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In this podcast
3:00 - Welcome Craig Wing
3:50 - Transition into the media world
4:52 - Retirement & first job out of pro sports
6:40 - Trying to watch a Roosters & Rabbitohs game
7:55 - Struggles in retirement
12:10- Family background & growing up in Maroubra
13:25 - Playing league & union at the same time
14:08 - Growing up supporting South Sydney
15:11 - Learning to play full back from Tim Brasher
15:46 - Australian schoolboys rugby with George Smith, Phil Waugh & Ryan Cross
17:35 - Choosing league over union
19:40 - Debut vs the New Zealand Warriors in Auckland
21:37 - His breakout game and try against the Sharks in 1999
23:38 - How he found out South’s got kicked out of the comp
25:42 - NRL relocation opinion from a players perspective
28:30 - Choosing between the Brumbies, Broncos and Roosters
32:17 - Nearly giving the game away
34:05 - Tough start at the Roosters under Graham Murray
36:03 - Earning his teammates respect & becoming the super sub
37:45 - His first grand final
38:40 - Learning from Luke Phillips
39:19 - Being in the halves with Freddie Fittler
40:31 - Dealing with the arrival of Brett Finch
41:55 - Ricky Stuart
43:14 - The feeling winning & losing a grand final
46:30 - Mistakes in the off season torture camp
48:15 - Mental toughness
48:56 - Origin experiences
51:18 - Playing centres on the 2003 Kangaroo Tour
53:52 - How he got an offer to go to Japanese rugby
58:54 - Moving to Tokyo
1:00:12 - Expectations as an import
1:03:11 - Becoming a Japanese international
1:05:00 - Rugby World Cup 2015 and beating South Africa
1:07:26 - Favorite venue and boggy ground
1:08:33 - 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party
CRAIG WING
Craig Wing is a former professional rugby league & rugby union player with his career taking him around the world. In league he debuted for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and played 256 first grade games for the Rabbitohs and Sydney Roosters, winning a grand final for the Roosters in 2002. He played 12 State of Origins for NSW & 17 tests for Australia before switching to Japanese Rugby where he played 7 seasons and represented the Japanese national side on 11 occasions.
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