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Kayo Sports NRL Podcast: 'Run Out of Emotion' - Blocker reacts to Wests Tigers Chaos

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Blocker says he has "run out of emotion" about the Wests Tigers turmoil.

1. The Kayo Sports NRL Podcast episode centres on Blocker’s reaction to the Wests Tigers chaos and the club’s ownership fight. 2. Danny and Blocker front the discussion, with Blocker as the ex-player voice and Danny as the straight-man host pushing the questions. 3. The episode asks whether the Tigers can change at all when the Holman Barnes group owns 90% and fans are planning a march. 4. Before the Tigers talk, Blocker describes Nielsen Park, harbour swims, coffee, and having a yarn with Les Hobbs. 5. The conversation then moves to Cosm in Los Angeles and the Sphere in Las Vegas as examples of a new sports viewing experience. 6. Blocker says Cosm brought in its own cameras, including wide shots and views from under each goal post. 7. He says the screen made the venue feel like an IMAX and that he felt as if he were sitting "on halfway" at a Packers-Eagles game. 8. The hosts then turn to proposed NRL rule changes discussed with Peter V'landys and coaches like Ivan Cleary, Craig Fitzgibbon, Wayne Bennett, and Craig Bellamy. 9. One proposal is a larger bench, with talk of moving from a 17-man squad to 21 while still using only four replacements. 10. They also debate a scorer's kick and whether changing the kickoff makes sense. 11. Blocker argues coaches will always try to manipulate new rules, just as they adapted when one referee replaced two. 12. On the Tigers, Blocker says he is "almost run out of emotion" and no longer feels anger about the turmoil. 13. He says the people he feels for are Benji Marshall, the players, and the supporters. 14. He explains that the club history changed through restructures in 2014, 2016, and 2020, ending with 90% West Ashfield control and 10% Balmain. 15. Blocker says the Leichhardt Oval funding and the meaning of the Balmain walk matter more to supporters than ownership politics. 16. He questions what the fan march would achieve if the ownership group will not sell. 17. The mood of the episode swings between loose banter about prawns, swimming, and Vaucluse, and hard-edged frustration about the Tigers. 18. The format is conversational and argumentative, with Danny prompting and Blocker moving between humour, memory, and blunt opinion. 19. Fans of NRL history, Wests Tigers politics, and old-school rugby league chat will get the most from it. 20. Listeners wanting a tidy news recap of the Tigers board saga may skip it.

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Blunt, loose NRL chat that works best when the argument matters more than the polish.

The episode starts as a loose catch-up, then settles into a blunt NRL argument about the Wests Tigers mess, club ownership, and whether a march can move anything at all.

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Press play for loose NRL chat that starts with summer yarns and lands on a real argument about club ownership and the march.

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