The Rugby League Cemetery

As we unexpectedly hit 50 episodes, here's some bits and pieces from Cemetery history, featuring Paul Carige, Captain Charger, Blocker, the Nanny named Fran, and Origin Bolter Mark Tookey.

For us, the real joy of grand final week is all in the nervous waits, the races against the clock, the judiciary showdowns, the late fitness tests, and the defiance of doctor's orders, especially doctors affiliated with Manly. We've hit the hyperbaric chamber, explored our options and given ourselves every chance to bring you a very special Grand Final week Cemetery return.

What separates a journeyman from a battler or a Mr Fix-It? How good is too good to be a journeyman? And who is Johnathan Thurston's Barry Berrigan?

How do you spot an Origin bolter? What are the three major categories? And how would all our lives be different if Mark Tookey had got picked for Queensland?

Trademark moves, indiscretions, blunders and triumphs. There are plenty of different ways to be remembered in rugby league.

Leichhardt, packed on a Sunday afternoon with the Tigers' season on the line. Ellery Hanley on the prowl. The first recorded instance of 'Hold the phone Blocker!'. Brad Izzard re-arranging Benny Elias' torso. A runaway try scored by a public servant. Round 21 1988 was as good as it gets.

The 2008 World Cup Final was played in a magnificent vortex, where form, history, reputation, and all sense disappeared.

July 1996 saw the glorious return of Monday Night Football, featuring fireworks, 250 people playing Smoke on the Water, Darren Junee's miracle try, and Adrian Lam's stomach trouble. But would it be enough to out-rate The Nanny?

A reliable and dependable look at the concept of 'underrated' players in the NRL era, featuring safe wingers, defensive centres, scheming hookers, workhorse locks and Mr Fix-it utility men.

The Adelaide Rams gave us so much in their two year existence, from Chubby Checker in full kit, to Tony Iro literally running down the clock. In this episode, we celebrate it all.