SportsCafe-ish Podcast: The Pilot Episode You Weren’t Supposed to See 

Ya can’t cancel a show that wants to be cancelled 😂

Nostalgia hitting like that powder on the Ranfurly Shield, loving it

Waste of time having the little guy on there. Bring on Eva or Lana. He was as awkward as Graeme used to be. Hell, bring back Graeme.

The reason why we loved sports cafe was because it wasn’t pc… don’t go changing now. Looking forward to some more hilarity from Marc👌

Get rid of the pca for a guest and u have a winner

New role for the little bloke; 1. Bring the beers, 2. Make sure everyone stays topped up, 3. Clear emptys, 4. Wipe table down, 5. Pick up bottle caps and push chairs in and; 6. Turn lights off at end of podcast. No mic required for him.

Cut the pc stuff, let the boys run free 😂

The little fella needs to be brought in if they ask him a question. Don’t need to handbrake constantly and ruin the flow

So what's the minimum height to drink in New Zealand? Has it been lowered? ⛳

The little guy is a "HARD WATCH'!! This isn't the 'VIBE' for him.

Little guy ruins it with the PC bs

Cancel the little fella.

Didn’t even get to the 4 minute mark and I’m already pissing myself. GAAAAWD it’s good to see the gang back together. If the rest of you were waiting for a sign….. let this be it (Lana, please wear something tight and white) Marc your in control of the thermostat 🥶

Brought back some hugely cool memories when the world was simpler! Awesome

Yeah Boi. Subscribed strait away. NZ TV Royalty 👑 Got to get Mathew Ridge on for a episode 😂

Little pc guy has to go!!

More episodes please lads! What a throwback 🔥

This is the first podcast I’ve ever listened to. I started listening to it on the iHeart app, until Ricardo mentioned we could listen & watch on RU-vid. Brilliant!! I await next weeks episode with great anticipation.

I actually thought the little guy was funny, clearly it was a piss take on PCness and not real as others in the comments don't realise.

Cancel little guy

I am turning 34 years old later this year and i just want to say THANK YOU!!! Thank you guys for bringing this back. Podcast is probably the best avenue for this type of content these days and it brings back so many good memories. My dad and I used to watch sportcafe all the time and still talked about it long after it was gone. He passed away in 2020 and his birthday is tomorrow. Bless the RU-vid gods for bringing this to me...

Still funny after all these years, Welcome Back

Just make the show aimed at pissing Rick and Arron off. Good start. 2 boxes next time. Chur

Wheres Lana? She was your original PCA. Edit: this was hard to watch with the constant need for little man to cut in on any funny shit. It’s going on the internet with all the other internet stuff that is straight outlandish but hasn’t been “cancelled”. Just do you guys and have fun, you’ll know if you’re about to go overboard because you’ve lived it before on the original show. Don’t even worry about the woke shit. Also, change it a couch setup, be comfortable rather than being at a table in a cramped space. All said with love because I want you guys to succeed because I’ve missed this show as much as everyone else has.

Brings back some beautiful memories. Good to see Marc looking health. Great stuff lads

Love it lads! Never go PC, no need to on a podcast. Definitely got to have a compulsory 24pk each episode, just to lubricate the hilarity of it all if you will. Surely Anal joins for one episode.

Brilliant team🎉❤ Swap out the PC advisor and bring in Mike King and you will have comedy gold 🥇

Good show little guys annoying

Real good to have the non PC boys back keep it going ... I enjoy the banter with a couple 🍻💯%

This made my entire year seeing this pop up on Facebook! Made me badly wanna start season two of our own sports podcast! Brilliant seeing you lads back together

Was so good to watch. Stoked I got to be a guest on it years ago.

Aaahhh the good old days when zero fs were given

if they really want this show to blow up like it should they need to not cut anything out and just be themselves

I remember when Mark asked Lana what her name spelt backwards was.

How many likes to get Eva back? ❤

@steinlager just give em a sponsorship

Too self referential. Needs to be its own thing rather than "wow, we can't say offensive things now like we did in 1996!"

I stumbled into this and then stayed to find my balance! It’s a great idea and will surely pick up followers (like me) because 2024 is the end of the BS. Welcome back. And send some flowers to Lana ….. 👍😎🇳🇿✨🎸🍺🍺

Marc, you are still funny AF. Loved you on SportsCafe. I also loved you with Mattew Ridge, you two crack me up. Look forward to more laughs from you guys.

Bring back “that guy” 😂🤣

Pour a bottle of oil over you and have a bit of a wrestle 😂😂

holy shit!!! haha im 30 now and I was a kid laughing at you guys, Great to see you guys!

You guys can make sooooo many short reels from this podcast! You guys have the potential to be NZs #1 podcast! Looking forward to the next one lads!

Love the internet. Does not have to comply with NZ broadcasting standereds. Hence the booze , bad language. Nostalgia hit. Started watching SportsCafe way back in the 90s when Dad got Sky. Im 46 now .

