Just Havin a Crack

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode of Just Havin a Crack 1948 INVINCIBLE Our special guest this week is the great Neil Harvey who is an Australian test Cricketer who represented Australia between 1948 and 1963, playing in 79 Test matches. He was the vice-captain of the team from 1957 until his retirement. An attacking left-handed Batter and regarded as one of our greatest ever players. Harvey was...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to episode 13 of Just Havin a Crack A GOD CALLED LETHA L Our guest Leigh Mathews was voted the greatest AFL player of all time.  From the outset, he had a steely determination to be the best he could. Joining the Hawthorn Football Club as a teenager and quickly establishing himself against men, Giants of the game. You look back in time and Leigh stood tall and learnt from...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this episode of Just Havin a Crack . HE IS ALL HEART We speak to Gavin "Jed" Allen FOG number 72 and great Queenslander. Gavin played football in a tough era of rugby league. Coming down from Cairns to play for Valleys in the BRL competition and winning the best and fairest for the comp in his first year. St George beckoned after that, but not before lunch wit...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Just Havin a Crack episode 10 Peter Anderson. BLACKBEARD AFGHANISTAN and the CIA We speak to Peter who was widely regarded as the best wicketkeeper Australia has produced. As we know Peter was understudy to many exceptional wicketkeepers before he got his opportunity to represent QLD. An injury would also catapult Ian Healy to the test side and well, the rest is history...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this episode of Just Havin a Crack . 42 COURAGEOUS BRAVE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN Sean Mulqueen was 25 when he enlisted in the Australian army, his trigger was 9/11. Like all of us, we remember that day. Well for Sean it was his memory which prompted him to enlist in the Australian Army. Mully's grandfather was a Rat of Tobruk , his legacy lived with Mully and Mully wan...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this episode of Just Havin a Crack . 42 COURAGEOUS BRAVE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN Sean Mulqueen was 25 when he enlisted in the Australian army, his trigger was 9/11. Like all of us, we remember that day. Well for Sean it was his memory which prompted him to enlist in the Australian Army. Mully's grandfather was a Rat of Tobruk , his legacy lived with Mully and Mully wan...

Send us Fan Mail Giday and welcome to Just Havin a crack. A ROCK N ROLL OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL Today we talk to Olympic Gold Medalist Natalie Cook. Nat was one part of the Olympic Gold Medal winners of the Female Gold Medal for Beach Volleyball in the Sydney Olympics. One the same day in 2000 as Cathy Freeman won gold in the 400m. The Volleyball at the Sydney games was given rock star status. Located...

Send us Fan Mail Giday and welcome to this episode of Just Havin a Crack . STUART LAW THE SHERIFF OF QLD CRICKET Blakey and Banger sit down to talk with Queensland great Stuart Law. Stuart was an outstanding batsman in an era of cricket where competition for spots in the Australian side was hard-won. Stuart did represent Australia in one Test match but doesn't have a test average, but does ha...

Send us Fan Mail Giday and welcome to this episode of Just Havin a Crack . STUART LAW THE SHERIFF OF QLD CRICKET Blakey and Banger sit down to talk with Queensland great Stuart Law. Stuart was an outstanding batsman in an era of cricket where competition for spots in the Australian side was hard-won. Stuart did represent Australia in one Test match but doesn't have a test average, but does ha...

Send us Fan Mail Giday and welcome to episode 7 of Just Havin a Crack . IMRAN, MUGABE & CLIFFORD Our guest in this episode is Peter Clifford . Peter was a country kid that went to Sydney to follow his dream to play cricket. His journey is understated to those who don't know him. Peter was a run machine and a deep thinker of the game. Peter played for NSW and Queensland during his career....

Send us Fan Mail Gidday and welcome to Part B of You'll Hear The Lion Roar , Alastair Lynch. We pick up talking to Alastair about his Cronic Fatigue battle and getting back to playing football. Alastair is very candid about the challenge of understanding the illness and managing it through this period. The rise of of the Brisbane Lions into a powerhouse of the AFL. Banger and I talk to Lynchy...

Send us Fan Mail Gidday and welcome to Just Havin a Crack , You'll Hear The Lion Roar (Part A) . Today's guest is AFL great Alastair Lynch . Alastair's is a household name through AFL football as a player and now a commentator. What you don't know is Alastair is a ripping guy. Growing up in Tasmania playing cricket and football all through his youth. Football took over and mayb...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Just Havin a Crack . Episode 5 Part B of Gregory Stephen Chappell . We move on to talking to Greg about his test career. Greg is one of Australia's greatest cricketers and Australian captains. Greg talks about his test debut, where he was picked as an all-rounder batting at number 7. He made his test debut against England in December 1970 at the first-ever test pla...

Send us Fan Mail Gidday and welcome to this episode of Just Havin a Crack , " Gregory Stephen Chappell" . In this podcast, Banger and I talk to cricketing great Greg Chappell. Greg is an iconic figure in world cricket. Greg speaks candidly about growing up in South Australia, playing backyard cricket against his older brother Ian and later with younger brother Trevor. We discuss his gran...

Send us Fan Mail Hi and welcome to episode 4 of Just Havin a Crack. Banger and I talk to an international cricket coach and popular Brisbane Club Cricket personality Brad "Spud" Murphy . We talk about his years growing up around his parent's tennis centre, playing tennis, Australian Rules and Cricket. Brad had a club career in both Australian Rules and Cricket playing senior A grade...

Send us Fan Mail Series 1 Episode 3 Hi and welcome to episode 3 of Just Havin a Crack . In this episode "Run Like a Rabbit," we talk to Mark Hore. Mark at 46 was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Mark went to his doctors as a routine men's health check. Following this appointment, Mark had his prostate removed and his life changed. Mark doesn't consider himself a cancer survivor,...

Send us Fan Mail Hi and welcome to episode 2 of Just Havin a Crack . In this episode we speak to Greg Ritchie , former hard hitting Australian Test Batsman, also known as Fat Cat. We talk to Greg about his cricketing days against some of the most fearfully bowling attacks in world cricket (The West Indies) and losing his love for the game after being dropped from the test side. We discuss how he r...

Send us Fan Mail Hi welcome to this episode of Just Havin a Crack . In this episode I talk with Evan Bancroft professional MC. Evan wasn't always an MC. After a successful Sales career and following a conversation with his father. Evan took the plunge into another career path to follow his passion. I talk to Evan about his playing days as a popular club cricketer, losing his brother to suicid...