DiscoverBackstage with Cooper & Matty Johns#64 | Player Manager: Steve 'Chimes' Gillis
#64 | Player Manager: Steve 'Chimes' Gillis

#64 | Player Manager: Steve 'Chimes' Gillis

Update: 2025-08-24
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This week we’re joined by Steve “Chimes” Gillis, one of the the NRL’s most experienced player managers with three decades in the game. From Gus Gould to the Super League war to Super League War 2.0 and contracts that shaped careers, Chimes shares untold stories from behind the scenes. Plus—why he reckons managing Matty Johns would’ve been impossible.

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0:00-Intro

1:30-Chiming In

4:00-Clubland

8:15-Journalism

11:30-Gus Gould Story

15:00-Clinton Schifcofske

18:30-The Bomber

20:00-Field Goals

23:00-Player Management

29:00-Super League War

44:00-Bryan Fletcher

47:00-Players

50:00-Journo Wars

52:00-Super League War 2.0

54:00-Tax Free dollars

56:00-Administrators

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#64 | Player Manager: Steve 'Chimes' Gillis

#64 | Player Manager: Steve 'Chimes' Gillis

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