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Episode 22: Las Vegas Weekend.
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Episode 22: Viva Las NRL! 🎰
The wait is finally over! The boots are laced, the jerseys are crisp, and the NRL is officially back. This week, the boys are taking a metaphorical trip to Sin City as we dive deep into the historic season opener in Las Vegas.
Whether you’re a die-hard fan or just here for the chaos, we’ve got you covered with a jam-packed episode:
* Vegas Bound: We break down the spectacle of the US season opener and what it means for the game.
* Team List Tuesday: A full clinical analysis (well, mostly banter) of the Round 1 team lists. Who’s in, who’s out, and who’s a shock selection?
* Expert Tips: We lock in our predictions for the opening weekend. Will we see some upsets in the desert?
* The Controller’s Corner: It’s not all footy—the boys discuss the upcoming video games we can’t wait to get our hands on.
* Trivia & Trash Talk: We test the brains trust with a fresh round of trivia, plus our usual weekly predictions and high-voltage banter.
How are you? It's Jason. Just letting you know, before we start this week's episode, we have set up a Super Coach league and tipping competition on the Super Coach app. The codes are 2, 2 0 5, 9, 8 for super Coach, and 3, 3 0 3, 7, 9 for the tipping. If you're keen to join, go jump on the more the merrier. We'll share the codes to the Facebook page and the Facebook group. And while you're there, give us a like, share and get some more people on board. So let's get around this episode. Welcome to the Inca here in podcast.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Welcome back to episode 22 of the Incoherent Podcast. We have a big week ahead of us because the first two games of the NRL will be played on Sunday in Las Vegas, and it's pretty exciting'cause then we're gonna have stuff to talk about, have stuff to watch. I've only got two more night shifts at work and I'm off for a month. So Any more excited boys?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't know. The nights. Might as well just stay here in Australia after the way they trial. Give the Cowboys the two points and the boys can go sightseeing.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't get much off trials. Trials are trials. It's nothing to do with the season. Parramatta won the preseason challenge and they haven't won anything since 1987.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Speaking of preseason, that is the stupidest pointing system I've ever fucking
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636You play two games. It's unnecessary. It's an unnecessary thing. They're just trials. They're not gonna put their best teams out there every week to try and win it. Like it's, might as well just bring back
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I would much,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636and have that as a competition. And clubs do their own thing
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I would much prefer the
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I, I prefer the nines, the atmosphere of the nines kicks off the season, gets you excited. I miss the nines, but, and I think they can do a lot more with the nines, like globally with bringing,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, speaking of nines and globally would about a rugby league nines off to the summer Olympics.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, that's the thing. You'd have to grow it though. You can't do it as it is currently.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I if, I if you'd have to grow it that
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No, you wouldn't, you'd have all your Pacific Island teams. Well, if you think about it, you've got, the Olympics are going to the US and they'd put flag football in there. And I don't see anybody beating America in flag football because they've got the premier NFL competition. It's their sport. It's what they do. Canada play it like it gets played around the world, but not to the, the professionalism that it gets played in the us. Like there's a Canadian football league, but it's not like you're gonna get a few players from different countries that come from the NFL, but not that many. Like we'll be just really good at punting, basically. And we've got one blocker. If you're looking at it from a professional sort of view, say you probably could do a rugby league nines at the Submental Olympics. It could work the sevens work.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636got That's right. You've got the rugby sevens. So there's no reason
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Well that's a more of a global, a global thing. But do, do you really think anyone beats Australia in a nines world cup? Even with the new eligibility rules?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636New Zealand could beat them. England would be probably more competitive in a nine system rather than'cause you look at AJ Brimson with open space'cause he'd go back to playing England obviously, and so would Radley. Um, but England have got there. There's a lot of speedsters over there in the Super League. And you put'em in a nine system where they got more room to move. I think England would be more competitive and they, you'd have a lot more other teams out there too,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636they'll have to represent as England, they can't do a United Kingdom. Um, so look, you probably could, but I don't know how the, how the international eligibility rules are gonna work because you know how like play Brimson played, origin doesn't matter. Origin's not counted because it's not gonna be a world thing. But someone that's played for Australia and then jumped to say Samoa or Tonga, what's the Olympics gonna consider their country as?
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636The Olympics were considered as, as the
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636you'd have to, you'd have to put forward, which. which. country you'd wanna represent.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636There were
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636league's, not the only sport out there that have the same drama and plenty of others. And it'd just be a matter of where you're gonna have the best training facilities, like athletics, and that you are gonna want to be probably over here in Australia rather than Papua New Guinea. So it'll come down to where you want to play, I guess. But then it'll also be whether Tonga and Samo and that have got an Olympic
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636yeah. They'd compete, there's no reason Jamaica's at the winner Olympics, there's still a country. There's no reason that they
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636that's right.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636the only one that can't compete is Russia because of political shit and wars and all that stuff. countries get banned for that, for inhumane shit.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Vladimir Putin.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636that was completely unplanned. I didn't think to sort of delve in that. But I think that, I think it's a pretty good talking topic to, the Olympics are coming to Australia in a couple of years and you boost up that nines and you put that forward. I think cricket should be put in when it comes here. So outside of that,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636can't fucking can't win a 2020 fucking get outta group stage
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I can't see'em submitting anything a FLI just can't see that working at all.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Would it be Australia verse Island
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636exactly.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636as they play the closest sport
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636that's what they do now. So what, I what you do there. And I actually surprised that a FL hasn't tried to grow in other countries. I think it has in South Africa or something like that. They've tried to, I think there's. Got a little bit of a fingerprint in New Zealand maybe, but outside of that, I'm not really sure. I apologize to everyone about my voice. It's a bit froggy. I why,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636They do play a FL in Mexico.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636they do.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I need to know what, you've got me confused.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Victoria. is
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Oh Okay. All right. I was thinking of actual Corona, Mexico.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Tijuana.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636out the other day? Corona is made in China.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Rona.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636are,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Must have bought him out. So, Oh, you just get up two through the weight.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Not a lot. I've been sick.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636You're always sick.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I've had the. I've had the
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636that's a different type of
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Paul, Do you need Zoe to pat you on the bum?
