Footy show in oz is the benchmark,rugby am trying the light hearted approach and more in touch we fans tbh

I think something like the Footy Show could work over here, but it needs a major broadcasters production values and access to game footage. Basically a combination of match highlights, discussion about the game in general and some daft bits every now and again. I think the Footy Show format, a panel in front of an RL audience is what makes it work. It makes both the presenters and guests be much less formal and turns it much more into almost like a pub discussion rather than the rather staid, often boring, tv interviews we get with Bootsnall or the SLS.

Only seen it a couple of times on youtube and as much as I like the approach of making it more like soccer am than boots'n'alll I think there are far too many jovial moments between players about what they got up to on nights out together that they can't mention on tv, obliviously nothing wrong with banter in a relaxed format like this but never being in on the joke you just want the conversation to move on but the interviews were more likely to unravel.
So even in a more light hearted show you need more structure to it with more professional presenters and let the former players do pre-recorded Interviews that can be edited into the show.

Double post, this forum keeps crashing on me.

Absolute trash. Shows the game up, takes the image of RL back to the Eddie Waring days - a minor sport run by numpties. Thank god its only broadcast in the north and we can see it for what it is. Trying to imitate the Footy Show but with classless presenters and I include JJB. Stick to being a second rate DJ Alex. The game needs a weekly magazine sadly this is not it.

Terrible advert for RL and the worse sound ever - totally inaudable at times.