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Brodie Retallick: From 128kg 13-Year-Old to the World’s Best Rugby Player
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At 13 he was 128kg, two metres tall and couldn’t do a chin-up. Straight out of school he gave himself two years to make it. Brodie Retallick joins Ric Salizzo and Marc Ellis live from Kobe.
Brodie opens up on the 4.30am rowing sessions in Amberley that built him, the Chiefs pre-season where fights broke out every week, and the rivalry with Sam Whitelock that kept them both in the black jersey. He also covers the one thing he regrets about his career, whether a World Cup comeback is on the table, and why his daughters have seen him cry.
Plus: the muscle car show he bought, the All Black bus rule nobody tells you about, and Ric’s Japanese business dinner that ended on a hot plate.
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