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Wait, so I come home at six o'clock today and you are both been sitting at home and I've been waiting till eight o'clock to do this.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636no, I've gotta fucking work.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636you said you were sick.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636And I've been, I've been working
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Who goes to work when there's
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636you don't, you don't use sickies when you're sick. You use'em when you on a day off.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636You should know all about
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No, I'm using manual
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Yes. You're a fucking pit worker
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I go to work. I,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636when
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636not sick. All right. What were your thoughts on the World Club challenge? I think that, Brisbane got a bit of a towel up in the first half to be, completely fair. I watched highlights. I didn't get to watch the actual game. I had some stuff on, but What did you think
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, they got Bonnie Blue.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636did? They did. Gang. Gang fucked.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636so, I think they went into that first half probably thinking that whole KR weren't gonna play as good after getting beat the week before by a newly promoted side. Um, and yeah, they got a bit shell shock leaked, three tries in 15 minutes and yeah, well, but if you ask our good mate, Adrian Broncos are good, and they only lost because Adam Rens could goal kick.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636That's not why they lost.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636So probably one of best goal kickers to ever play for South. Arguably one of the best in the NRL is the reason why the Broncos
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636why are Bronco
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636the World Club Challenge for the third time in a row.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Because they're ex night
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636they won their first comp since 2006? That's a long time. That's 20 years.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Uh,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't go around and go, the Knights are great because we won in 2001.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636No, but you say they won in 97
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636no, that was a good year. but it did bring me to the question though, if say a whole KR St. Helen's Wingham warriors, if they were put into the NRL competition, where do you think they'd finish on the ladder? People are always saying that the English Super League, it's lower quality. It's the, our reserve grade teams are better, but we send teams over there, like premiership winning teams go over there constantly, and it's very rare that they actually win. Even when the English teams come over here, they don't always win. They always get the, and you can't use the excuses because they've played more games and stuff like that. If anything, that's gonna make you more injured. Like, you know, the team should be fresher. They've still played games before. They've gone over there. They played two trial games. Like they, you are gonna say when they play
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636one, what are you gonna say? When they, when they play in round one, when they lose, if they lose in round one, oh,, they, they had to go to England and play, well, they've played more games than the other teams that they're gonna be playing in round one. So are you gonna use that as excuse that they've played an extra game, or are you gonna, if they win, are you gonna say, oh, that's because they're more conditioned.,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636They've played the same amount of games as the Dragons.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636yeah.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Dragons. played a behind closed doors
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636But that, that's what I mean. If you put one of those top super league teams in the NRL competition this year, where do you think they finish at the end of the year?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Where's it play? Are they gonna play here in Australia?
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, it doesn't matter where they play, they're just, they're just playing. It's not gonna actually happen. let, let's just say just, well, Hume Yard, so the Wing and Warriors move over and they start playing out of Sydney. Make it easier. They don't have to travel or anything. Give'em the best opportunity.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Put'em down in Canberra so they're more climatized to the cold.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Or either. I, I just put'em in North Sydney, somewhere, central Coast.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I, I don't know. I, I really, I don't think they're really that high.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I think that they'd finish in the top four.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636They are not better. The Melbourne Storm and Penrith.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I'm not saying that they're better than them. I'm just saying that I think that they could have consistent wins to finish in the top four and they're a possibility to be there playing grand final day. I don't think the English Super League teams are as far off as what people think. I don't think there, they're a reserve grade team. you look at, say the Knights last year come last or the Titans, their reserve grade quality teams from last year. they struggled or the way the Tigers have been playing or the bulldogs, when they got their wooden spoons and stuff like that, they were reserve grade teams. They weren't first grade teams. And we've seen that because the Bulldogs have rebuilt and they've built a first grade team and none of those players are left there. Like they've built teams with quality players, brought them in and got rid of the rest of'em. To build a first grade team and show the quality that you need for a first grade team, a team St. Helen's or The Wing and Warriors, whole kr. They've still got good players there and stuff like that. They play a different style of rugby league, but I still think that they'd be a top four team. They'd adapt to the
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I can see making it to the, making it in the semis, but not grand final.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Eh, I, I still I don't, I think they'd be, I a little bit more shellshocked.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I'm not.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636the NRL team still still play. I think they play a, a faster game. The English teams do. The Australian team, when they go over there,, they fall into the trap of trying to get stuck in the grind with the English teams
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636do that here too,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Brisbane, but it's a different grind. Brisbane went over there. They got, they got stuck trying to play holes type of football. If Brisbane just played their football, they win
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I'm not saying that every Super League team could come over and do that. There's only four.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636There's only those
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636There's only four or five teams that could come over and probably, probably put in a good performance. Not all of them. There's
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636you've also.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Depth in the competition to do that, to bring all of them over and say they'd all go well, but there's not that. That's the same with the NRL as well, so some of our bottom teams go over to the Super League and do the other way. They're probably not making the grand final either, but our top teams are probably very likely to finish the top, it's just different coaching and stuff as well.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636you've gotta look at it also that in those top four, five teams, there's a lot of XNRL players filtered through
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636there is. There is, but they're not, they're not at the top of their game. When they go over there, they usually go over there because they've been offered better money. they want to give it a go before the end of their career. it's not really the cash grab that it used to be, but it's an experience. It's something that they want to do, and they can continue their career for another couple of years before they go into retirement and stuff. they're not, they're not the Nathan Cleary that are at the top of their league going over there and playing, what I mean? They're not in their prime
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, Jackson Hastings is in his prime to go back there
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636and probably needs to spend more time concentrating on his footy than trying to fight the crowd. So that, that was a bit, I didn't have a problem with Hastings when he was at the Knights. He had some good games, but that's, you don't do that. That's just. Fuck would ery.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636but you can't tell me you would've done it any different if those spectators were into your daughter the way they were into
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I know that. I, I do understand that. I,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636So, I,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I really do.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636he, he, he probably restrained himself a bit better than me because
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636well I can't fight, but, there's better ways to do it. When you're a professional footballer, it's it's not really, it's not really a good look, but I know people shouldn't be saying that sort of shit, and that shit needs to be rubbed out. You don't need that shit. I don't like that shit. You don't need to make comments to people from the sidelines, just'cause you think you're untouchable too. So I'm probably giving a little bit of credit to show'em that they're not so untouchable, but. get that shit out of there. You're there to enjoy yourself and watch the footy. You're not there to fuck around. So you're just spoiling the experience for everyone around you, to be honest. So, whoever the Warriors have given up Barnett, that's gotta hurt a little.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636It does a bit. The thing is the Warriors do it with all of'em. The next one will be Fisher Arrows for sure.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't, I don't
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636the worries do it with all their
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636But Fisher Harris is from New Zealand though. We come from New Zealand to go to the Panthers and,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636So was Vanil Blake fan fan? Blake was too.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636too, so it's, Fisher Harris was straight out of New Zealand. he's, he grew up in New
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636He heil. Blake left Manly on compassionate ground'cause he wanted to be with his family. Went to New Zealand, left, left, left New Zealand on compassionate ground'cause he wanted to be with his
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636And that's something, that's something the NRL needs to stamp out. And that's why I think when you get into these sort of situations and you've still got a year to run on your contract or whatever, you need to sit out that year, you can't just go straight to the next club. That's just something that they need to stamp out. I think Barnett's got a good, good reason for it's'cause his daughter's sick and he wants to be closer to family in Taree to take care of her. That that's a fair thing when it's oh, I'm homesick. Well, you should have thought about that before you went over there if you was gonna enjoy it or not. Or do a lot, a shorter contract to see how you like it and then extend it. Or maybe the Warriors need to do that sort of thing of, all right, we'll give you a short term deal and then we'll give you a longer one if you want to stay.'cause we're sick of being fucked around or start developing
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636not gonna offer,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636working harder
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636it's a lot. It's
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636offer a short term deal to people Fisher Harris, or Fan
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No, you can't. You can't.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636You wanna
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636the thing
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636in as long as possible, because other clubs are gonna offer,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636that's right. You need to offer the long one because no one's gonna go and, oh right. I'll go there for one year, two years, no one's gonna go.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636what if you put a clause in there that if you leave short of your contract, you lose money, they lose 50 grand, a hundred grand or something.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636But most of the time they don't give a shit about that
