Episodes
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The band are back together for the very last time. After drinking away his Saints sorrows, Jon explains his decision to join Toronto Wolfpack and the Burgess twins pop in to say hello whilst on England duty
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The boys discuss plans for their funerals. Jon reveals he'd want to be sent out on a lake in Cheshire like a viking when he pops his cloggs. Other topics up for discussion...bootcut jeans, oxford services being the official north/south divide. Will Sharon Stone still turn out to support Widnes in The Championship and would Wilkin save Willie Mason from a burning building?
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With the Whippets boys on the verge of forming their new band "The Smitherines", they found the time to discuss when a sportsperson oversteps the mark in the wake of Serena Williams' outburst at the US Open. There's also an impromptu appearence from Anthony Crolla and his new trainers, not his boxing trainer, literally...his trainers. AND who would have thought Kim Jong Un was a Wigan Warriors fan?!
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The Whippets gang celebrate the big 30! Will recalls the weekend's antics after disgracing himself at Jon's house. "Don't drink whiskey with Phil Wilkin" is the key message of the week and they get their teeth stuck into loyalty in sport
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We've missed him so much and we know you have too!! Mark Flash Flanagan is back where he belongs as bridges are mended. After Catalans' triumph at Wembley there's a French twist this week as we're joined by the excellent Rodolphe Pires followed by one of the best Question Times of all time
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Mark is issued with a one show retropective ban for being extremely boring so it's date night for Jon and Will who open a bottle of red which is almost the same age as them
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Jon's wife Fran Halsall, a former Olympic swimmer, graces the podcast with her presence becoming the first woman on Whippets. She hasn't half got some opinions!!
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After 16 years at St Helens, Jon Wilkin reveals he's leaving the club while sipping on a glass of Pinot noir and flicking through the 1983 Guinness Book of Records
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Will is back from New York after becoming best friends with Bruce Springsteen. Brian Noble MBE joins us to talk Toronto and reveals his very particular cycling fashion attire
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Jon opens up about his love for all things horticultural. Will he survive the hose pipe ban? Mark’s back from his weekend holiday/ Salford game in the South of France and reveals how a 6 year old boy got into his head before a match
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The boys discuss the key points made by Super League CEO Rob Elstone, Nigel Wood’s RFL payoff and was Will really asked to go on Love Island?
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An in-depth interview with Robert Elstone, the newly appointed chief executive of Super League, who's left the swanky boardrooms of the Premier League to return to the sport he loves.
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All the latest news, views, gossip and analysis from the world of Super League. And the great Barrie McDermott is on the pod.
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Jon and Mark discuss THAT video of the Tomkins' brothers while looking back on the Challenge Cup quarter-finals. Also, what's the right length of time for a Super League coach to say in charge? And we search for the rectum of Wigan.
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Former England captain Michael Vaughan is the special guest this week. He offers a fascinating insight into life at the top of English cricket and, with Jon and Flash, discusses the vagaries of confidence in elite sport.
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After a weekend of Super League and big-time weddings, the boys look back on Rugby League patron Prince Harry's big day and Will regales us with tales of his sporting prowess against the Royals. Jon and Mark reflect on the Magic Weekend - not so magical for Salford - and discuss the future of the sport under the gudiance of former Everton chief executive Robert Elstone. Shaun Wane, the Wigan coach, has announced he's leaving the club at the end of the season - is he heading for union or the West End?
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After a weekend of Super League and big-time weddings, the boys look back on Rugby League patron Prince Harry's big day and Will regales us with tales of his sporting prowess against the Royals. Jon and Mark reflect on the Magic Weekend - not so magical for Salford - and discuss the future of the sport under the gudiance of former Everton chief executive Robert Elstone. Shaun Wane, the Wigan coach, has announced he's leaving the club at the end of the season - is he heading for union or the West End?
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England and Leicester Tigers fly-half George Ford joins us from the England rubgy union camp ahead of their tour to South Africa to chat about his love of League and growing up next door to Paul Sculthorpe. Find out why Flash has had a tough week and why Jon's face is mashed up again. And respect for referees is on the agenda. It's a two-way street, according to Toronto skipper Josh McCrone, whose backchat got him sent to the sin-bin against Warrington in the Challenge Cup.
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Will is back from LA - fresh from hanging out with his A-List friends - just in time for Jon and Mark to get stuck into the issue of diving in Rugby League. They say it is creeping into the sport and that it's as bad as it's ever been. The former Premier League referee Chris Foy tells us how he dealt with it in top-flight football and you'll find out how Jon used to be woken up by a goat.
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