Every Rugby league supporter knows Pat Richards for ‘that grand final try’ … the Benji flick pass to Pat for a try in the Wests tigers 2005 premiership 🏆 If you mention his name in Wigan he is a legend of the famous club Wigan warriors where he also won grand finals and Challenge cups . Pat shares insight, valuable lessons and great memories from his long career in Australia with the Parramatta Eels and Wests Tigers and in the English Super League with Wigan Warriors and Catalan Dragons.

Recording while sitting in the 1866 old school building which is now the cellar door for Mortimers Wines we are recording with a glass of red wine poured from a bottle with his family name on it and from the vines Daniel helped his mum and dad plant as a 6-year-old. Daniel talks about his journey to the NRL, playing a grand final in his first year with the Parramatta Eels, his grand final win with the Sydney Roosters in 2013, Characteristics of the best leaders he's played with, grand final preparation mindset, Insights into his coaches and much more. He talks of his childhood, being born into the game as one of 5 boys and part of Rugby League's famous Mortimer family. Follow Daniel on instagram @danielmortimer6 @mortimerswines

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Lee Hopkins currently holds the position of Head of pathways at a club that in the industry of rugby league is considered world class in this space. Bringing all experience and influences along the way across different areas of Rugby League which includes close to 200 games as a professional player he is loving his role at his junior club and the club he made his professional debut for, the Penrith Panthers. Lee shares his lessons and experiences and advice to players, coaches, parents and teachers on what they look for in junior players aiming to make it to the top .

Tim Mannah shares his journey to the NRL , his lessons learned , his beliefs around leadership and memories of great influences in his life and much more . After growing up in the Canterbury district he made his debut for and played his whole career for the parramatta Eels , scored his first ever try against his childhood team the Bulldogs in the 2009 Preliminary final , played for NSW state of origin and played for Lebanon which he speaks about with such passion and respect for where he comes from. Tim enjoyed a great career which included being the captain and leader of his club. He is now doing great things in the business and finance world as well as a career in media and speaking circuit.

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From Rugby League player to Billionaire . Maas group was Established in 2002 with one bobcat and a tipper truck. After retiring from professional rugby league at the age of 22, Wes Maas now leads over 2,000 employees and runs a company worth over 1.5 billion dollars which consistently achieves strong annual growth that doesn’t look like slowing up anytime soon. There are a few secrets in this chat that you will soon realise why under Wes’ leadership this company continues such strong growth. Learn about his background, his lessons out of sport and different influences he has had, lessons in business, what he values most and much more.

From Rugby League player to Billionaire . Maas group was Established in 2002 with one bobcat and a tipper truck. After retiring from professional rugby league at the age of 22, Wes Maas now leads over 2,000 employees and runs a company worth over 1.5 billion dollars which consistently achieves strong annual growth that doesn’t look like slowing up anytime soon. There are a few secrets in this chat that you will soon realise why under Wes’ leadership this company continues such strong growth. Learn about his background, his lessons out of sport and different influences he has had, lessons in business, what he values most and much more.