Greats with Garby Auscast Network

Along with chatting to sporting luminaries, Greats with Garby will also break down some big sporting issues as they happen and they've done just that on the compelling documentary series The Last Dance, which chronicles the six time NBA champion Chicago Bulls.Daniel Garb was joined by sporting commentators Dan Ginnane and Seb Costello to analyse the talking points from the series including the mesmerizing but at times controversial Michael Jordan, the absence of Luc Longley, superstar Scottie Pippen, general manager Jerry Krause and the other players that made the show so riveting.

Stephen Coniglio is one of the genuine good guys of Australian sport with a story that you’ll no doubt find fascinating – he was the prototypical multi-sport sensation growing up….who had some tough but much envied choices to make. That has now led to him becoming the captain of one of the hottest teams in the AFL at present - the GWS Giants. This is his story.

Chapters

01:09 How he’s handling training during the coronavirus

02:26 His Jekyll and Hyde friendship with training partner Heath Shaw

04:39 Is there a Victorian bias in the AFL?

05:56 His life as an elite cricket and Aussie Rules talent growing up

10:37 Making a choice between professional footy or cricket

12:00 The influence of Simon Katich and rejecting Justin Langer!

14:36 His passion for soccer the other great sporting love in his life

19:03 The Paulo Dybala celebration he’s brought into the AFL

22:27 Did GWS telling him they’ll draft him make up his sporting mind?

27:08 Those tough early days moving to Sydney and getting smashed every week

28:57 The brotherhood at GWS – how does it work so well?

34:43 How did he switch from one of the boys to captain when everyone is so equal at the club?

36:55 Losing the Grand Final – how tangible a motivating force is it?

38:37 The captaincy conundrum and Callan Ward wanting to stay on as skipper

40:49 How close was he to leaving GWS?

42:59 Coniglio’s personal goals as he closes on being a consistently elite player in the competition

45:42 Meeting Kobe Bryant and Kylian Mbappe overseas

51:01 Taxi drama in Italy with Toby Greene

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There are few players who have had as much presence and as strong of a cult following in Australian Football than Mile Jedinak. A man who had to pay for his own trial at the Central Coast Mariners that went on to be a captain in the Premier League and for the Socceroos. His story is therefore a fascinating one. He discussed it in detail with Daniel Garb:

Chapters

01:19 That beard and how it came to be such a big part of his life


03:28 How Mile Jedinak is managing through the coronavirus crisis


04:58 Jedinak’s foray into coaching – is that where his future lies?


06:48 Does he still want to play on or has he retired and will he return to the A-League?


08:17 What Football meant to Mile Jedinak as a child and when did he think he had the talent to make it?


10:49 The arduous task of trialling at the Central Coast Mariners just to earn an A-League contract


12:56 A moment his Mariners trial almost came unstuck


16:05 Finally breaking through at the Mariners


18:58 Moving to Turkey and the major reason he was so desperate to go


21:55 The magnitude of the move to Crystal Palace and how it all came about


25:00 The club he almost signed for instead of Palace


25:47 Captaining Palace to promotion


28:16 The step up to captaincy as a player who few thought had that in him


33:46 The Premier League Goal that stands out above all else


34:53 The coach that had the biggest influence at Palace


37:37 Do players in the Premier League care about winning for the fans as much as they say?


39:46 His time with the Australian national team starting with the 2003 World Youth Cup


42:25 Playing in the Germany game at the 2010 World Cup and how things were turned around at that tournament


46:23
How did things fall apart under Holger Osieck?


48:55 The impact of Ange Postecoglou on a young Socceroos group


51:06 Then Prime Minister Tony Abbott calling him Mike!


52:02 Leading the Socceroos to Asian Cup glory on home soil


54:41 Was he let down by Ange Postecoglou’s call to quit before the 2018 World Cup?


56:29 Reflecting on the Bert Van Marwijk job


58:21 Reflecting on the Bert Van Marwijk job


59:39 Should Cahill have come on against Denmark?


1:00:51 Going over his choice to retire from the national team


1:00:55 What’s going through your mind taking penalties on a stage as grand as a World Cup?


1:04:45 The way in which his connection to the Dylan Tombides tragedy occurred and his relationship with the foundation and family


1:12:48 Best player he ever played with and against

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Over fifteen years, Daniel Garb has established a reputation as one of the foremost sports reporters in Australia. He’s now taking his experience, credibility, interviewing skills and contact list to form his own sporting podcast specialising in insightful chats with sporting greats that cuts straight to the tales of their time at the top and what made them special.

It’s a pure sports podcast for the pure sports lover that will provide you with the chats that you crave, without any time wasted.

Along with interviews with a range of elite athletes across different sports, we’ll attack some of the major sporting sagas as they come to hand so that you’ll have an instant analysis of the issues that are of interest to you and there’ll be some fun sports culture features to go along with it.