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636really.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I think they care about money. That's why they started giving them fines for, penalties and stuff instead of giving them weeks off, like for when they go on report to the judiciary, they try to up the, the fines because the players do care about money. I don't know, I think there's just a better way that they can, they can do it. Even if you've gotta sit out that year. But if you ask for a release and they put it forward to the NRL and then the NRL decides if you've got a good enough reason to be going back.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah, but so the warrior, the warriors do it all the time. They don't argue, they just release the players
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah, I know, I know that they do.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636most.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636but it, it stops players from being disgruntled you. you. see in the past a lot a
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636The, the Warriors,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636it, it affects the playing group and the, the teams try and keep hold of
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636have the reputation of being the nice guys all the time,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636and the,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636and the nrls got bigger things to worry about.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636But they, they got, they got two of us as shek to go over there and loves that club. I know he went to rugby and gave that a go. He just wanted to try something else. Didn't like it. He come back and he looks he might still stay, he went back to the Warriors.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636they, well, that's the thing. They re, they released him from his contract so he could go play
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636And then you come back.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636and then then he come
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636in good faith.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636So,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I'd say that it needs to be a junior thing. You need to develop through your juniors and you're gonna have to develop in-house. And as it stands at the moment,'cause there isn't a second New Zealand team, you're not,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Same thing that
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636not,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636they're just gonna develop'em and they're gonna get two or three years in the NRL and they're gonna some Sydney Club
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636but they can't say that they're home. They can't say they're homesick from the Warriors if they're at home.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636No, but they just find the next excuse to
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636And that's why I think you need, that's why I think you need that, that 12 month bin.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Homesick is just the easy one that they can use.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636that's why I think you need that bin.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636It's always gonna be the case for the Warriors, I think, because they it is a fly flight if you're an Aussie going over there. So it'll, it'll always be the case, but I do reckon they need more Aussies in the team.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636the, the Australians
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Bar Barnett, Barnett, he's been great for him. Kate Wells been great for him. Jackson Ford, they're all being really good players, even Medcalf.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636yeah,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636next, next one I see probably to leave the Warriors would be 10 Boyd, I reckon.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't think I, I don't know. It's depends. It depends which way you want to
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I where he goes.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Metcalf there and Jet Cleary there, if you can keep hold of those two, you probably don't need Tanana boy. And he's probably gonna wanna start in a first grade team and the beers is probably a good place for him if he went there. Also half packs are hard to come by and he's not. I know people think he's a terrible player. He was at the Gold Coast and perceived that and used as a hooker and all that. He's got an extremely good kicking game and he's actually, he's really good at setting the pace of the game and stuff that if you actually watch him.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I wouldn't be surprised if Warrior is played Boyd at seven and Metcalf at six when he comes
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Hmm.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636and push Avita Harris to year 14.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636That'd be a, that'd be a lot better. TODA Harris is actually really good at coming in at nine or 13, but you got the 6
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, that's right because,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636met
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636because weight getting, yeah.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Metcalf, he's, it all depends on how many rehabs to ACL.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636She, it's a shit injury.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636to come back from. Especially with his running game, he's hasn't got the size of a lot of other players that are coming back from acls. so they may use him as the 14 to bring him back. Gradually
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636have Avita Harris as his six beside Boyd. But I don't think Boyd's that he wasn't the problem at the
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No, he
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I know that
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636He just didn't have that player beside him that could help him. Someone Metcalf that's a runner and can control a team and has proved that he's a very, very good player next to a Tana Boyd with some big forwards. Tana Boyd would he be that player that you need in that position just for his kicking game alone, let alone everything else that he can do. And, he does his tackles and stuff. I, I don't think Tana boy's the worst halfback in the competition by far.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636No.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Alright, this way we've got Vegas. I have the team list for the Vegas games. Through the team list. We've got ca er at fullback Dominic Youngs at On one Wing. Greg Marjee on the other Wing Brading Best Gate. And Greg Eye pretty much picks itself when they're available. Jacob Ti Trey Mooney, front row Phoenix. Rolands at Hooker. Dylan Lucas, Jermaine McKeon in the back row. Which is a really good back row. I think good young Lucas is great. Mccuen's going places. Fra at 13. I'm, I'm happy with that. He will be, he'll be
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Too old, too slow.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636as an extra front rower and Frizzell's not gonna stop. The thing where it gets weird, not weird, but people are complaining about, you got Fletcher Sharp at six, Dylan Brown at seven and then Sandon Smith's on 14 and people are blowing up that Sandon Smith's not at seven because he is a good halfback and he should be playing Sandon Smith didn't prove enough in the trials to be starting at seven and he's not gonna be the savior for the Knights at seven. Anyway, this is the same thing they did when they bought Coga because he won a grand final. They thought that he was gonna bring Newcastle back to the top and it didn't work out. And then after three games, all of Newcastle wanted him gone because he was no good. He ended and Smith better in at 14 anyway to. Avoid that crap to start with and why you would put Fletcher Sharp at the 14 or on the Wing when he was your best player last year in the halves is beyond me. Dylan's Brown hasn't played, hasn't, he's played a little bit of seven at Parramatta, but like I keep saying, that Parramatta team, it's built around Mitchell Moses. It's built around his kicking game. It's built around his frigging, off the cuff play style. And Dylan Brown's a good runner. He, he can ball play a little bit, but he needs that little bit of structure around him. They put a little bit of structure around him and have Kalen Ponga chiming in here and there, and then Fletcher Sharp. running off the ball or being, being there just for support is gonna be enough. Plus Fletcher Sharp's only into his third year of a frigging NRL. He's proven himself that he's a good player and any other team will take him if given the opportunity. Yes, he's probably, he's a very good fullback, but I think for the time being, whilst ever you've got Ponga in the team, you can't take Ponga outta fullback. To put Fletcher Sharp there, Fletcher Sharp needs to be somewhere and he proved himself last season that he can play five eight, which Kalen Ponga has proved that he can't consistently week, him week, week out without a injured. So I don't actually see what the problem is. And I think on paper that is a lot better team than what people think.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Mm.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636So, and then they've got Matt Croker, Thomas cant Pami Solo Fletcher Hunt, and not even gonna try with Francis. We'll just call him Francis branches as their six man bench. So, the first team that we've done with the six man bench, they've gone for a utility, a couple of forwards. They've got an outside back that can fill in at full back wing center. So that's probably what teams are gonna go with. Playing against the Cowboys who have Scott drink water at one, Braden Burns and Murray Tung on the wings. Jackson Purge goes back to the centers. Thomas Chester comes into the center is Jake Clifford Tom Den. They get the first crack in the halves, which I think is a good halves combination for him, I think. I think that's really good. Cohen, Hess and Tom, a Lolo in the front row. Reeb Mahoney's, debut at nine for the Cowboys. And they've got Sonny, Luke on the bench, I'm guessing to replace him unless he comes in at 13. And then you've got Lukey McIntyre, cotta Thomas McKayley. Harrison, Edwards, Ky, Donald Griffin, n John Bateman. So even that team's not bad on paper, and I think that this is gonna be a really good game. I know that's me against Zach. I know Zach's gonna be all over the Cowboys. That's why I didn't do me tips this week and pick the Knights. I get excited at NRL season and I honestly think the nights can beat this cowboys team, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Cowboys come over the
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636thought you were at work all day, thought you were at work all day. Sounds like you've been fucking
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I haven't been day drinking. I know. It sounds I've been training all day, so I've been talking and explaining and over overstimulating myself, I suppose. So
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I could see him beating them too. The knights beating the Cowboys, but not this game. Probably later on in the season when they play each other again.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636no. We only ever play the ninth once
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636no.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636always in North Queensland. Never in Newcastle. Now we're going all the way to fucking
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636is it? What'd you, what'd you figure out? It's the first time that the Knights have had a home game against the Cowboys in how many years? And it's in Vegas.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Fucking shit.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636So I'm actually surprised the Knights gave up a home game to go to Vegas.'cause they don't normally giving up home games at all. But
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636It
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I suppose they're, they're best off taking a Vegas game now before it fucking stops, and they just say, well, there's no point taking the nights over there.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I think every team will go
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636they will. So I was actually thinking what team's going next year? Will it be the Tigers, dolphins, Titans?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Tigers will get by again.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Mel Melbourne will go next
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Melbourne will probably be one. The Bears, they come in next year. I don't
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636they they won't go in the first
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636But new
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636They won't, they won't make, they won't make their first game of the NRL in Vegas.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No, I don't think so either.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I think their first game in the NRL will be in Perth,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, I think that if they were going to send a newer team for American to get behind, it'd be the Dolphins, because they are a newer team anyway, and they haven't sent the Dolphins yet. So
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636train down at Miami,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636there's, there's still plenty of teams that are yet to go. I think. What's this, the third year in a five year contract, so we've got two more seasons, so, so what do you got? What do you reckon? Hoover, you on the Cowboys this week?
