September 26, 2025 • 6 mins
It’s the biggest day in the Australian sporting calendar.
Not only is tonight the AFL Grand Final, but there’s also the NRL preliminary finals, as well as the Bledisloe Cup clash at Eden Park.
Our Australian Correspondent Adam Peacock joined Piney to brief him on all the goings on.
“It’s a huge weekend overall in Melbourne,” he said of the AFL Grand Final.
“it’s the biggest thing since sliced bread.”
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from News Talks EDB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
But let's get you across the tasmin for a regular
chat with our Australian correspondent Adam Peacock. Adam, as you
can probably hear, we're in the thicker things here at
the Kingslander ahead of bled Uslow one this afternoon. How
are you feeling about Australia's chances of victory at Eton
Park this afternoon?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Not great. I've got to be honest, we don't have
a particularly good record at the ground, saying that I
was eighth the last time one and I'm old, so yeah, look,
it's not a lot of expectation, especially no Will Skelton
and a couple of other injuries are picked up along
the way, so very unfortunate timing for those things to
(00:51):
kind of yeah, you merge into what was looming is
a pretty good opportunity. Like we've said it for a
long time and this is our best chance to knock
off to the All Blacks in New Zealand for the
last twenty years and it hadn't happened, but this seemed
like a pretty good one given the form of you
guys in the form of our guys in the last
couple of weeks. But yeah, not entirely sure, especially with
those outs.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Do you still feel as though the Wallabies are on
an upward trajectory though you know, it seems to be
the improvements obvious, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah. You take what was like ground zero and I'd
say that was just out the last World Cup and
Eddie Jones now his reputation in Australian runs out of
a scorch to his policy pretty much of how he
did things and it didn't play off at that World Cup.
And then what's been built since. Joe Schmidt absolutely clear
(01:40):
that it's going in the right direction. So yeah, we'll
see how far they have actually come in a good
game my business after that.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Indeed, all right, it's not the only big sporting fixture
on the Australian calendar today. In fact, probably the biggest
day on the Australian sporting calendar the AFL Grand Final
Geelong against the Brisbane lines that have sold out mcg
This is the biggest day, isn't in an Australian sport
It's probably.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
The biggest weekend because we've got all this and then yeah,
we've got the bladders low thrown in and I don't
know what we're going to be administrators are doing trying
to go head to head with all of this in Australia.
And I know Australia only has a quarter vote in
the Rugby Championship. Its other nations to take into account
as well. But if you want to maximize your prior,
I can get fresh air for it. I don't think
this is the way to go about it. Because the
(02:26):
AFL Grand Final it's one of those that's our little
luck minting super Bowl that even if you're not interested
in AFL you probably tune in and have a look
at it, especially because they've got Snoop Dog playing pre
game entertainment. You know, it brings a lot of other
people in. So yeah, it is a huge weekend overall.
In Melbourne. It's the biggest thing since Lisperd the last
Our Day in September and it's huge and they'll have
(02:48):
one hundred thousand there. But the rest of the country
kind of goes along for the ride for those few
hours at the game's on, which makes it unfortunate that
it's directly head to head with the bladders. Like the
bladders itself deserves its own time slot and its own
fresh air.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
This is the Brisbane line's third straight appearance on the
Grand Final favor It's all right, Gelong favorites.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Oh, Geelong of favorites. Brisbane have done well to get there.
That have had issues around their best player locking Neil
being fit, but slonger. Just this great unit and they've
had so much consistency over last twenty years. They're always
there or thereabout. They never have bad years Geelong, and
they made the last game of the season again and
(03:28):
deserving favorite.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And keep eyes on that this afternoon. And then of
course the NRL preliminary finals. The Storm into the Grand
Final are twenty to fourteen win over the Sharks in
Melbourne last night. They're going to play the winner of
tomorrow's match between the Broncos and the Panthers. The Panthers,
I think we'll see that the last two or three weeks.
They just seem to be on this inevitable sort of
road to the Grand Final. Or might it stop in
(03:51):
Brisbane tomorrow?
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Yeah, it could do. Just like to click at the corner,
I reckon, but it's a good foot at the corner
because it would be fast and open, really warm conditions
up at Brisbane. I think it'll be a great game
of footing in the afternoon footy as well, and that's
one thing that is over say that hopefully it's away
from the wet a night, which can happen. They ping
(04:13):
it around a bit and that's certainly what's going to
happen in this NRL prelim final. Look good to the
majority of the year, we had Canber or the Bulldogs
on top and we're thinking, oh, finally got something different.
