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In this podcast
1:57 – Welcome Steve Menzies
2:58 – How he became Beaver
4:24 – The Manly cult heroes
4:51 – His grandfather Mackie Campbell playing in Manly’s first ever game
6:50 – Not making the Harold Matthews team
7:48 – Where his speed comes from
9:21 – How he started wearing the head gear
12:29 – Living in the same house as Dan Carter in France
13:10 – Nearly signing with the North Sydney Bears
18:15 – Narrabeen High School and the Australian Schoolboys
19:02 – His first job packing boxes at Avon
20:36 – Pathways to first grade
21:54 – Presidents Cup & coming through with Hoppa & Nik Kosef
23:00 – Old school training coming through the ranks
24:24 – Transitioning to the real world after footy
26:30 – Getting in amazing shape with Men’s Health.
28:50 – First grade debut against the Brisbane Broncos
30:02 – Getting the call up for the 1994 Kangaroo Tour
32:21 – Rooming on tour with Bradley Clyde
34:45 – 1996 and crushing the Sharks 24 nil in the major semi finals
36:16 – The greatest back row of Kosef, Gartner and Menzies
39:09 – Urban myths of Cliff Lyons
41:21 – Rep footy in 1995 without Super League players
43:30 – Matthew Ridge and missed kick to win the World Cup Semi
44:25 – Super League & massive contracts
48:40 – Dealing with disappointments
49:59 – Nearly moving to the Roosters & Eels
50:55 – Leaving his beloved Manly
51:55 – The fairy-tale finish
53:50 – The feeling of winning the grand final in 1996 vs 2008
54:58 – Toughest opponent
55:45 – Funniest team mate
56:43 – Favourite ground outside of Brookie
58:26 – 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party
STEVE MENZIES
Steve Menzies is a legend of the NRL which included 533 first grade games across the NRL and English Super League. A club icon at the Manly Sea Eagles he played 280 games, scoring 151 trys and holding the record as the greatest try scoring forward in premiership history. He played in 5 grand finals with two wins in 1996 and 2008. His representative career includes 20 State of Origins for NSW and 15 tests for Australia including the Kangaroo Tour of 1994.
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