams have to deal with to stay together. We then talk about the Wests Tigers and the changes they are currently making. The expectations of fans in 2024, and their longer term future. We talk about the North Sydney Bears and the media beat up suggesting they'll be an NRL expansion club, and that leads us to chat about how Sydney could have been seen teams merged together during the early 90's and into Super League. We also review some rule changes and talk about field sizes. We hope you enjoy it.  Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com Youve found the best 2025 NRL Podcast! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News or the 2025 NRL Draw just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2025 NRL Tickets you know where to go!

In this episode Rugby League historian Andrew Ferguson takes us through the birth of Rugby League in Australia.  This is a story that has never been told in this type of detail. You will hear quotes from players and administrators of the time as to why we ended up with the professional code of Rugby League.  From player concerns about time missed at work due to injuries sustained playing the game, to greedy Rugby Union administrators who refused any attempt to compensate players financially while they themselves were making money from the games. This is a story that developed over many years and had many different influences.  You will hear about the leading businessmen, sportsmen, administrators, on field officials and politicans who came together to form the professional game of Rugby League in Australia.  We hope you enjoy it.  Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com Youve found the best 2025 NRL Podcast! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News or the 2025 NRL Draw just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2025 NRL Tickets you know where to go!

In this episode we chat about the big moved at the Wests Tigers to sack the entire board and allow the CEO to resign. We chat about the new rules that will destroy Rugby League in England, signing Rugby Union players, Las Vegas, the Kardashian soulution, and much more! Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com Youve found the best 2025 NRL Podcast! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News or the 2025 NRL Draw just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2025 NRL Tickets you know where to go!

In this episode we are joined by Elliott Richardson to talk about the Parramatta Eels 2023 season, the clubs outlook as we head into 2024, his thoughts on the Panthers threepeat, the memories of the great Eels teams of the 1980's, how football has and has no changed over the last decade or so, and the 2001 Parramatta Eels. Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com Youve found the best 2025 NRL Podcast! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News or the 2025 NRL Draw just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2025 NRL Tickets you know where to go!

In this very special episode of the Fergo and The Freak podcast we annonce the King Of Rugby League Awards, including the best Rugby League player of the entire 2023 season. We have a discussion about the Wests Magpies....sorry, Wests Tigers, their inept history and their huge money offer for Jarome Luai. We have a talk about Super Leagues Magic Weekend heading off to exotic industrial estates in Leeds. We also have a chat about the International Rugby League and their dumb awards. Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com Youve found the best 2025 NRL Podcast! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News or the 2025 NRL Draw just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2025 NRL Tickets you know where to go!

On the podcast this week we talk about the NRL Draw and wonder why everyones whinging about it, the Sydney Roosters persuit of a Rugby Union players, we chate about the Wests Tigers revolution that involves buying halves, we go through the players with the most games at each position in NRL history and much, much more!  Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com Youve found the best 2024 NRL Podcast! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News or the 2024 NRL Draw just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2024 NRL Tickets you know where to go!

On the podcast this week we have a chat about all the international footy played over the weekend and we talk about the Rugby League World Cup and the general structure of international footbal. We then go through the IMG club ratings handed out this week, what it means for certain clubs and the game in England overall. We talk about where English Rugby League needs to go, and how different ideas would affect the sport in Great Britain. We then turn our attention to the NRL, the Papua New Guinea team all but certain to get the NRL expansion licence, how much an NRL licence is worth, and then the marketing of the game, no only to different demographics overseason, but on home soil as well. It is a varied episode once again, but that why you love listening! :-D  Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com Youve found the best 2024 NRL Podcast! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News or the 2024 NRL Draw just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2024 NRL Tickets you know where to go!

Join us as we celebrate our 500th podcast and chat with Rugby League Project founder Shwan Dollin. We have a general chat about the the history of the Rugby League Project website, the landscape of Rugby League websites in the early 2000's and beyond, we read out a couple of very important e-mails from listeners, we talk a little about the international Rugby League games that happened over the weekend, and just have a general gas bag! Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com Youve found the best 2024 NRL Podcast! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News or the 2024 NRL Draw just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2024 NRL Tickets you know where to go!

In this episode we start off firing at old hacks in the media who are just a bunch of misrable creatures looking for a reason to hate everyone elses enjoyment. We talk about the first round of games in the Pacific Championship and expand on the Australian and New Zealand womens teams, we chat a little about the 2023 Super League Grand Final which was won by Wigan, the demise of the Newcastle Thunder, . Saying this is a dream come true for a Panthers supporter feels like its under selling it! Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com #RugbyLeague #NRL #RFL #SuperLeague #Sport #Rugby #IntRL #RugbyWorldCup #StateOfOrigin #Podcast #GreatAustralianPodcasts #NRLPodcast #SuperLeaguePodcast #RugbyPodcast #SportPodcast #RugbyLeaguePodcast #History #RugbyHistory #InternationalRL #RedV #NRLGrandFinal #PantherPride Youve found the best 2023 NRL Podcast going! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News, or the   2023 NRL Draw,just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2023 NRL Tickets you know where to go!

In this episode League Freak joined by our very good freind Nadine to talk about Grand Final day, the incredible performance by both the Brisbane Broncos and the Penrith Panthers, all the post match celebrations, including Nadines amazing experience celebrating with the team at the club, and generally what it has beenb like supporting the club in recent years. Saying this is a dream come true for a Panthers supporter feels like its under selling it! Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com #RugbyLeague #NRL #RFL #SuperLeague #Sport #Rugby #IntRL #RugbyWorldCup #StateOfOrigin #Podcast #GreatAustralianPodcasts #NRLPodcast #SuperLeaguePodcast #RugbyPodcast #SportPodcast #RugbyLeaguePodcast #History #RugbyHistory #InternationalRL #RedV #NRLGrandFinal #PantherPride Youve found the best 2023 NRL Podcast going! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News, or the   2023 NRL Draw,just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2023 NRL Tickets you know where to go!

In this episode we review the 2023 NRL Grand Final which saw the Penrith Panthers win their third straight Grand Final after a ridiculous, record breaking come back win against the Brisbane Broncos! League Freak DM'd Andrew at the 60th minute, with Penrith down 8-24, asking if he was good to go for this podcast. Then, the amazing happened! It resulted in League Freak losing it completely, and this podcast is the aftermath of that. As Andrew talks about the game League Freak is trying to come to terms with what happened. We hope you enjoy it! :-) Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby League Project Patreon and the League Freak Patreon! Websites The Rugby League Project  The Official Website Of The Glorious League Freak  Rugby League Podcasting Network NRL Rumours NRL Breaking News FergoandTheFreak.com #RugbyLeague #NRL #RFL #SuperLeague #Sport #Rugby #IntRL #RugbyWorldCup #StateOfOrigin #Podcast #GreatAustralianPodcasts #NRLPodcast #SuperLeaguePodcast #RugbyPodcast #SportPodcast #RugbyLeaguePodcast #History #RugbyHistory #InternationalRL #RedV #NRLGrandFinal #PantherPride Youve found the best 2023 NRL Podcast going! The Official NRL website, For the latest NRL News, or the   2023 NRL Draw,just click the links! Also if you're looking to  Buy 2023 NRL Tickets you know where to go!