• 1 hour 10 minutes
    The Magic Sponge - Finals Week 1

    Brien (NRL Physio) and James are back to review all the injuries out of this Round of NRL, cover the crazy injury return stories in the Finals and debrief on the SuperCoach season that was!

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    (6:51) HIAs
    (8:50) Knights vs Souths
    (10:39) Warriors vs Dolphins
    (16:31) Sharks vs Cowboys
    (19:34) Panthers vs Roosters
    (24:50) NRLW
    (27:24) Muscle Nation Recovery Room - Q & A
    (53:56) SuperCoach Corner - Final rankings & plans for SuperCoach Finals

    13 September 2026, 1:07 pm
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    The Magic Sponge - Round 27 & Finals Health Check

    Brien (NRL Physio) and James are back to review all the injuries out of this Round of NRL, give a full review of each team's health heading into finals and debrief on the SuperCoach season that was!

    The Magic Sponge is supported by Muscle Nation - head over to musclenation.org, and use the code NRLPHYSIO for 10% off any order!

    (0:00) Intro
    (9:55) HIAs
    (13:33) Round 27 Injuries
    (17:04) Finals Health Check
    (17:33) Panthers
    (19:58) Warriors
    (23:34) Dolphins
    (26:02) Roosters
    (31:04) Sharks
    (33:08) Rabbitohs
    (36:11) Knights
    (38:45) Cowboys
    (39:36) NRLW
    (41:56) Muscle Nation Recovery Room - Q & A
    (1:02:46) SuperCoach Corner - Final scores & plans for SuperCoach Finals

    6 September 2026, 12:54 pm
  • 34 minutes 58 seconds
    The Magic Sponge - MND Special with NSW Minister for Health Ryan Park

    In the same week Jai Arrow brings up 100 games for Souths, the change he fought for becomes law. Brien (NRL Physio) is joined by NSW Health Minister Ryan Park to unpack NSW becoming the first place in the world to make Motor Neurone Disease notifiable: what it means, what data gets collected, whether it can help find a cause, and what it's been like working with Jai.


    Plus a quick MND explainer and some Dragons therapy for the Minister.


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    2 September 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    The Magic Sponge - Round 26

    Brien (NRL Physio) and James are back to review all the injuries out of this Round of NRL and talk through their Supercoach trades heading into next week!

    The Magic Sponge is supported by Muscle Nation - head over to musclenation.org, and use the code NRLPHYSIO for 10% off any order!


    (0:00) Intro
    (7:47) HIAs
    (10:04) Broncos vs Storm
    (15:30) Sea Eagles vs Dragons
    (16:01) Panthers vs Bulldogs
    (16:59) Titans vs Rabbitohs
    (22:00) Roosters vs Dolphins
    (28:42) Cowboys vs Tigers
    (29:43) Warriors vs Knights
    (34:43) Eels vs Sharks
    (35:54) Raiders - Bye
    (37:13) NRLW
    (38:03) Muscle Nation Recovery Room - Q & A
    (56:59) SuperCoach Corner - Trades and plans for the week ahead

    30 August 2026, 1:39 pm
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    The Magic Sponge - Round 25

    Brien (NRL Physio) and James are back to review all the injuries out of this Round of NRL and talk through their Supercoach trades heading into next week!

    The Magic Sponge is supported by Muscle Nation - head over to musclenation.org, and use the code NRLPHYSIO for 10% off any order!


    (0:00) Intro
    (4:57) HIA's
    (9:51) Storm vs Panthers
    (11:57) Raiders vs Broncos
    (13:13) Dolphins vs Eels
    (15:46) Knights vs Sea Eagles
    (18:16) Rabbitohs vs Warriors
    (23:12) Dragons vs Bulldogs
    (29:16) Titans vs Sharks
    (30:05) Roosters vs Tigers
    (39:08) NRLW
    (41:03) Muscle Nation Recovery Room - Q & A
    (1:04:16) SuperCoach Corner - Trades and plans for the week ahead

    23 August 2026, 1:27 pm
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    The Magic Sponge - Round 24

    Brien (NRL Physio) and James are back to review all the injuries out of this Round of NRL and talk through their Supercoach trades heading into next week!

    The Magic Sponge is supported by Muscle Nation - head over to musclenation.org, and use the code NRLPHYSIO for 10% off any order!

