Beyond The Fence

NRL season is back, and in the debut episode of Beyond The Fence's new podcast, Ben Quagliata rolls through his opinion of how the new rules have gone down. Hint: not great. Also, some quick-hitting thoughts from each of the round's fixtures, including some rather dire performances and favourites making an early mark.

Episode 1 - NRL Round 1 Review and New Rules

The Formula 1 season is just around the corner, so in today's episode of Beyond The Fence, Ben is joined by a very familiar guest. Tim Wray (@TimRWray), long time friend and podcast co host of Ben's drops by to discuss all things Formula 1, including the new team lineups, two rookies at Haas, the countdown to a Daniel Ricciardo world title and more, all with a healthy dose of Drive To Survive sprinkled throughout.

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Episode 2 - Formula 1 Season Preview (ft. Tim Wray)

Trading cards and Topshot are all the rage in the NBA (and other sports) landscape, so we wanted to talk about it. This week on Beyond the Fence, Ben is joined by Tim Wray (@TimRWray) and Mitch Doyle (@mitchd_90) from NRL Boom Rookies to talk market trends, favourite products, and why we're all too old for NFTs. Beware, when you get three card nerds around the table, we don't shut up.

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Episode 3 - Trading Cards and Topshot (ft. Tim Wray and Mitch Doyle)

Beyond The Fence returns and this week, Ben is solo. His disdain for the current state of the game is brought to the fore, with the speed of the game, the gap between good and bad, and game quality all getting a run. Plus, some bonus analysis of the potential for no salary cap, or maybe a draft anyone? Follow Ben at @bensquag and@BeyondTFence

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Episode 4 - The State of the NRL

This week Ben is joined by Jake (@Halbridious on Twitter) to discuss all things English Premier League. From Man City's internal improvements to Liverpool's Murphy's Law season, the top four race is heating up.

Plus, some Marcelo Bielsa love, a VAR rant, and what happened to Sheffield United?

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Episode 5 - Football or Soccer? (ft. Halbridious)

A dark day in football history prompts the most emotional episode yet of Beyond The Fence.

Ben is joined by Matt Bungard (@TheMattBungard) to, lets not sugarcoat it, slam the Super League and all the clubs involved. Plus, what it means for wider football, the loss of romance in the game, and fans jumping ship.

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Episode 6 - Super League War? (ft. Matt Bungard)

The NBA awards have been trickling in, and coupled with the rolling postseason, makes for a myriad of interesting topics. Today, Ben is joined by usual guest Tim to talk a range of NBA awards issues, including:
- A real MVP race?
- DPOY reputation
- Ball or Edwards
- All-NBA changes
- Suns for the title
- Bucks disappointment
- Christian Wood to the Sydney Kings?
- Twitter questions
- And much more

Find the Beyond The Fence Podcast on all podcast platforms, including Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher, as well as beyondthefence.com.au.

Episode 7 - NBA Awards & Postseason Musings (ft. Tim Wray)

The Detroit Pistons won the NBA Draft Lottery, commonly referred to as the #FadeForCade sweepstakes. Known Pistons fan Ben goes solo to discuss:
- Cade's strengths and weaknesses
- Fit with Killian Hayes
- Second year stars
- Returning vets
- A soliloquy on what this means to the fans
- And much more

Episode 8 - Cade Cunningham vs. Everybody

On today's episode of Beyond the Fence, Ben is joined by ESPN's Steve Smith to talk all things Boomers, including:
- The core four's last chance?
- Ben Simmons
- Matisse Thybulle excitement
- Josh Giddey and the future
- Rewarding the NBL's best
- Patty Mills flag bearer
- And much more

Episode 9 - The Tokyo 12 - Australian Boomers (ft. Steve Smith)

On today's episode of Beyond the Fence we're joined by David Nash (@theIVpointplay) to talk all things Phoenix Suns heading into the NBA Finals:
- Chris Paul effect
- Monty Williams coaching
- Spain pick and rolls
- Booker and Ayton
- Bucks matchup
- Suns playoffs MVP
- And much more

Episode 10 - NBA Finals Preview Part 1 - Phoenix Suns (ft. David Nash)

For today's second half of our NBA Finals preview, we have regular guest and resident Bucks fan Tim Wray on to talk all things Milwaukee:
- Jrue Holiday effect
- Bud's...coaching?
- Giannis' injury
- Middleton stepping up
- Bobby Portis time
- Suns matchup
- And much more

