My special guest is Jamie Lyon. Jamie is legend of the NRL having played 359 first grade games for Parramatta Eels, St Helens and Manly Sea-Eagles. He won a Super League Man of Steel, Challenge Cup and Grand Final for St Helens, while back home in Australia he featured in 5 grand finals winning two for Manly in 2008 and 2011.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
3:00 – Welcome Jamie Lyon
3:20 – Origins in Wee Waa
4:15 – How he got the nick name Killer
5:41 – Finding rugby league
6:56 – The Wee Waa Panthers
8:26 – Junior rep teams
11:08 – Pig Shooting
11:31 – Meeting & signing with Crusher Cleal
13:38 – Rugby league heroes
14:21 – Moving to Sydney
16:02 – Early Struggles
17:45 – Year 12 super team at Parramatta Marist
20:21 – Australian school boys tour of UK
22:13 – First grand final in Reserve Grade
23:57 – Mowing the laws at Stadium Australia
25:04 – First grade debut against the Wests Tigers
27:15 – Funny stories from Parra days
28:41 – 2001 Grand Final against Newcastle
30:20 – Getting chosen for Australia
30:50 – Kangaroo tour with Joey & Freddie
31:45 – Travel stories with Adam MacDougall
33:10 – Origin debut
35:44 – Moving back to Wee Waa
36:50 – Playing against Ewen McGrady
37:30 – Why he left the NRL
39:00 – Regrets to the Parramatta Club
42:36 – Signing with St Helens
44:00 – Being blocked at Customs in Heathrow
45:10 – Playing with the legends at St Helens
46:36 – Challenge Cup at Twickenham
47:57 – Coming back to Australia
48:54 – Des Hasler and nearly get hit by the flying door
50:00 – Dezzie Spray vs Donny Singe pre season
51:07 – Why Manly was successful?
52:38 – Rivalry with the Melbourne Storm
54:24 – The Stewart vs Blair brawl
55:35 – Leadership
58:34 – Toughest opponent
1:00:00 – Favourite venue in the UK and Australia
1:02:31 - 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party
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