{"podcast":{"title":"Sportscafe","slug":"sportscafe-6948316","podcast_index_feed_id":6948316,"rss_url":"https://rss2.flightcast.com/p7uvxwqustpgbdgefd7twj6l.xml","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://files.flightcast.com/workspaces/zykxlq9jsh0et8s7kuc6w8px/01KGQQ3TAMQRW6J4ANSA4CTY1B/image0__2_.jpg","author":"Sportscafe Media","episode_count":53,"summary":"Sportscafe is Australia’s (and NZ’s) sports entertainment show - covering NRL, AFL, cricket, netball and everything else you can think of - as well as the biggest moments in Aussie sport every week. Hosted by Big Bash legend Chris Lynn, State of Origin star Connor Watson and Tayla Montoya, with former All Black Marc Ellis causing trans-Tasman chaos and on-screen producer Ric Salizzo trying to hold it all together. Follow Sportscafe on Social Media.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportscafe-6948316"},"episode":{"title":"Ian Roberts: The Man Who Terrified the NRL","slug":"ian-roberts-the-man-who-terrified-the-nrl","published_at":"2026-04-29T05:06:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportscafe-6948316/ian-roberts-the-man-who-terrified-the-nrl","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportscafe-6948316","url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/nef67tadiqusg514q6jm33mi.mp3","audio_url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/nef67tadiqusg514q6jm33mi.mp3","summary":"Is Ian Roberts one of the most fearless man to ever play rugby league? The Manly and NSW State of Origin enforcer who terrified opponents for over a decade - and in 1995, became the first rugby league player in the world to come out as gay. Thirty years later, no active NRL player has followed. This week Ian joins Connor Watson and Chris Lynn at Sportscafe to talk about the brutal era of rugby league that shaped him, the move called \"Henry\" designed to start all-in brawls, getting 40 stitches from Les Boyd, and what it was really like to come out in one of the toughest sporting environments on earth. Plus the boys break down the latest NRL action, rate the best sports social clips of the week, and the Sportscafe philosopher Chur Ma Bro is back.","meta_description":"Is Ian Roberts one of the most fearless man to ever play rugby league? The Manly and NSW State of Origin enforcer who terrified opponents for over a decad…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3254,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sportscafe-6948316/episodes/ian-roberts-the-man-who-terrified-the-nrl/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sportscafe-6948316/ian-roberts-the-man-who-terrified-the-nrl.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}