Two heads in two bags
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What are the big sporting headlines and World Cup takeaways?
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. Boom! 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 blindside with the master of midfield mayhem, rampaging Roy Slavin, and the man with a fistful of bait and burly, Captain Flathead, H.G. Nelson.
Oh, yes, T.F. Mudge, Cedric, Espen, Sump, Ayo, a.k.a. The Drain, torching the blindside blue paper for another week. Yes, it's the familiar sound, the very familiar sound of the Sumpster camped in the, wait for it, ABC Smart and Soundproof Field on ABC Local Radio. And, look, big news, breaking news. Progress has been made on Friday Night is Dog Night here at the ABC, and some program that will surround the running of the eight-race card includes, so far, Locked In, Antiques Roadshow, Midsummer Murder, and wait for it, somehow the ABC's done a deal with the makers of Inspector Rex, that great dog show... which used to travel, I think, mainly in Austria to begin with. I could be wrong about this, listeners will know, with a wonderful German Shepherd style of police employee cracking crime.
And there's no more crime in the world than focused in Austria, meaning there's more crime in Austria per head of population than anywhere else in the world. And then sometimes Rex went on secondment. I think he went to Italy once, maybe even two series in Italy. And I think that he may have even ended up in Canada at one point, Inspector Rex in Canada. So it's a great, it's starting to build. You can feel the vibe around the joint really lifting with Dog Night. including Antiques Roadshow Midsummer Murders to start with next year in 2007. Now, hello Australia. HG Nelson lifting the lid on another magnificent week of consenting concussion magic. And what a week. What an incredible week. A week when too much sport is barely enough.
And it's a super sad day again. I know we've had a lot of super sad days, but I believe today could be the superest of the lot. I'm not sure you can use that word in that way, but bugger it, I've just done it, and so you can use it as well. Kids, write it down. Superest, spelled S-U-P-E-R-E-S-T. Aussies, from start to stumps, it's beyond awesome. It's on its way to being fully sick, and another TLT, trip of a lifetime. Look, in the end... It was a stained and compromised World Cup. It produced moments where you could not avoid seeing brown stains and lumps of ooze dripping off that magnificent golding trophy and one scene never forgotten. Finally, after a month of boot action, the prize the whole world wanted to see was hurled aloft, or wanted, should I say, was hurled aloft by Spain in the New Jersey sunshine last weekend.
Their time, obviously, Monday morning, our time. But the 2026 stains could not be removed even by a long soak in the Stard's Wonder Soap. So they're just part of the trophy now, the stains of 2026. Ugly, gruesome stains were the bludgers' takeaway from this World Cup. And despite the stainage, dare I say it, thanks very much, Fubster, football was the winner. Football was the winner. That's my takeaway. And I joined with 97% of the world's football pundits and suggest the best team won. The other 3% largely live in Argentina. Now, on a day of, well, the final, the long break extravaganza stained the traditional halftime orange. I mean, they wouldn't leave it alone, FIFA. They just had to bugger up everything all the way through.
It was the sort of seniors vibe about you only understood it if you were over 80, but I don't want to join the international bandwagon that described the halftime rave up as rubbish. I won't. It's beneath the dignity of this show. I suggest all Australians make the observation that,
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What are the big sporting headlines and World Cup takeaways?
0:02–21:38
2
How did the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and early medal standings play out?
21:38–35:21
3
Which NRL and AFL coaching, club and match stories are they debating?
35:21–52:56
4
Which vintage rugby league statue and Andrew Johns memorial were listeners discussing?
52:56–57:12
5
What is the controversy around 'Snakes of Origin' confectionery and rugby‑themed food merch?
57:12–1:00:08
6
How are ex‑NRL players Mitchell Pearce and Todd Carney using notoriety for charity events?
1:00:08–1:08:48
7
What fight week weight and card issues are causing drama for Zoo, Spence and co‑main events?
1:08:48–1:38:42