There’s been plenty happening for them to get serious about, too with a few of the game’s elite stars caught up amongst a string of cocaine busts last weekend. On this, we ask: WTF? What is wrong with our players that they can’t keep out of the type of trouble that makes the daily news journos froth at the mouth with excitement?

The NRL can’t have it both ways: surely they can’t want to stamp out drug use amongst players, but then thrash those same players with a feather when they step out of line?

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On the field, and with the great Johnathan Thurston a chance of missing Game One through injury, we chew the fat surrounding his possible replacement for Queensland for the 2017 State of Origin opener. Who are the front-runners? Will it be DCE who joins Cooper Cronk in the halves? Or is Michael Morgan more derserving of a starting spot?

This week we also take you through the juicy match-ups ahead of us across Round 10 of the NRL, we reminisce about those famous Kangaroo Tours of yesteryear, and discuss our “hero” and “zero” of the past week.

There’s plenty more covered off in Dead In Goal, too - so have a listen. In the meantime, we'll see you at the footy.

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