Bats and Balls Podcast

Bats and Balls Podcast

A podcast featuring Josh, Brendan and friends talking about sport from Australia and around the globe. We focus on the NRL rugby league, AFL Australian rules, cricket, A-League football, horse racing, NBA basketball, NFL American football, MLB baseball and other sports that take our fancy.

  1. 406 - NBA, AFL, NRL, Fifa World Cup

    31 May

    406 - NBA, AFL, NRL, Fifa World Cup

    This episode Pies (Josh) returns and joins The Producer to catch up all all the sport. We start with Pies giving an update on how the NBA playoff and his Knicks are doing. We then do Mid year reviews for the AFL and NRL. The show finished with the team doing a Fifa World Cup preview with Pies doing his standard process of elimination in order to find the winner. Check out the ed of the show after the closing of the show to hear Pies individual awards and his predictions from 2018 & 2022 World Cups. Don't forget to join ESPN Footy Tipping and join our tipping competition. Search "Bats and Balls NRL/AFL Tipping" to find our NRL and AFL tipping competitions. Thank You to everyone who have and still do support the team and the show!! Check out our website batsandballspodcast.com to see our tips and listen to both Bats and Balls Podcast and The Pocket Ref Podcast. We are now on Patreon. Follow the link below to join. https://www.patreon.com/batsandballspod   0:00:00 – Catch Up & NBA 0:19:00 – AFL 0:33:00 – NRL 1:12:00 – Fifa World Cup                                                                                                                                                               Twitter - @batsandballspod Email - batsandballspodcast@gmail.com facebook.com/batsandballspodcast http://batsandballspodcast.com/

    2h 28m
  2. 405 - NRL, AFL, Supercoach

    14 May

    405 - NRL, AFL, Supercoach

    This episode The Producer goes solo to catch up all the NRL and AFL infor plus look at the Supercoach Competitions. NRL and the Penrith Panthers are not only leading the competition after only dropping one game this season but they are also the current Bats and Balls Champions. This season is a wild one with 6 agains and injuries being the main topic of disccusion rather than the quality of football beig played. AFL and the Swan and Fremantle lead the field whilea group of teams are trying to run them down. It has been a really tough season for GWS and West Coast so far.  Don't forget to join ESPN Footy Tipping and join our tipping competition. Search "Bats and Balls NRL/AFL Tipping" to find our NRL and AFL tipping competitions. Thank You to everyone who have and still do support the team and the show!! Check out our website batsandballspodcast.com to see our tips and listen to both Bats and Balls Podcast and The Pocket Ref Podcast. We are now on Patreon. Follow the link below to join. https://www.patreon.com/batsandballspod   0:00:00 – NRL & Supercoach 0:19:35 – AFL & Supercoach                                                                                                                                                               Twitter - @batsandballspod Email - batsandballspodcast@gmail.com facebook.com/batsandballspodcast http://batsandballspodcast.com/

    28 min
  3. 403 - NRL, Supercoach, AFL, Motorsport

    12 Mar

    403 - NRL, Supercoach, AFL, Motorsport

    This episode The Producer goes solo as Josh recovers after having sugury. NRL and the Eels were absolutely thumped by the Storm who are our NEW Bats and Balls Champions. Last years Premiers the Broncos were humbled by the Panthers which makes for an interesting Thursday Night game when the Broncos play the Eels. The Sea Eagles and Raiders had a classic golden point games and the Rabbitohs looked great against the Dolphins. AFL saw the Swans blitz Carton in the second half to take the win. The Giants has a win against the highly rated Hawks while the Bulldogs beat the Lions. The Gold Coast Suns had a huge win against the Cats but face a much tougher opponent this week when they take on the mighty West Coast Eagles.    Don't forget to join ESPN Footy Tipping and join our tipping competition. Search "Bats and Balls NRL/AFL Tipping" to find our NRL and AFL tipping competitions.   Supercoach is back and the NRL Competitions start this week. But there is still time to join both the NRL Bats and Balls Plate and our AFL Competition. Codes to our leagues are below. Bats and Balls Plate – 246130 (unlimited places) AFL – 246130 (4 spots left)   Thank You to everyone who have and still do support the team and the show!! Check out our website batsandballspodcast.com to see our tips and listen to both Bats and Balls Podcast and The Pocket Ref Podcast. We are now on Patreon. Follow the link below to join. https://www.patreon.com/batsandballspod   0:00:00 – NRL 0:22:00 – AFL & Other Sport (F1, Supercars, Nascar)                                                                                                                                                               Twitter - @batsandballspod Email - batsandballspodcast@gmail.com facebook.com/batsandballspodcast http://batsandballspodcast.com/

    31 min
  4. 402 - NRL, Supercoach, AFL, F1, Supercars, NBA

    4 Mar

    402 - NRL, Supercoach, AFL, F1, Supercars, NBA

    This episode The Producer & Pies talk about all thing Vegas. NRL had two games in Vegas with the Knights defeating the Cowboys and the Bulldog defeating the Dragons in the final seconds of Golden Point. The Bats and Balls Belt is on the line when the Eels go to Melbourne to become the 1 in 23 & 1. AFL starts this week and we give our tips for Round 1 matches.  Don't forget to join ESPN Footy Tipping and join our tipping competition. Search "Bats and Balls NRL/AFL Tipping" to find our NRL and AFL tipping competitions.   Supercoach is back and the codes to our leagues are below. Bats and Balls Mug – 640751 (4 spots left) Bats and Balls Plate – 246130 (unlimited places) AFL – 246130 (4 spots left) The Pocket Ref – 692451 (1 spot left)   Thank You to everyone who have and still do support the team and the show!! Check out our website batsandballspodcast.com to see our tips and listen to both Bats and Balls Podcast and The Pocket Ref Podcast. We are now on Patreon. Follow the link below to join. https://www.patreon.com/batsandballspod   0:00:00 – NRL 1:06:00 – AFL & Other Sport (F1, Supercars, NBA)                                                                                                                                                               Twitter - @batsandballspod Email - batsandballspodcast@gmail.com facebook.com/batsandballspodcast http://batsandballspodcast.com/

