My special guest is Chad Townsend. Chad is a professional rugby league player for the Cronulla Sharks. He has played 132 first grade games for Cronulla & the NZ Warriors, winning a premiership in 2016 while he recently earned representative honours with the Australian Prime Ministers 13 and 2 caps for City Origin.
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3:20 – Welcome Chad Townsend
3:35 – Insights through his Vlog
4:50 – Balance of Fatherhood
5:40 – How he met his wife
6:30 – Growth of Scott Sorensen
8:10 – Growing up in Yarrawarrah
9:01 – Winning 7 competitions for the Yarrawarrah Tigers
10:10 – Stewart Mills
11:11 – Progressing through the grades & trialling for Harold Mats
13:11 – Why I got him on the podcast
14:00 – How his parents divorcing affected him
15:30 – Taking the next step into the pros
16:50 – Learning from Tony Caine
17:55- Cronulla Sharks 2011 vs 2018
19:50 – Meeting Flanno
20:50 – The spine meeting
22:15 – First grade debut against the Broncos
24:00 – Wade Graham
24:55 – Losing his spot at the Sharks
26:00 – Leaving the Sharks
27:10 – Establishing himself at the Warriors
29:50 – Culture at the Warriors and how they looked after him when
31:35 – How he got back to the Sharks
35:00 – Growing up a Sharks supporter
36:10 – Starting slow in 2016
36:55 – Not losing for 4 months straight
39:39 – Getting back on track at the end of 2016
40:00 – Raiders home hoodoo & the Viking clap
41:21 – Rebounding from getting hooked from the semi final
43:30 – Having a blinder against the Cowboys in the Semi
44:25 – Grand final 2016
45:55 – The horror Captains run
46:55 – How they got through the last minute
47:25 – How Fifita’s try was created
49:22 – Being the first team from the Sharks to win the comp
50:35 – A week of celebrations
52:42 – Trying to defend the title
54:50 – Why he gave up the goal kicking
55:50 – Why Valentine Holmes is so special
56:50 – Loving the NFL
57:20 – The semi-final against the Panthers
59:19 – Learning in the final’s series
1:03:22 – Who to look out for in 2019
1:05:18 – Hanging out with Scott Morrison
1:06:00 – Traveling to PNG
1:07:22 – Leaders he admires
1:09:00 – Toughest opponent
1:09:45 – Venue he likes to play outside of Shark Park
1:10:40 – The secret behind his awesome hair
1:11:50 – 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party
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