Episode 11 - NBA Finals Preview Part 2 - Milwaukee Bucks (ft. Tim Wray)

On today's episode, Ben is joined by Chris De Silva from Wide World of Sports to talk all things NBA Draft:
- Cade Cunningham hype
- Mobley and the Jalens
- Trades coming home to roost
- Withholding private workouts
- Josh Giddey
- ACTUAL LISTENER QUESTIONS
- And much more

Episode 12 - NBA Draft (ft. Chris De Silva)

On today's episode, Ben is joined by two previous guests, Chris De Silva from WWOS and Steve Smith from ESPN, to run through everything basketball:
- More Cade Cunningham hype (from Ben who else)
- Scottie Barnes jumping up
- Free agent surprises
- Russ' fit on the Lakers
- CP3 4 years
- Boomers sadness
- Someone sign Dante Exum
- (Not serious) question time
- And much more

Episode 13 - So Much Basketball (ft. Steve Smith and Chris De Silva)

A smorgasbord of Olympic chatter, with Tim Wray joining Ben for all the rundown:
- Boomers finally get their medal
- Golden generation and Paris 2024
- How good's water based events
- Titmus vs. Ledecky
- Jess Fox and Melissa Wu breaking through
- Fast Italians
- Moments of the games
- Question time
- And so much more

Episode 14 - Olympics Extravaganza (ft. Tim Wray)

The post-Olympics void is here but never fear, football's back, with the EPL starting this weekend. Friend of the show and football watcher Matt Bungard from NRL Boom Rookies joins Ben to break down the new season:
- Fans in full stadiums again!
- The top four "race"
- Ben White the defensive saviour
- Lukaku, Sancho and Grealish
- Brentford are good?
- Who's going down?
- Leeds sophomore slump?
- Question time
- And much more

Episode 15 - EPL Season Preview (ft. Matt Bungard)

Some big news has hit the trading card community so we've gathered our experts in the stonks to run it through (and Ben because it's his show). Mitch Doyle and Tim Wray join Ben to discuss:
- Fanatics buying licenses
- Impact on the hobby
- Delays in product release
- BGS/PSA backlogs
- Shill bidding
- Summer League
- Second year fatigue?
- Stonk tips
- And much more

Episode 16 - Fanatics of Cards (ft. Mitch Doyle and Tim Wray)

The Formula 1 summer break is winding down, so Ben brings back F1 (and unfortunately, regular) guest Tim Wray to review the first half of the season, including:
- A championship battle?
- Breakthrough year for Max
- Bottas and Perez
- Good Norris vs. underwhelming Ricciardo
- Ferrari resurgence
- Decent midfield battles
- Haas...
- ANY DANGER OF DRIVER NEWS?
- And much more

Episode 17 - Formula 1 Midseason Review (ft. Tim Wray)

We were robbed of the proper news during the summer break, so Ben and Tim return to give proper thoughts on all the Formula 1 dominoes, plus some recent race recaps:
- The shuffle at Alfa Romeo
- RUSSELL TO MERCEDES!
- The return of Albon
- A literal spa at Spa
- The Orange Army at home in Zandvoort
- RICCIARDO/NORRIS/MCLAREN MONZA WHAT!!!!!
- Some thoughts on the Schumacher documentary

And much more

Episode 18 - The Ricciardo Vindication (ft. Tim Wray)

On today's episode of Beyond the Fence we're joined by The Pick and Roll's Michael Houben to run through the ins and outs of the upcoming NBL season:
- What to expect from the Tasmania Jackjumpers
- New imports
- Team by team breakdowns
- An international Next Stars flavour
- And much more

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Episode 19 - NBL Season Preview (ft. Michael Houben)

On today's episode of Beyond The Fence, Ben is joined by regular guest Tim Wray to run through a big few days in the Association:

- Portland trading players for peanuts
- James Harden
- All Stars and snubs
- Award races
- The NBA careers of Joe Ingles and Aron Baynes
- And more

Episode 20 - NBA Midseason (ft. Tim Wray)

Beyond The Fence is hosted by Ben Quagliata with various guests. Our podcast covers whatever is happening in the world of sports, including NRL, basketball, cricket, soccer, motorsports, trading cards, sports in popular culture, and much more.