Legends with Bevo

In one of the biggest games in the club’s history, I was very lucky thanks to the wonderful people at the Port Adelaide Football Club to have the chance this week to chat with young gun, Joel Garner in the awesome PodBooth studios.  

We previewed Friday night’s Preliminary Final against the Richmond FC and spoke about the challenges this year with the pandemic and having to deal with training in groups, playing scratch matches and not having a team in the SANFL and what it's like living with fellow team mates Sam Hayes and Kane Farrell.  

Joel and I also discovered that we have a common dislike of vegemite and love for mullets and that we both have younger brothers that don’t like losing in sport.  We also found out the biggest pest and prankster at the club and how Joel can get very competitive when it comes to playing the video game, FIFA.

Bevo chatted to one of Australia's greatest ever sportsmen, Guy Leech. We reminisced about his illustrious career where he won seven Uncle Toby's Ironman surf life saving championships and was twice a winner of the Coolangatta Gold.  

Guy is also the CEO and Founder of Heart180 and he explained how losing a close friend made this his focus. We spoke about the importance of the device and how it saves lives and Guy explained why it should be mandatory in every sporting club and workplace.

It was a lot of fun to chat to my good mate, mentor and basketball legend, Phil 'The General' Smyth on Legends with Bevo this week in the amazing studios at PodBooth.  

As the great Molly Meldrum used to say 'Do yourself a favour', watch this and hear some amazing insights from one of the best Australian basketballers of all time and one of the brightest minds when it comes to sports coaching.  

Smythy didn't hold back as he gave his thoughts on what the Crows should do with Brad Crouch and Tyson Stengle after their drug bust.  In an exclusive, Smythy spoke openly about what attributes Matthew Nicks brought to the club and why he was selected as the new Crows coach last year.  

I also asked him about how he would've dealt with the Olympics being postponed if it happened to him when he was competing back in the day.  Smythy gave his advice for Ken Hinkley and the footy club and why it's unfair the way they have been disrespected after their incredible 2020 season so far.  

He also provided the secrets to his success as a three-time NBL championship winning coach.

Paul ‘Roosy’ Roos has been a legend of our game as a player and coach and has done some wonderful work in the media post his career so chatting to him on Legends with Bevo has certainly been one of my highlights.

I also asked him about those controversial comments by Andrew Demetriou when he criticised Roosy’s coaching style back in 2005, his response was priceless:

‘It was very strange, we were doing so much for the game and promoting the game in NSW and it was like the CEO of Pepsi saying don’t drink Pepsi in NSW, drink Coke instead'.

Roosy raised some interesting thoughts on the pandemic, we also spoke about how the AFL has done a wonderful job to get through the season this year and why it’s been a blessing to have footy and sport to watch.

We also spoke about the benefits of meditating on game day as a player and coach, Roosy and his wife’s passion for mindfulness and wellness, playing with and against some of the best players of all time, his footy journey and highlights of his career and the thrill of breaking a 72 year drought when coaching the Swans to the 2005 AFL Premiership.

I really enjoyed chatting to Peter ‘Super’ Carey, the three-time Glenelg Football Club premiership player and still holds the SANFL games record with 448 league games. He also played 19 games of state football and was a three-time club best and fairest.

We spoke about breaking a 33 year premiership drought last year when Glenelg beat Port in the SANFL grand final last year, why there was such a big rivalry between both sides, the Super Carey journey, how he’s enjoyed being President this year at the Bays, playing state footy, how he came close to playing in the VFL and some of the best players he’s played with and against.

Another one for the Supercars Fans!  

What a huge buzz it was when I got to chat with Garry 'Gaz' Jacobson from Matt Stone Racing (MSR) in the incredible PodBooth studios.  

We spoke about how racing at the Bend has gone for Gaz and the team, how he's found his first year at MSR, a toothpaste prank that fellow driver Chaz Mostert played on Gaz, the E-Sports experience vs being on the racetrack, keeping fit during Covid and we had some great banter with Gaz being a big Richmond Tigers fan.

It was a lot of fun chatting to Port Adelaide Football Club young gun, Mitch Georgiades on Legends with Bevo this week.

After being picked up by Port at no.18 in the national draft in 2019, Mitch has shown some great signs this season including receiving a Rising Star nomination in round nine against Melbourne.

On our chat I ask Mitch about that dribble kick shocker against the Hawks and how he copped an almighty spray from Jason 'The Chief' Dunstall on Fox Footy's show, the Bounce, it's pure gold!

We also spoke about what it was like playing in front of no crowd in round 1, why it's a happy place to be at Alberton at the moment, what it was like living with Boaky, Pepps and new housemate Ryan Burton. 

We also find out about the pranksters and funny team mates at the club, his thoughts on club great, Justin 'The Hoff' Westhoff and his favourite surf spots in Australia.

Motorsport is back with a bang this weekend with the Supercars at the Bend Motorsport Park, recognised in November last year as the best international motorsport facility in the world.

I was lucky enough to be joined for a chat on Legends with Bevo by Adelaide's very own and one of the real gentlemen of the sport, Todd Hazelwood to preview the big event and talk about his best season individually in his career so far.

Could the F1's be back in Adelaide in the future, I asked Todd all about it.

We also spoke about the reason for moving across to Brad Jones Racing and if there is much banter with his former team mates at Matt Stone Racing, we spoke about how Todd and his team have dealt with the covid situation this year, what he thought of the E-Series experience and the thrill of his first ever podium finish this year in the Supercars.

It was a very special Legends with Bevo this week as I chatted to Kriegy who is an inspirational bloke and on Sunday 20th of September he will be doing his first marathon at the ripe age of 40 to raise money for an incredible young lad, Cooper Spillane.

Cooper sadly had to make the difficult decision recently to amputate one of his legs but his positive attitude has warmed the hearts of many.

Kriegy's beautiful wife, Kelly has created a go fund me page for Cooper and his family and you can donate by going to the link below.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/coops-journey?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_na%20share-sheet&pc_code=ot_co_dashboard_a&rcid=f6017dcd45b74ace9ae6be0acd28c5f7&fbclid=IwAR2s4INNJtXnpRaR9WzIBoNI0vdb6oKUuhLkRbrWSIctPB7a59jsfZ2YhbM

We also spoke about Kriegy's new business, Driven from Within which is going gangbusters, his SANFL career at the Dogs and Roosters and

It was good fun chatting to one of the real characters of footy, Kym Koster for Live Legends with Bevo at the Holdy Hotel.

Kym is a two-time premiership player with the Adelaide Crows and played a total of 133 games of AFL, 38 with the Western Bulldogs

Kym was also a 2010 Men's Health front cover model and works as a sales rep at Fleurieu Milk Company.

We spoke about the enjoyment of his role at Fleurieu Milk, his footy journey, the influence that the great Malcolm Blight had on his time at the Crows, some of his funniest team mates during his career and Kym responded to some great dirt that was given to me by Blighty.