Playing & Simple

00:00 For the first time ever, we go head to head in Sparts.
09:46 We get stuck into the massive Payne Haas news in the NRL.
29:59 Harvey names his transfer team of 2026.
35:04 We each provide our favourite Winter Olympic moments so far.
40:29 Lachie speculates on the viral Man Utd fan who could very possibly be getting a haircut.
43:40 We wrap up the poddy with some exciting news from the Raeburn Shield and the Gazelle Gazette.

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00:00 We play Athlete Venn Diagram for the first time in 2026.
07:05 We farewell the Aus Open and deliver some wild stats from it.
14:25 We gear up for the Winter Olympics and Lachie names an athlete to watch.
20:54 We touch on some hot topics in the NRL.
30:40 We attempt to decipher what the new Retro Rugba Leeg jersey will look like.
33:51 Joel provides news of a Kiwi athlete breaking records.
36:51 We wrap things up with the latest from our weekly newsletter, The Gazelle Gazette.

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We are back for 2026!

00:00 We welcome the poddy back for 2026 and play Sparts with a new member of the team.
12:58 We give a full wrap of the Ashes.
22:09 We talk Aus Open tennis and give some interesting stats.
29:48 We talk contract dramas in the NRL off season.
39:15 For the first time on the podcast we talk the sport of Free Solo.
44:50 Lachie talks about his upcoming Sportshed TV Charity Match.
48:44 Harvey reveals two new shields and we present our latest Gazelle his cap.

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It's our 2025 finale! We are joined by the podcast's two greatest friends Kiwi Steve (Gazelle #4) and Charlie White (Gazelle #7). We name our favourite moments from 2025, our favourite players to watch, as well as what we're most looking forward to in 2026.

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Simply the Guest this week is former chair of the Wests Tigers & Netball Australia, and Lachie's mother, Marina Go! Marina talks about how she started working in sport, the good times and challenges as the chair of a joint venture, and whether she would ever consider returning to sport...

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