Welcome back to The Legends of League Podcast for #ThrowBackThursday! This week Maroon is joined by two of the fiercest forwards the game has ever seen… ‘BIG Willie’ Mason and Mark ‘Ogre’ O’Meley.

The boys cover both the old and the new including the Bulldogs and Roosters – then and now; best coaches they’ve had and what modern day coaches are missing; as well as revealing their ‘Best 17 of the Last 40 Years’ … PLUS SO MUCH MORE!

In this episode:

• Ogre discusses his current role as the Warriors bio-security officer (2:56)
• Bad times at Belmore… what’s happening at the Bulldogs (3:58)
• The boys look back at the 2004 NRL Grand Final and reveal that they believe their real Grand Final was actually played the week before! (9:05)
• Willie gives us an insight into what it was like in the sheds with Ogre before a match (11:46)
• The late great Steve Folkes (14:25)
• Reuniting at the Roosters in 2008… and what makes the 2020 Roosters a cut above the rest (17:06)
• Willie sets the records straight about that ‘compromising’ Wendell Sailor pool image (19:37)
• Big Willie discusses speaking his mind and his spat with Tommy Raudonikis (20:53)
• Mark O’Meley… THE LAST BEAR! (23:49)
• The boys reveal the best coaches they’ve had, plus they discuss what makes a good coach and why some of the coaches of today are getting it wrong (25:18)
• Ogre shares his insight into the Stephen Kearney sacking from inside the Warriors camp (32:02)
• 'BEST 17 PLAYERS OF THE LAST 40 YEARS' – Willie Mason and Mark O’Meley reveal their teams (33:26)

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