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Choice Driven is a mentoring and leadership podcast helping young people build character, resilience, and confidence. Through real conversations about rugby, leadership, education, careers, and life, every episode is designed to help you make better choices—because every choice shapes your future.

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GLEN SCHOLZ — CONTROL WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL | EPISODE 1

GLEN SCHOLZ — CONTROL WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL | EPISODE 1 Some people talk about resilience. Glen “Schultzy” Scholz has lived it. He’s beaten cancer twice. He’s undergone two stem cell transplants. He served his country, including deploying to Afghanistan. He was told he may never have children — yet went on to build a family with his wife, Kylie. He rebuilt his body from almost nothing and became an Ironman, an Epic Legend, a national champion para mountain-bike rider and an elite endurance athlete. But before all of that, there was just a country kid from Traralgon trying to work out where he belonged. In Episode 1 of Control What You Can Control, we go right back to the beginning. Schultzy talks about growing up in country Victoria, becoming an elite junior badminton player, recording an incredible 16.9 beep test, losing his way during his teenage years and leaving school without any real direction. Then tragedy struck when his cousin — someone he looked at like an older brother — was killed in a car accident. It forced Schultzy to start asking a question that would eventually change his life: “What am I actually doing with my life?” Then his mum gave him a push. Defence recruiting came to town. Schultzy walked through the door knowing almost nothing about the Army. That decision changed everything. Episode 1 takes us through his enlistment, recruit training and the beginning of his journey into the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, finishing as he heads into his Initial Employment Training to become a tanker. What Schultzy didn’t know was that the lessons he was about to learn in the Australian Army would one day help him fight battles far greater than anything he could have imagined. Cancer. Twice. This is more than a story about survival. It’s about adversity, mateship, family, service, resilience and learning to control what you can control. This is the Glen Scholz story. Episode 1 — Where It All Began. 🎙️ Choice Driven Podcast 🤝 Proudly supported by The Lab Network, Tamworth Every choice has a consequence. Live Choice Driven.
8 Sept

Choice Driven: Dave Kearsey - Ep3

🏉 FROM INVERELL TO THE DEAF WALLABIES – EPISODE 3 The final chapter of The Dave Kearsey Story. In Episode 3, we get right into one of the biggest parts of Dave’s rugby journey — Australian Deaf Rugby. We talk about what it meant to pull on the Australian jersey, Dave’s experiences representing his country, becoming captain, and eventually making the transition from player to Head Coach of the Australian Deaf Rugby team. Dave shares the challenges, the great memories, the mates he made along the way and what representing Australia means to someone whose journey started as a country kid playing rugby in Inverell. Across these three episodes, we’ve talked about much more than rugby. We’ve talked about family, loss, resilience, leadership, mateship, opportunity and giving back. And it’s been an absolute privilege to tell Dave’s story. 🎙️ The Dave Kearsey Story – Episode 3 🏉 From Inverell to the Deaf Wallabies 🇦🇺 Player. Captain. Coach. A massive thank you again to The Lab Network in Tamworth for proudly supporting the Choice Driven Podcast and helping us tell stories like Dave’s. WorkLab | PainLab | PhysioLab | SportsLab Thank you to the entire Lab Network team for your continued support of Choice Driven and what we’re trying to build. And thank you to everyone who has watched, listened, shared and supported Dave’s story across all three episodes. Live Choice Driven. #ChoiceDriven #ChoiceDrivenPodcast #DaveKearsey #DeafWallabies #DeafRugby #DeafRugbyAustralia #AustralianRugby #CountryRugby #Inverell #Leadership #Resilience #Mateship #RugbyUnion
1 Sept

