I am honoured to welcome to the podcast Mark Hughes, former NRL player and Founder of the Mark Hughes Foundation. Born in Kurri Kurri Australia, debuted for the Newcastle Knight's in 1997, winning premiership's in 97 and 01. Also in 01 played 3 games for the NSW Blue's State of Origin team. In 2013 Mark was diagnosed with Brain Cancer and fought hard to recover. 2014 he established the Mark Hughes foundation to make awareness of Brain Cancer. As of today MHF has raised over 20 million dollars. The NRL also developed a Beanie for Brain Cancer round and all proceeds going to the foundation. He is currently the director of Air Locker Training. @markhughes_2020 @markhughesfoundation To donate to the MHF please visit www.markhughesfoundation.com.au

Here we talked about, playing with the Kurri Kurri Bulldogs and the grand final win, debuting for the Knights, the game plan for 97 and 01 gran final wins, climbing Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Everest, why the nickname? Beanie for Brain Cancer, playing in France, his fight for survival and lots of amazing stories.

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