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.

The S Files : Episode 67

An Emotional Letter from an Italian Supporter

It's been a few days since Origin and the Tinman & Shabs have settled down and pretty much gotten over it. To be honest we are pretty much over how the NRL is run and the approach the administration and media take to the game.

The fallout from game 2 has been a very high injury toll, a season ending & possibly career ending injury for Brent Tate. Also Matt Scott's season may be over after he suffered a fractured eye socket in a tackle that somehow Channel 9 has no footage of. Also of question is why the NRL scheduled byes for New Zealand during Origin and gives them a run of 3 home games as well. Add to that the Brisbane Broncos also have to back up from Origin, fly across the Tasman and face a side full of Kiwis coming off a break?

The Boston 13's are going well in the USARL. After a surprise defeat in round 2 to the Brooklyn Kings 24-26, the 13's bounced back with a good win in a sometimes spiteful match against the Rhode Island Rebellion, 68-18. This placed the 13's at the top of the North East Conference. Unfortunately the 13's lost overnight to the undefeated DC Slayers.  We are also proud to report our sponsored player, AJ Mudford, played his first game for the season last week and opened up his try scoring account.

The Rugby International calender is well under way and the Aussies are on a very good run after another victory over France last week and wrapping up the series 3-0 just after we recorded this episode. The real test for the Aussies will be in 8 weeks when they take on the Kiwis but the signs are a lot better now we have an Aussie in charge.  Why there is an 8 week break is strange but obviously there was a reason.

The World Cup is in full swing now and even though the Aussies are going home early, they have impressed. Unlike a few countries that were expected to at least win a game by now. There has been some very entertaining games and as always some controversy along the way. The Tinman has been getting a bit of stick from our Italian special guest of late but it seems he is in hiding after Italy lost to Costa Rica.

We wish the Queensland Firebirds the best of luck in the ANZ Championship today and will be reporting on that next week.

The awards are always good and this week we have to great StubbyStrip nominations to give out. Patty Mills and Tim Cahill are in the news for all the right reasons and are flying the Aussie flag proudly.

The S Files : Ep 66 State of Origin 2

Series won - 4 week suspension. Series on the line - 0 weeks

The Tinman & Shabs bring you another State of Origin episode that was recorded before, at half time and at full time during the 2nd game.  This time we didn't need the censor button but we certainly wanted to.

We all know what transpired on the night and have been reminded many times by the many cockroaches that come out of the woodwork was the result is known. You have to laugh at how great they say they are and all the talk about 1 in a row. If this is the sort of game that is required for NSW to win, expect plenty of clubs to not want their players selected. The referees had no control, it was not a great spectacle of a game.

Congratulations to NSW for finally getting a series win and it must be great to know the officials, commentators and media all did everything they can to help you celebrate.

Enough said, have a listen.

The S Files : Episode 65

After a couple of weeks of missed chances to record, the Tinman & Shabs managed to catch up and get this surprise episode out.

We still had to catch up on the fall out for Origin 1 and of course action in the NRL always has talking points. Have we changed our tune on the Reynolds incident? And after the Knights have blown up about a certain Rooster player, maybe people are starting to see what we have always seen in Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.

It was great to finally bring some updates on the Boston 13's but apologies for the short coverage. We will be bring a more detailed coverage from next episode when the Tinman makes sure he has his notes with him.

International Rugby is back and the Shabs is always happy to talk about it. Australia got off to a winning start against France and look a totally different team with an Aussie coaching again.

The World Cup is on and after Brazil won the opening game it rightly has Shabs stating that Brazil are like New Zealand in a Rugby World Cup. Play it on home soil and everything goes your way.

Sorry about the short write up but with so much football on the Tinman has had little sleep.

Next episode should be a cracker with Origin 2 coming up and plenty more World Cup games to reflect on.