    1hr 32min
  5. 399 - NRL, AFL, Athletics, Basket Ball & Running

    23/09/2025

    399 - NRL, AFL, Athletics, Basket Ball & Running

    This episode The Producer is joined by Pies to go through the NRL and AFL as we get deep into the Finals. NRL and we are down to four teams battling it out for the premiership. These teams are the Sharks, Panthers, Broncos and Storm. The Minor Premiers the Raiders were knocked out in straight set as were the third place Bulldogs. This week we see the Storm take on the Sharks and the Broncos host the Panthers to see who will be there Grand Final Day. AFL and we are down to two teams after Geelong defeated the Hawks and the Lion defeated Collingwood. Minor Premiers the Crows were eliminated in straight sets. So, we are left with Geelong against the Lion in the Grand Final which should be a great game. We then end the show with some Athletics and Basket Ball before Pies gives us all an update on his running. We are now on Patreon. Follow the link below to join. https://www.patreon.com/batsandballspod 00:00:00 – NRL                                  01:05:00 – AFL                                   01:21:00 – Other Sport (Athletics, Basket Ball)                                                           01:37:00 - Running                                                                                                                                                                 Twitter - @batsandballspod Email - batsandballspodcast@gmail.com facebook.com/batsandballspodcast http://batsandballspodcast.com/

    2h 21m
  6. 398 - NRL, Supercoach, AFL

    09/09/2025

    398 - NRL, Supercoach, AFL

    This episode The Producer is joined by Colbee to go through the NRL and AFL as the finals are starting. NRL the Bats and Balls Champions will not play in the finals as the Mighty Parramatta Eels have claimed the belt. The finals will start this week with one side of the draw out of form while the other side has all the in-form teams. In Supercoach the DWS Fleshpuppets defended their championship winning the Cup, Prospect Housos come from 8th to win the Mug & Hunter won the first season of the Plate. AFL and West Coast ended the year with only one win while the Gold Coast qualified for their first finals series. The team goes through Week 1 of the finals for tipping week 2 We are now on Patreon. Follow the link below to join. https://www.patreon.com/batsandballspod   00:00:00 – NRL, Supercoach                                                                              01:28:00 – AFL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Twitter - @batsandballspod Email - batsandballspodcast@gmail.com facebook.com/batsandballspodcast http://batsandballspodcast.com/

    54 min
  7. 397 - Running, NRL, Supercoach, AFL, Motorsport, Cricket

    16/07/2025

    397 - Running, NRL, Supercoach, AFL, Motorsport, Cricket

    This episode Pies and The Producer go through the NRL and AFL with the runs to the finals and Pies gives us a running update before we talk about other sport. NRL the Bats and Balls Champions the Raiders had the bye but in Round 20 they are up against the Mighty Parramatta Eels in a game they could mean a lot to the Eels. Penrith keep climbing up the ladder but are resting some stars this week. AFL and Pies went out to see his GWS Giants get a great win against Geelong. West Coast can't seem to find a win with only one win this season so far. The battle for the Top 8 is heating with 2nd to 9th only split by only 2 wins. We are now on Patreon. Follow the link below to join. https://www.patreon.com/batsandballspod 00:00:00 – Running, NRL, Supercoach                                    01:28:00 – AFL                                                                     1:52:00 – Other Sport – Nascar, F1, NBA, Cricket                                                                                                                                                                                       Twitter - @batsandballspod Email - batsandballspodcast@gmail.com facebook.com/batsandballspodcast http://batsandballspodcast.com/

    2h 18m
  8. 396 - NRL, Supercoach

    02/07/2025

    396 - NRL, Supercoach

    After a long time after being away from the Mics, The Producer and Josh return and start by doing the NRL Mid Year catch up. NRL the Bulldogs lost to the Dolphins, who then lost to the Knights, who then lost to the new Bats and Balls Champions the Canberra Raiders. Also, with State of Origin nearly over and only 10 Rounds to go, The Producer and Pies talk about who were the big surprises of the year so far. We also look at our predictions from the start of the year to see how we are going. Supercoach only has 5 regular seasons games left and we go through who can make the major finals in the Cup and Mug and see who is winning the Plate. We are now on Patreon. Follow the link below to join. https://www.patreon.com/batsandballspod 00:00:00 – Running & NRL Mid Year Catch Up                               02:47:00 - Supercoach                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Twitter - @batsandballspod Email - batsandballspodcast@gmail.com facebook.com/batsandballspodcast http://batsandballspodcast.com/

    3 hr

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A podcast featuring Josh, Brendan and friends talking about sport from Australia and around the globe. We focus on the NRL rugby league, AFL Australian rules, cricket, A-League football, horse racing, NBA basketball, NFL American football, MLB baseball and other sports that take our fancy.