But for all intents and purposes, we could end up
in the same gread final with the last year in Melbourne.
Melbourne and Penrith and Penrith have just come good at
the right time. They threshing their players up. So I
just favored them against Brisbane. But it should be fantastic
(04:34):
out of footage.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
And whoever goes through, well, actually we can't really say
that because I get the feeling of Penrith go through.
They'll probably be favorites against the Storm. But would the Storm.
I mean, they must be confident they're there again. Craig
Bellamy just knows how to get these things done, doesn't he.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Yeah, eleventh Grand Final for Craig Belliny. It's an incredible
record and look, he's got this side playing well. But
you get the feeling that they haven't totally clicked for
eighty minutes. But I've been saying to people, maybe that's
just them. Maybe they're not as good as some ofer.
Maybe the the Storm teams had been over the path
that they got so much strike. Yeah, they're a bit
(05:11):
they're a bit different Melbourne when they were great back
in the day, they were methodical and they wore teams
down and they just ground them into the dirt. With
this team can just come up to try out of nowhere.
So they're pretty good to watch. But yeah, I think
if Melbourne played Prison in the final, Melbourne going his favorite,
but Penrith might be far and they have the favorite
because they wont foreigner roll.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
And yeah, it's one of those weekends where you need
screens everywhere. We haven't even talked about the Ryder Cup,
which I know you keep his f as well. So
good luck getting anything else done across this weekend apart
from watching sport. Adam good to Jet as always, We'll
do it again next Saturday.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
You too, finally have the one.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
You have a good one too at Amna Peacock. Our
Australian corresponded with news from across the Taskman year. Massive
day in Melbourne. Obviously, I'm sure there are plenty of
Victorians who don't even know there's a rugby game on.
They seem to be fairly blinkered in Victoria towards the
AFL Grand Final. But it is a massive massification, huge
Geelong lines against the sorry Geelong can it's against the
(06:06):
Brisbane lines this afternoon. Almost got myself in trouble there
and looking forward to seeing how that pans out a
little bit later on this afternoon four thirty is when
that game is underway. And of course don't forget the
NRL with the second of those matches with a Grand
Final spot on the line when the Penrith Panthers try
and beat the Brisbane Broncos and Brisbane tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to News Talk said B weekends from midday or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from News Talks EDB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
But let's get you across the tasmin for a regular
chat with our Australian correspondent Adam Peacock. Adam, as you
can probably hear, we're in the thicker things here at
the Kingslander ahead of bled Uslow one this afternoon. How
are you feeling about Australia's chances of victory at Eton
Park this afternoon?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Not great. I've got to be honest, we don't have
a particularly good record at the ground, saying that I
was eighth the last time one and I'm old, so yeah, look,
it's not a lot of expectation, especially no Will Skelton
and a couple of other injuries are picked up along
the way, so very unfortunate timing for those things to
(00:51):
kind of yeah, you merge into what was looming is
a pretty good opportunity. Like we've said it for a
long time and this is our best chance to knock
off to the All Blacks in New Zealand for the
last twenty years and it hadn't happened, but this seemed
like a pretty good one given the form of you
guys in the form of our guys in the last
couple of weeks. But yeah, not entirely sure, especially with
those outs.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Do you still feel as though the Wallabies are on
an upward trajectory though you know, it seems to be
the improvements obvious, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah. You take what was like ground zero and I'd
say that was just out the last World Cup and
Eddie Jones now his reputation in Australian runs out of
a scorch to his policy pretty much of how he
did things and it didn't play off at that World Cup.
And then what's been built since. Joe Schmidt absolutely clear
(01:40):
that it's going in the right direction. So yeah, we'll
see how far they have actually come in a good
game my business after that.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Indeed, all right, it's not the only big sporting fixture
on the Australian calendar today. In fact, probably the biggest
day on the Australian sporting calendar the AFL Grand Final
Geelong against the Brisbane lines that have sold out mcg
This is the biggest day, isn't in an Australian sport
It's probably.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
The biggest weekend because we've got all this and then yeah,
we've got the bladders low thrown in and I don't
know what we're going to be administrators are doing trying
to go head to head with all of this in Australia.
