We spoke with Shaun Ryan, former AFL umpire, shortly after he retired at the conclusion of the 2020 season after 17 years, 350 games and 8 Grand Finals. A wide ranging discussion with the panel from how he started in umpiring through to the difficulty in interpreting rule changes.
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Grant Thomas – what needs to change at St Kilda FC to win a premiership – podcast
Why hasn’t St Kilda FC won a premiership since 1966? Grant Thomas provides his take on what the club needs to address to make the last day in September.
Grant is well placed to comment having played 72 games for the club and coached St Kilda from 2001 until 2006. He has also written for the Age, appeared on SEN and was part of the Footy Classified panel on channel 9.
Sandy Jamieson – One Club Golf – podcast
We spoke with golf professional and coach, Sandy Jamieson. Sandy is the former pro at Commonwealth Golf Club who left the world of private golf clubs to start up One Club Golf at public courses. He says golf is not a difficult game.
4 red hot tips for Caulfield races on 9 April 2022 and the Professor’s Parlay
With the return of racing to the metropolitan area at Caulfield today, the Professor and the Gelding are looking for an improvement in their form. The track is rated a Good 4 with the rail in the true position for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Caulfield
Professor’s tips
Race 2 Horse 2 – Playoffs (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 6 – Ain’tnodeeldone (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 7 Horse 3 – Belle Savoir
Race 9 Horse 7 – Old Flame
Professor’s Parlay
Race 9 Horse 7 – Old Flame into Penrith Panthers to beat Canterbury Bulldogs (NRL) into Sydney Swans to beat North Melbourne (AFL).
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, the Gelding, Coutta and Paul Dalligan will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel from 12.00pm AEST tomorrow.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
Jack Kelly – Australian rower
The panel spoke with rower Jack Kelly, a winner at the Australian National Championships on a number of occasions and a semi finalist at the Henley Royal Regatta. He says most of the Australian rowers today are mid 20’s and to be successful you need to understand that it is a full time job and you can’t do anything else.
Aleksandra Gozt – the effects of concussion on the brain
When we spoke with Aleksandra she was a Ph D student in Biomedical Sciences at Curtin University in Perth. Aleksandra or Ola for short was involved in a Concussion Recovery study (CREST) and joined the panel to talk about the effects of mild traumatic brain injury or, as it is more commonly known, concussion.
The ‘ice cream man’ – Dane Roy – punter extraordinaire on the podcast!!
Dane Roy was working as an ice cream sales representative when he won an AFL longest kick competition. That win catapulted Dane into US College football as a punter with the University of Houston. Dane played 50 games for the Cougars, won American Athletic Conference first team honours in 2019 and was a finalist in the prestigious Ray Guy award in the same year.
Luke Lewis podcast
Luke came through the Penrith junior pathway and played over 350 games of rugby league for the Penrith Panthers, NSW State of Origin, Australian Kangaroos and finished his career with the Cronulla Sharks. He tasted success playing in premiership teams with both the Panthers and Sharks. He now uses his knowledge of the game in commentary for the ABC.
He spoke with Paul Dalligan about his life in rugby league.
We spoke with former NBL player and Star Wars actor, Axel Dench.
In part one of the podcast, Axel Dench spoke with the Professor about how he started his basketball career, being a member of the 1999 Gonzaga college basketball team that made the ‘Elite Eight’ at the NCAA championships, being selected as rookie of the year in the NBL in 2001 and he was a member of the Illawarra Hawks that were NBL champions in the same year. Perhaps he is better known as Wookie chieftain, Merumeru in the Star Wars movie, Revenge of the Sith.
In part two of the discussion with Axel, we talk about how he got his role of Merumeru in Star Wars and the sliding doors moment when he had to make the choice between basketball and a career on the silver screen.
Paul Dalligan gives his 2022 NRL season preview
Sportzfan Radio’s rugby league expert, Paul Dalligan previews the 2022 NRL season and predicts the end of season finishing places from 16-1.
In 2021 he picked 7 out of the top 8 correctly and 3 of 4 preliminary finalists. Can he beat that record this year?