The 2024 NRL Grand Final has just finished and already, I’m turning my attention to 2025! Here is my predicted top 8 for the 2025 season. I’ll give you my thoughts on why these teams will make it! 1. Melbourne Storm The Storm won’t be losing too many players from their 2024 squad which was…
In this episode actually talk about football, something others in the media are unable to do! We give a rundown of both games, tell you who we think will win, and go through some of the key players. We talk Rugby League history, Kalyn Ponga not playing for Australia, Kevin Walters being sacked by the…
In this episode we read a couple of listener emails, we talk about Nicho Hynes and the pressure that is on him, the Cronulla Sharks long term future, we preview the finals games, we do a few Rugby League stats, rant about people who don’t aknowledge Rugby League history before 1998 and much, much more!…
In this episode we chat about the week one of the NRL finals series. We going through each game and give you our tips! We talk about the NRL Spoonbowl, the financial situation of clubs in England, and then go into a bit of a random history thanks to Adrian Lam. Twitter AndrewRLP and LeagueFreak Patreon Rugby…
In the aftermath of the Melbourne Storms 24-22 win over the Penrith Panthers a lot of people have been weighing up what the result means for the Premiership race in 2024. Melbourne have beaten Penrith twice this year, at home and away, and with Nathan Cleary suffering a shoulder injury that will likely keep him…
In this episode we look back on last weeks games as the NRL Finals series kicked off with a huge loss to the Melbourne Storm. We talk about the impressive performances of the Broncos and Panthers, the possibility of the Warriors bouncing back, the dire matchup that saw the Roosters beat the Sharks, and the…
In this episode we preview round one of the 2023 NRL Finals series! We break down each matchup, give you our tips, we even look ahead to how the finals draw is looking for the contenders. We also talk about a weird match result in Super League, how putrid the media has been in finals…
The NRL has released the schedule for week one of the NRL finals series. The Brisbane Broncos will host the Melbourne Storm at Suncorp Stadium at 7:50pm on Friday night. The winner of that match will get week two of the finals series off, moving straight into the preliminary final in week three. The loser…
Presented by Palmerbet In this episode of the Fergo and The Freak Rugby League podcast Freaky gives his thoughts on the Canberra Raiders impressive win over the Melbourne Storm, ending the Storms season. The North Queensland Cowboys golden point win over the Cronulla Sharks. Then he chats about the absolute war which saw the South…
Presented by Palmerbet In this episode of the Fergo and The Freak Rugby League podcast Freaky gives his thoughts on the Penrith Panthers 27-8 win over the Parramatta Eels in the first game of the 2022 finals series. League Freak had a couple of drinks during this game, so forgive him if he dribbles! Go…
The Penrith Panthers have won an epic defensive batting over the Melbourne Storm with a 10-6 victory at Suncorp Stadium. The win see’s the Panthers join the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the 2021 NRL Grand Final. The Panthers got off to a great start with a cross field kick by Nathan Cleary taken cleanly by…
Brisbane is set to host its first ever NRL Grand Final after a joint announcement by the NRL and the Queensland Government. It will be the first NRL Grand Final held in Queensland in the games history. The Melbourne Storm and Penrith Panthers are both short priced favourites to face off again in the Grand…
In this episode we review the Storms big win over the Parramatta Eels, we talk about whinging old idiots that hate life, and by extension Rugby League, Paul McGregor getting one last shot to redeem his ailing coaching career after the previous six last shot, Benji Marshall goes around for one more season, a lil…
In this episode we do a preview of both finals games for week two! We talk about the ridiculous overturning of Shane Flanagans suspension and how that doesn’t line up with other players who have been banned, we throw in a little Wests Tigers talk and look at the Brisbane Broncos clear out! To take…
I this fresh episode of Fergo and The Freak we review all four NRL Finals matches, from the Eels recording setting win over the Broncos, to the Bunnies inept performance against the Roosters. To take the OFFICIAL Fergo and The Freak 2019 NRL Fan Poll CLICK HERE If you enjoy our podcast make sure you…
In this episode we look at the first four games of the 2019 NRL Finals series. We look at some of the ins and outs, we tell you whop we expect to win, and we have a quick look at who might be playing who next week! To take the OFFICIAL Fergo and The Freak…
As a Penrith Panthers supporters it is rare that I get to see my team play I. A semi final at all. When it does happen, my reaction is a little bit strange compared to other people whose football teams make it this far in the season. I don’t get nervous at all. Not one…
The Canterbury Bulldogs did it again. They came into the NRL Finals Series looking busted. No one gave them a chance. No one was mentioning them at all when they spoke of the Premiership favourites. They were supposed to be one and done. What followed was an old fashioned ambush!!! The Melbourne Storm didn’t know…
It’s a big call, but I’m making it now: this year’s NRL decider will be an all Sydney affair. The balance of probabilities are on my side, being that five of the eight teams contesting the finals series are Sydney based, however I simply don’t see either the Broncos or Storm being a factor come…
Finally league fans can focus on the best and forget the rest. All year league analysts have said only the top 4 can win it but this is the NRL not the AFL. Criticism of Ray Warren & Phil Gould has been rampant so I am going to try and do their job for them….
With the unprecedented success of Sydney teams, 4 finals will be played in the city over next weekend. Due to the fact the AFL have booked ANZ Stadium for the Saturday Night for the Swans home final, the NRL have been ‘forced’ to allocate 2 games to Allianz Stadium on Saturday Night – a finals…
As we head towards the NRL finals series the top teams in the completion will start to weight up the risks versus the rewards of playing their key players in the remaining games of the regular season. With just about every team in the competition one or two key injuries away from being no hope…
The Canterbury Bulldogs will take on the Melbourne Storm in the 2012 NRL Grand Final after beating the South Sydney Rabbitohs 32-8. The Bulldogs got off to a great start with an early try but from that point on it was all Rabbitohs. The Bulldogs looked right off their game, they dropped a lot of…
The Melbourne Storm have destroyed the Manly Sea Eagles 40-12 in what was nothing short of an ambush! Manly basically got off to the worst start possible and looked really sluggish throughout the first half. Dropped balls, silly mistakes and a leg injury to Steve Matai knocked the Sea Eagles right off their game. If…
No one gives a stuff about teams that lose in the semi finals. They get so close to being in the Grand Final, and yet they are not even a footnote in history when it comes down to it. This week we have four teams all with stories to tell about their journey to get…
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have smashed the Canberra Raiders 38-16 and are now one win away from making the NRL Grand Final. This was a really tough game early on and you got the feeling that Souths were more prepared for the early exchanges than the Raiders were. It was only about 15 minutes into…
A sub standard crowd for an elimination final has watched the Manly Sea Eagles defeat the North Queensland Cowboys 22-12. This is a game that will be remembered for a very long time and for all the wrong reasons. First of all, as predicted Manly fans didn’t turn up in big numbers at all. 18kms…
Week one of the finals season was sensational, it was one of the best opening weekends of a finals series I can remember. I enjoyed every single game and in week two of the finals, I think we are in for more of the game. Can the Bunnies rebound after a terrible performance? Will the…
The Canberra Raiders have beaten the Cronulla Sharks 34-16 in front of 24,450 at Canberra Stadium. This was a really entertaining game to watch and early on the Raiders had it all over the Sharks. The Sharks love an arm wrestle though and for all the quality posession and field position the Raiders had, the…
The North Queensland Cowboys will face the Manly Sea Eagles next weeked after disposing of the Brisbane Broncos 33-16 and ending their 2012 season. This game pretty much went the way that I expected it too. The Broncos poor form leading into the finals meant they were no match against an in form Cowboys side…