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For those who have grown up playing gully cricket, who have bet on every run, wicket, ball that helped their favourite players and teams crack records, RJ Roshan brings to you a podcast that'll take you down the memory lane to iconic moments in cricket! How? Well, that's a numbers game. So, listen in, revisit the sport that almost each one of us has at least once called home. This is a Fever FM production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.
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Three friends squeeze every bit of detail out of the biggest sporting and entertainment stories of the week. Cover art photo provided by Xiaolong Wong on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@runblue
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Michelle Jenneke captured the attention of the world as the "Dancing Hurdler" when a video of her energetic pre-race warm-up dance at the 2012 Junior World Championships in Barcelona became viral. However, there is much more to than just her dance moves, both on and off the track. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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ON HER MIND RENEE GRACIE BONUS | Sam Squiers continues her chat with former racing driver turned OnlyFans star Renee Gracie. In this 'On Her Mind' special Renee chats about the sexualisation of women in sport, the responsibility of social media apps to protect women and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Sam Squiers enters some unfamiliar territory as she sits down with Supercars drive turned sex worker Renee Gracie. Renee discusses competing against boys at a very young age (6:30), and what led to her meteoric rise, from go-carts to driving a Porsche on the professional racing circuit (11:15). She outlines the journey she took with Simona De Silve…
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Rugby league star Julia Robinson has been a lightning rod for public opinion in her short but illustrious rugby league career so far. She sat down with Sam Squiers to explain how she found the sport quite late in life and what it's like having an army lifer for a mum (5:42)! Julia then explains how she was caught in a social media firestorm simply …
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Sam Squiers welcomes tennis commentator Adam Peacock to On Her Mind to break down the age old debate about women playing three sets as opposed to five at Grand Slam tournaments, and how it relates to equal pay. They add some nuance to the debate and wonder how five sets might work in the women's game, and whether tennis fans and players would actua…
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Opals star Cayla George might be the most open woman Sam Squiers has ever spoken to! No topic is off-limits and she goes into great detail on her relationship with Liz Cambage as well as the embarrassingly bad bodysuits from the last Olympics. It's a story no one has heard before! Cayla talks about leaving home and going to the AIS as a 15 year old…
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Sam Squiers welcomes Alyssa Healy back, three years after she appeared on the pilot episode of On Her Game. The Aussie skipper, keeper and star batter gives some behind the scenes recollections of her record-breaking World Cup performance on home soil (4:12), including Meg Lanning's Katy Perry fan-girl moment (7:08). She fends off any talk of retir…
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Alyssa Healy was the very first guest on the 'On Her Game' podcast and we've re-published this episode from 2020 to go alongside a brand new conversation Sam just had, celebrating a very busy three years. Enjoy both, as Alyssa brings her unique spin on her life on and off the cricket field. Losing her sister as a teenager gave Australian cricketer …
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Sam Squiers sits down with Matildas star Chloe Logarzo, who travelled an unconventional path to becoming a regular - and then a star - in the national setup. Chloe walks us through her meteoric rise, before falling prey to what she called a horrendous attitude (8:28), which cost her a spot at the 2015 World Cup and derailed her career. She then exp…
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In this episode Sam Squiers sits down with Sarah Olle to discuss the AFLW's ambitious scheduling in 2022 - staging two complete seasons in one calendar year - and any knock-on effects it created. This conversation also delves into how this decision created challenges for other female leagues like the WBBL and the W-league. Could the NRLW learn from…
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Karen Lunn is among a small group of women who have paved the way for Aussie women golfers in the 21st century, winning major European tour events across a 26 year career. Karen spoke to Sam Squiers about growing up in the country, and the advantages that came with that (2:10), bypassing city life in Australia and heading straight to Europe (11:37)…
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We interrupt our regular transmission for an urgent discussion of the NRLW Collective Bargaining Agreement, which is being negotiated between the NRL and the Rugby League Players Association as we speak. Sam Squiers welcomes Channel 7 sports journo Katie Brown to break it all down. Schedule, sponsorship, minimum wage and pregnancy policy are all on…
