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In this podcast
2:00 – Welcome Matt Giteau
2:34 – Who’s the best goal kicker in the Giteau family
4:00 – Learning to goal kick
6:05 – What position he played in Rugby League
6:50 – Ben Barba
8:35 – Why he started wearing a head gear
10:15 – Changing schools and finding Union
12:17 – Why he gave up playing Rugby League
13:55 – Learning from Matt Henjack
15:43 – The fear of failure
16:50 – Contact sessions at the Brumbies
17:45 – Defensive sessions with Dean Pay
18:30 – Meeting Eddie Jones
19:45 – Finishing school and deciding what to do next
21:25 – Arriving at the airport for his first Wallabies tour
22:17 – Rooming with Wendell Sailor
23:24 – Bonding sessions on Tour
24:25 – His test debut against England
25:51 – His preferred playing position
27:11 – Why Rugby Union isn’t as popular
27:48 – Who was responsible for the Brumbies culture
29:55 – How he approached his first super rugby final
31:42 – Playing at Bruce Stadium
32:43 – When his bromance with Drew Mitchell begun
35:06 – Owning a wine business with his best friends
36:30 – The Block Raider
38:03 – The comparison between his 3 World Cups
39:31 – Not making the 2011 World Cup team
41:21 – How he got back in the team for the 2015 Wallabies team
43:25 – The origins of his Swan dive
44:36 – Coach he connected with the most
47:47 – Joining Toulon and the pressure on an import player
50:30 – How long it took for him to gel with Johnny Wilkinson
53:03 – Trying to build team culture in overseas teams
55:21 – What Japanese rugby is really like
59:34 – Player he played against he would have loved to have played with
59:58 – 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party
MATT GITEAU
Matt Giteau is one of the Legends of Australian Rugby, Matt is capped in 102 tests which started when he debut for the Wallabies in 2002 against England and included 3 World Cups in 2003, 2007 and 2015. His wonderful career has taken him all around the World, starting in Australia for the ACT Brumbies and Western Force before moving to Toulon in France and most recently Suntory in Japan.
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