“There was some of my closes friends who doubted me and thought I’d never make it back on the field. That was probably my driving motivation to prove them wrong. I was in my late 20’s when I got suspended. I spent an eleven month period where I was working as a life guard and I wasn’t overly excited about coming back to the game. I was sitting on the internet one day & I saw this Tiger Muay Thai camp in Thailand and I thought I’ll give this a crack. I went over sat in a jungle for 5 weeks, trained three times a day, 6 days a week. Fittest I’ve ever been, so I came back rang my manager and said find me a club”
My special guest is Reni Maitua. Reni is a former professional Rugby League player having played in the NRL for the Canterbury Bulldogs, Parramatta Eels and the Cronulla Sharks. He played over the Super League while represented City Origin, Samoa and Australia. Away from the game he hosts the show Unfiltered with Willie Mason, works with the NRL as a State of Mind Project Officer while he is about to make his professional boxing debt in early February 2018.
You will learn plenty from Reni Maitua in episode 58 of the Talking with TK Podcast.
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Get your tickets to Reni’s professional Boxing Debut
Saturday night 3rd February – Hurstville Entertainment Centre
Table Tickets - $250 per person which includes 3 course meal, beer and wine, 10 people per table.
General Admission - $70 a ticket
For tickets contact Reni directly at reni_maitua@hotmail.com
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
5:29 – Welcome Reni Maitua
5:59 – His trip over to PNG
8:16 – Gratitude
9:08 – Transition away from Rugby League
11:40 – Unfiltered TV show
13:00 – Professional boxing
13:45 – Richie Vas
14:36 – Mark Mathews
17:14 – Inner circles & public speaking
20:11 – RICHIE VAS preview
22:16 – Learning from mistakes
24:30 – Finding out who his true friends are
25:39 – The comeback choosing Parramatta over Melbourne
26:39 – Brad Arthur
27:35 – Parramatta 2018 chances
28:11 – Contract security
29:40 – Steve Price
30:30 – Life after Football
31:25 – Finding balance
33:49 – Good coaches
34:38 – Origins of Reni & sacrifices of his parents
37:00 – Giving the game away and finding his way back
38:56 – Craig Coleman
39:40 – Conditioning at the Bulldogs
40:49 – Team culture
42:30 – First grade debut
44:43 – PAUL WHATUIRA RECAP
47:09 – 2004 Grand Final vs Roosters
50:25 - Legends Tournament
55:10 – Premiership ring
55:44 – Johnathan Thurston
57:13 – Old school Canterbury culture
59:00 – Australian test debut in 2006
1:02:52 – Ricky Stuart
1:08:00 – Something to prove at Parramatta
1:10:35 – Story of his suicide attempt
1:23:00 – Favourite ground to play at
1:23:30 – Favourite possession
1:23:57 – Posters on his bedroom wall growing up
1:24:30 – 5 people he would invite to a dinner party
FOLLOW RENI MAITUA
Get your tickets to Reni’s professional Boxing Debut
Saturday night 3rd February – Hurstville Entertainment Centre
Table Tickets - $250 per person which includes 3 course meal, beer and wine, 10 people per table.
General Admission - $70 a ticket
For tickets contact Reni directly at reni_maitua@hotmail.com
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