Talking with TK

League legends Paul Sculthorpe and Ruben Wiki are my special guests in a double episode bonus of the podcast.

Paul Sculthorpe is a legend of British rugby league with his distinguished career spanning 13 years and 325 first grade games across Warrington and St Helens. His achievements included 26 test caps for Great Britain including being National captain and the only player to ever win back to back Man of Steel awards. He also played in 3 premiership wins in 1999, 2000 & 2002, played in 4 Challenge cup wins in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2008 and 2 World Club Challenge wins in 2001 & 2007.

Ruben Wiki is a legend of the NRL with his illustrious career spanning 311 first grade games for the Canberra Raiders and NZ Warriors. We won a premiership with the Raiders in 1994 and he represented New Zealand in a record 55 tests and was test captain on 18 occasions.

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Anthony Minichiello. Anthony is a legend of the NRL playing 14 seasons and is the most capped player with the Sydney Roosters which includes 139 trys and 1 field goal. He represented Australia in 19 tests, NSW in 11 Origins while also winning the Golden Boot in 2004. Away from footy his an Ambassador at the Roosters while also has Mini Fit Promoting the health and wellbeing for children. We chat how he made a comeback from a serious back injuries, growing up & back yard battles with brother Mark, Signing with Roosters, Freddy Fittler, Finchy vs Fletch, becoming the best full back in the world, getting kicked out of Origin, Grand Finals, Sonny Bill, Nick Politis and many more great stories & insights from his illustrious career.

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Dean Widders joins me on the podcast. Dean is a legend of the NRL with his distinguished career including 219 first grade games across Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Castleford Tigers. He represented Country Origin in 2006 and the Aboriginal Dream time team in 2008. Today his is an Indigenous Pathways Manager at the NRL and coach at the Redfern All Blacks. We chat NRL coaching ambitions, Arthur Beetson, Playing with his son now, growing up in Armidale, Playing first grade without a contract at the Roosters, his respect for Brian Smith and Parra, Hanging out with A List celebs and Russell Crowe to meeting Steven Gerrard in LA. Lots of great stories from his days at the Roosters, Parra and Souths.

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Nick Evans joins me on the podcast. Nick is a former professional rugby union player for the Otago Highlanders and Auckland Blues in Super Rugby and Harlequins in the UK. At Harlequins he holds a club record of 2217 points scored and won the 2012 English Premiership. He is All Black number 1039 and is capped 16 times for New Zealand which included the Rugby World Cup in 2007.

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Michael Lynagh joins me on the podcast. Michael is a legend of Australian Rugby Union. with 72 test caps including 12 as captain and Vice Captain of the 1991 World Cup victory and also holds the record for most points scored by a Wallabies with 911 points. Away from the game he lives in London as the managing director for Dow Jones Corporate EMEA and a rugby analyst for Sky Sports.

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Grant Atkins joins me on the podcast. Grant is an NRL referee who has officiated in over 200 first grade games, has been to two World Cups in 2013 and 2017, was a touch judge in State of Origin in 2013 while he also hosts The View from the Middle Podcast which features the stories of sports officials from around Australia.

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Keith Galloway joins me on the podcast. Keith is a former professional rugby league player who debuted while still at school at 17 years of age. He played 250 first grade games across the Cronulla Sharks, Wests Tigers and Leeds Rhinos. His representative career including 5 tests for Australia and one State of Origin for NSW. In the podcast we chat handling the transition from being a pro athlete, his love of Celtic & Liverpool, coming through the grades at the Sharks, Debuting in first grade at 17 while at Kogarah Marist, Chris Anderson & learning from Jason Stevens, rebounding from the Hopoate incident, why he joined the Tigers, Benji, Tim Sheens and lots more great stories from his great career.

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Daniel Irvine joins me on the podcast. Daniel is a former professional rugby league player for Parramatta, Canterbury and South Sydney and also coached lower grades at the Rabbitohs. Away frpom the game is a Dr of Chiropractic where he runs Irvine Chiropractic and is a competitive body builder.

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Terry McFlynn joins me to kick off 2019 on the podcast. Terry is a former professional footballer and legend of Sydney FC. Born in Ireland, Terry played in the lower leagues of England for the likes of QPR, Woking, Margate and Morecambe. After trialing with Sydney FC in 2005, he played 10 seasons for the Sky Blues winning two A-League championships in 2006 & 2010. Irish born & raised Tez has an incredible story that bought him to trial for Sydney in 2005. We chat some great tales from his career & life including stories about Vinny Jones, Peter Crouch, Dwight York & Del Piero to the rivalry with Melbourne Victory and the penalty shootout win in the 2010 Grand Final.

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Luke Lewis is my final guest on the podcast for 2018. Luke is a legend of the NRL with his distinguished career spanning 18 years, 324 first grade games, two premierships in 2003 for the Penrith Panthers and 2016 for the Cronulla Sharks. He represented NSW in 17 Origins and also played 16 tests for Australia. In the podcast we chat retirement, injuries, the vivid dream that bought him to Cronulla, dealing with the domestic violence suffered by his mum, his love of Western Sydney, mentoring by Brad Izzard, his uncanny relationship with Michael Ennis, The grand finals of 2003 & 2016, Freddy Fittler and much more.

Buy his new book Cool Hand Luke Lewis - https://www.booktopia.com.au/cool-hand-luke-lewis-luke-lewis/prod9781760790776.html

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