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I reflect on Season 2 of TUTT including:- My network and the ability to get some legends to talk about their pathways to success in sport and also in life after in business.- The issue of life after sport for athletes is real. I was able to talk to some players on my recent trip with the Classic All Blacks to Spain and there’s still the uncertainty for a few about what to do once they hang up the boots.- Those that had good guidance and advice from mentors were able to put things ...

What an honour to have the All Black and rugby great, Dan Carter on the podcast.Dan shared some insight into his time with the Blues and what he saw there and how he was able to add value to the young leadership group which put improved habits into them and how they could best serve the wider group by walking towards those hard conversations.Dan talks about his time overseas and also lets us in on the culture changes in France and Japan that he came across. Needing to integrate in...

Great to chat with an old friend - it’s been a while.Kevie let us in on his motivation for the next stage of his life. He’s getting into the ring for the first time. Something he’s wanted to do for a long time and something he “didn’t want to die wondering about” or have any regrets about.We chat about the feelings he went through of being named in the All Blacks for the first time and where he was at the moment his name was announced.We discuss some moments we shared while being ...

Hugely honoured to have the legendary Benji Marshall in his first-time as a guest on any podcast. You soon see why Benji has turned to Television since retiring from Rugby league in 2021. He is a natural storyteller and it was sound advice from Channel 9 that stopped him finishing his Media Communications Degree because it was changing him into something he wasn't and losing that cheeky personality. He has also recently started on Celebrity Apprentice Australia.From the fro...

Great to catch up and reminisce about old times with Rugby League Legend Ruben Wiki.We talk about our early years in playing against each other for our childhood clubs, Ruben with Ōtāhuhu and myself with Wainuiomata and then together with the Junior Kiwis in 1992.He shares about signing with the Canberra Raiders and learning from some legends and immortals of the game like coach Tim Sheens and players Mal Meninga, Ricky Stuart, Laurie Daley, Bradley Clyde, Kevin and Steve Walters, Noa N...

A great story that started at a young age. Saia tells me that he signed with the Brumbies Academy at 14 years and 9 months old and was training with Wallabies greats George Gregan, Stephen Larkham and George Smith.He lets us know how his Aboriginal mother and Tongan father met and married, then raised 5 boys while living in a pub. He shares about how his mother was their nutritionist, taxi driver, and confidante even to this day and how his father helped the boys into their ...