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.
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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?
4 best bets for Caulfield races on 12 February 2022 and the Professor’s Parlay
It was a dirty outing last week at Caulfield so the Professor and the Gelding are looking to make amends today when races return to the Heath! 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 1 Horse 9 – Unanimous (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 2 Horse 1 – Coastwatch (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 8 Horse 1 – I’m Thunderstruck
Race 9 Horse 1 – Probabeel
Professor’s Parlay
Race 7 Horse 8 – Espiona (Randwick) into Manchester City to beat Norwich City (EPL) into Melbourne to beat Greater Western Sydney (AFLW).
You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! here.
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Coutta, Paul Dalligan and Sarah Radlow will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel tomorrow from 12.00pm AEDT.
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Good luck and good punting!
The Professor