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't know. I'm gonna stay
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636need to start knowing, because we do a podcast where your opinion matters.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636No, I'm gonna stay outta that one. I'm just gonna let these two argue that one. I
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636It's not much of an argument.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636because.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636the biggest flaw I see for the ninth is probably Forelle at 13.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636He'll, he won't stop all day.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636He's one of the best edge runners to play in the NRL ever.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I think he gets a
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636he runs such a great line
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636a spell on the bench. I don't think he's doing 80.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636He's not
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I think Sulo comes
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636doing
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Sulo. Maybe. Croker, maybe.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636But
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Probably cro.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636He's such a good edge back rower.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636He's rated very highly, but he's
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636if I'm,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636for the work ethic he gets through. To be honest.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636but if I'm Holbrook, I'm lying. And Tyson Zel up against hel lukey to put pressure on his return from an ACL
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Kent's a bit younger and he is got that little bit more speed. So they've, with, with,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636cant's on the
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636well, not Kent,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636So when Lukey comes off, cant's probably going
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636and Lucas both give you a little bit of speed though. That's the, that's the thing Lucas, Lucas
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Brielle's body and his experience.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636to be in a discussion for an origin call up this year, especially with a 6 million bench. He has to be thereabouts. Surely.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636well, Origin's a whole different ball game and we are not getting into that in round one.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No, we're not. But I'm just saying that's how good he is, the the Knights team. The Knights team, when they lost Fletcher Sharp and Dylan Lucas, last seasons when everything dropped off and fell apart.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636you've also that That's right. So you got injury prone Pelle'cause he does get injured a fair bit.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636that bloke's busted a testicle playing footy and played on,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636then you've got Ponga, who's probably the most injury prone NRL player
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636PGA's not even a factor.'cause you, you've got Fletcher Sharp to go back there, but once you lose Fletcher Sharp, Fletcher Hunt's good at fullback, but not, he's not, he's not a, he is not a, he's not a, sharp or ager. He's a.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't think you're putting sharp back there. I think you're putting Hunt and you're leaving
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636In this situation you are, but you've also got the option of putting Sand and Smith into seven and then moving Dylan Brown to six. So it is just how much you want to upset the team. So I, I honestly think if Hodgman
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't, that's right. I don't,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636at fullback, if Pongan goes down this game, I, I think that's what happens.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636'cause you don't wanna upset too much
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I'm still not,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636to put Smith in at Halfback.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I'm still not thinking that PGA's locked into play yet.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, he is been
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I supposedly he is,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I reckon he'll play,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Just'cause he's, been named doesn't
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I reckon he'll play. I think they've just been
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636He was, he was, he was still into Moon Boot three days ago when they flew out of Australia.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Pick one Uber.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I'm gonna say the lights.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636You are fucked. I'm out of fcs later.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I wanna say, how did Edin and Clifford go together? I think it's a good combination, especially with drink water there at the back too.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636You don't have to see how they're going.'cause they've played football together already.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636That's gonna be a big factor that that halves peering in the Cowboys, that whole spine really. And if Reid Marni goes down, you've got Sony, Luke on the bench, or everyone forgets that Ruben Cotta went to the Cowboys as a hooker.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I think he's got too big now. He can still do it, but I don't think I,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636But he can still do it
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I suppose he was actually, he
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636to, to, to who? Harris played fucking halfback for the Warriors there
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636that says more about the Warriors than it does TA Harris.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Bata Harris was a seven.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636yeah,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636but you've, I think cowboys, it's, it, it will be a good game. I just think cowboys a bit too classy.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I, I reckon it's, it's gonna
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636they got, they got more.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636on two, two players really. I reckon if pga, if PGA's playing Good Knight, but Tom Den, if he plays fucking out of his skin, cowboys run away with it. I reckon
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636yep.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636because the Cowboys have got decent halves. they, they've been together, they know what they're doing. Knights are playing new, new group
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't think it comes down to those two. I think it comes down to two other backs. One of'em is Greg ou.'cause if he's playing a fucking idiot,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636fucking hands. he, he is got fucking hands
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636only player.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Mar
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Drinkwater is gonna exploit Greg
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636The only player in the starting side. There's only two players that haven't played in, that didn't play in that team last season. And that's Trey Mooney and Sandon Smith. The rest of them have played in that side in the last 12 months.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636What about
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Oh, and Dylan Brown. Sorry, I forgot about Dylan
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636for the
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, I'm not worried about Dylan Brown. Dylan Brown's a good player.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636It we're not
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636but he's a good player.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636though. It's that the fact that him and Sharp haven't played together. They played 25 minutes together last
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636They didn't play
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Actually, they didn't because Sharp. sharp Pulled
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636No,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636So that's another factor. Sharp's got no game time under his belt, coming back from a spleen injury. I think
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636no, sharp. Played the first week. Sharp. Played in the first week.'cause he played fullback. He just, he pulled
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636no. He played wing,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No, he? played fullback. He was filling in for pong. He played fullback in the first week and then he pulled out last week he was supposed to play fullback again. That's why people have
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636either way, I just, I think
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636that sand and Smith had got the seven. It's been all over Facebook all morning until they announced the team that's had Smith had run, won the race to the seven. So, but they can still pull a sneaky because they've got their, well, their new rule where you've gotta announce your starting team 90 minutes before the game. So 90 minutes before the game they could make changes. It could be all ducks and Drakes,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636right. I reckon Bradman Bess is gonna fucking play a good game.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636yeah, yeah,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636He's gonna, he's gonna treat it like an origin game, I reckon. Bradman Bess.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636They'll be excited. I love the
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636one
