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How do Roy & HG preview the World Cup final and Super Bowl-style halftime spectacle?
This is an ABC podcast. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, jet ski loons looking for a picnic to splash and fat tyre e-bike rodeo clowns creating untold mayhem on footpaths across the nation. Our great code stands on the precipice of international sporting greatness! So, with soul in the shorts, feeling in the feet, and joy in the jumper, it's time to bump, it's time to thump, it's time to sink the slipper! Let's pull the cord on the Evinrude two-stroke and set off for the far horizon. It's another blast of bludgeoning on the blind side with the master of midfield mayhem, rampaging Roy Slavin, and the man with a fistful of bait and burly, Captain Flathead, H.G. Nelson.
Yes, three of my cedric ismids, sir. A-O, a.k.a. The Drain, torching the blindside blue paper for another week. It's the familiar sound of the Sumpstick Camp in the ABC's smart, soundproof booth here on ABC Local Radio. And remember, Friday night in 2027, don't night. Now, hello, Australia. HG Nelson lifting the lid on another magnificent week of consenting concussion magic. And as every week passes, I'm glad we got those forms signed by everybody saying, yes, we consent to be hit in the head. What a week. What an incredible week. A week when too much blood is barely enough. Another Super Saturday of ABC Smart. Aussies from start to stumps. It's beyond awesome and on the way to be. Wait for it fully sick.
Another TLT as in trip of a lifetime. And tomorrow, no, Monday at 5am. Deliberate mistake spotted already. Monday at 5am, live from New Jersey, the world will focus its attention on the World Cup final between, as you know, Spain and Argentina. And while the whole wheeze is hard to crack, box and bury in a few paragraphs, the final promises to be a fitting climax to a month of football intrigue, tin-hearted conspiracy and off-the-hook stupidity. At half-time, keep your eye out for the Super Bowl-style half-time extravaganza. Now, this is something new in the World Cup. Normally the half-time provides a drink, an orange and a sit-down for the teams and a quick look around before resuming hostilities.
But that's not good enough for Gianni Infantino in 2026. They're going to have a, well, they're going to have what can only be described as a, as mentioned already, a Super Bowl-style... Cup, mid-break, experience. And if you think of any other words, just put them in there yourselves. But it's going to be... Remember, this is the cup that introduced the hydration break. So you just draw a line through that and you imagine what's going to be on in half-time. A shoe-in slab of show business. Not sure who's on the bill? I've taken my eye off that and left Yarny at work. I think it's... We can... I think at one point FIFA wanted all the tapes of recent AFL Grand Finals. So we can expect, say, Kiss and the Kids, Katy Perry and the Batmobile, and Snoop Dogg.
Yes, he's back, puffing on a big log. It'll be that. Can I use a word that I don't normally use? Messy. Messi on the field, Messi off. And what a cup it's been. 48 teams kicked off. There were genuine highlights and a great expression of what football means to the world in no particular order. France and England wilted at the final hurdle. There was heartbreak for the Socceroos, bundled out by Egypt in the round of 32 on pens. Scandinavian magic thrilled the world with the Norwegian team running home from the cup, pulling up in front of 100,000 fans on the streets of Oslo. And who will ever forget the day we all became Belgian? It was that sort of cup. Bludgers, that is all ahead of us on Monday morning, so let's turn the gaze back to the start of the week and the Jai Jalai birthday party at 8.
An absolute triumph for the Code. The families of Rabbits and Knights united to cut the cake for the Coachwood and Myrtle 31-year-old who is in trouble with the runabouts. Congratulations to all genuine Aussie League people and supporters who made it along, snared a piece of the cake, wore their party hat and contributed to this very worthy cause by, wait for it, doing the arrow.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How do Roy & HG preview the World Cup final and Super Bowl-style halftime spectacle?
0:02–10:33
2
What major NRL headlines and salary-cap debates are raised about expansion teams?
10:33–52:19
3
How could live dog races be integrated into NRL hydration breaks for extra entertainment?
52:19–53:34
4
Why do host callers joke about Guinness, Balmain museum displays and odd public warning signs?
53:34–58:20
5
What are the implications of a potential $200m Melbourne Storm sale and foreign investment in the NRL?
58:20–1:02:52
6
How might Volandes reinvest NRL broadcast wealth into tech, racing, insurance and succession planning?
1:02:52–1:38:49