Triple M has taken it’s time, after previously networked drive host Marty Sheargold’s self inflicted departure at the end of February, to today announce two new NRL-centric Rush Hour Drive shows for New South Wales and Queensland.

Starting next Monday April 28 and airing weekdays from 4pm to 6pm, metro and regional NSW will have rugby league commentator and radio veteran Anthony Maroon the presenter with regular co-hosts including former captain of Parramatta Eels Nathan ‘Hiney’ Hindmarsh, four-time NRLW premiership winner Millie Elliott, host of LiSTNR’s Willow Talk and Footy Talk Adam Peacock, NRLW’s premiership players Sam Bremner and Keeley Davis. Anthony will also keep on as anchor of Triple M Sydney’s Dead Set Legends every Saturday. Main picture is L-R Nathan Hindmarsh, Adam Peacock, Anthony Maroon and Millie Elliott.

Across Queensland the new The Rush Hour will be hosted by Dobbo & Elliott (Elliott left and Dobbo right pictured above), that’s NRL commentators Ben ‘Dobbo’ Dobbin and Elliott Lovejoy. Both were former Rush Hour hosts in Brisbane and regional Queensland respectively before being replaced by Sheargold. Joining them the rotating lineup of co-hosts include Brisbane Broncos Captain Ali Brigginshaw, Brisbane Bronco’s two-time NRLW premiership and Origin winner Romy Teitzel: Gold Coast Titans, Australian Jillaroos, NSW Sky Blues and Indigenous All Stars representative Jaime Chapman and North Queensland Cowboys NRLW Premiership winner Mackenzie Weale.

Both now locally-produced Rush Hour shows are a huge pivot from the comedy direction the network was heading down with the Marty Sheargold Show and, with Melbourne breakfast and Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania drive shows catering to the AFL fans, now the upper eastern states get a home, in the afternoon, for NRL.

It’s more than two decades with Triple M for Anthony Maroon, who said:

“I’m genuinely pumped to be working with Hindy, we’ve actually been mates for years – we both wore the blue and gold, he with Parra and me with the Waterloo Waratahs. But I’m just as excited to be teaming up with some of the best in the NRLW. Millie, Sam, and Keeley bring so much talent and insight. I think listeners are going to love what they bring to the show.”

Hiney added:

“Absolutely pumped to get even further involved with Triple M. I have always been a loyal Triple M listener and I’ll try anything once…even working with Anthony Maroon.”

Dobbo said of his radio return:

‘I’m excited to be driving listeners home again in 2025. Rugby league and sport have always been my passion and to be able to share that with listeners on a daily basis is an honour. Elliot is one of the real good guys in this industry but make no mistake, we have some very different opinions and we won’t be shy to take each other on. The addition of some of the toughest, smartest minds in the NRLW to the lineup brings a fresh perspective and their insight is going to take Rush Hour to another level.”

And Elliott said:

“I’m struggling to put into words how appreciative I am to broadcast right across Queensland, a place I’ve called home after growing up in the Torres Strait and living in Brisbane, Cairns and everywhere in between. Sharing the biggest stories from the sport I love alongside someone I’ve called a friend for a long time, Ben Dobbin, is a real privilege. And now with some of the most accomplished women in rugby league joining us – it’s going to be an exciting show. I can’t wait to push Dobbo’s buttons every afternoon and bring Queensland a show where everyone’s welcome.”

Dave Cameron, SCA Chief Content Officer, said of the launch of the new Drive shows:

“Triple M’s Rush Hour brand is already synonymous with delivering compelling sport-focused shows nationally for the drive home. Creating these two new shows specifically for Triple M New South Wales and Queensland NRL fans continues Triple M’s commitment as a premium partner to the NRL – alongside our existing Rush Hour show in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania which continues to deliver AFL-focused content with JB and Billy. Triple M remains the home of Australia’s biggest sporting codes with these new show launches for NSW and Queensland.”

The new Rush Hour programs can be heard weekdays from 4pm – 6pm from Monday April 28 on Triple M and on the free LiSTNR app.