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636pumping. Been in Vegas. I've been over there for what, a week.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636the one thing that really scares me is Brad and be. Verse Tom Chester.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636That is David verse Goliath.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636But neither one of them could get injured.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636So,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Chester was injured in out for half the season. I must be thinking of someone else.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636nah, Chester's cleared to play so.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636All right, well, we'll move on to game two. We can't really spend this much time on all the team list when we get full rounds, but we've got kind of Tracy at fullback Ja, Jacob Raz on the wing. Marcelo Montoya on the wing. Steven Creighton, Bronson, Sherry Matt Burton, lock, Galvin of the halves. Max King Bailey, max King and Samuel Hughey. Front rowers Bailey Haywood Vi Army. Kick out Jake and Preston in the back row. Jamon Saleen is your lock. And then you've got Kurt Nu Harry Haynes, Josh Curran, Shano Sullivan on your bench. Oh, and Jake Turpen. So the bulldogs are, oh, they're not really that changed from last season. They're probably still gonna be a very strong side. I know I put'em a little bit lower on the, middle ladder when I did it, of just missing the eight. But I think that's just more a second year syndrome sort of thing. But they can definitely match it with the top four teams. and they're playing the dragons Click is at fullback Christian Tu on one wing, Setti two on one wing, Ballantine Hones and Moses Sirly are in the centers. Cole Flanigan. Daniel Atkinson are the halves. Murray Gula and Toby Couchman. The, front rowers Damien Cook, luciano, Jaden Sullivan, your back and Ham Stewart is your lock. And then you got Hammi Sally, Josh Kerr, Blake, Laurie, Ryan Couchman.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Yes.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I think it's Lock and King. King, Tia, David Fail, Jacob, Hal and Lou who are on your bench. Sorry if I minced those names up. I'm not really good with names. I don't know why I'm doing a podcast, so I can't read names. But I think that Bulldogs team is a lot stronger than the Dragons team. I'm sure that they'll build into something. But I've got, I've got the dogs on that one.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636dogs on the.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I think players Creighton and Burton are just gonna really take that. Vegas energy and be the same as what you said with Bradman best, just having a blinder and treat it origin. Just from the atmosphere, to be honest of where they are.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Burton's under a bit of a injury cleared, and I'm guessing that's why they've got O Sullivan
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636But
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636sitting there. so it'd be interesting to see whether he'll get given right up until that hour and a half mark
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636but I think it was a little bit of a hamstring thing and I think he thinks he's fine, but I said, well till 90 minutes before the game, you're not gonna know the full teams. There's duck strokes, all sorts of things. They keep it pretty close to their chest, especially being round one.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636It's a long
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636And it is, it's a long season so you don't have to play
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636you gonna risk his, he gonna risk his hamstring in Vegas if he misses the next eight weeks.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636that's the thing, it's in Vegas, so it's an experience for the player that they'll probably never get again. So, I think, who were they saying the other day? It's their second, it's, they're the first player to play two games in, Vegas. I think it's, was it Montoya or was it Sandon Smith?
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Will he, will he played for the Warriors there last? Oh no. No. He wasn't with the Warriors
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No, I think it's Sand and Smith. Sand and Smith played with the roosters when they went over. So I've got the Bulldogs. I think they're just a far stronger team. I don't Flanagan in the halves. Apparently the Dragons have a young half coming through that. the fans have been trying to push for him to let him play and. they, Flanigan
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636start while
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636just yet. He wants to get him through. So not Flanigan might be all right with Atkinson there. Atkinson's a real good player. it's sort of his fir, it's not his first crack at NRL, he played at the Sharks, but he is gone and he is, gotta try and make that his team now. So you're gonna see what sort of player he's,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Kyle plays better
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636he does play better at
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636and he has in the past. He's not an organizer, he just, he's very much Luke Brooks.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636So it, it, it could work out well so, But he's got anything else on the Vegas stuff, he's excited. I'm just excited There's some footy back to watch some competitive footy. I know the trials have been on, I tried to watch a little bit of Super League the other day with Bradford Pools game before I went Oh. Went and done something. I can't remember what I was doing, but So, Actually, I know what I was doing. I was fiddling around with a smoker and I fell asleep..
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Disappointing.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Not the first time you fall asleep smoking meat,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636All right. You just promised me last week you used to do trivia
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636when
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636you left my house. Think fuck. I was just getting sick of you putting your finger in my ear. That was just feet all over me. Shit. I just felt
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Was it his finger?
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Felt a finger. Felt a finger. You said We'll do trivia next week'cause I'll be your name. So I've got trivia all ready to go. All right,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Right.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636so, all right. Number between one and 10. Pick it.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_20263614
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636first. That's not between one and 10.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_2026367
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636picks first. All right. Name the athlete. Name, the team name, the sport
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Please
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636name, the athlete name, the team name, the sport,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Can you please put that in a sentence?
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Zach. Please either pick name, the team name, the athlete, or name the sport.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Can you spell it? No. It, it's not, no,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Fuck off. Pick one. Pick one before you tell me. We've been going too long.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636we have been going a while. whatever. Just read it out.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636You want me to pick?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Just go.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Name the athlete. This person was born in 1966. He is a boxer who competed between 1985 and 2024. In his early career, he was known as the Kid Dynamite. He had 59 fights, 50 wins, 44 being by Knockout. A lot of the people consider him one of the best of all time. He was known as something else, but I'm not telling you that one. That's too easy.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636It's not, Floyd May Weber.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Nope. The 2024 throwing years off, he also has an acting career. That's a little bonus.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I know it is. I know what it fucking
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636because you already guessed.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I know exactly who it is.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Please repeat the question.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636You're joking. Now.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I wanna hear it again.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636the athlete. This person was born in 1966. He is a boxer who competed between 1985 and 2024. In his early career, he was known as Kid Dynamite. He had 59 fights, 50 wins, and 44 of those wins being by knockout. A lot of people consider him one of the best of all time.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Did he happen to speak with a lift?
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636My
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636What, Hey, what was the other nickname then? They called
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Iron Mike. that would've gave it away straight away. There was no way I was putting that in there.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636No, Mike Tyson for
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636it was Mike Tyson. Alright.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I was trying to think of when, I was trying to think of who he fought in 2024.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Jake Paul.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636And apparently
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636we're talk, why we're talking about boxing. Did you hear? Pao and Mayweather are talking about
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I did, I did see that that Mayweather's coming out of retirement to fight. PAO again, and also do fight Mike Tyson.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636That, that would be interesting. I'd pro I'd, I'd probably actually order that fight.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I didn't think it was that long ago.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636may we,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Them two?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636no. Paul and Tyson, I
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I thought it was last year too, but it was the year before, because remember me and you watched it at your place when I come and picked that trailer up and that's when it was on. And that was in December?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I didn't,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I was at a christening. I was at a
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No, it was in
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636No, I was at a At a
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636cause I thought the exact same thing, but I was up at your place picking that trailer up. And that was in November or December, the year before.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636You haven't lived at your house for
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I have, I've been here over 12 months.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636No, it would be.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636anyway, onto the sport question.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636sport one.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636there's boxing shit. And you should have went with Ivan
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636right. Do you want. Do you want name the team or name sport?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I said The
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636sport one. Okay. We'll do the sport.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636don't, don't you listen. What kind of game show host are you?
