Chasing Kangaroos

As an amazing NRL season comes to a close, Steve Mascord joins Carbs to answer your questions and talk up the international rugby league season. Plus stick around until after this week’s GOLDEN POINTS to find out why this will be the last episode of Chasing Kangaroos for a little while... Episode 40 is brought to you by Rugby League Coach and Mascord Brownz. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions for this episode on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Enjoy the show!

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As International Rugby League prepares for its 2019 congress in Sydney, your host; Michael Carbone, is joined by a series of leaders and administrators from around the Rugby League world.

Global Operations Manager, Danny Kazandjian, shares some insight into congress and the RLIF rebrand. Middle East Africa Regional Director, Remond Safi, speaks about the successes and challenges of the recent MEA championship in Nigeria...

The International Rugby League season continues, and on this episode of the podcast; Michael caught up with some of the stars at the Downer World Cup Nines including Welsh and St Helens flyer, Regan Grace; The first American to play Queensland Cup in 15 years, Joe Eichner; and French and Toronto Wolfpack fan favourite, Hakim Miloudi.
We hear from IRL Southern Hemisphere General Manager, Jeremy Edwards, who steps us through the decision to suspend Tonga RL...

This week we discuss all the talking points from the latest round of international rugby league with Forty20 Magazine editor and RLEF Media Manager, Phil Kaplan. England Wheelchair Rugby League Hero and RLWC2021 ambassador, James Simpson, shares his inspirational story; and recently retired Toronto Wolfpack and Fiji Bati forward, Ashton Sims, stops by to discuss upcoming internationals, what the Wolfpack means for Super League and much, much more...

This week we discuss some ideas and thoughts after “the biggest upset in International Rugby League history”. We take a deep dive into European World Cup qualifiers and the future plans for the Rugby League European Federation with Chris Thair (General Manager, RLEF), Orazio D’arro (President, Federazione Italiana Rugby League), and George Stilianos (President, Greek Rugby League Association)...

NRL.com’s Brad Walter joins Michael to discuss their roles as part of the Golden Boot judging panel. They preview and review the final two weeks of the international rugby league season, and discuss the big issues like Sonny Bill Williams and the GB Lions brand. 

CORRECTION: Greece defeated Serbia 82 - 6 in World Cup qualification (not 82-16 as accidentally suggested)...

The International Rugby League season has come to a conclusion, and it is only fitting we end this podcast series with a Q&A session with the IRL's CEO, Nigel Wood...

DISCLAIMER: The episode title; "Chasing Kiwis" is unrelated to the subject matter, and has been named in honour of the newly #1 ranked nation, New Zealand. 
RLWC2021 CEO, Jon Dutton joins Michael this week to give us an update on all things  2021 Rugby League World Cup, including insight into how the pools will be drawn...

Michael takes a deep dive into California Rugby League in the lead up to their exhibition match between LA Mongrel and San Francisco Savage on December 7, which will be live streamed on their Facebook page. 
Hear from two of the first California RL players; Matthew Bousson from the Mongrel and Langi Langi Haupeakui from the Savage...

Robert Burgin takes time out of his Brazilian development tour to chat with Michael about this years Top 1 Brazilian Championship, the strategic plan to grow the game in Brazil, future internationals in South America, and so much more! Rob is the founder of Latin Heat Rugby League, and the Football Manager for the Brazilian Women’s team. His knowledge on Rugby League in South and Central America is second to none, and he shares some wonderful news and insights in this episode...