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Kayo Sports NRL Podcast: The funniest pre season stories, a new broncos logo, cricket opinions, plus Hindy' take on 2026 Eels.

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Ricky Stewart sent players on hill sprints at 3.30am after a midnight drinking deadline.

1. The Kayo Sports NRL Podcast episode mixes NRL talk with cricket, pre-season stories, a Broncos logo debate, and the Bears’ recruitment plans. 2. Brian Fletcher hosts with Nathan Hindmarsh, who brings former Parramatta and NRL player experience to the discussion and keeps steering the league talk. 3. The episode asks whether the new NRL season, the new logo changes, and the latest player movement point to another shift in the competition. 4. The opening segment centers on a Ninja Slushie review, with Curtis and Belvedere helping mix Powerade and tequila in the machine. 5. Brian and Nathan explain that the machine takes about 40 minutes for a good slushie consistency and shuts down if the alcohol strength goes over 15%. 6. The cricket chat follows immediately after, with the hosts reacting to Australia’s first Ashes Test finishing in two days. 7. Nathan says he loves Test Match Cricket and has moved from one-dayers and T20s back to the long form. 8. Brian asks whether England were that bad or Australia were that good, and the pair settle on Travis Head and Mitchell Starc as the main standouts. 9. They also question whether Usman Khawaja gets another crack at Brisbane’s Gabba after an ordinary start. 10. Nathan then shifts into a confession about missing training after a motorbike stunt and lying to Brian Smith about a greasy driveway. 11. The Westpac celebrity cricket game gets a run-through, with Brian and Nathan trading barbs about batting, bowling, helmets, and who caught whom. 12. Millie Boyle is singled out as a poor cricket performer, while Adam Peacock is called “horrendous” and credited with only one good moment in the field. 13. The Broncos logo discussion turns into a wider debate about club rebrands, with Nathan saying the club should simply admit it wanted a refresh. 14. Brian says he has heard rumours the new Broncos emblem cost $3 million, and they compare it with older Canterbury, Eels, and Roosters logos. 15. The pre-season section turns personal, with Nathan admitting he would come back overweight and unfit in his playing days. 16. He describes brutal old training methods, including continuous laps with tackle bags, no water for long stretches, and coaches making players remember six-digit numbers while exhausted. 17. Nathan also tells a story about Ricky Stewart in Coffs Harbour, where players were allowed out drinking until midnight and then forced onto hill sprints at 3.30am. 18. The tone stays conversational and nostalgic, with Brian and Nathan bouncing between teasing, self-deprecation, and long memories from earlier NRL eras. 19. Listeners who like NRL history, pre-season war stories, and cricket cross-talk will get the most out of it. 20. Listeners wanting a tightly focused team-by-team breakdown probably will not stick with it.

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Loose NRL chat, old camp stories, and a sharp money talk.

This episode starts with moustache jokes and a quick cricket detour, then gets to the better stuff: beep test grind, army camp misery, and a blunt look at Jadon Campbell and the money around his Titans move.

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