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In this podcast
PART A
2:00 – Welcome Owen Craigie
2:45 – Growing up in Tingha
6:44 – The chip and chase and learning to use his left foot
8:16 – Indigenous players in at the Knights in the 90’s
9:15 – Racing Darren Albert and Jason Moodie at training
10:55 – Signing a $120k contract to play SG Ball
12:46 – The experience in a one team town
14:46 – Being intimidated by the senior players in the team
15:57 – Knights culture and meeting the Johns brothers
17:00 – Getting flown to Sydney by the Roosters
18:24 – Finding rugby league and hiding it from his parents
22:00 – Convincing his Dad to let him play footy
25:43 – Living with Danny Buderus
27:05 – How he played for the Australian Schoolboys for three years
29:45 – His point of difference
30:52 – Steve Renouf and getting parts of his game from different players
32:32 – Why he was a left centre
35:00 – Australian schoolboys
36:52 – His three best schoolboys of all time
38:26 – Winning the player of the World Sevens at 16
40:10 – The advantage of the Johns boys
41:55 – Hard times and getting back up
44:11 – Media targeting of his weight
45:20 – Why he retired and attempted comebacks
47:50 – Interest in coaching
PART B
2:50 – The Newcastle old boys
5:15 – Hitting rock bottom
09:18 – Rehab and relapses
13:55 – Learning from addiction and pain
20:44 – His time in correction services
27:30 – Importance of who you surround yourself with
32:10 – His suicide attempt and how Matty Johns saved him
38:14 – Insights in the 1997 ARL Grand Final
41:02 – The team meeting the night before the game
47:15 – The genius of Mal Reilly
OWEN CRAIGiE
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Owen Craigie made his first grade debut for Newcastle at 17 in 1995 and played ten years in the NRL for the Newcastle Knights, Wests Tigers and South Sydney. He played 153 first grade games and won a premiership with the Knights in 1997 before retiring at 26 years of age. He is the only player in the history of rugby league to represent the Australian schoolboys on three occasions.
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