We spoke with Shaun Ryan, former AFL umpire, shortly after he retired at the conclusion of the 2020 season after 17 years, 350 games and 8 Grand Finals. A wide ranging discussion with the panel from how he started in umpiring through to the difficulty in interpreting rule changes.
Category Archives: Podcast
4 red hotties for Caulfield races on 16 April 2022 and the Professor’s Parlay
Our tipsters had a day they would rather forget last week at Caulfield. So many good horses failing to run to form and expectations. Today is another day though so the Professor and the Gelding are back in the thick of it after carefully studying today’s form.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Caulfield
Professor’s tips
Race 7 Horse 4 – Zayydani (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 9 – Ayrton (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 3 Horse 1 – Point Nepean
Race 6 Horse 5 – Jump the Broom
Professor’s Parlay
Race Horse – into Parramatta Eels to beat Wests Tigers (NRL) into Sydney Roosters to beat New Zealand Warriors (NRL).
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
Grant Thomas – what needs to change at St Kilda FC to win a premiership – podcast
Why hasn’t St Kilda FC won a premiership since 1966? Grant Thomas provides his take on what the club needs to address to make the last day in September.
Grant is well placed to comment having played 72 games for the club and coached St Kilda from 2001 until 2006. He has also written for the Age, appeared on SEN and was part of the Footy Classified panel on channel 9.
Sandy Jamieson – One Club Golf – podcast
We spoke with golf professional and coach, Sandy Jamieson. Sandy is the former pro at Commonwealth Golf Club who left the world of private golf clubs to start up One Club Golf at public courses. He says golf is not a difficult game.
We discuss AFLW Grand Final, NRLW Grand Final, NRL round 5, Aus Grand Prix – Sportzfan Radio #451
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, the Gelding, Sarah Radlow and Paul Dalligan discuss yesterday’s AFLW Grand Final between Adelaide and Melbourne. Paul Dalligan previews the NRLW Grand Final and reviews round 5 of the NRL season and the panel briefly looks at today’s Australian Grad Prix and decided Daniel Ricciardo has no chance of winning.
Jack Kelly – Australian rower
The panel spoke with rower Jack Kelly, a winner at the Australian National Championships on a number of occasions and a semi finalist at the Henley Royal Regatta. He says most of the Australian rowers today are mid 20’s and to be successful you need to understand that it is a full time job and you can’t do anything else.
AFL, AFLW, NRL, GWS, Gold Coast Suns, Cricket and more on show #450
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, the Gelding, Coutta and Paul Dalligan discuss the poor crowd at the GWS v Gold Coast Suns match, whether those clubs could be called a success and why Tasmania should have a team in the AFL. Paul Dalligan reviews round 4 of the NRL, Coutta talks AFLW preliminary finals and the Women’s One Day Final between Australia and England and the Gelding chimes in with some tips for Hamilton races.
Aleksandra Gozt – the effects of concussion on the brain
When we spoke with Aleksandra she was a Ph D student in Biomedical Sciences at Curtin University in Perth. Aleksandra or Ola for short was involved in a Concussion Recovery study (CREST) and joined the panel to talk about the effects of mild traumatic brain injury or, as it is more commonly known, concussion.
The ‘ice cream man’ – Dane Roy – punter extraordinaire on the podcast!!
Dane Roy was working as an ice cream sales representative when he won an AFL longest kick competition. That win catapulted Dane into US College football as a punter with the University of Houston. Dane played 50 games for the Cougars, won American Athletic Conference first team honours in 2019 and was a finalist in the prestigious Ray Guy award in the same year.
Luke Lewis podcast
Luke came through the Penrith junior pathway and played over 350 games of rugby league for the Penrith Panthers, NSW State of Origin, Australian Kangaroos and finished his career with the Cronulla Sharks. He tasted success playing in premiership teams with both the Panthers and Sharks. He now uses his knowledge of the game in commentary for the ABC.
He spoke with Paul Dalligan about his life in rugby league.