Australia's hardest working sports satirist, Denis Carnahan, is BACK at The Bridge to present: Rugby League The Musical’s 2023 Season Review and Grand Final Preview! Five big nights at The Bridge Hotel, Rozelle, September 25th-29th.

The show will celebrate all the on and off field misbehaviour, controversy, villainy, treachery and pantomime that makes Rugby League - The Greatest Game Of All! Even before this season began, there was a lot - from play fights ending in court, to the RLPA flexing their muscle, to the return of Wayne. And there’s sure to be the usual array of coach sackings, crackdowns, lockdowns, bunker bungles, barbecues, oven bells and questionable haircuts. Plenty of new songs and new characters, along with a few old favourites that have made this show a cult hit.
 
 For those who came in late, Rugby League The Musical contends that The Greatest Game of All has all the elements to make it The Greatest Musical of All - except music. Carnahan just adds the music. He doesn’t have to make up the stories, because Rugby League’s narrative is way more creative, theatrical and far-fetched than any music theatre librettist would dare to write. The result is a hilarious mix of musical satire, parody, sketch comedy and stand up comedy presented as a cabaret, complete with complementary half time oranges.
 
 Producer/performer Denis Carnahan has been writing sports parody songs for almost two decades, starting with The Footy Show and moving on to Fox Sports, The Matty Johns Show and Triple M’s Grill Team, as well as for various club presentations and functions. For the past three years he’s written a song every week of the footy season about the goings on in the rugby league in “Denis Carnahan’s Song Of The Week” which go to air on ABC Sport every Sunday. 

 "It is hilarious - he is an actual genius"

Yvonne Sampson - Fox Sports Presenter
 
 “I’d recommend it to anyone, not just NRL fans”
 “The show reminds us that there is a funny side to the game”
 The Hon. Peter Beattie AC - ARLC Commissioner
 
 

“Thoroughly enjoyed Denis. . . Very creative & humorous!”
 Todd Greenberg - Former NRL CEO

“Insightful. He knows what goes on behind closed doors. Great Show!”

Geoff Toovey – former player, coach and Rugby League Legend.
 
 

"Rugby League The Musical is as ridiculously hilarious as it sounds"
 Anthony Sharwood - Author and Multimedia journalist
 
 

“You don't need to know about Rugby League. If you've got a sense of humour, you'll love it”

 Chris Bath - Presenter 10 News