Duck Man's Sports Wrap: Recent Episodes
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A behind the scenes look into the sports we all love and the people who play them. This will give you an insightful look into the people, personalities, clubs and sports we all love and some new sports you may not have considered and a look at what's going on in these sports through the eyes of Weekend Warriors, the people who live for the weekends when they get to become sporting heroes in their own world.
Brooke and Layla speak about acrobatic gymnastics and some of their achievements and major events they have coming up this year including a world cup event in Portugal in September
Interview with All Blacks inaugural world cup winning captain David Kirk.
David has a chat about the experience, modern rugby today and some of the great players that he has played with and seen in the game today.
Australian international gymnast and gold medal winner at an invitational event in Germany for the Pommel Horse speaks about his career in gymnastics and some of his aims and goals for the future
Hot off the press David Moffett chats to us on St Patrick's Day about the new South Island Kea franchise bid for an NRL licence.David has a lot of good ideas and the plan looks like it will take off quickly.
Interview with the committee and coach of the Sydney Ice Dogs Australian Ice Hockey League team. The Ice Dogs chat about the 2023 season, the challenges involved in running a national team in the AIHL and how they expect to go this upcoming season.
They also talk about how you can catch the games and where and when you can see them.
Ice hockey is a great day out for the kids and family.
Interview with Nepean Ducks Gridiron club president Darren White prior to their grand final Kookaburra Cup game in 2023
Ian Jordan from Richmond Golf Club chats about the charity day for 2023 and waht the momey goes towards. Ian also speaks about everyone who helped contribute to the golf day over the last 37 years to make it such a great community event
Interview with former Wallaroos rugby player, current Parramatta Eels NRL super star and contestant on SAS Australia Mahalia Murphy. Mahalia talks about her career, how she got involved in sports and rugby in particular and some of her aims for the future
Interview with the very talented young squash players who are all playing squash at Castle Hill Hugh School and representing the school, NSW and competing at National levels.
Troy Baxter from Rooty Hill RSL Hockey Club speaks about their maiden 1st grade premiership in 2023
Tony Lewis a notable former commentator for Channel 7 for 7 years talks with the Duck Man about the Rugby World Cup and the current state of the Wallabies. We also make some bold predictions about how we think the 2023 Rugby World Cup will finish.Tony also speaks about the game in the US, Major League Rugby and where this is headed in the future. We also look at the overall state of rugby worldwide and speak about the professional game in Australia, Super Rugby and how we can make rugby great again in Australia
Matty Engesser a very talented Para triathlete with Western Sydney Academy of Sport speaks about running, riding, his love of fitness and feeling the pain and how he got into triathlon. Matty has Cerebral Palsy and shows that if you work hard and have a positive mindset you can accomplish anything!
Come and check out archery tag out at Glenwood. Its a cool new sport and I think you will be surprised how much you like it
Rouse Hill Rams Little Athletics club president Bob Gribble speaks about the little athletics club, some of their outstanding achievements, how you can become involved and what the upcoming season looks like for the club.
The Moff and Duck Man chat about everything going on in world rugby and where they need to be doing it better. They also speak about game at a professional level and private equity firms that are buying into professional sporting organisations around the world and speak about whether this model is sustainable in the long term and good for professional sports. And we talk about the professional sports that have models that are absolutely smashing it like the NFL and EPL.
Interview with Marc De Paoli the Lead Commentator and media guru with his finger on the pulse in Blacktown Football Association.
Marc talks about his career and where he wants to go with his commentary and football punditry, his favourite all time players, his love of Arsenal (the Gunners). He also speaks about the recent A League season, the EPL, some brilliant players who have come through Blacktown Association, the current stars in the comp and the upcoming women's world cup
Full Round 19 preview and State Of Origin preview with Troy Worner from the ParraCave Podcast
Breakdown of all the games in round 18 with Troy Worner from the ParraCave Podcast. We also review the NSW and QLD state of origin teams for game 3 in Sydney next week
Michael Geelan from NSW Disability Ten pin bowling squad chats to us about the sports, his achievements so far, going to the State Championships and Nationals and everything else you want to know about Ten Pin bowling
Interview with international jouster Andrew Beattie on how he got involved in jousting. He gives us a run down on the history of jousting and its links to nobility, the horses they use and the armour that is used in original jousting and now in modern times
Sharne Haskins from Londonderry Pony Club speaks about being involved in the Pony Club, competing in internationals and how to get involved in Pony Club
Troy Worner from The Parra Cave Podcast talks about his love of the Eels, how and when it started and talks about his massive collection of memorabilia that became the Parra Cave. Troy also talks about how he actually started the Parra Cave Podcast and some significant achievements he has clocked up along the way.
English Channel Swimmer Michael Payne speaks about his experience swimming the English channel as a 19 year old and some other notable swims he has done along the way. He also speaks about his future ambitions including the 7 Oceans swim challenge and what he has coming up in the future
Jodie Playford and Claire Thomas talk about dragon boat racing, how they got involved and where it has taken them around the world, and their experience as contestants on the Australian version of The Amazing Race. They also tell us some funny anecdotes along the way as well as a story about a stubborn donkey in Santorini
Dan talks about his role as TD at Hills football association, coaching kids and what he gets out of it and working with Hills Football's elite youth programs.
