Two Comedians. Zero Credentials. All Aussie Athletes.

Comedians Steven Bradshaw & Jeremy Dooley take a seriously lighter look at Aussie sport and athletes across the globe .

Whether an Aussie is making waves in big global leagues like NBA, F1 & UFC, or Aussies dominating in lesser mainstream covered sports like Surfing, WWE, Athletics, or right here at home in AFL, NRL & Cricket, or to the more obscure Aussie athletic accomplishments in Curling, Discus & Sheep Shearing, The Budgy Smugglers Cover it all!

This week Steve & Dool’s stick to what little they know without any deep knowledge, insight or authority on the week in Aussie Sport.

• Australia has beaten Bangladesh in two days after last week's Darwin Disaster
• Australian teenager Lucas Herrington came on in the second half of Hull City's EPL opener against Manchester United.
• Alessandro Circati has officially signed with Portuguese giants SL Benfica after a $33 million transfer move from Italy's Parma.
• Alex de Minaur has crashed out in the fourth round of the Cincinnati Masters, causing him to miss out on a top-four seed at the upcoming US Open.
• Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has said he tested positive for cocaine on the Spanish island of Mallorca
• The under 18 Aussie Basketball team has won the asian cup for the 3rd consecutive time smashing Basketball powerhouses Thailand, Chinese Taipei and the Philippines along the way

As well as everybody's favourite regular weekly segments The Comment Section, Audience Question, Quick Hits, Big Questions, Get around us, Off Field antics, Dool’s Top 5 and Weekly Power Rankings.

The Hosts
Jeremy Dooley on Insta: @jeremydooleyofficial
Steven Bradshaw on Insta: @stevenbradshawcomedy

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Two Comedians. Zero Credentials. All Aussie Athletes.

Comedians Steven Bradshaw & Jeremy Dooley take a seriously lighter look at Aussie sport and athletes across the globe .

Whether an Aussie is making waves in big global leagues like NBA, F1 & UFC, or Aussies dominating in lesser mainstream covered sports like Surfing, WWE, Athletics, or right here at home in AFL, NRL & Cricket, or to the more obscure Aussie athletic accomplishments in Curling, Discus & Sheep Shearing, The Budgy Smugglers Cover it all!

This week Steve & Dool’s stick to what little they know without any deep knowledge, insight or authority on the week in Aussie Sport.

• Australia loses to Bangladesh in the cricket!
• Volk is back at ufc 333 against Movsar Evloev
• Teremoana Teremoana knocks out yank DeAndre Savage in the 2nd round
• Portuguese giants Sporting CP have placed Mo Toure on their shortlist should Luis Suárez leave the club, while FC Porto and newly promoted Premier League side Hull City have also requested updated information on the Australian.
• Izzy Nichols was the only Aussie to make the Semis at the Tahiti pro

As well as everybody's favourite regular weekly segments The Comment Section, Audience Question, Quick Hits, Big Questions, Get around us, Off Field antics, Dool’s Top 5 and Weekly Power Rankings.

The Hosts
Jeremy Dooley on Insta: @jeremydooleyofficial
Steven Bradshaw on Insta: @stevenbradshawcomedy

Follow and contact us:
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Email: thebudgysmugglerspod@gmail.com
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Two Comedians. Zero Credentials. All Aussie Athletes.

Comedians Steven Bradshaw & Jeremy Dooley take a seriously lighter look at Aussie sport and athletes across the globe .

Whether an Aussie is making waves in big global leagues like NBA, F1 & UFC, or Aussies dominating in lesser mainstream covered sports like Surfing, WWE, Athletics, or right here at home in AFL, NRL & Cricket, or to the more obscure Aussie athletic accomplishments in Curling, Discus & Sheep Shearing, The Budgy Smugglers Cover it all!

This week Steve & Dool’s stick to what little they know without any deep knowledge, insight or authority on the week in Aussie Sport.

