Talking The Fax Of Life

THE FAX HAVE GOT A SEMI ON!! The boys are back with dreams of Grand Final glory on their minds. But the old enemy Fev Rovers stand in our way of making a first showpiece final in over a decade. We'll break down the ins and outs of the Haven game and look forward to the huge Saturday match up. It's ride or die time!!! #ttfol

It's last chance saloon from here on out as we hit the business part of the year...IT'S PLAY OFF TIME!!! And the boys are back once again to dissect the weekends game and look ahead to knockout rugby at The Shay. Whitehaven will make the trip down to West Yorkshire as the Panthers will be out for revenge. Nervous? Excited? Both? Let's get into this thing maaaaaaaan #ttfol

A long way to go to suffer defeat but it's still all to play for in the race for third place. The lads are live to dissect a disappointing display in Cumbria and look ahead to the final day festivities with Batley making the trip to The Shay this Sunday. We're going down to the wire folks #ttfol

The lads may have taken a bit of a shellacking yesterday but the podcast boys aren't throwing the towel in just yet. We dissect the Fev game and look ahead to a Cumbrian trip with the hottest current team in the league as our opponents. Well it wouldn't be Fax if it was easy would it! Get your comments in now #ttfol

The boys got back to winning ways. And not before time... It's a big weekend as we travel to Featherstone Rovers for a big 2nd vs 3rd league match up. Get your comments in now to the voice of the fans. We want to hear YOUR VIEWS!!! #ttfol

The Streak may have come to an end but the Streams will roll on. The boys are in the house to dissect a first league defeat since May as we address the pressing matters of the day. Get your comments in now and let's have a good show. You set the agenda!! #ttfol

Panthers are on cloud nine as the win streak stays alive. The boys are back to dissect all the best bits of a narrow victory at The Shay. Get your comments in, we are the voice of the fans, by the fans, FOR THE FANS!!!

The boys have finally sobered up after a Derby Day for the ages. WHAT A WIN! Get your comments in as we break down another dramatic Sunday #ttfol

t's been a long time between drinks. But we're back with a recorded version of the show as IT'S DERBY WEEK!! The boys look ahead to the big encounter and reminisce on Fax Bulls games of the past with Fax Fan James Gosling and Bullmaniac Andrew Foster #ttfol #PanthersAreInTown #rugbyleague #PanthersVsBulls

What a match that was!! Have we all calmed down yet? Here's the boys to help you decompress. Get your comments in as Fax celebrate seven in a row #ttfol

Mike is ridin' solo tonight as Rick has covid so please keep him company! Get your views and opinions in - get involved! #ttfol

Five in a row for the Panthers, so drop in on the boys and get your views and opinions in! #ttfol

Four in a row, so here's a live show! The boys are buzzing as the Panthers keep the wins coming. We're here for you as the voice of the fans, your questions answered. Let's get it #ttfol

It's Talking The Fax Of Life Thursday!!! And who better to bring you all things Panthers than the boys!! Mike and Rick are LIVE. Get your comments in and get involved #ttfol

The boys reflect on a hard fought win over Sheffield Eagles at Wakefield

The Boys are Back In Town! Well... back together...in a room...making full use of the equipment acquired by the sponsorship of the amazing Eclipse Energy and Deliveree!

A very special live stream special to celebrate not just our sponsorship with local food delivery experts Deliveree but the rebranding of the club now known as 'Halifax Panthers'.

Another episode and another raft of new signings for the Fax! Mike and Rick discuss these and the positive goings on at the club! We are also joined by special guest Kara Colvin from the Halifax Women's team who talks us through what it's like to represent her hometown, the women's game as a whole and her very special episode of the Fax Women's FaxCam!

It's Bonfire Night and we're back with a bang! Mike and Rick discuss all things Rugby League, Fax's new signings and the recent application for Super League. Toronto's demise and Super League's decision not to allow them back into the competition as well as touching on the Challenge Cup Final, Wigan's rebrand and the start of State of Origin!

Mike and Rick are on board as the positivity flows. New signings plus retentions to discuss amongst various Fax related topics. Plus an interesting day at RFL headquarters.

Just the two of us this week as we discuss the departures of Fax Legends Scott Murrell and Steve Tyrer amongst others.

We have a 'proper' podcast with 'proper' news so we have a 'proper' Rugby League Journalist in Rugby League World Editor Matt Shaw who will hopefully give us the scoop on the cancellation of the Championship season, the forfeiture of the Toronto Wolfpack, the restart of Super League and the RLWC2021 fixtures!

SL DREAM TEAM! With the imminent return of Super League (or so we thought at the time of recording!

This episode Mike and Rick had the Unbelievable Fax Captain Scott Murrell! Scott told us about his Rugby League life from Drighlington to Halifax and everywhere in-between!

Joining Mike and Rick on the show this week is Father and Son Combo Richard and Ryan Brewster who talk ball boys, scoreboards, referees, Siddal and Fax legends.

After 18 months Mike and Rick finally have a current player join them in the shape of Stephen Tyrer! He discusses his life in quarantine, how he would restart the season and a detailed look at his amazing career!

