Inside Sport - Dead In Goal

This whole "get behind your state's team" thing might work around Origin time, but NSW fans aren't like Queenslanders. Turns out not everyone in Sydney will be barracking for the Roosters in the finals...

What if the players themselves were to blame for a loss? Nah, that's just crazy. This week we discuss this and other controversial theories leading into the second week of the 2017 NRL Finals Series.

Who will live to fight another week, and who will perish in what is shaping as yet another epic NRL Finals series? Our Dead In Goal team has all the answers... maybe.

The Rabbitohs and Bulldogs will be hosting games in a double-header in Perth next year to open the new season. A good move with expansion in mind down the track, or a just another way to rob Sydney fans of quality footy?

What happened to the good old days of two rounds of home and away? We debate this and many other rugby league topics on this week's show.

Whose side are you on in rugby league's latest soap opera? Meanwhile, Billy Slater features on the cover of this month's Inside Sport.

Step back in time to the era of Tina Turner, Blocka and those beautiful old-school rugby league jerseys.

This week our rugby league team discusses the fallout from a controversial week for the tribunal. Also, come with us out to Newtown for a good ol' fashioned day at the footy - suburban style...

This week James Smith and Jeff Centenera discuss the need for general change at the Blues. We also talk about the so-called toxic culture of NSW's most recent Origin preparation. Plus, we preview a huge weekend of match-ups across Women In League Round.

Queensland gives NSW the blues

This week our rugby league panel checks in on the RPLA's quest to win its players a greater share of ongoing revenue, plus we discuss whether Kevvie Walters has made the right choice in picking Hunt over DCE for Origin III. There's also a detailed Round 18 analysis plus much more.

This week our rugby league geeks discuss the all-important issue of league expansion... and the polar opposite proposal of cutting Sydney-based clubs. Plus, we honour the great man that is veteran superstar Benji Marshall.

This week our Inside Sport scribes discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of Queensland's series-levelling win. We also talk about the possibility of a draft system for NRL players. Plus, we analyse this weekend's NRL club matches.

With the second game of the annual Mate vs Mate battle looming, our panel discusses the dumping of Queensland's loyalty policy, and we also ask whether NSW can repeat its dominant performance in the series opener.

Boyd over Slater - what? Can Pearce stand up for the Blues? Is the Maroons' dynasty finally over? Plus all this week's match previews.

The dive has got to go - what was DCE thinking? Mitch Moses joins the Eels - show some ticker son! Plus all this week's match previews.

NRL in cocaine crisis? Who should replace Thurston for Origin opener? Foran finally signs with the Bulldogs. Plus we preview at all this weekend’s match-ups and name our heroes and zeros of the week.

Did Gal dive? Good move to allow Fifita’s back in the Test side? Should the Aussies and Kiwis play the Anzac Test on Anzac Day? Plus we preview at all this weekend’s rep match-ups and name our heroes and zeros of the week.

Who will says something the media can blow out of all proportion this time? The boys review round eight and look ahead to the weekend and see what controversies the Bunker can throw up this time.

Should the Sharks be bagging Gus? The NRL schedule needs work, and should we be playing on ANZAC Day? Plus we preview at all this weekend’s match ups and name our heroes and zeros of the week.