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636This sport consists of two teams of nine players. It was first played in England in the 19th century, but has taken off in the us. This sport is popular across the world. It is played professional in Australia. In winter, you score with runs and a bat and ball. The ultimate score. A home run run. It was bigger than American football. It is played in a diamond. Zach
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Zach
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636baseball, you gotta be quick. Hoover.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I end on mute half the time.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636it's baseball. All right. You wanna try for three in a row? Name the team. This rugby league club was formed in 1908. They departed the competition in 1999. They have won,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Uber, south Sydney.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636no, they have won four premierships and 17 wooden spoons being the most of any club ever. Also claiming claiming the first ever wooden spoon. They currently serve as half of a current NRL team.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636St. George.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No. They've won way more than four premierships.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636West Tigers.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636west Tigers are the amalgamated team.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Go Hoover. I'll give
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I'm just.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636What do you want?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636giving Hoover another go. I don't think it was the magpie.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Yes, it's the mag pies western suburbs magpies. They've won the most wooden spoons of any team ever, and they won the first ever wooden spoon as well.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I didn't think they'd won four
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636they've won four competitions in their history. I think they're a foundation club'cause they won the first ever wooden spoon. But and a little bit. That's the end of the trivia anyway, but I've put me in as my wooden spoon team. Remember mainly have never won the wooden spoon in their 66 years they've been in the competition or whatever it is.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Well,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Never as a warriors
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I'm gonna throw out another one. Is Melbourne gonna lose game one of the NRL this year?
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636against
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I was gonna leave that. I was gonna leave that
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Oh, Parramatta.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636but
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Bellamy has never lost a round one game since he's been coach of this Melbourne storm since 2006. Five
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636But I watched that trial game the other night and there's a trial we know, but they got Bonnie Blued in that first half by a resurgent Gold Coast Titan scene. That is the best. I've seen the Titans play in five plus
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, the Titans haven't played well since they came in in 2007 and 2008. Really?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636but they just. They were up and about. Their line speed was great. They defended that Melbourne
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I think, I think it's good to see.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636outta the game. They, they, they beat Melbourne at their own game. Melbourne loved that grind and defending tight totals, and they tried to do that. They got the 18 n Nil a wanted the defender in a trial game instead of trialing different things. Yes, Melbourne were missing Hughes
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636and Hughes probably plays a big factor in the Melbourne side,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636probably doesn't play a full season anyway. He never seems to, so
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I, I, think we see Bellamy lose his first game this year. Wayne Parramatta played well enough the other night in their trial to knock Melbourne off round. One
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I'm, I'm
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636bold prediction of the season this year.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I'm gonna stick with Bellamy Wind's first game. I, I can't, I can't go against him. It's, it's proven for a very long time, over 20 years. He is, for 20 years.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636but
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636It's a pretty good start.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I it, I just, I've got a, that feeling, Bellamy's gonna lose it. He's, he signed on for another couple of years so he can turn it around, but he loses and he will be remembered for losing round one of 2026.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636think he'll, I don't think he'll. one thing that did come up today when I was flicking through, FaceSpace was, the Queensland Cup want, well not the Queensland Cup, but the committee of the Queensland Cup have considered that all four NRL teams have a direct reserve grade team that plays in the Queensland Cup competition rather than having multiple feeder clubs. What do you think sort of impact that it'd have? I know that it's gonna dilute those other teams, but I honestly think they, if they're gonna go that far with it, they'd need a national, a national reserve grade. They can't, they can't avoid it at that stage. They just have to do a national reserve grade or have a national under 20 ones or something. And then those older players go back and play for those feeder clubs as it is.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I think we're gonna see National Reserve grade in the future. I, I think 20 teams is probably the maximum the NR L's gonna get to,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636you're gonna have eventually,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636and we're gonna see it expand to a second. I won't say a second
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636but it'll go, it'll either, after p and g come in, they may then bring in. Reserve grade side, and then you'll have possibly the New Zealand side come in after that. And then, I think that would give the reserve grade a couple of years to, to really build that side of things. And I wouldn't be surprised if we then see the NRLW to a full
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636we, on the NRL thing, it depends how they set up their competition. you can see the NFL, they can manage with 32 teams, which is a lot, obviously a lot more people. They've got their college system a lot more to draw from and stuff that. They've got the whole world that they're drawing from. I said before, there's a few players from around the world that do play in that competition. It's not just Americans. So, they've got a lot more to draw from for players. I don't think the NRL gets the 32 teams. That's not what I'm saying. I'm just, I just mean that, if you had enough players, it depends how you're gonna format the, the competition, whether you turn it into conferences.'cause ultimately the more teams that you have, the more supporters that you have and the more you've got a team that's more local to you, we do with Newcastle or, what I mean, Adelaide has their own RRL team and stuff that. I don't think it does go that far, but you could go to 2224. It, it is possible to do it, but you've gotta have,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636gotta have a strong foundation of juniors coming through and development and all that stuff that are up to the standard to keep it at a high standard. And I think, I think personally, they're pushing these new teams through too quickly. I think they're gonna dilute the team, the, the NRL for a long time. it's gonna take a while for it to catch up, but
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636You're not gonna get, down in Adelaide and Victoria, you're gonna. Struggle by keeping on expanding because the more the NRL expands, the a FL is gonna expand because the a FL are not gonna wanna play second
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I honestly, I think, I think they look at. overseas, if they do anything, I know it changes it from a, a National Rugby League competition, but I, I still the idea of setting up a European Rugby League competition, establishing teams there, and then having the two conferences and then the grand finals, effectively a Super Bowl. I that sort of format. I don't think that format's gonna happen. I don't, I the idea of it, it, it that it'd excite me if they did something that. Because you still have a grand final with all the Australian teams, but then the winner goes on and plays in a Super Bowl at the end of the year with their exact team to get that world championship status.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636You can do it now though with the World Club
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No, You can't, you can't,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636you can
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636The, the, the NRL has, the NRL has 17 teams as it is. The Super League only has 12.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636It doesn't matter. You still got the two winners playing.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I know that. But I think you need an even amount of teams on either side of the. The
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Nah,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636conference? I do.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636because you are not gonna, you're not gonna play outside of your conference.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636It's gonna be too much travel to go from England to
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636no. You're not gonna play outside your conference. You're not gonna do it exactly the NNL do.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636you don't need the same amount of teams because you're gonna just play within
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, you could have, you could have.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636And you've just gotta shuffle the Super League forward by a couple of weeks so that the two grand finals line up and you then play The following
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636reason, the only reason they're grand finals, two weeks after our grand final is literally because they've got their challenge cup that they do, so they play more games than what the NRL do. In, in a what roundabout way. For that reason, some of the
