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Former professional rugby league and rugby union player Luke Milton joins Athlete's Journey: Winning On & Off The Field to share his remarkable journey from professional sport in Australia to building a fitness business in Hollywood. Luke reflects on his early career in rugby league, the lessons he learned from coaches and mentors, and the challenge of discovering who he was beyond professional sport. After moving to the United States, he turned his passion for training and the team cultu...

New Zealand Warriors CEO Cameron George joins Athlete's Journey for an inside look at the journey behind one of rugby league’s most recognisable clubs. Cameron reflects on leading the Warriors through the extraordinary challenges of COVID, including the difficult decision to reduce salaries to $500 a week in an effort to protect jobs and keep the club financially sustainable. He also reveals how the Warriors have transformed commercially since returning home, growing from owning virtually no ...

In this episode of Athlete's Journey: Winning on and Off the Field, Brent Read and Chris Lawrence sit down with former Carlton AFL player and current sports executive, Ian Prendergast. Ian shares his remarkable transition from the AFL to becoming a qualified lawyer and leading the AFL and Rugby League Players Associations. We dive into: The Early Days: Growing up in Karang and the sacrifice his family made to support his sporting dreams. The Reality of Pro Sport: Earning just $12,000 ...

Introducing Athlete’s Journey – Winning On & Off The Field, a podcast exploring the financial journeys of Australia’s most influential sporting figures. In Episode 14, host Brent Read and co-host Chris Lawrence are joined by former AIS and NCAA Division I basketballer and Athlete2Business founder and CEO Alex Opacic. In this honest and insightful conversation, Alex reflects on earning a basketball scholarship in the United States, competing alongside Patty Mills, Joe Ingles and Aron Bayne...

Introducing Athlete’s Journey – Winning On & Off The Field, a podcast exploring the financial journeys of Australia’s most influential sporting figures. In Episode 13, host Brent Read and co-host Chris Lawrence are joined by premiership-winning NRL halfback turned broadcaster and media identity Chad Townsend. In this honest and insightful conversation, Chad reflects on his journey from growing up in the Shire and dreaming of representing Cronulla to playing 268 NRL games across four clubs...