It’s a celebration episode with Phil ‘Buzz’ Rothfield marking 47 years as a journalist, while it’s birthday week for Brent Read. The boys look at the Sydney Roosters’ concerns heading into the season, Cronulla’s five-year ‘it’s not a plan, it’s a strategy’, and St George Illawarra’s roster. They also answer listener questions and Buzz grills Ready over his dinner failure.

To read everything that’s discussed in this episode of the Daily Telegraph NRL Podcast go to dailytelegraph.com.au and get yourself a subscription, or download the Daily Telegraph app at your app store.