I tell my athletes about this all the time. It’s the part of my story that I wish I could rewrite. I wish I knew then, what I know now because I would have found somewhere like Athletes Authority so I didn’t bear the weight of the pressure alone. To make sure my experience isn’t in vain, we’ve created a facility that a lot of people call ‘the institute of sport in private sector’ to help athletes achieve what I wasn’t able to.

It’s a similar story for Lachy. A tonne of talent that never got realised. The difference between Lachy and I is that he was able to transfer his energy into the success of his athletes from an early age.

By the time he was 24, he became the GWS Giants second ever employee. He helped transform a young squad of 18-year-olds into premiership contenders only a few years later. He then got approached by the Parramatta Eels in 2018 to help bring the club back to its proud former glory. It only took him two seasons to bring them back into finals contention (can you tell I’m proud?).

If you would like to hear about our story in more detail, we share the origins of our story on our podcast. You can listen to that below.