Hey team! This weeks guest on the podcast is the incredible Brook Macdonald! Brook is a Red Bull athlete and is a Downhill Mountain Bike Rider and boyyyy is he talented! 

Not only does he send it at crazy speeds over some insane distances, but he also has a very inspiring story of overcoming a career ending spinal cord injury in 2019, and is no back to full health and back to his best as an athlete!

This chat felt like talking to a mate down at the pub, it was chill and flowy and I truly enjoyed every second if this chat with him! Brook is such a good human, and I always say the best athletes are even better humans, and Brook is a great example of this!

Let me know what you think of this chat down below, thanks so much for being here and I will see you legends back here soon! ⚡️

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Hey team! This weeks goes on the pod we have the amazing Hayden Paddon! Hayden is New Zealand’s most successful Rally Car Driver, having won multiple WRC races and podiums, as well as having 7 x NZ Rally Championship titles to his name!

Not only is he a very talented and driven racer, but he’s also very humble and one of the most focused and driven (excuse the pun lol) people I’ve had the pleasure of sitting across from. In all aspects of his life, it’s very evident from this chat alone how determined he is to succeed and I felt very inspired listening to his story and I know you will too!

Thanks so much for being here and listening and I’ll see ya back here soon!

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Better Bants hosted by Tayla Clement (extended cut) is brought to you by Better Beer 

Better Bants is aimed at showing a different side to your favourite players and athletes, its about getting to know them off the field and showing that at the end of the day, they are human just like everyone else!

My first guest on Better Bants is Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Naitoa was the first ever player I interviewed in my career so this one was a very full circle moment for me and he was a perfect guest for this initial episode! We talk about important topics and also have a laugh, so make sure you give it a listen and would love to hear what you think!

Thanks for listening and see ya back here soon! ☺️

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Hey team! 

Hope you’re all doing well!? This weeks podcast guest we have Will who I met at the Red Bull Cliff Diving event earlier in the year! He is a professional wrestler who also works at Red Bull, and is also just a really awesome bloke!

We chat about his childhood years, growing up in a small NZ town, school in Hamilton, getting into wrestling, how he progressed as an athlete, we learn A LOT about the actual sport of Wrestling which I loved, and we also chat about his role at Red Bull and what its like being inside one of the most well known brands in the world!

Loved this chat so much and I’m sure you will too! Let me know what you think and I will see you back here soon! ENJOY!!

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Hey team and welcome back to another episode of Toe The Line! This weeks guest is the incredible Ben O’Keeffe, he’s an International rugby referee, an Ophthalmologist and an incredibly genuine and humble guy!

This chat with Ben was super insightful, hearing him talk about his upbringing, his time in med school, and then working two full time jobs as a doctor in training and then catching flights to referee games, just hearing him talk about his schedule at one point made me exhausted haha! Ben is such a lovely human, and hearing him talk about his craft was truly such a privilege so a big thank you again to Ben and I know you guys are going to love this one!

ENJOY!!

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Hey teammm and welcome back to the first ep of Toe The Line in 2024! 

Super excited to bring you this episode with the legend Greg Murphy! We talked about so much, had a few laughs, reminisced and also had a chat about the 2024 season for kiwi’s in motorsport and boyyy is it looking spicy this year!

Thanks so much for being here, I’m really looking forward to all the guests we are going to hear from in 2024 and where we can take this community together!

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Hey team and welcome back! Hope you’re all having a great week!?

This weeks episode we get to chat to Rameka Poihipi and Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi who both play for the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise! This was my first time doing a dual interview so was super different and fun!

We brush over topics like their 2023 season, what we can expect in the ’24 season, we touch on topics like mental health as well as playing a fun little game a the end (definitely stick around for a laugh 😂)!

This is the last episode for 2023 guys and I just want to say a big thank you to every single one of you who has listened to the podcast! We haven’t been going for too long, but your support means everything to me and I’m super super grateful and very excited to take you all with me along for the ride in 2024!

Have a lovely Christmas and New Year and see you back here in 2024! 

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Hey team! This weeks ep we get to sit down and chat with the amazingggg Katelyn Vaha’aohko!! Katelyn is truly such an incredible human, her story is so inspiring and her willingness to be so open and vulnerable is even more so!

Katelyn talks to us about her early years growing up, how difficult school was for her and how she struggled with her mental health. She also talks to us about her very short, but incredibly successful sporting career so far, being a dual international in union and league and everything in between!

This girl is only just getting started and I’m so grateful that I was able to sit down and chat with her so I hope you enjoy this one team!

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Hey team, hope you’re all doing well! This weeks guest we get to chat to James Marshall, who is an ex Super Rugby player, current Crusaders Backs coach and the host of the popular What A Lad Podcast!

James takes us through his early years and struggles with trying to make it as a professional rugby player, he talks about family life and how hard it is for not only the player/coach but the family to keep moving around from team to team, he talks about his first year as a coach at the Crusaders franchise and so much else!

This chat truly was a goody, so make sure you give it a listen and let me know what you got out of it because this man is a bucket full of knowledge! 

Thanks for being here team and see you next week!

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Hey team! How are we? This weeks podcast guest we get to listen to the incredibly talented David Mead! David is an ex NRL player and is most well known for his time with the Gold Coast Titans and the Brisbane Broncos as an outside back. He debuted back in 2009 and has only just recently retired in July of last year (2022).

David shares his story of moving over to Australia at the age of 12 from Papua New Guniea, his dream of being a professional footy player turning into a reality, the ups and downs of being a professional athlete and also shares a lot of wisdom along the way! This chat with David really was so eye opening, I learnt a lot and I know that you will too! Let me know what you thought of this one and I’ll see you guys back here next week! 

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