Dual Internationals & Premiership Winners... SAILOR, TUQIRI, KIMMORLEY & GEYER

We are back with a blockbuster episode of The Legends of League Podcast! In Episode 2 - host Maroon is joined in studio by his good mate and dual international Wendell 'DELL' Sailor as well as all round good guy and Clive Churchill Medallist Brett 'NODDY' Kimmorley. We also get a call in from another dual international Lote Tuqiri and Melbourne Storm legend Matt 'BOOFA' Geyer.

In this episode:

• Matt Geyer calls in, who along with Noddy, talk about the rise of the Melbourne Storm franchise in the late 1990s (2:15)
• The cult hero that was Marcus Bai (6:01)
• Noddy & Boofa recount the 1999 Grand Final where the Storm staged a dramatic comeback culminating in one of the biggest refereeing decisions in the NRL era (7:53)
• Wendell talks about the Broncos dominance in the mid to late 90's. The discuss the 'winning culture' at the Storm and Broncos during that period and the effect that the coaches, Chris Anderson & Wayne Bennett respectively, had on that culture (13:02)
• The start of Wendell's NRL career... (15:30)
• ... and the end of Wendell's NRL career (17:04)
• On a personal note, Noddy & Dell discuss how home life is going during the age of COVID-19 (20:29)
• Noddy flashes back to the 2000 World Cup squad, with a particular focus on some individuals gym/fitness habits **COUGH** Wendell **COUGH** (23:13)
• NRL NEWS: the panel discuss the biggest issues in the NRL currently including: the leadership of Peter V'Landys, potential rule changes including the drop to 1 referee, and will the team that ultimately win the comp in 2020 be touted as REAL premiership winners? (24:46)
• Lote Tuqiri calls in and the legends tip who they think will win the COVID-19 affected comp in 2020 (29:20)
• Maroon asks Lote to discuss his switch to rugby union including why he did it when he did, and what the underlying motivation was to head over to 'the dark side' (31:44)
• Lote discusses returning to the NRL post rugby and winning the premiership with the Rabbitohs (34:13)
• Hear Lote's classic story of 'The Nightmare of Canungra' (35:46)
• 'BEST 17 PLAYERS OF THE LAST 40 YEARS' - Noddy & Lote reveal their teams (39:55)
• Chris 'Ando' Anderson - Super Coach... Noddy talks about the influence Ando had on his life and Lote relives the moments surrounding Ando's heart attack mid game whilst on tour in England with the Kangaroos (44:04)
• Noddy played at 6 clubs... hear about the 2 clubs he signed at but never played for (48:21)
• 'BEST 17 PLAYERS OF THE LAST 40 YEARS' - Wendell reveals his 17 (49.37)
• Due to popular demand it's back again, another installment of 'MAROON'S MAD MINUTE' (51:54)
• Noddy (with the help of Wendell) relives that infamous intercept he threw in overtime during the 2005 Origin series (56:25)

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