EMERGENCY POD: Ivan Cleary to Leave Penrith 2027!
5/13/202620 min
Ivan Cleary shocks the rugby league world by announcing he’ll leave Penrith Panthers after 2027.
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First 90 secondsCooper Johns· Host0:00
Wow. News that has rocked the rugby league world, Matthew. Uh, didn't think we'd be doing an emergency podcast today. But Ivan Cleary, four time in a row premiership winner, uh, as a coach for the Penrith Panthers, has announced as of 2027 he will no longer be head coach of the Penrith Panthers- Mm ... Rugby League Club.
Matty Johns· Host0:18
Mm.
Cooper Johns· Host0:18
That's pretty big news.
Matty Johns· Host0:20
It's huge news.
Cooper Johns· Host0:21
Massive.
Matty Johns· Host0:21
There's been, there's been plenty going on this week in, in the game. This is the biggest news. Um, I'll just say this off the top. As NRL fans, geez, we're spoiled.
Cooper Johns· Host0:31
Yeah.
Matty Johns· Host0:32
Ha- is there, is there a day that goes by when there's just something that happens in the game? Like, there is as much happening off the game, i- off the field, sorry, as there is on.
Cooper Johns· Host0:41
I can't remember- Every single- Something happened a couple days ago, and you said the same thing. You went, "Gee," a lot of other sports, they're ... it's, it's very boring in terms of the drama. But, like, Rugby League is a soap opera. It was like a Monday or a Tuesday of this week and some news broke out, and it was just ... There's always just something going on.
Matty Johns· Host0:57
Yeah.
Cooper Johns· Host0:57
It is reality TV within a sporting environment, isn't it?
Matty Johns· Host1:00
It ... Without a doubt, without a doubt. A- and as you said before, a lot of people who follow their chosen sport, nothing really happens from Monday to Friday.
Cooper Johns· Host1:08
Mm.
Matty Johns· Host1:09
Then they hit the weekend, it's happening. And, you know ... But in Rugby League, it doesn't matter what day it is, there's just, there's something to absorb- Yeah, and- ... and be, and, and be entertained by.
Cooper Johns· Host1:18
S- yeah, even s- even the scandals.
Matty Johns· Host1:20
Yeah.
Cooper Johns· Host1:20
Like, even bad stuff that happens, it's like, you know, there's something always happening. I remember when I was doing the sports news on, on the Kyle and Jackie O show, and it'd always be ... I was looking through all