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, but they can play their challenge cup midweek because it's no different to us having our state of origin and everything else involved in it too.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636No, I, I just, I just think that you need a strong foundation and if you are gonna have a reserve grade and then, pathways below that and you start getting the influx of players, there's no reason why you can't change the format to, to accommodate more teams.'cause you'll have the players there to do it. but you just have to split it. You can't make the season longer. You can't have a 52 week competition or a 51 week competition. And, you've still gotta have that break. You've still gotta have an international break. You've still gotta have origin. But I still think that if you had more teams and split it into conferences, you can shorten the season and, and do it that way.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't want it shortened
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636wanted a little bit shortened. I want, I wanna be able to fit in a standalone origin fortnight. I wanna be able to fit in more internationals. if you want to grow it, if you want to go up, grow it globally. But it, even having a national,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636don't wanna grow it globally though. And a lot of fans, they, they're not gonna want to grow it
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636A national reserve grade team's gonna cost the NRL money and it's gonna depend whether or not it's gonna be worth them to, to, spend the money, to have it, to make money, or if it's just gonna be a black hole. I think that's why they got rid of the, under twenties competition is because it was more a black hole to send the players because you've got flights, you've got all that shit, following the teams around. So I still think they should bring back the twenties competition. You got good players outta that twenties competition. You got eyes on'em watching it.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636But it also comes with more people buying supporter packs too, when they got a reserve grade and a first grade and a women's team all to
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636And I know that as, as a fan myself, going to the footy, you go there and watch the women play in the reserve grade, play in frigging the NRL play or even a women's reserve grade play, that's a full day that you can go and watch the footy. there's still those people that are just gonna show up for first grade, but people go to concerts and watch one band and go home. It's, or they don't show up for the early competence. They still spend the full amount of money. It's just the draw card to going and watching your team play. But I still think it adds to it more of a day and experience with the whole day if you've got more on. So frigging hos on the frigging smelling salts,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I just seen it sitting there. I thought, oh, I'll give it a big whiff look at it.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636what is it, VIX or something?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636bear.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636sleep time inhaler I just seen there. I'll give
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636that sounds that's what your frigging nickname is from Zoey Icky Bear. Oh,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636It was probably better than some of the names I've heard Amanda call you.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I don't some of the names. She calls me. She's mean. All right. We'll jump some gaming.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636not, it's not too late.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636It's too late. I'm married.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Okay.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636It was actually really funny today. the trainee that I got, he, he needed to speak to, somebody that, because he is a contractor, he had to speak to his, company, but they've just changed their handler and he doesn't have a number. He goes, oh, I don't, they've got this new girl in there, but I don't have a number. I'm I can't help him in the last number. I got off a girl, I got married to her and she won't go away.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636She got your number and you won't go away.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636That's a hundred percent what it is, but don't tell that. on games, there was a couple of things that I've seen this week actually. Far cry seven is apparently gonna be a 72 hour timed story mode. And if you don't rescue your parents in that 72 hours, you start over. Do you the concept or do you hate it or think it's shit? I love Far Cry games. I love the big open world and being able to do stuff. I don't know if I'm a fan of this 72 hour thing and I if that's just gonna be a mode that you can set and you can do it in the normal way or if it's just gonna be, that's how you play it. I'm definitely interested in getting it and playing it and seeing what it is. And it's set in Alaska apparently. So what do you guys reckon? I.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I haven't played the game. I reckon that sounds all right.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636You think that sounds a cool idea? I don't know if far, I think Farry might be free with your PlayStation Plus. Go and get one of them. One of the PS four one. Oh, you don't have a hard drive yet.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636got a hard
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636No, no. But but
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Don't worry, don't, get primal.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Probably stay away from six. If I was gonna go one, I'd go far. Cry three is probably my favorite. Five's not too
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I think six is free.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Six is
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636six is a free one.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636You can go and play it. It's the same sort of concept. I just wasn't really a big fan of it. I didn't
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Stay away from primal as well,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Primals different to what the other ones are, but, no, I'd, I'd probably go five
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636primal was good, primal.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Four wasn't too bad. I haven't played Primal. I've looked at it and thought about it, but I haven't played it. that is different to the other ones, but probably three, four, and five I'd probably have a look at. But, six isn't too bad. If you can get six and you wanna play six, just play six. It's still the same sort of idea. It's, it's supposed to be a far cry from civilization. That's the whole point of it. You're, you've got a cult or someone's trying to attack you and shit that and you've gotta survive and it's a shooter game and it's just open world and stuff. It's really cool. I think they're making a, they might be making a TV series of it, I think not a hundred percent sure on that one. I'd have a look. also come across Wave of The Hunter Two has released the demo. I'm not sure if it's on PlayStation, think it might be on Steam. I'm actually surprised that they've already made a Wave of The Hunter two'cause it doesn't feel that long ago Wave of the Hunter coming out. I Wave of the Hunter. I the way that it's set up with you. you've, you've gotta. you basically gotta frigging farm your trophies and all that stuff and you got your own herd management and all that. It's a different take on a hunting game, but I actually really like the concept of it. I got right into it there for a bit. I don't think it's quite, it's more realistic than real. Oh, not realistic. I won't say realistic. It's, it's harder than Call of the Wild, but I, it's just a different experience I suppose. So. and also it's only two weeks away, resident Evil Qualm comes out and I'm probably gonna be off at that time, so I'll probably give that a go. I reckon. So what did you find, or you got any shit to talk about?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I am a little bit excited about the resident evil. It's
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636That fucking surprises me. I didn't even know you liked President Evil, although that was just a me thing.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I've played most resident evil games.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I didn't know this. I thought you just played Ark.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636way from way back on PlayStation one.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Really?
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Yes.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636there you go. Hoover has hasn't played any of them.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636No, I haven't played any. I've watched the
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636watch the movies? all the movies when I started playing it in VR to try and make sense of what was going on, and it didn't help. It sort of helped. I sort of understand what's going on, but it still doesn't make sense to what's happening in the games, and I just kind of went, oh, it's just a game. Fuck it. So,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636but speaking of Arc, since you've brought it up, there's a couple of creators out there that are remastering some of the maps already. So, Probably gonna get stuck into a couple of those.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Have a look different. They're just, they're different mods you
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I was saying the other day that there's a fan remake of need for speed underground two. They're trying to make in, I think it's unreal. Engine five or six or whatever up to now any more game stuff that's been sticking out, starting to get into a bit of a, where a few are gonna start coming out now that we've got a bit further into the year, I think oh oh seven comes out
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636did
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636month maybe.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636the John one.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636John Wick one is a good idea and I hope that it comes out as good as what they're trying to say. That it's going to it. I get a bit worried with movie games because it's been a very long time that when they make a game off a movie, it's never really good. It, it's actually quite poor.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Will the John Wick game end up being a, a man game?
