NRL Saturday - Will MC ever make it to Bathurst?
On NRL Saturday - Andrew Moore and Matthew Elliott visited Bathurst ahead of the NRL clash between the Panthers and the Knights at Carrington Park.
They spoke to Parramatta lock J'maine Hopgood about the Eels' 30 to 10 victory over Manly where Joash Papalii made his NRL debut.
The pair also chatted to NSW centre Stephen Crichton ahead of the State of Origin series opener in Brisbane with 1995 Shield winner and member of Paul Vautin's Neville Nobodies Ben Ikin joining the show.
Penrith boss Matt Cameron explained the impacts of taking NRL matches to regional centres while Daily Telegraph and ABC Sport commentator Michael Carayannis faced a number of obstacles getting to Bathurst which turned into radio gold.
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