Canberra Times sport podcast: Steve Smith, ball tampering, Raiders and Brumbies

Is Steve Smith's biggest crime that he got caught or that he conspired to cheat?

Either way, the fall out is ugly. The over-the-top outrage is continuing and Smith's immediate international career is hanging by a thread as Cricket Australia attempt to clean up a massive disaster.

But does the crime fit the overreaction? Eamonn Tiernan and Kyle Mackey-Laws go toe-to-toe dissecting Australian cricket's on-field scandal and the fall out.

Tiernan says we need to give Smith a break after the ball-tampering saga, which has sent the cricket world into a spin, given he's not the first and won't be the last to do the crime.

Mackey-Laws says the calculated nature of Smith's plot with David Warner and Cameron Bancroft warrants a massive suspension and wants Cricket Australia to draw a line in the sand for cheats.

Who do you agree with?

We also talk about David Pocock's first game for the ACT Brumbies in almost two years and try to find answers for the Canberra Raiders' last-minute woes in the NRL this year.

The Raiders have lost three games by a combined total of five points and they face a massive battle against the fired-up Manly Sea Eagles on Saturday night.