Episodes
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Episode 33: The Last Time
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Friday Oct 12, 2018
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
Wednesday Sep 26, 2018
Episode 32: The Funeral
Wednesday Sep 26, 2018
Wednesday Sep 26, 2018
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?
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Episode 31: Anthony Crolla's trainers
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
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?!
Wednesday Sep 05, 2018
Episode 30: Loyalty in sport
Wednesday Sep 05, 2018
Wednesday Sep 05, 2018
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
Wednesday Aug 29, 2018
Episode 29: Return of the Mark
Wednesday Aug 29, 2018
Wednesday Aug 29, 2018
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
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Episode 27: Maaaa wife
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Friday Aug 17, 2018
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!!
Thursday Aug 09, 2018
Episode 26: The end of an era
Thursday Aug 09, 2018
Thursday Aug 09, 2018
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
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
Episode 22 - Robert Elstone
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
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.
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
Episode 19 - In the boardroom and front page news
Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
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.