• Ben Simmons is back!!!! He’s in training with a player lead Boomers mini-camp….Whats next for Box Hill Benny?
• Bird-Flu has had an unexpected impact on Australian Badminton with Shuttlecocks increasing to $70 each, thats 50% more per cock!
• The Geelong cats have been caught re-pawed having Jade Kolijasni sign a waiver accepting responsibility for future head injuries, without AFL/AFLPA approval
• The AFC with UEFA, CONCACAF have combined to pen an "open letter to the football family" seeking the resignation of FIFA President Gianni Infantino. However Football Australia have yet to comment publicly.
• The Tour de France Femmes has been rocked by a cheating scandal, with some riders being accused of padding their bras in an effort to improve aerodynamics.
• Patty Mills has signed with French powerhouse ASVEL and reuniting with former San Antonio Spurs teammate and NBA champion Tony Parker.
• Australia's Isaac Beacroft won gold and set a new world record in the U20 5km race walk in Oregon.
• Quillan Saakild chokes out Gammrot!! Moves up to 6 in the rankings.

As well as everybody's favourite regular weekly segments The Comment Section, Audience Question, Quick Hits, Big Questions, Get around us, Off Field antics, Dool’s Top 5 and Weekly Power Rankings.

The Hosts
Jeremy Dooley on Insta: @jeremydooleyofficial
Steven Bradshaw on Insta: @stevenbradshawcomedy

Follow and contact us:
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Youtube: @TheBudgySmugglers
Email: thebudgysmugglerspod@gmail.com
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Two Comedians. Zero Credentials. All Aussie Athletes.

Comedians Steven Bradshaw & Jeremy Dooley take a seriously lighter look at Aussie sport and athletes across the globe .

Whether an Aussie is making waves in big global leagues like NBA, F1 & UFC, or Aussies dominating in lesser mainstream covered sports like Surfing, WWE, Athletics, or right here at home in AFL, NRL & Cricket, or to the more obscure Aussie athletic accomplishments in Curling, Discus & Sheep Shearing, The Budgy Smugglers Cover it all!

This week Steve & Dool’s stick to what little they know without any deep knowledge, insight or authority on the week in Aussie Sport.


Australian Opals coach Sandy Brondello was suspended one game by the WNBA as she referred to Angel Reese as a "protected species" after a contentious foul call with America labelling it with Racial overtones.
Two aussies finished in the top 10 of the British Open, Lucas Herbert & old man Adam Scott, with Kiwi Robbie Fox winning in a strong weekend for the ANZACS.
Matisse Thybul has been named one of the top remaining NBA Free agents, where should he go?
Australia's Bernard Tomic wins first Challenger Tour title in eight years
In shock news, we have a Budgy Smugglers exclusive….The Tour de France is on, who knew! There's an Aussie Jai Hindley who we’ve never heard of, currently nowhere in 26th.
Ken Hinkley has been named the Inaugural coach of the Tasmanian Devils
Dash Daniels has switched over to the South East Melbourne Phoenix
Piastri Finishes 5th in Belgium Grand Prix after getting bumped by Charle Le Clair


As well as everybody's favourite regular weekly segments The Comment Section, Audience Question, Quick Hits, Big Questions, Get around us, Off Field antics, Dool’s Top 5 and Weekly Power Rankings.

The Hosts
Jeremy Dooley on Insta: @jeremydooleyofficial
Steven Bradshaw on Insta: @stevenbradshawcomedy

Follow and contact us:
Insta: @thebudgysmugglers
Youtube: @TheBudgySmugglers
Email: thebudgysmugglerspod@gmail.com
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Two Comedians. Zero Credentials. All Aussie Athletes.

Comedians Steven Bradshaw & Jeremy Dooley take a seriously lighter look at Aussie sport and athletes across the globe .

Whether an Aussie is making waves in big global leagues like NBA, F1 & UFC, or Aussies dominating in lesser mainstream covered sports like Surfing, WWE, Athletics, or right here at home in AFL, NRL & Cricket, or to the more obscure Aussie athletic accomplishments in Curling, Discus & Sheep Shearing, The Budgy Smugglers Cover it all!

This week Steve & Dool’s stick to what little they know without any deep knowledge, insight or authority on the week in Aussie Sport.

