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About this Podcast:

Sportscafe is Australia’s (and NZ’s) sports entertainment show - covering NRL, AFL, cricket, netball and everything else you can think of - as well as the biggest moments in Aussie sport every week. Hosted by Big Bash legend Chris Lynn, State of Origin star Connor Watson and Tayla Montoya, with former All Black Marc Ellis causing trans-Tasman chaos and on-screen producer Ric Salizzo trying to hold it all together. Follow Sportscafe on Social Media.

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Questions about Sportscafe

What is Sportscafe about?

Sportscafe is Australia’s (and NZ’s) sports entertainment show - covering NRL, AFL, cricket, netball and everything else you can think of - as well as the biggest moments in Aussie sport every week.

What has Sportscafe covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Murray Mexted: Marc Ellis Meets His Childhood Hero" (28 October 2026, 57 minutes), "Brodie Retallick: From 128kg 13-Year-Old to the World’s Best Rugby Player" (21 October 2026, 45 minutes), and "Connor Watson on NRL Grand Final vs. Kalyn Ponga's Knights" (30 September 2026, 55 minutes).

How often does Sportscafe publish?

Sportscafe publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 43 minutes across 96 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Sportscafe?

Booking probability for Sportscafe is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Sportscafe requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Sportscafe's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Sportscafe?

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Recent episodes

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    Murray Mexted: Marc Ellis Meets His Childhood Hero

    Oct 28, 202657 min

    Murray Mexted joins Ric Salizzo and Marc Ellis, who still remembers the day his hero pulled up at the park and told him “good kick, lad” when he was eight years old. Murray tells how Graham Mourie tracked him down in...

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    Brodie Retallick: From 128kg 13-Year-Old to the World’s Best Rugby Player

    Oct 21, 202645 min

    At 13 he was 128kg, two metres tall and couldn’t do a chin-up. Straight out of school he gave himself two years to make it. Brodie Retallick joins Ric Salizzo and Marc Ellis live from Kobe. Brodie opens up on the 4.30am...

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    Connor Watson on NRL Grand Final vs. Kalyn Ponga's Knights

    Sep 30, 202655 min

    Connor Watson has waited 11 years for his first NRL grand final – and on Sunday he'll (hopefully) line up against the Knights and his old housemate Kalyn Ponga. It's the last Sportscafe of 2026, and Marc Ellis joins the...

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    NRL & AFL Legends on Finals Season: It's Now or Never!

    Sep 23, 202649 min

    It's finals season across both codes, and we've got the perfect guests for it. Brownlow Medallist and three-time Brisbane Lions premiership player Simon Black joins us ahead of the AFL Grand Final, where he's been given...

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    NRL Semis: Who Wins & Who's Going Home?

    Sep 16, 202642 min

    Connor breaks down the Roosters' qualifying final loss to Penrith, what has to change against Cronulla on Saturday night, and where Sam Walker's recovery is at. Plus the crew debates the Sydney Sweeney betting ad, meets...

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    Laurie Daley on NRL Finals & Do The Warriors Get Special Refereeing Treatment?

    Sep 9, 202648 min

    Laurie Daley joins us three days out from finals week, with a read on the premiership race, the Blues' Origin decider, and an answer on whether he'd ever take an NRL head coaching job. Then Joey lays out an officiating...

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    Roger Tuivasa-Sheck: The Otara Kid Who Became A Warrior

    Sep 7, 202643 min

    Roger Tuivasa-Sheck joins Marc Ellis and Ric Salizzo on Herbie for Sportscafe Legends. He's played for the Roosters, the Warriors, the Kiwis, Toa Samoa, the Blues and the All Blacks. This is his last NRL season before a...

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    Connor Watson Playing In Jai Arrow's Last Game & Craig Wing On Roosters-Rabbitohs Rivalry

    Sep 2, 202655 min

    On Friday night at Allianz, Connor Watson runs out against South Sydney in Jai Arrow's 100th and final game for the club - an appearance the NRL changed its interchange rules to allow after Arrow's MND diagnosis forced...

