Roy & HG will release a 2CD set to celebrate 30 years since This Sporting Life.

From 1986 to 2008, Roy & HG hosted This Sporting Life on triple j. Their irreverent, ridiculous and always incredibly funny take on sport in Australia – among other things – was unlike any other radio show anywhere on the planet.

It's the longest running show in the station's history and ratty old cassette recordings (and podcasts in later years) of the shows are still beloved by so many.

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Now, to celebrate 30 years since the show first aired, Roy & HG have put together a massive 2CD set (or a footy shaped USB for those so inclined) of some of the show's highlights from throughout the year.

All your favourites are there – King Wally Otto, Rooting King and Frosty LaHood, to name just a few – and there are references to plenty of great sportspeople and sporting moments past, from Jeff Fenech to the Sydney Olympics bid to the most recent NRL Grand Final.

Both Roy and HG have weighed in on this new compilation in their classic half-derisive manner. Here are their statements in full.

"To me this very fine album makes for extremely sobering listening. To think that looking back over so many years, so little has changed. Kids with dreams set off on an often lonely journey and reach international success time and time again and are given such little recognition and such scant regard by the Australian population at large. It's great to hear references to our former greats who are now unacknowledged and largely forgotten - people like The Great White Shark, Jeff Fenech, Rooting King and Stumpy Boon. In days gone by there would be huge statues of these greats decorating all of our public spaces serving as talking points for kids and parents to engage, celebrate and remember. But sadly, our sporting heroes come along, share with us their genius and self-sacrifice and are inevitably, ignominiously booted from the stage. I hope in its small way this album might set about restoring the balance."

– R. Roy Slaven

"When I started working with Rampaging Roy Slaven thirty years ago I believed the weekly axe-minister we laid on the ABC would be seen for what it was, a bunch of old rope headed for the nearest S-bend. This compilation proves those initial reactions to be absolutely correct. If only it was available on a C60 cassette then it could be heard in all its glory. Enjoy the journey to the deep outflow!"

– H.G. Nelson

Roy & HG's 90-track This Sporting Life collection is out Friday 19 August.