• Alex de Minaur has achieved a career-high ranking of number five despite a disappointing Wimbledon exit. De Minaur is the first Australian to be ranked inside the top five of the men's rankings since Lleyton Hewitt in 2009.
• Min Woo Lee has finished the runner-up at the Scottish Open behind Korea's Tom Kim.
• Young Socceroo Paul Okon-Engstler is reportedly headed to German club FC Köln.
• Five-time Olympic gold medallist Kaylee McKeown says she is "gutted" after being forced to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games due to glandular fever.
• Swimming Australia has introduced a resource in a bid to combat fabricated social media posts seeking to tarnish a host of its stars called Flickbait, designated to identifying fake social media posts it denounces with red crosses.
• The finale of the State of Origin series has broken broadcast records, with figures showing it was the highest-rating game in Origin history with over 6 million viewers!
• Cruz Hewitt has been beaten by Jordan Lee in the final of Wimbledon's boys tournament. Who’s the mount rushmore of Aussie athlete parent/children
• Alex de Minaur and his long-time British partner Katie Boulter have tied the knot in a secret ceremony in England………
• Australia’s Vice Captain Cricketer Ashleigh Gardner has split from her wife Monica Wright in a messy separation that has caused tension within the Australian women’s cricket team.

As well as everybody's favourite regular weekly segments The Comment Section, Audience Question, Quick Hits, Big Questions, Get around us, Off Field antics, Dool’s Top 5 and Weekly Power Rankings.

The Hosts
Jeremy Dooley on Insta: @jeremydooleyofficial
Steven Bradshaw on Insta: @stevenbradshawcomedy

Follow and contact us:
Insta: @thebudgysmugglers
Youtube: @TheBudgySmugglers
Email: thebudgysmugglerspod@gmail.com
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Two Comedians. Zero Credentials. All Aussie Athletes.

Comedians Steven Bradshaw & Jeremy Dooley take a seriously lighter look at Aussie sport and athletes across the globe .

Whether an Aussie is making waves in big global leagues like NBA, F1 & UFC, or Aussies dominating in lesser mainstream covered sports like Surfing, WWE, Athletics, or right here at home in AFL, NRL & Cricket, or to the more obscure Aussie athletic accomplishments in Curling, Discus & Sheep Shearing, The Budgy Smugglers Cover it all!

This week Steve & Dool’s stick to what little they know without any deep knowledge, insight or authority on the week in Aussie Sport.

• Aussie Women’s Cricket team wins the t20 World Cup
• Oscar Piastri gets robbed on the first lap in Silverstone thanks to a kiwi
• Jock Landale 1 yr 14 mill Hawks contract and trade/draft/free agency wrap
• Maya Joint knocks out Sabrina Williams in Wimbledon, also did you know that Wimbledon was on?
• Ange Posticoglu hooks up with Christiano Renaldo at Al-nasrr
• The Thunderbirds have won the Super Netball championship
• State of origin preview
• Dooley reviews the socceroos in this world cup

As well as everybody's favourite regular weekly segments The Comment Section, Audience Question, Quick Hits, Big Questions, Get around us, Off Field antics, Dool’s Top 5 and Weekly Power Rankings.

The Hosts
Jeremy Dooley on Insta: @jeremydooleyofficial
Steven Bradshaw on Insta: @stevenbradshawcomedy

Follow and contact us:
Insta: @thebudgysmugglers
Youtube: @TheBudgySmugglers
Email: thebudgysmugglerspod@gmail.com
TikTok: @thebudgysmugglers
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Facebook: Budgy Smugglers
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Jeremy Dooley on Insta: @jeremydooleyofficial
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Two Comedians. Zero Credentials. All Aussie Athletes.

Comedians Steven Bradshaw & Jeremy Dooley take a seriously lighter look at Aussie sport and athletes across the globe .

Whether an Aussie is making waves in big global leagues like NBA, F1 & UFC, or Aussies dominating in lesser mainstream covered sports like Surfing, WWE, Athletics, or right here at home in AFL, NRL & Cricket, or to the more obscure Aussie athletic accomplishments in Curling, Discus & Sheep Shearing, The Budgy Smugglers Cover it all!

This week Steve & Dool’s stick to what little they know without any deep knowledge, insight or authority on the week in Aussie Sport.