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Sam Squiers isn't afraid to open up and discuss taboo topics and for this episode she is joined by veteran radio journalist Amy Goggins to dig into Wimbledon's decision to finally scrap the mandatory white undergarments policy. They discuss the absurdity of the rule in the first place and then branch out to discuss the continued use of white unifor…
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Ever wondered how human beings can dive more than 60 metres underwater, without an oxygen tank? Or how you can survive without breathing for six minutes or more? Free diving champion Amber Bourke will answer those questions and many more, as she discusses how she discovered this incredible sport (6:55). She goes through the incredible breathing tec…
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In 1975 Australia was represented at football's Asia Cup by a pioneering and enterprising group of women. These women have never been recognised with caps and this team is not considered a 'Matildas' team. Nearly 50 years later this group is fighting to be recognised, and Sam Squiers and Selina Steele take up the cause and explain their case. See o…
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With peroxide blonde hair and signature oakley sunglasses Kathy Watt took Australia by storm in the 1990s and 2000s. She’s still the only Aussie to win road cycling gold at the Olympics and in this candid interview she tells Sam Squiers how proud she was to achieve what her late father couldn’t. Kathy speaks about her early training years, in the s…
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In this debut episode, Sam Squiers delves deep into the biggest issues facing women in sport. This week Sam looks into the sponsorship saga that has enveloped Netball Australia, and the steps that led to the sport losing most of the $15 million it was set to receive from Hancock Prospecting. Journalist Selina Steele has been right in the middle of …
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Basketball superstar Lauren Jackson tells Sam Squiers what it was like to come back and play at a World Cup at 41 years of age, six years after retiring! (2:29). Jackson has insisted publicly that the tournament was a one-off return to international competition, but she hints at the possibility of another – for Paris 2024 (11:44). She also goes int…
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Former ironwoman and world record breaker Bonnie Hancock tells Sam Squiers about sharks circling her and giant crocodiles stalking her ski paddle, on an incredible voyage circumnavigating Australia (51:12). Before she risked life and limb on that insane quest, Bonnie details her life growing up on the north coast of NSW (1:35), meteoric success in …
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Commonwealth gold medallist Rochelle Gilmore tells Sam Squiers what it was like growing up with ultimate freedom to do as she pleased (2.42), and how that helped shape the athlete she became. The champion cyclist discusses getting scouted in her early teens (9:40) and moving to Europe when she was just 16, and opens up about the death of her great …
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In this episode Sam Squiers hand selects five of the best stories of resilience in the face of extreme adversity. And every story is different. Jana Pittman talks about her battles with the media (1:16), Hayley Raso opens up about her horrific injury (12:35) and Casey Dellacqua discusses the body shaming that nearly derailed her career (27:49). Geo…
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Kelsey-Lee Barber tells Sam Squiers what it was like winning two gold medals in two parts of the world in the space of three weeks - with Covid in between! The newly crowned World and Commonwealth Games Champion discusses her early life, coming to Australia right before the Sydney Olympics (2:03) and the moment she realised her own ambitions to be …
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Karina Brown tells Sam Squiers how she came to record the hit song (1:01), 'She's got confidence', with Jess Harlen and what it's like playing a game and performing on stage at the same time! Karina also explains the impact of having so many female hero athletes bursting on to the scene as well as the NRLW's lofty aims for expansion (10:55). She al…
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In Part A, outspoken NRLW star Karina Brown speaks to Sam Squiers about her life in rugby league. As a young girl she had to convince teachers to let her play with the boys (4:50), as a young woman she had to find a league that would let her tackle other women and now she's trying to make the world a more inclusive place. Karina is also a proud gay…
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In this special edition NRLW star Karina Brown shares her reaction to the boycott of seven Manly Sea Eagles' players, who are protesting over a special jersey designed to promote inclusivity in society. The full episode will be available soon but we just wanted you to hear this sneak preview right away. And if you don't immediately recognise the na…
