the NRL season, is Seven’s first attempt to insert itself into the rugby league ecosystem and marks a step towards bidding to secure games on the network under the next broadcast deal.
Joining Parker on the panel are former NSW Blues front-rower Aaron Woods, three-time premiership winner Luke Keary, and The Daily Telegraph and Code Sports award-winning sports journalist David Riccio, as they promise to cover all things rugby league.
Airing directly after Fox League powerhouse NRL 360, Parker, the host of Agenda Setters, has declared the show will be different from its counterparts and can provide a home for analysis, breaking news and unfiltered debate.
“From a difference point of view we have all bases covered,” Parker said on separating the new show from competitors.
The Agenda Setters: Luke Keary, Corey Parker, Aaron Woods and David Riccio. Picture: Rohan Kelly
“For Channel Seven to have a good footprint in rugby league, I think it’s a no brainer.
“Rugby league, it’s a 24/7 news cycle, and people thrive for that taste, whether it’s what they’re doing at training, what they’re wearing, what sort of haircuts, who’s coming to a club.”
Matt White (far left) and Jelisa Apps (far right) alongisde the Agenda Setters cast. Picture: Rohan Kelly
Despite Parker’s ambition in making the show different, he has also guaranteed that, like any good rugby league show, there will be blow-ups over differing opinions.
This will be especially true when it comes to Parker and Woods, who battled in both the Origin and club arenas for many years.
Woods, who now considers himself a journalist and has worked on Triple M as a radio host, has admitted both he and Parker tend to disagree on almost everything.
“Mate I just have to try and get a word in first to get my point across because he doesn’t shut up,” Woods said of Parker.
The 34-year-old retired star will have a busy Monday, going on air at 6am for Triple M before finishing his day at Seven HQ in Eveleigh at 8.30pm.
Aaron Woods on the Triple M Breakfast show he co-hosts.
Corey Parker. Picture: Tom Parrish
A small sacrifice Woods is willing to make if it means more rugby league on TV.
“To see what Channel Sevens doing, they’re making a statement that they want to get a game in the next broadcast deal,” Woods said.
“They’re having a red hot crack, and this is what you want to see.”
Riccio will remain a key member of the NRL 360 panel, which launches in Las Vegas this Thursday, along with host Braith Anasta, Gorden Tallis, Brent Read, Michael Carayannis and Dean ‘Bulldog’ Ritchie throughout the entire 2026 season.
Agenda Setters: Rugby League premieres 7.30pm Monday, 9 March, on Seven, 7mate and 7plus Sport.
, plus they show no where near the unnecessary crap that men do, eg. rub head into the ground
