The Grand Finale
On this week’s podcast Alistair Bruce-Ball, Dave Woods and Kyle Amor, and a whole host of guests from St. Helens and Leeds Rhinos, preview the 25th Super League Grand Final.
On this week’s podcast Alistair Bruce-Ball, Dave Woods and Kyle Amor, and a whole host of guests, preview the 25th Super League Grand Final. We hear from St Helens’ flying winger Tommy Makinson, Leeds’ prop forward Mikolaj Oledzki, Rhinos assistant Jamie Jones-Buchanan, Courtney Winfield-Hill, who was part of the successful Leeds Women team who won their Grand Final last week and Jason Robinson, who played and won with Wigan in the first Super League Grand Final back in 1998.
02:40 Kyle explains what ‘Grand Final week’ is like.
05:30 Jamie Jones-Buchanan talks about Leeds’ revival under Rohan Smith.
10:00 And how he tried and failed to replicate the spirit of the ‘golden generation’.
15:55 Tommy Makinson praises the impact of Saints departing head coach Kristian Woolf.
18:25 And how they’re not talking about winning four titles in a row, but just playing this game.
24:55 Mikolaj Oledzki says Leeds’ success is down to getting the enjoyment back.
27:10 He talks about his upbringing in Poland and his route in to professional rugby league.
35:05 Leeds’ Women won their Grand Final last week and Courtney Winfield-Hill discusses their success.
38:40 She explains how her cricketing career helps her game and looks forward to representing England in the World Cup.
45:40 Jason Robinson reminisces about the first Super League Grand Final in 1998.
49:00 And his excitement around the upcoming World Cup.
51:00 Finally, Dave and Kyle describe their favourite Grand Final moments.
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