And I know Australia only has a quarter vote in
the Rugby Championship. Its other nations to take into account
as well. But if you want to maximize your prior,
I can get fresh air for it. I don't think
this is the way to go about it. Because the
(02:26):
AFL Grand Final it's one of those that's our little
luck minting super Bowl that even if you're not interested
in AFL you probably tune in and have a look
at it, especially because they've got Snoop Dog playing pre
game entertainment. You know, it brings a lot of other
people in. So yeah, it is a huge weekend overall.
In Melbourne. It's the biggest thing since Lisperd the last
Our Day in September and it's huge and they'll have
(02:48):
one hundred thousand there. But the rest of the country
kind of goes along for the ride for those few
hours at the game's on, which makes it unfortunate that
it's directly head to head with the bladders. Like the
bladders itself deserves its own time slot and its own
fresh air.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
This is the Brisbane line's third straight appearance on the
Grand Final favor It's all right, Gelong favorites.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Oh, Geelong of favorites. Brisbane have done well to get there.
That have had issues around their best player locking Neil
being fit, but slonger. Just this great unit and they've
had so much consistency over last twenty years. They're always
there or thereabout. They never have bad years Geelong, and
they made the last game of the season again and
(03:28):
deserving favorite.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And keep eyes on that this afternoon. And then of
course the NRL preliminary finals. The Storm into the Grand
Final are twenty to fourteen win over the Sharks in
Melbourne last night. They're going to play the winner of
tomorrow's match between the Broncos and the Panthers. The Panthers,
I think we'll see that the last two or three weeks.
They just seem to be on this inevitable sort of
road to the Grand Final. Or might it stop in
(03:51):
Brisbane tomorrow?
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Yeah, it could do. Just like to click at the corner,
I reckon, but it's a good foot at the corner
because it would be fast and open, really warm conditions
up at Brisbane. I think it'll be a great game
of footing in the afternoon footy as well, and that's
one thing that is over say that hopefully it's away
from the wet a night, which can happen. They ping
(04:13):
it around a bit and that's certainly what's going to
happen in this NRL prelim final. Look good to the
majority of the year, we had Canber or the Bulldogs
on top and we're thinking, oh, finally got something different.
But for all intents and purposes, we could end up
in the same gread final with the last year in Melbourne.
Melbourne and Penrith and Penrith have just come good at
the right time. They threshing their players up. So I
just favored them against Brisbane. But it should be fantastic
(04:34):
out of footage.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
And whoever goes through, well, actually we can't really say
that because I get the feeling of Penrith go through.
They'll probably be favorites against the Storm. But would the Storm.
I mean, they must be confident they're there again. Craig
Bellamy just knows how to get these things done, doesn't he.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Yeah, eleventh Grand Final for Craig Belliny. It's an incredible
record and look, he's got this side playing well. But
you get the feeling that they haven't totally clicked for
eighty minutes. But I've been saying to people, maybe that's
just them. Maybe they're not as good as some ofer.
Maybe the the Storm teams had been over the path
that they got so much strike. Yeah, they're a bit
(05:11):
they're a bit different Melbourne when they were great back
in the day, they were methodical and they wore teams
down and they just ground them into the dirt. With
this team can just come up to try out of nowhere.
So they're pretty good to watch. But yeah, I think
if Melbourne played Prison in the final, Melbourne going his favorite,
but Penrith might be far and they have the favorite
because they wont foreigner roll.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
And yeah, it's one of those weekends where you need
screens everywhere. We haven't even talked about the Ryder Cup,
which I know you keep his f as well. So
good luck getting anything else done across this weekend apart
from watching sport. Adam good to Jet as always, We'll
do it again next Saturday.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
You too, finally have the one.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
You have a good one too at Amna Peacock. Our
Australian corresponded with news from across the Taskman year. Massive
day in Melbourne. Obviously, I'm sure there are plenty of
Victorians who don't even know there's a rugby game on.
They seem to be fairly blinkered in Victoria towards the
AFL Grand Final. But it is a massive massification, huge
Geelong lines against the sorry Geelong can it's against the
(06:06):
Brisbane lines this afternoon. Almost got myself in trouble there
and looking forward to seeing how that pans out a
little bit later on this afternoon four thirty is when
that game is underway. And of course don't forget the
NRL with the second of those matches with a Grand
Final spot on the line when the Penrith Panthers try
and beat the Brisbane Broncos and Brisbane tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to News Talk said B weekends from midday or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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