The S Files Episode 73

This is a cracker episode as the Tinman & Shabs managed to escape for a period to sneak this episode in.

There is plenty of NRL talk as expected and maybe a few vents as well.

Rugby is central too as the Super Rugby season is almost over.

Cricket is not far away and the topic is coming back slowly.

Plenty of sprays, held back rants and awards for right tools in the sport, which of course means that officials are unfortunately doing all they can to be talked about every week.

The S Files : Episode 72

This was recorded last weekend and the Tinman only just got around to uploading it.

Unfortunately we also rely on him to give this update on what is on it and he said that it may better to get everyone else to listen to it an tell what was said.

Not sure if we agree but from memory it is a great recording and plenty of sprays are guaranteed.

The S Files: Episode 71

The Tinman & Shabs squared off at the Coral Cove Bar for another installment of The S Files. Unlike Brazil in the World Cup though, we perform well at our home ground.

The NRL is back under way with the State of Origin series over, but there are still plenty of talking points in the game.

The Boston 13's are back in action this week but we didn't have any results through in time for the recording.

The World Cup is at it's climax and with Brazil being humiliated again, it is now down to Argentina v Germany.

The Waratards have finished the regular season with a win over the hapless Reds, but will they get any beneficial treatment once they start playing NZ & South African teams in the finals?  As for the Reds, it is a season they will be glad to see the back of.  We are looking forward to a good international season though.

The Shabs managed to watch a bit of Calypso Twenty20 cricket and had a few thoughts to share about Gayle.

The awards wrap it up and a song that is climbing up the charts by Carl Wockner closes it out.

The S Files - Episode 70: State of Origin 3

3 games, 3 spear tackles and all by NSW

It might be Dry July but the Tinman & Shabs still got together on Origin 3 and showed more commitment to a cause than a NSW side does when nothing is on the line but pride.

It what was a better display of Rugby League due to less niggle, a few more penalties and more importantly, a decent 10 metres for most of the game.

There was still very questionable moments and it seems that even with 16 different camera angles, we still don't ever get a replay of foul play incidents committed by NSW players off the ball or head butts by a NSW captain that somehow managed to go a whole series without giving away a penalty.

Enough said, sit back and enjoy the pubcast as much as we enjoyed watching Queensland bring the boys in blue back to reality.

The S Files - Episode 69

The S Files Episode 69 was recorded on a glorious sunny day at the Coral Cove Bar on a special fundraising day for young boy called Sam who has a very rare strain of Leukemia, he is only 1 of 7 in the world with this strain. It was announced that the special fundraising golf day raised over $8000.

The Tinman & Shabs present in style now

We did manage to record an episode while we waited for the golfers to get in and got stuck straight into the World Cup, a FIFA sanctioned event where countries from all over the world compete to win title of world champions. FIFA themselves have even entered a team that resembles Brazil in all aspects.  Whilst the games have been entertaining the event has a tarnished image up their with the organisers FIFA.

The NRL is not fairing much better in the administration stakes and it doesn't take long for Shabs & the Tinman to get their thoughts out in how David Smith is running the game.  Expect us to get into more issues over the next few weeks. We also give a quick glance at the 3rd Origin game.

The Boston 13's are doing well and we give a quick wrap, we will give a more detailed summary in a week or two. When the finals are about to start we will give the USARL competition a once over.

The Super Rugby season is expanding and we look at the pros & cons of Singapore being admitted as the 18th team.

We don't have any awards this week but it turns out the Shabs has a funny story from beach volleyball during the week that still gets the Tinman chuckling. Also Shabs gives a glowing endorsement of our sponsors, Shop 85.  Check out their facebook page or ours to see how you could win an S Files Polo Shirt.

We finish things off with a great new song from The Dead Daisies - Face I Love. Look for more new music in the future from these guys and plenty more artists as part of our effort to promote musicians who don't get the mainstream airplay they deserve.

The Dead Daisies - International Supergroup

In a first for Sporting Sport Opinions, an article that has nothing to do with sport. But it does have something in common with the S Files pubcasts. No S Files pubcast is complete without a song or two and now we will be reviewing and featuring artists from time to time.

The first featured artist is.....The Dead Daisies.

The Dead Daisies are a musical collective with a rotational lineup with some of the worlds best rock musicians and a hard rock sound that is heavily influenced by the great rock era's of the 70's & 80's. Formed by Jon Stevens (Vocals) and David Lowy (Guitar) in 2012 they have evolved into a international supergroup. The 2014 lineup currently includes Jon Stevens (Noiseworks/INXS) on vocals, David Lowy (Mink/Red Phoenix) on guitar, Richard Fortus (Guns n' Roses/Psychedelic Furs) on lead guitar, Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake) on bass, Dizzy Reed (Guns n' Roses/Hookers & Blow) on keys and new addition Brian Tichy (Ozzy Osbourne/Billy Idol) on drums.

2014 has been a massive year for the Dead Daisies and will only get bigger. With their new single "Face I Love" from the EP of the same name on the airwaves now, and the EP to be released during their upcoming tour on the 1st August. The Dead Daisies will be touring with Bad Company & Lynyrd Skynyrd during July and Kiss & Def Leppard in August.

The single "Face I Love" is certainly a song that should be played on airwaves across the world and we will be doing our part in helping that cause. Certainly the EP is one to wait for and is worth pre-ordering to get your digital download of "Face I Love" while you sit by the letterbox waiting.

Available on i-tunes now - Face I Love

The S Files: Episode 68

Thanks for the memories Guilio.

The Tinman & Shabs got together again and we joined for the last time by our special guest from Roma, Guilio.

There is no surprise that we started off talking about the NRL, especially with Brisbane faltering to a Cronulla Sharks team with a player that we took "The piss" out of for most of the pubcast.

Although reports have since come out that Carney has been sacked, expect us next week to lay into Andrew Johns after he has come out on the grubs defence. But did you expect less?

The mid pubcast song got stuck into Carney again and after that we talk the Shab's favourite game, rugby.

Although he was quiet to start with, once we get onto the World Cup, Guilio wakes from his slumber and even when we get into the awards he is still wanting to talk about "The Bite".

We always have awards, but for the first time in memory an award goes to a Bundaberg team. The Alloway FC U12's, were deserved recipients on the Stubbystrip award and considering most of these kids are 10 years old, expect a lot from them in the future.

We yet again want to thank Guilio for joining in on occasions for the S Files, and he will always be a welcome guest anytime he is in Australia.