It got us thinking (which can be dangerous enough on its own) … what are the cleverest and sneakiest ways that teams - if not cheat - then at least “bend the rules” to give their side the upper hand, the rub of the green, or whatever other tried and true cliche you can think of?  

After throwing out this question via their weekly Dead In Goal podcast, our dynamic duo of James Smith and Jeff Centenera were thrown back some very interesting suggestions.

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Whether it’s runners staying on the field for longer than they need to, blokes stealing a few metres before taking a kick for touch, or just generally roughing-up the player in the ruck, on this week’s show we discovered there are endless ways to get the better of the opposition … and the refs.

There’s plenty more jibber aside from this on the show this week, so press play, sit back and enjoy our 40th episode.

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