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In this podcast
2:42 – Welcome Petero Civoniceva
3:15 – His love of Redcliffe
4:00 – Why his parents moved over from Fiji
5:53 – His old man
7:28 – The influence of his Mum
9:00 – Learning more about his Fijian heritage
11:48 – His first footy experience
15:26 – Cyril Connell
17:25 – Coming through the ranks as a centre
20:00 – Becoming school captain
21:32 – Queensland under 17’s and hanging out with the legends
23:20 – Peter Jackson
27:50 – Super League
30:45 – First grade debut against North Sydney Bears
34:26 – Achieving all his dreams in his debut year
36:49 – Breaking arms
39:41 – How the Broncos won in 2006
42:16 – Willie Mason and the Bulldogs
44:50 – Nearly dying in the preseason Broncos camp
49:31 – His Queensland spot on the line
53:34 – Why Queensland are so strong in the final 10 minutes of games
54:41 – Fijian rugby league and the nines
56:11 – Captaining the Fijian Test team
57:48 – Favourite try of his career
58:45 – Leader he admires
1:00:11 – 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party
PETERO CIVONICEVA
Petero Civoniceva is a legend of the NRL with his distinguished career featuring 309 first grade games for the Brisbane Broncos and Penrith Panthers. He won 3 premierships with the Broncos in 1998, 2000 and 2006. His representative career saw him represent Queensland in 33 Origins, Australia in 45 tests and also Fiji in 6 tests.
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