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#30 - Now We're Expecting Things
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00:00 We review Rugby League in Las Vegas 2025.
17:47 We go through the highlights and lowlights of NRL's Round 1 team lists
26:31 We take a look at some NRL 2025 predictions from our friends over at Reddit.
34:28 We dissect the recent announcement from NRL CEO Andrew Abdo about a brand new Rugby League video game in the works (announcement made on Hello Sport podcast).
38:28 Lachie introduces a new game to the podcast, inspired by other sport content creators.
43:09 Harvey hypes us up for the start of the AFL season, with a simple explainer.
49:48 Harvey reveals he has completed the data and history for the AFL and AFLW's lineal titles.
01:04:43 Lachie ponders what a truly national Australia sporting competition might look like.
01:11:35 Lachie asks a tough hypothetical question.
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