The band are back together for the very last time. After drinking away his Saints sorrows, Jon explains his decision to join Toronto Wolfpack and the Burgess twins pop in to say hello whilst on England duty  

Whippets & Flat Caps: THE Rugby League Podcast

Episode 33: The Last Time

The boys discuss plans for their funerals. Jon reveals he'd want to be sent out on a lake in Cheshire like a viking when he pops his cloggs. Other topics up for discussion...bootcut jeans, oxford services being the official north/south divide. Will Sharon Stone still turn out to support Widnes in The Championship and would Wilkin save Willie Mason from a burning building?

Episode 32: The Funeral

With the Whippets boys on the verge of forming their new band "The Smitherines", they found the time to discuss when a sportsperson oversteps the mark in the wake of Serena Williams' outburst at the US Open. There's also an impromptu appearence from Anthony Crolla and his new trainers, not his boxing trainer, literally...his trainers. AND who would have thought Kim Jong Un was a Wigan Warriors fan?!

Episode 31: Anthony Crolla's trainers

The Whippets gang celebrate the big 30! Will recalls the weekend's antics after disgracing himself at Jon's house. "Don't drink whiskey with Phil Wilkin" is the key message of the week and they get their teeth stuck into loyalty in sport 

Episode 30: Loyalty in sport

We've missed him so much and we know you have too!! Mark Flash Flanagan is back where he belongs as bridges are mended. After Catalans' triumph at Wembley there's a French twist this week as we're joined by the excellent Rodolphe Pires followed by one of the best Question Times of all time  

Episode 29: Return of the Mark

Mark is issued with a one show retropective ban for being extremely boring so it's date night for Jon and Will who open a bottle of red which is almost the same age as them

Episode 28: Lowry and a 1985 Margaux

Jon's wife Fran Halsall, a former Olympic swimmer, graces the podcast with her presence becoming the first woman on Whippets. She hasn't half got some opinions!! 

Episode 27: Maaaa wife

After 16 years at St Helens, Jon Wilkin reveals he's leaving the club while sipping on a glass of Pinot noir and flicking through the 1983 Guinness Book of Records

Episode 26: The end of an era

Will is back from New York after becoming best friends with Bruce Springsteen. Brian Noble MBE joins us to talk Toronto and reveals his very particular cycling fashion attire

Episode 25 - Brian Noble MBE

Jon opens up about his love for all things horticultural. Will he survive the hose pipe ban? Mark’s back from his  weekend holiday/ Salford game in the South of France and reveals how a 6 year old boy got into his head before a match

Episode 24 Jon Wilkin: gardener extraordinaire

The boys discuss the key points made by Super League CEO Rob Elstone, Nigel Wood’s RFL payoff and was Will really asked to go on Love Island?

Episode 23 - Love Island

An in-depth interview with Robert Elstone, the newly appointed chief executive of Super League, who's left the swanky boardrooms of the Premier League to return to the sport he loves. 

Episode 22 - Robert Elstone

Episode 21 - Denver recap and the New Zealand national anthem

All the latest news, views, gossip and analysis from the world of Super League. And the great Barrie McDermott is on the pod.

Episode 20 - Rugby League Royalty

Jon and Mark discuss THAT video of the Tomkins' brothers while looking back on the Challenge Cup quarter-finals. Also, what's the right length of time for a Super League coach to say in charge? And we search for the rectum of Wigan.

Episode 19 - In the boardroom and front page news

St Helens' Jon Wilkin and Salford Red Devils' Mark Flanagan join broadcaster Will Perry to bring you the latest from the world of Super League and beyond.

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