Choice Driven: Dave Kearsey Ep2

🏉 FROM INVERELL TO THE DEAF WALLABIES – EPISODE 2 The Dave Kearsey story continues. In Episode 2, we get deeper into the years that helped shape Dave — as a rugby player, a leader, a husband and a father. We talk about his time with the Inverell Highlanders, the characters and mates he shared the field with, and the incredible 2006 First Grade premiership — Inverell’s first in 118 years. From there, life takes Dave to Port Macquarie, where a new chapter begins — new club, new community, more rugby, and most importantly, building a family and a life beyond the game. There are plenty of laughs, great old rugby stories and some important conversations about family, mateship, resilience, leadership and what really matters when the final whistle blows. 🎙️ The Dave Kearsey Story – Episode 2 🏉 From Inverell to the Deaf Wallabies 🎬 The Journey Continues A massive thank you to The Lab Network in Tamworth for proudly supporting the Choice Driven Podcast — WorkLab | PainLab | PhysioLab | SportsLab. Live Choice Driven. #ChoiceDriven #ChoiceDrivenPodcast #DaveKearsey #InverellHighlanders #Inverell #CountryRugby #BushRugby #PortMacquarie #DeafRugby #AustralianRugby #RugbyUnion #Mateship #Family #Resilience
24 Aug

Choice Driven: Dave Kearsey - Ep1

From Inverell to the Wallabies of Deaf Rugby – The Dave Kearsey Story | Episode 1Welcome to Episode 1 of an incredible Australian rugby story.Dave Kearsey is a country kid from Inverell who went from bush rugby to representing Australia in Deaf Rugby — and ultimately becoming the Head Coach of the Australian Deaf Rugby team.But before the Australian jersey, the premierships and the coaching, there was a young bloke growing up in country NSW.In Episode 1, Dave takes us right back to the beginning. We talk about his family and upbringing in Inverell, the influence of his parents Desi and Pete, our early rugby days with the Inverell High School Headless Roos, and the accident as a young man that resulted in Dave losing his hearing.It’s a conversation about family, country communities, adversity, resilience, mateship and rugby — and how the things that happen to us don’t have to determine where we finish.This is only the beginning of Dave’s story.🎙️ The Dave Kearsey Story – Episode 1🏉 From Inverell to the Wallabies of Deaf Rugby🎬 The Journey BeginsA massive thank you to The Lab Network in Tamworth for proudly supporting the Choice Driven Podcast — WorkLab, PainLab, PhysioLab and SportsLab.Live Choice Driven.⁠#ChoiceDriven⁠ ⁠#ChoiceDrivenPodcast⁠ ⁠#DaveKearsey⁠ ⁠#DeafRugby⁠ ⁠#DeafRugbyAustralia⁠ ⁠#AustralianRugby⁠ ⁠#CountryRugby⁠ ⁠#Inverell⁠ ⁠#BushRugby⁠ ⁠#RugbyUnion⁠ ⁠#Resilience⁠ ⁠#Leadership⁠ ⁠#CountryNSW
4 Aug

🎙️ Choice Driven Conversations | Episode 1 – Paddy Bowen

Every successful journey starts somewhere. In our very first Choice Driven Conversations, we sit down with Paddy Bowen—a respected coach, mentor and the founder of Pacific Nomads. Paddy shares: 🏉 His rugby journey and where it all began. 🌏 The story behind why Pacific Nomads was created. 💡 The values that continue to drive everything he does. 📈 Where he believes rugby is heading and what young players need to do to stay ahead. This isn’t just another rugby interview. It’s a conversation about purpose, opportunity, resilience and creating pathways for the next generation. If you’re a player, parent, coach or simply someone who loves the game, there’s something in this episode for you. 🎧 Watch now, and let us know your biggest takeaway in the comments. Developing Better People. Supporting Better Athletes. #ChoiceDriven #ChoiceDrivenConversations #PacificNomads #PaddyBowen #Rugby #RugbyDevelopment #Pathways #CountryRugby #PlayerDevelopment #Coaching #Leadership #FutureOfRugby

5 Episodes

Choice Driven is a mentoring and leadership podcast helping young people build character, resilience, and confidence. Through real conversations about rugby, leadership, education, careers, and life, every episode is designed to help you make better choices—because every choice shapes your future.

Creator

Choice Driven
Years Active

2026
Episodes

5
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Explicit
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