What a blast from the past, ace! Yeah, don’t worry about the political correctness BS please fellas. 🙌🏻

Where's blonde lady, foreign blonde lady, guy with glasses, and the guy on the couch with the massive head?

30:50 sports cafe had many of those moments. “He was sweating like a….” even made the news at the time haha

Ellis avoids Lomu 😂 ru-vid.comUgkxfvfGRwbOKgAqjFGB1RNQFi7yd6Vn9XHO?si=ggc-im7traGNNRay

So great to have you guys back been way to long. But you need someone like Mel from the rock instead of Aaron

Bring back Lana !

The possibilities of greatness are endless. Love to see, Eva, Lana and Rush back too.

Can you get that Eastern European bird back on the show? What was her name?

Make mark chase the cheese wheel again

more, more, more. Thanks Rick and co for making us laugh again, so good.

My favourite part is when you started to talking to a robot alien 👾 👽 🤖

Brilliant Lana cameo missing

Love it! The banter, the digs and there were a lot lol. Good to have you back boys. Also say what you want. Folk can scroll on

Maybe get James McConnie on as well to actually have one person on that actually watches sport now though. He can be the expert sport analysis guy while the rest of you take the mickie out of everything..

just wanna say thank you my early teen's/20's was spent watching you guys on TV back then smashing beer's and laughing away really happy got the band back together..be great to have Rushy etc on any word on the gimp? love it Shout out to Aaron (i'm a Aaron too aka Azza or A - Aron also i wanna see Aaron and macca having a wrestle in baby oil

Who’s the cheeky lil Maori?😂

7 mins in, and Marc only been there for 5 of those, Marc’s already finished is first beer

Am out unless the woke dwarf is canceled

Bring back the human cannonball, and where is Eva?

I thought Marc Ellis took off to Italy with his juice money 🤣🤣🤣

Thank God for snail racing

Was showing my partner lion red sports cafe about a month ago and wondering what happened to the crew. Holy shit !! Nostalgia on steroids.

Little guy trying to be funny but can’t keep up with the ol boys. You’re out of your depth son, Stay in your lane little man, watch, observe and watch the masters at work.

I see a few snarky comments on here but just give the little guy a break, I'm sure he'll grow on you

Pretty good lol I like that Rick gets sporting experts in to inform the podcast members lol

Only watched 3 minutes but, brilliant! ✌🏻

Rick, you gotta let the banter flow. And you gotta get rid of the PCA. Your target audience isn't 7pm primetime tv. It's old people that used to watch the show. If you try to be PC no one will watch

Where's Lana?

Very fun. Almost seemed like a real podcast when things got serious there for a minute. My advice (which no-one asked for) let the comedy come naturally, you are naturally funny people. And Mark please stop interrupting, it ruins the flow of the show. You can tell Lee has a lot of experience in tv and radio etc, he knows exactly how to use the mic and when to speak etc. Almost worth getting him to lead the show.

F*K YEEEEEEAH!!!! I'm into this 👌👌👌

Definitely needs to be a regular show. Minimum once a week please.

Brilliant! this bought back so many memories 😂😂😂😂😂

So good to see you guys back!! Comedy gold 😂👌

Welcome back Lads!

When this came up on my feed honestly a big smile came on my face

I'm waiting for Marc n TG to get loose af and toss the Aaron around 😅😅😅

40min podcast is not long enough at least finish the box before ending. Loved Sports Cafe as a kid, good to see the boys back especially old Marc.

Was that lady coming in from Mars..or the matrix..very funny

Need to bring back game of 2 halves ….comedy gold

Podcasts get away with murder these days. I wouldn’t worry about getting cancelled. Just let loose bros.

Let the boys run free!!! Farrkkkk it!!!

Jesus, Marc hasn't changed at all. Nothing but trouble, but in a good way.

Get Mike King and Richie back in here for a cameo.

This was terrible. And that’s why I liked it😂

This is amazing!!! Finally it’s back!!! School memories watching these legends lessssss goooooo!!!!

Hubby and I just watched this, absolutely loved it, genuinely missed you all on our screens and I have to say that Marc is like a fine wine, just keeps getting better with age!! So happy to have you back on our screens, keep it coming team ❤

Loved the ep boys!!

Actually on the internet you can get away with anything. if not broadcasting it on tv.

This has to be the best worst debut ever 😂 love it boys!!

Unbelievable content! Please keep this coming week to week.

I thought the guy in the hat was Daniel Kerepoa for a bit there.

Can't wait for the next episode, and as for being PC, fuck it, be real!!!

Mark getting beaten so bad by Lomu lol looked like you avoided tackling him.

I didn’t realise how much I missed these guys! Rick is ok too

hahaha this is gold , love it . memories much. few beers to ease into it haha

you can't cancel a show that wants to be cancelled. Brilliant.