An unusual mini podcast as Mike just gives a brief update on the state of play during these unprecedented times.

Winners are grinners! Mike and Rick get to talk about a massive win over York City Knights, player departures, player welcomings, Super League and the big trip to Leigh!

We're back! Back and sponsored by the fantastic guys down at eclipseenergy.co.uk! Mike and Rick discuss the new signing of Liam Harris from Hull FC as well as the unfortunate defeats against Dewsbury and Sheffield in the Cup. We discuss the World Club Challenge and the look forward to the Retro Round game Vs York as well as predicting the other championship results!

The start of the season and a Fax win! (Just!!!) Mike and Rick disect the Sheffield game as well as look forward to big OuRLeague fixture away to bitter rivals Featherstone Rovers. We also discuss the appointment of Shaun Wane to the England job as well as our predictions for this week of fixtures

Episode 4 of the year sees Mike and Rick do their Championship Preview for each team and ultimately who goes down and who makes the playoffs. With a quick segway into Super League and Rugby League as a whole!

Episode 3 of the New Year saw Mike and Rick discuss the rest of pre season, the defeat against SL Huddersfield and the win over Championship rivals York. We also discussed the 2021 World Cup draw for Men's, Women's and Wheelchair as well.

Week two into the new decade and Fax have played and won! Joining Mike and Rick is Rick's Dad! Fellow lifelong Fax fan Paul Farrell gives his views on the first pre season game, the new signings as well as looking forward to the next game v Huddersfield for Jermaine McGillvary's testimonial.

We're back! Different name, same hosts...ish but still plenty of Halifax RLFC chat as well as wider Rugby League debate as well. Mike will be joined each episode by Producer, chief foil and fellow life long Fax fan Rick Farrell as well as special guests as we go on. New features will be introduced and as we aren't live on the radio we don't have any time constraints!

The last show of the season and Mike was joined by Rick Farrell and Claire Haigh who reviewed the rollercoaster 2019 season.

Mike was joined in the studio by Chairman of the Halifax RLFC Independent Supporters Trust David Durbin who reflected on the recent Q&A with the Fax Directors and Coach, the amazing work the Trust does including the Reserves!

It was a family affair on this week's show as Mike was joined by Sibling duo Amy and Josh Robertshaw who gave their thoughts on the recent defeat to Toulouse, the transfer rumours doing the rounds as well as predicting who will come down from Super League.

Mike was joined in the studio by his Little Big Sister Claire Haigh as well as debutant Matt Baldwin. The amazing Fax performance in the Challenge Cup Semi Final against St Helens was reviewed, the transfer rumours were addressed and the upcoming fixture against Toulouse was previewed.

Semi Final Preview! A show we never thought we'd do! Mike was joined in the studio by Ross Halstead and Rick Farrell looking forward to Fax's first semi final for 31 years!

Talking Fax and Talking Toronto on this week's show as Mike was joined by two fellow fans that joined him over in Canada in Rugby League World Editor and Rugby League Backchat host Matt Shaw and King Cross Park star Josh Robertshaw. We spoke about the overall experience as well as debunking some myths. We also spoke about a Fax win against Widnes!

Mike was joined on the show by fellow Fax of Life Podcast presenter Rick Farrell. We discussed the Bradford game and our recent slump in form, decided the Second Rower of the decade nominees and looked forward to finally playing back at the Shay against big rivals Featherstone Rovers.

Mike was joined in the studio by Amy Robertshaw and Shellie-Leigh Calvert who talked about the Leigh defeat, and helped Mike decide the nominees for the Halifax Prop of the Decade. We found out the winners of the Centre of the Decade and looked forward to the Barrow away game.

Mike was joined once again by Nat Greenwood who reviewed the Batley defeat, decided the nominees for the Winger of the Decade and looked forward to the epic Challenge Cup Quarter Final clash with Bradford.

After the fantastic Summer Bash victory over Bradford Mike was joined in the studio by Jamie Ambler and Nathan Farrar who gave us their views on the win, Chester Butler signing for Huddersfield, the imminent announcement of Simon Grix as permanent coach, and looking forward to the Batley league game, the Bradford Challenge Cup 1/4 final and the 1895 Cup game V Sheffield. We announced the Scrum-half of the decade and decided the nominees for Stand Off.

Joining Mike in the studio was old friend of the show Rick Farrell from The Fax of Life podcast. We discussed the Dewsbury Cup win, the 1/4 Final draw against Bradford and looked forward to the Summer Bash once again V Bradford. Mike revealed the winner of the Hooker of the decade and we confirmed the nomination for ScrumHalf of the decade.

Joining Mike in the studio was Nat Greenwood, lifelong fan and former teammate of new Fax coach Simon Grix in his King Cross days. We discussed the end of the Marshall reign, the start of Grix's regime with another win against Barrow and we looked forward to the cup game Vs Dewsbury as well as the Summer Bash against Bradford. The Loose Forward of the decade was announced and the nominees for the Hooker of the decade were decided.