Fire Up!
Fire Up!
Hosts Stephen Ferris & Kris Gale are back in 2026 with the long running Fire Up! show (formerly of FBI Radio) that dives WAY too deep into the absurdities, minutiae, atrocities and huuuuge personalities in the NRL Universe, featuring regular guests and a perfunctory, random and opinionated weekly analysis of every round’s games. Please follow these blathering idiots on Insta: https://www.instag…Social links:
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Fractured Fairy Tale
Despite being anything but in the game, the Newcastle Knights still almost had the fairytale finish everyone was wishing for (even Roosters fans). But our game is one of no quarter asked for or given and dreams often come crashing down. To reflect on the biggest week in league, we are joined by Yvo…
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11 Minutes Of Joy
Fire Up! adds to the great father/son combinations if rugby league by welcoming Dave & Josh Ray to the mike. As Kurt Cobain once put it so well, we say to PVL, "Here we are now. Entertain us." And after the disappointments of Deans and Tones, he is now promising us 11 minutes of joy this Sunday. We…
1:01:32
Tigers CEO, Shaun Mielekamp
We are joined by Shaun "Tiger" Mielekamp, Wests Tigers CEO, to discuss the NRLW (and the NRL) Finals, the secret life of plastic plants and what's been a packed first year in the job. And we learn that he likes to get his grunge on.
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Rugby League Affordability
Fire Up! icon, Redfern Pat, returns to the mike to talk all things footy bunker and footy punter. The NRL Finals got into full swing last weekend but the hip pocket continued to take a hit and they stayed away in droves...or did they?The NRLW instigates its own Deflategate, the Fox falls foul (fow…
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Peter V'Landys Land
Broncos whisperer, James Campbell, joins us in time to imagine what the proposed rugby league theme park will involve. Gale reflected on Sydney's previous best theme park but forgot the correct name was Bullen's African Lion Safari Beyond the NRL Finals, we break two huge stories - Robbie Farah & …
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It's A Blues World
NSWRL supremo, Dave Trodden, joins us, along with Fire Up! regular, Stephen Gorry, to celebrate the dual triumphs of the NSW Blues in the State Of Origins this season. We could have talked forever.But we also had time to look at the Tale Of Two Farewells for Jai and Reyno, the rise of rugby league …
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Lunar Trajectory
PJ Lane joins us to discuss what happens when the likes of Toby Rudolph and Jason Ryles turn their eyes skyward and get hit with that big pizza pie, the moon. We explore all corners of the rugby league globe as refs get together to share offside-coloured jokes, coaches tell the truth (as they see i…
1:07:09
Garbage and Stupidity (On both sides of the ball)
JR returns to Fire Up! and manages to offend an entire country and an entire gender as we review the second Instalment of Indigenous Round. JR's Bugbears also return with 80% all new material. To his credit, JR does dig in and defend the Sydney Roosters, arguing that they are more than just a feede…
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The Bear Necessities
OG Mal Meninga understands. It's an West Coast v East Coast thing.So with a 2028 Perth GF in the offing, the Bears are getting their act together (finally).We're joined by PJ Lane and Alby Talarico to inspect the Bears' jersey, mascot and salary cap/player concessions. And we even preview the new t…
1:12:30
Positive Feedback
We here at Fire Up! totally respect the NRL's initiative to keep the coverage positive.So Emma Domoney joined us to talk up the game with the exception of the following:blowout scorelines; angry birds (ie. Roosters); blueing Tigers; PVL; visually challenged touchies; Reece Walsh; threatened teddy b…
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