Dan also talks about the importance of coaching the coaches, his background in football, and how he became a Professional Football Coach in Australia.
Interview with Randy Santel from Atlas. He is a world eating champion who was taking on the Cali's Burger Stacked Burger Challenge at the time of the interview. This challenge which he successfully completed was record number 1145 and he was only the second person to successfully beat this challenge, and he has since taken his world record food challenge count to 1148 (and counting). Randy tells us how he got into the world of food challenges, his plans for his Australian tour, what its like in the world of professional eating and what his plans are for the future.
Adam Hartas from Ropes Crossing gives us an insight into the club's history over the past 8 years, new coaches they have onboard for 2023, their women's program and the opportunities on board if you come and play for the Ropes Crossing Strikers for 2023
Peter Fab Fenton takes us through his career growing up in the Australian film industry as an audio mixer, his time watching his sporting idols such as Don Bradman, his time coaching Sydney Shute Shield rugby, and some interesting and funny anecdotes in between. He is a great story teller and an accomplished author on many great Australians.
Eric Tweedale Parramatta Two Blues rugby legend, former Wallaby and world's oldest international rugby player speaks about the life and time sgrowing up in the 1920s, 30s, 40s, playing rugby in the mid to late 1930s, serving in World War 2 in the Royal Australian Navy, coming back to play for the Wallbies, and his life after rugby. He also talks about his legacy that he left for the game.
The world's oldest international rugby player Eric Tweedale talks about his life moving from Rochdale in England as a 3-year-old in 1924, growing up in a new country and developing area of western Sydney, and his introduction to the game of rugby in the 1930's by former Wallaby Wild Bill Cerutti as a 15-year-old.
Eric also speaks about his service in the Royal Australian Navy during World War 2, returning to rugby and making his Wallabies debut and he speaks fondly of his former teammates whilst talking about the physical size differences in the game 75 years ago compared to what we see now.
Interview with Shannon Shotgun O'Connell and her manager Glen Jennings on her upcoming IBF World Title fight against Ebanie the Blonde Bomber Bridges, her fight career to date, and where she is heading in the future. She also gives up her favourite cheat meal
We have an indepth chat with James about the passion that helped him create The Coach Doctor. He gives us an insight into his formative developments as a coach that helped drive the passion to become a PHD qualified well sought after coaches coach or Coach Doctor. He gives us a look into what he does in his role and the details in what he does to help a sporting organisation as long as some funny anecdotes along the way.
Chat with Marc on his role as Lead Commentator in Blacktown Football Association, how he got involved with the game, his love for Shrewsbury Town and Arsenal, he gives an insight and season preview of the Blacktown Premier League competition and gives us his thoughts on how he thinks the EPL and A League will finish for the 21/22 season
Podcast with well known Australian Cryptozoologist Tim The YowieMan on the experience he had back in 1994 which changed his life forever and helped turn him into Tim The Yowie Man. We also delve into Tim's research into cryptozoology, paranormal events and what his does for conservation with some spooky yarns along the way
We all know the voice. If you love Australian sport, particularly rugby, you've probably heard " The Voice Of Rugby", Gordon Bray. One of my absolute heroes as a sporting commentator, Gordon has done everything from the Olympics and Commonwealth games, boat racing on the Sydney to Hobart, and he is the Doyen of rugby commentary in Australia. He has a candid chat about how he started out as a youngster and became involved in sports and rugby, his heroes and influences throughout his career, some funny anecdotes about the characters he has come across in his life as well as plenty of other wonderful stories from a great Orator of Australian sports
Podcast i did with NRL premiership winning Parramatta Eels player and Rugby World Cup winning Wallabies defensive coach John Muggleton on his coaching career, working under Peter Louis, being part of NSW rugby and the Wallabies system, coaching in Japan and the complexities that he encounters everyday as the head coach of Shute Shield club Penrith Emus
An insightful chat with NSW Country Women's championship winning coach Padraig Bowen with his thoughts on the rise of women's rugby, the Jack Scott Cup, what it meant to win the Chikarovski Cup and dispelling some rumours and myths about women's rugby
Podcast with 2 time featherweight world champion boxer, and number 3 ranked MMA featherweight fighter in the world, Arlene Blencowe, better known in the United States as Aussie Girl Angerfist gives an in depth interview into her life as an MMA fighter in Bellator, how she got into fighting and the surprising age she started, her inspirations in the fight game, her previous fight with Cris Cyborg for the Bellator Featherweight World Championship and her plans for the upcoming year with Bellator
Interview with David Moffett, the former Executive Director of NSW Rugby, CEO of New Zealand Rugby, CEO of the National Rugby League in Australia, CEO of Sports England, CEO of Welsh Rugby. David has an intimate chat about his experiences taking the game of rugby from an amateur level through to the formation of SANZAR and helping broker a TV rights deal with Foxtel that would launch the game into the 21st century. David also gives a fabulous insight in his new project, Real Rugby, which has been created as a 12 a side rugby game with a focus on attacking to bring the flair and excitement back into the running game. He also speaks candidly about his experiences and how Australian Rugby is performing today