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I think it's by a different developer. I'll just bring it up. I'll just bring it up for a second. So it's a triple A game developed by Sabre Inactive, which are the ones that make way of the hunter. So they're not the ones that make the hitman games, so it's not gonna be exactly it. There'll be different mechanics and stuff it, but. Yeah, it says the single player third person action title will feature Kna Keanu Reeves Voice and Likeness, offering a brutal gun fu experience with an original story set by the films before the films. So I don't think it's gonna be a hit man sort of assassin type thing. I think it's just gonna be a full on shoot'em up. the movies are I think, I think that's what it's gonna be. It's just gonna be a shooting sort of game, story game. And it'd probably be really fun. Same, savory, interactive, do a lot of games, but then the fact that it's gonna be a triple A game, which means it's top echelon, if they can pull it off, it'll be a really, really good game. but but when it's supposed to come out this year, so I don't know. It's competing. I don't think it goes as a, a game of the year sort of game. It's competing with Grand Theft Auto. Five Crimson Desert's been touted as a early best game of the year for 2026. it's got, you've got, Wolverine coming out as well that everyone's been hyped for. I think they're making a third Spider-Man game. if it comes out this year. So there's, there's a few big games that are coming out this year, but it, it still could be decent. not everyone Grand Theft Auto five. not everyone Grand Theft Auto and not everyone, is gonna that sort of Skyrim type crimson desert game where it's just a big open, world fantasy sort of thing. I, I'm gonna play that'cause I those sort of adventure games and stuff that, that keeps me mad occupied. I've been reading fantasy books lately, so. that's just the sort of stuff I'm in. I going into a different world to my own as well as, as much as I doing simulation games, so I'm pretty versatile with things and I love Grand Theft Auto, but if they pull it off, it could be up there as a really good game because the movies are really good and it's got a good story to it and people relate to it. So, I, I'm, I'm sort of excited for it. I'll, I'll end up playing it and have my own opinion, but But all I'm just bringing up the, the Reque and all of that stuff that, we've got an opportunity where we can play games and we'll be able to actually start reviewing games'cause there hasn't been much coming out. That's why we haven't done much game and stuff lately. But
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I review arc
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I know you review ARC every day and we really appreciate your effort.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, if I had, a couple mates would get on there with
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636don't have mate.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636But I've actually found a couple of Australians in this server I'm playing.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636have mates.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636One of them is in wa.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636me proof. Don't have to show me proof. Fuck. This is what you used to do to me all the time when I say I've got mates. Fuck off.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Could we know you don't have mates?
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636where's your, how's your home for a hard drive going, whoever.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636look,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Don't
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I haven't actually played PlayStation in two weeks.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636And you've been sick. That's why you've been sick. You're having withdrawals.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636No, I've been fucking flat out actually.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636out
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636a lizard. Drinking.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Eki Bear's been flat out.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yep.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I reckon we need to hurry up. There's no fan in here and it's fucking hot.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636it's called Bear.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Okie Bear's been flat out. He's no longer ho. Oh, he's okie bear.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Ooky the Pooky.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Pooky. Oh, all right. We can move on to our bats this week because footy seasons starting. We're going to do it a little bit different though. And I also, I also, Hey,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636We are doing it different.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636a little bit different. You just about this shit. We're not doing the betting different, the tips still, the bets are gonna still be different. We're just gonna do rugby league tips before we do our bets. So we're doing all of our tips. We're doing all our tips that we're gonna have on our tipping comp that we've got. We'll put the codes and that up. You are confused as fuck, aren't you? No. We'll do our, we'll do our tips for this week and then we'll go into our bets that we do. So our tips can be our bets, we can have our tips as our bets as well. We're just doing what our tips are gonna be. So I'll do, I'll do my tips for the week. You,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636the tip, the rounds.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636just tip you around. You gotta, we gotta do our tips. We're a frigging sports podcast. Alright, so, but I did wanna say before we got into it that I had a little bit of a win.'cause you just keep fucking saying that I never win any in, I got us 50 bucks this week and we didn't even put any, our 10 bucks last week. So I just covered our frigging entry fee. So thank you would be nice. I nailed it. No, I nailed it. I$52
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636you fucking, you took half my bets anyway.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636didn't take half your bets
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Newcastle.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Jet. Yeah. You didn't get
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636that was one. That was one of mine.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636that I'm not from a lot.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636and let, let's just let the people know that yours wouldn't have been that much except I told you who to throw in there to give you a bit more money. It's only, it's only gonna return.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636that's why that ended up in there. I went through and done the super rugby and the league games and then I got, I'm this isn't giving back very much at all. It was$10 or five and then he goes, oh, go do soccer or something. It'll boost it up. So I went and put a couple of soccer games on. It just went right up. So, alright. Tips for this week. I've got, I've got the night and the bulldogs. Zach,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636You drunk. I'm, I need some of your drugs.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636you gonna have some? That's great.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636I'm gonna, I'm gonna do you one better Cowboys. Buy eight into the Bulldogs.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Don't believe him. All right. Hoover.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Best attack in the league.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I hate to say it, but I think the Knights
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636You are trying to get
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I was waiting for him to go the Knights and the Dragons'cause he loves a frigging, he loves a, he loves a Roughy.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Oh, fuck Nah, I, I'm gonna say Knights and Dogs.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Pooky bear.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636No, she's, she's fucking, she's already asleep.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Alright then what are our bets that we're putting on this week? Boys? I've got the bulldogs to beat the dragons as my Sure bet. And I've got Liverpool to beat West Ham on Sunday as well.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636I can't get into my sports bet at the moment, but I've done some Googling of what sports going on this weekend.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636AFL's back. I know that.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636it round round zero or is it trials?
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636no, not back until
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I think we discussed this last week.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Well,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah,
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636right. Don't worry, don't worry about that one.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Thursday, the 5th of March, it kicks off. It's a Swans v Carlton.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Well, I didn't really look at the dates. I just Googled fucking, so don't worry about AFL then. super rugby is playing brumbies. I who they're playing, but. And the only other obvious one that I really did see is I only seen it on TV just before we came, before we started the girls soccer.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636Matildas.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636All right, I'll bring up me sports bet.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Tell me what the odds are.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636So the brumbies play the blues and they're a dollar 36 and the blues are$3 15. So you going with Brumbies?
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Stay brumbies.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636And then you want Matildas
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Yeah, because I seen on tv.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_2026361st of March on Sunday. So Australia, play the Philippines, they're a dollar four and the Philippines are at$46. You a Roughy?
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Nah, fuck it. I'm gonna change me bad. Actually. I'm gonna go, nah.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636So Matildas. All right, Zach,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Me and Citi and the hurricanes now let's
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636who's me and city play
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636They play leads.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636leads and hurricanes.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Fiji and Druer.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636So that's the,
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636let's go get off the fucking podcast'cause it's hot in here and I'm about
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636these don't have anything else then. I'll just do the bets. So we've got the bulldogs, Liverpool, brumbies, Matildas, me and C and hurricanes are our shore bets This week, go over to the Facebook page. We'll put some coats up for our super coach and our tipping comp that we're doing. It's completely free. It's just a bit of fun that we can talk about, brag about. my wife won ours last year, so she'll be back into it and see if she can go back to back.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636Only'cause I forfeited
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636You forfeited.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636only. Only'cause I fucking only'cause I fucking missed around.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636the joker in the last round. She didn't need to. Just as a bit of fun, she wiped us.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636Did you set the joker up? Actually,
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I've said a joker one. Joker. One joker perfect round gets you two bonus points. A perfect margin gets you one extra point.
squadcaster-9f3g_1_02-24-2026_202636nah. Cool. Zach's out. Guru. From the Guru. Bye.
squadcaster-01ag_1_02-24-2026_202636you.
the-incoherent-podcast_1_02-24-2026_202636I'll see you next week. Bye.
Thank you for joining Zach Hoover and I on the Inca Here podcast. If you'd like to follow us on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast from, also head over to our Facebook page and follow us there. We're also on Instagram, the Inca Here podcast. Thank you. Bye.