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Sandy Brondello is an icon of Australian basketball. First as a player and then a successful coach, she was a key contributor to the Opals' golden era and now leads the national side as well as the New York Liberty in the WNBA. In this episode, Sandy speaks with host Sam Squiers about: Her childhood on a farm in remote North Queensland Successes an…
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Born and brought up in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, the player was fascinated with cricket right from childhood. Due to a lack of infrastructural opportunities, he had to move from one city to another. He is the third-youngest Indian to score a triple century in first-class cricket. Another record he holds is that of scoring the fastest century in Ranji T…
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A right-handed wicket-keeper batsman known for his aggressive batting, Jonathan Marc Bairstow is the first English batter to score 3 consecutive centuries in one-day internationals. Bairstow is the son of former England keeper David Bairstow. Jonny's Recent performance in the second Test against New Zealand caught many eyeballs. Tune into this epis…
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A routine training ride the week before her first professional Ironman changed Lauren Parker's life forever. When Lauren's tyres burst, she flew off her bike and into a guard rail at 45km/h. She was told she had 0% - 1% chance of walking again and had to learn to transition to life and sport in a wheelchair. In this episode, Lauren speaks with host…
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Known for his wicket-to-wicket dictation since his debut in 2007, Broad's in-swinging deliveries have unsettled the best. Stuart Broad started his cricket journey as an opening batsman. However, he resorted to bowling because he did not want to stand around all day on the field. Having performed well at the U-19 level, Broad was selected to play in…
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Passionate is an understatement for how Melbourne Vixens co-captain and Diamonds player, Kate Moloney, feels about her beloved sport of netball. But passion isn't always enough, and being left off the start list for Commonwealth Games team and World Cups team was still a bitter pill for Kate to swallow. In this episode, Kate speaks with with host S…
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In this episode, RJ Roshan celebrates the full-power player Rashid Khan whose terror we all witnessed in IPL 2022. He might not have taken many wickets but the fact that everyone was looking to defend him speaks a lot about his class. What else he has achieved in his career and what are some of the unknown facts about his life? Tune in to know more…
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"You should become a model". It's a comment Kaye Scott has heard more than once throughout her amateur boxing career. But Kaye proved the doubters wrong by competing in the 2014 & 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal at the 2016 Women's World Championships and moving from the amateurs to the pros this year. Kaye sits down with host Sam S…
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Born in a middle-class family, Hardik has always dreamed of winning the big one! Maybe it is this dream that led him here. Pandya- an all rounder player, made an impressive return to cricket and capped it off with the elusive Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy as a captain. Tune in with RJ Roshan, as he takes us through the journey of The Rockstar!…
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Driving through the desert at 200km/h isn't a sport for the faint hearted. Molly Taylor swapped equestrian for rally car driving as a teenager, and since then she has become the World Champion, Australian Champion, European Ladies Champion an d British Ladies' Champion in the sport, she won the 2021 Extreme-E Championship and finished the iconic Da…
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Sunrisers Hyderabad pace sensation Umran Malik has been the cynosure of India's 18-member team for the impending five-match T20I series at home against South Africa. The youngster has been the talk of the season and has also been rewarded for his impressive performance in the ongoing 2022 Indian Premier League with a maiden India call-up, a selecti…
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Born in a lower-middle-class family in Aligarh, Rinku Singh saw his father deliver LPG cylinders to make ends meet. What else he did do to make his name in the cricketing community? Listen to this episode as RJ Roshan narrates Rinku Singh's story from sweeping the floor to sweeping the bails.By HT Smartcast
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Mianne Bagger was the first transgender woman to play competitive golf in Australia. She successfully lobbied major golf tours around the world to allow transgender women to play, paving the way for herself and other trans women to compete in the sport. Mianne joins host Sam Squiers to discuss: Coming to terms with her gender as a teenager and the …
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