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    Lucy Lawless: The Mount Albert Girl Who Became A Warrior Princess

    Aug 31, 202640 min

    In episode three of Sportscafe Legends, Marc Ellis and Ric Salizzo sit down on Herbie the housebus with Lucy Lawless - Xena: Warrior Princess herself. She grew up in Mount Albert with no fences and no curfew, was...

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    Sir Michael Jones: The West Auckland Kid Who Became an All Blacks Legend

    Aug 24, 20261h 9m

    In episode two of Sportscafe Legends, Marc Ellis and Ric Salizzo sit down on Herbie the housebus with La'auli Sir Michael Jones: 1987 World Cup winner, 55 tests, and the man John Hart once called almost the perfect...

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    Matthew Ridge & Marc Ellis’ New TV Show? Catching Up on Herbie, Bali & Ego

    Aug 19, 202640 min

    Welcome to LEGENDS - a new show from Sportscafe Media, hosted by Ric Salizzo and Marc Ellis, filmed on board Herbie, the 1971 Bedford bus. Episode one: Manly Sea Eagles and New Zealand Warriors legend Matthew Ridge...

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    Warriors Haka: Inside the Moment That Stunned the NRL

    Aug 12, 202648 min

    Alofiana Khan-Pereira has been at the Warriors for five months, but the star winger joins us to talk about standing in the V at Go Media Stadium for the first pre-match haka in NRL history - the goosebumps, the noise...

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    Cathy Freeman: When The Whole of Australia Was Riding on One Race!

    Aug 10, 20267 min

    Cathy joins the Sportscafe chaos and cricket legends Merv Hughes and the late great Dean Jones in the madness.

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    Glenn Maxwell Reacts To Clicky Ponting & Hits Out At Blooding Young Players

    Aug 5, 202648 min

    Glenn Maxwell joins Sportscafe from Melbourne - and when the boys bring up the finger-clicking scandal that's engulfed English club cricket this week, Maxwell starts doing some maths on his own career. He's got a theory...

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    George Best Bet He Could Play 90 Minutes Without His Right Foot

    Aug 3, 202612 min

    George Best joins the Sportscafe couch - Manchester United, the European Cup, the 60s, and the bet he made with his mates about his right foot. He talks about leaving Belfast at 15 and going home the next day, becoming...

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    Victor Radley On Origin & Why He's Stopped "Smashing People In The Face”

    Jul 29, 202651 min

    Victor Radley is a changed man but still manages to lead the show astray. Victor the Inflictor joins Joey, Connor and Taylor in studio and holds nothing back: his first game co-captaining the Roosters, what it was like...

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    Michael Klim: Can Australia Dominate The Commonwealth Games?

    Jul 22, 202651 min

    Australia has set itself a massive target at the Commonwealth Games - but is it actually realistic? We put it to a man who's stood on top of the podium in the green and gold: swimming legend Michael Klim. Michael joins...

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    Marc Ellis Shocks Supermodel Elle Macpherson

    Jul 20, 202610 min

    Only on Sportscafe could this happen. Marc Ellis comes face to face with Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson - and handles it exactly as you'd expect. She even left the crew a signed note: "Love & kisses to the...

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    The Rule Change Origin Actually Needs & Jahral Yow Yeh on 2026 Broncos

    Jul 8, 202646 min

    Sportscafe the ShowJoey reckons he's fixed State of Origin with one rule change - and the crew can't decide if it's genius or the dumbest thing he's ever said. Plus: Broncos legend Jharal Yow Yeh joins us in the studio...

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    State of Origin Game 3: Can Changes Save NSW From QLD?

    Jul 1, 202645 min

    The Origin Game 3 squads are out - and not everyone's happy. Joey, Tayla Montoya, Chris Lynn and Connor Watson break down every selection, every snub, and whether NSW's changes are enough to stop a Queensland side...

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