• Socceroos draw with Switzerland in a friendly world cup warm up!
• Cristian Volpato is a socceroo
• Australia defeated New Zealand 26-19 in the final of the world Championship women's 7s in Bordeaux
• Piastri finishes 4th in a chaotic Monaco Grand Prix
• A newly discovered species of wasp has been named after Australian Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri - Gwesped piastrii
• A motorbike rider has died in the Central Australian outback after a crash at the Finke Desert Race.
• Jessica Fox won gold in the women's C1 & K1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague
• Andrew Malony is Australia's newest world champ beating Mexicos Willibaldo Garcia For the IBF super-flyweight title
• Israel Folau is reportedly eyeing a stunning return to the NRL.

As well as everybody's favourite regular weekly segments The Comment Section, Audience Question, Quick Hits, Big Questions, Get around us, Off Field antics, Dool’s Top 5 and Weekly Power Rankings.

The Hosts
Jeremy Dooley on Insta: @jeremydooleyofficial
Steven Bradshaw on Insta: @stevenbradshawcomedy

Follow and contact us:
Insta: @thebudgysmugglers
Youtube: @TheBudgySmugglers
Email: thebudgysmugglerspod@gmail.com
TikTok: @thebudgysmugglers
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Facebook: Budgy Smugglers
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Two Comedians. Zero Credentials. All Aussie Athletes.

Comedians Steven Bradshaw & Jeremy Dooley take a seriously lighter look at Aussie sport and athletes across the globe .

Whether an Aussie is making waves in big global leagues like NBA, F1 & UFC, or Aussies dominating in lesser mainstream covered sports like Surfing, WWE, Athletics, or right here at home in AFL, NRL & Cricket, or to the more obscure Aussie athletic accomplishments in Curling, Discus & Sheep Shearing, The Budgy Smugglers Cover it all!

This week Steve & Dool’s stick to what little they know without any deep knowledge, insight or authority on the week in Aussie Sport.

• Oscar Piatri has said McLaren looked like idiots! After a bold tyre choice left them out of the race from the start with Piastri eventually finishing 11th
• James Magnussen has finished last in the 100-metre and 50m freestyle at the Enhanced Games despite having undergone two years of supervised doping.
• Football Australia is set for internal change after damning results of an anonymous survey of current employees. The findings showed staff complained of working in a "toxic, chaotic and negative" environment.
• Australia's Travis Bazzana has nailed a monster 125 metre home run during the Cleveland Guardians's victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
• Auckland became the first team from New Zealand to win an A-League championship, downing Sydney FC 1-0 in the season decider.
• Basketball legend Joe Ingles has signed a two-year deal with NBL side Melbourne United after 12 years in the NBA.
• Eddie Nketia wins US college gold with another Australian all-conditions 100m record
• Cam Smith has finished 7th in the PGA Championship major
• The Dennington Dogs have put its senior men's football side "into recess" for the remainder of the 2026 season. The team has lost its opening four matches of the season by an average of 275 points.
• Morgan Cibilic has finished runners up in the Corona Cero New Zealand Pro
• Bernard Tomic’s dreams of returning to the grand slam arena have come crashing back to earth after falling to an Italian teen in the second round of qualifying for the French Open.
• 3 x NBA All-star Ben Simmons has taken out the Sport Fishing Championship Walker’s Cay Open in the Bahamas.
• Robert Whittaker will make his debut in the light heavyweight division against Nikita Krylov at UFC 329, headlines by the return of Connor McGregor

As well as everybody's favourite regular weekly segments The Comment Section, Audience Question, Quick Hits, Big Questions, Get around us, Off Field antics, Dool’s Top 5 and Weekly Power Rankings.

The Hosts
Jeremy Dooley on Insta: @jeremydooleyofficial
Steven Bradshaw on Insta: @stevenbradshawcomedy

Follow and contact us:
Insta: @thebudgysmugglers
Youtube: @TheBudgySmugglers
Email: thebudgysmugglerspod@gmail.com
TikTok: @thebudgysmugglers
X: @budgysmugpod
Facebook: Budgy Smugglers
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