“With my brother passing, when something like that happens it changes your total perspective on life. You really start to question what life’s about and what you want to achieve in life and do with yourself. I was absolutely hating working as a Garbo and said to myself I want to be a professional Rugby player in Australia because I want to prove to people that I’m up to it and I had nothing to lose so I went for it”
My special guest is Beau Robinson. Beau is a former Professional Rugby Union player for the NSW Waratahs and QLD Reds, while he is also capped with the Wallabies. Away from the game, Beau has started the podcast “A Yarn with Beau Robbo” where he explores the transitions of former professional athletes.
You will learn plenty from Beau Robinson in episode 53 of the Talking with TK Podcast.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
3:33 – Welcome Beau Robinson
4:04 – Creating the podcast
6:11 – Creating new skills
9:44 – Injuries
11:20 – Retirement & Post Career
13:44 – Lessons learnt and advice to a young player coming through
15:55 – Doing more while playing
20:30 – Finishing University
22:57 – The Origins of Beau Robbo
26:40 – Farming in the Robinson family
28:21 – Finding Footy
30:15 – Moving to Sydney and signing with the Canterbury Bulldogs
32:00 – Under 20’s at the Bulldogs
32:35 – Transition to professional Rugby
35:18 – Major injury and rehab
37:18 – Moving to the NSW Waratahs
39:20 – Ewen McKenzie
41:38 – Learning from Phil Waugh, Rocky Elsom and Wycliff Palu
43:05 – Getting cut from the Waratahs
46:44 – The real world & telling his family
48:20 – Playing in Italy
50:30 – Emailing Ewen Mckenzie and signing with the Reds
52:00 – Mindset changes
53:15 – Leadership
56:10 – Test debut
58:20 – Favourite venue to play at
1:0:19 – What item he would save from a fire
1:01:08 – 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party
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