    (0:00) Intro
    (9:17) HIA
    (9:57) Panthers vs Roosters
    (12:43) Sea Eagles vs Dolphins
    (16:36) Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs
    (18:20) Sharks vs Raiders
    (21:22) Eels vs Cowboys
    (24:04) Broncos vs Warriors
    (30:51) Knights vs Titans
    (32:00) Tigers vs Dragons
    (35:25) NRLW
    (36:23) Muscle Nation Recovery Room - Q & A
    (1:02:10) SuperCoach Corner - Trades and plans for the week ahead

    16 August 2026, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    The Magic Sponge - Round 23

    Brien (NRL Physio) and James discuss the injuries out of the NRL Round and their SuperCoach scores and trade plans.


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    (0:00) Intro
    (6:03) HIA
    (7:14) Titans vs Cowboys
    (7:56) Warriors vs Panthers
    (14:44) Roosters vs Bulldogs
    (20:06) Storm vs Sea Eagles
    (24:38) Dolphins vs Broncos
    (26:02) Rabbitohs vs Eels
    (33:51) Raiders vs Knights
    (39:15) Dragons vs Sharks
    (40:07) NRLW
    (42:41) Muscle Nation Recovery Room - Q & A
    (1:05:43) SuperCoach Corner - Trades and plans for the week ahead

    9 August 2026, 1:14 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    The Magic Sponge - Round 22

    Brien (NRL Physio) and James discuss the injuries out of the NRL Round and their SuperCoach scores and trade plans.


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    (0:00) Intro
    (7:08) HIAs
    (12:42) Cowboys vs Roosters
    (16:20) Dragons vs Dolphins
    (17:03) Storm vs Bulldogs
    (18:56) Titans vs Warriors
    (20:55) Panthers vs Raiders
    (24:54) Broncos vs Knights
    (31:01) Sharks vs Rabbitohs
    (32:55) Tigers vs Eels
    (33:42) NRLW
    (35:59) Muscle Nation Recovery Room - Q & A
    (48:00) SuperCoach Corner - Trades and plans for the week ahead

    2 August 2026, 12:58 pm
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    The Magic Sponge - Round 21

    Brien (NRL Physio) and James discuss the injuries out of the NRL Round and their SuperCoach scores and trade plans.


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    (00:00) Intro
    (07:21) HIAs
    (10:30) Eels vs Panthers
    (11:23) Knights vs Roosters
    (19:28) Rabbitohs vs Storm
    (26:25) Raiders vs Tigers
    (27:51) Bulldogs vs Warriors
    (29:23) Cowboys vs Broncos
    (34:49) NRLW
    (36:50) Muscle Nation Recovery Room Q&A
    (1:00:34) SuperCoach Corner

    26 July 2026, 1:11 pm
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    The Magic Sponge - Round 20

    Brien (NRL Physio) and James discuss the injuries out of the NRL Round and their SuperCoach scores and trade plans.


    The Magic Sponge is supported by Muscle Nation - head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠musclenation.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and use the code NRLPHYSIO for 10% off any order!

    (0:00) Intro

    (9:57) HIAs

    (13:11) Panthers vs Broncos

    (17:43) Sharks vs Knights

    (19:42) Roosters vs Storm

    (24:56) Raiders vs Rabbitohs

    (30:26) Bulldogs vs Tigers

    (34:15) Titans vs Sea Eagles

    (40:10) Dolphins vs Cowboys

    (42:15) NRLW

    (45:35) Muscle Nation Recovery Room - Q & A

    (1:06:06) SuperCoach Corner

    19 July 2026, 12:57 pm
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    The Magic Sponge - Round 19

    Brien (NRL Physio) and James discuss the injuries out of the NRL Round and their SuperCoach scores and trade plans.


    The Magic Sponge is supported by Muscle Nation - head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠musclenation.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and use the code NRLPHYSIO for 10% off any order!

    (0:00) Intro + Origin review

    (11:29) HIAs

    (16:11) Tigers vs Warriors

    (18:14) Dolphins vs Sharks

    (20:44) Bulldogs vs Raiders

    (26:09) Roosters vs Eels

    (26:52) Rabbitohs vs Knights

    (33:22) Sea Eagles vs Cowboys

    (35:00) Storm vs Titans

    (35:28) NRLW Injuries

    (38:09) Muscle Nation Recovery Room Q&A

    (1:02:07) SuperCoach Corner - Trades and plans for the week ahead

    12 July 2026, 12:53 pm
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