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This week, we catch up with Canberra Raiders player and Maroons cult hero, Adam Mogg.

Mogg played 105 NRL matches across stints at the Raiders and the Eels and scored three tries in two matches for the Queensland Maroons.

He also spent four years in France where he played 84 matches for the Catalans Dragons.

We caught up with Mogg to chat about how he found his rugby league start at Paramatta, the cult hero status he now has with State of Origin, the real reason he left his lucrative deal in France and plenty more.

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Welcome back to episode eleven of the From Then To Now podcast.

This week we catch up with former NRL referee, David Manson.

Manson refereed 159 matches of rugby league, including ten State of Origins.

He is probably best remembered for being in the middle of one of the all-time greatest Origin blowups between Mark Geyer and Wally Lewis in 1991.

We spoke with Manson about how he got into refereeing, some of his best memories with the whistle and about his love for his daughter Heather, who he has cared for ever since he retired from refereeing.

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Welcome back to episode ten of the From Then To Now podcast.

This week we catch up with former NRL referee, Moghseen Jadwat.

Jadwat, or 'Moog' as he was more commonly known, refereed 53 rugby league games.

He spoke about the error in his first match that put South Sydney fans offside, who the toughest player he ever refereed was and his transition into retirement, cycling and working for the Commonwealth Bank.

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Welcome back to the From Then To Now podcast.

In episode nine, we catch up with one of the greatest characters and larrikins of rugby league, David 'The Mule' Hosking.

The Mule played 78 games of NSWRL including 63 for his beloved Manly Sea Eagles

We caught up with Hosking to chat about the toughest players he played with, having to leave Manly to make his first grade debut and his love of a cold beer.

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This week, in the eight episode of From Then To Now, we chat to former Canterbury Bulldogs, Dragons and Manly player, Steve Gearin.

Gearin was a part of the famous Canterbury 'Entertainers' and was a huge reason part of their 1980 Grand final victory.

He is best known for scoring one of the best tries in rugby league grand final history after miraculously collecting a Greg Brentnall bomb.

We caught up with Gearin to chat about that grand final, how he became one of the best goal kickers of his era, being told by immortal Andrew Johns that he was his favourite player growing up, and plenty more.

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Welcome back to a new year of the From Then To Now podcast.

We hope you had a good holiday break and enjoyed our two cricket specials with former Test bowlers Mike Whitney and Gavin Robertson.

If you haven't had a chance to listen to them, make sure you go and listen to to our chats with two of the best storytellers in Australian sport.

In the seventh episode of From Then To Now, we chat to Manly Sea Eagles and Gold Coast Crushers cult hero, John 'Jughead' Jones.

Jones was a knockabout bloke who made his name as a tough forward from the Northern Beaches.

He is best known for finishing runner up in the 1992 Rothmans Medal to Allan Langer, the equivalent of today's Dally M.

We caught up with Jughead to chat about how close he was to the medal, coming through the junior ranks at Manly, why rugby league is destined to fail on the Gold Coast and plenty more.

If you want to catch up with the rest of our cricket content, make sure to head over to our website at www.sportingnews.com/au