The SportsGrad Podcast

Meet Chris Grant , Principal Legal Counsel at the Australian Grand Prix Corporation - the government agency behind two of Australia's biggest motorsport events: the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix and the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island. Chris is one of the few people who successfully crossed the bridge from private practice law into the world of professional sport. After graduating from Deaki...

Want to land a job in sport? Apply for The SportsGrad Method: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program So you want to work in sport. You are not alone, and that is exactly the problem. Sport is one of the most competitive industries in the world. Everyone is passionate. Everyone has a degree. Everyone is willing to work hard. And yet most people spend years on the outside looking in, never quite understandin...

Want a job in sport? Start here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program Meet Anthony Alsop, Senior Marketing and Communications Executive and former General Manager of Communications at the Brisbane Lions. In this episode, we hear Anthony’s incredible journey from working at Coles and moonlighting as a tennis statistician to landing dream roles at Brisbane Lions, Richmond FC, Seven Sport, and even the NBA!...

Want to land a job in sport? Apply for The SportsGrad Method: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program So you want to work in sport. You are not alone, and that is exactly the problem. Sport is one of the most competitive industries in the world. Everyone is passionate. Everyone has a degree. Everyone is willing to work hard. And yet most people spend years on the outside looking in, never quite understandin...

Meet Luke Attard, the ex-Collingwood FC professional and now Head of Commercial & Partnerships at Williamstown Football Club. Luke started his career in sport volunteering at his local sports club alongside a year in the AFL SportsReady program. In 2018 his break in the industry came via Collingwood Football Club working in the membership team where he started to grow a passion for partnership...

Want to land a job in sport? Apply for The SportsGrad Method: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program So you want to work in sport. You are not alone, and that is exactly the problem. Sport is one of the most competitive industries in the world. Everyone is passionate. Everyone has a degree. Everyone is willing to work hard. And yet most people spend years on the outside looking in, never quite understandin...

Want a job in sport? Start here Meet Matt Windley, the Chief Executive Officer at Bruce Media. In this episode, we follow Matt’s diverse journey from sports journalist at the Herald Sun, working alongside some of the biggest names in sports journalism like Mike Sheehan to projects such as leading a bid for prospective A-League side Team 11. We breakdown how he supported Melbourne City’s move to Ca...

Want to land a job in sport? Apply for The SportsGrad Method: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program So you want to work in sport. You are not alone, and that is exactly the problem. Sport is one of the most competitive industries in the world. Everyone is passionate. Everyone has a degree. Everyone is willing to work hard. And yet most people spend years on the outside looking in, never quite understandin...

Want a job in sport? Start here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program Meet Tia Schwalger, the Partnerships Coordinator at Cricket Australia. In this episode, we follow Tia’s journey with SportsGrad and how she was able to secure a job at Cricket Australia through the hidden job market. We breakdown her move from the Gold Coast to Melbourne, her recent summer of cricket, the importance of connections in a...

Want to land a job in sport? Apply for The SportsGrad Method: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program So you want to work in sport. You are not alone, and that is exactly the problem. Sport is one of the most competitive industries in the world. Everyone is passionate. Everyone has a degree. Everyone is willing to work hard. And yet most people spend years on the outside looking in, never quite understandin...

Want a job in sport? Start here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program Meet Caitlin Hildyard, the Lead Experience Designer at Tennis Australia. In this episode, we follow Caitlin’s journey from New Zealand to Melbourne and how she was able to overcome adversity to now have worked at the last two Australian Opens. We breakdown her role leading the end-to-end experience and delivery of the Elite Player App...

Want to land a job in sport? Apply for The SportsGrad Method: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program So you want to work in sport. You are not alone, and that is exactly the problem. Sport is one of the most competitive industries in the world. Everyone is passionate. Everyone has a degree. Everyone is willing to work hard. And yet most people spend years on the outside looking in, never quite understandin...

Want a job in sport? Start here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program Meet Tunahan Guner, the Programs Manager at Football NSW. In this episode, we follow Tuna’s journey being one of SportsGrad’s OG members, to working at Sydney FC in the school programs space, followed by his experience working at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. We breakdown his current role with Football N...

Want to land a job in sport? Apply for The SportsGrad Method: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program So you want to work in sport. You are not alone, and that is exactly the problem. Sport is one of the most competitive industries in the world. Everyone is passionate. Everyone has a degree. Everyone is willing to work hard. And yet most people spend years on the outside looking in, never quite understandin...

Want a job in sport? Start here: www.sportsgrad.com.au/program Meet Nathan Perrone, the new host of The SportsGrad Podcast! In this episode, we follow Nathan’s journey as he completes the cycle of SportsGrad. From joining as the first member in 2020, to working at the AFL and Western United, to coming back as a podcast guest, then a panelist at the Melbourne Meetup in October last year, to now in...

Meet Reuben Williams, you probably know him pretty well as the Founder of SportsGrad, but you haven't heard the roller-coaster 8 year journey that it took him to get here. For the first time, Reuben shares his entrepreneurship baptism by fire, that has been building the business of SportsGrad. From not releasing the first ever industry interview conducted in a hostel in San Diego in 2017, to being...

Meet Josh Marton, the General Manager of Public Affairs at the PGA of Australia and Golf Australia. In this episode, we follow Josh’s journey from starting in journalism, to becoming a Marketing and Communications Account Executive at TGI Sport, to working at the Australian Open Golf tournament where he was part of the leadership team that brought Rory McIlroy to Royal Melbourne. We also take a de...

Meet Joel Morrison, the Executive General Manager of Events and General Operations at Cricket Australia. In this episode, we follow Joel’s journey and his leadership experiences where he became the CEO of Northern Territory Cricket at only 29 years old. We breakdown his move from Darwin to Melbourne to pursue more opportunities where he got his first full-time gig at the AFL, working with the comm...

Meet Dante McDonald, the Customer Experience Operations Coordinator at Cricket Australia. In this episode, we follow Dante’s journey with SportsGrad and how he was able to get a job at Cricket Australia in only 16 days and another one only a couple months later. We breakdown how he joined SportsGrad and the connections he made with some of SportsGrad’s South Australian members to get work at the A...

Want a job in sport? Click here. Welcome to the SportsGrad Podcast, hosted by Reuben Williams, ex-Cricket Australia employee, career coach, public speaker, content creator and Founder of SportsGrad. On this podcast you’ll hear how to find your perfect role, grow your network, win job applications, scale your personal brand, create opportunities for yourself, and land your dream job in sport. Plus...

Coming up on the show today is Dan Simons, the Director of People and Community at the Victorian Institute of Sport. In this episode, we dissect the Victorian Institute of Sport's new strategy for the next eight years in the lead up to Brisbane 2032. We breakdown each of the priority areas for the VIS and how that looks in practice, and what it means for you and your career. Dan then goes into det...

Meet Australian Cricket Journalist, Author, and Broadcaster, Adam Collins. Adam is one of Australia’s biggest cricket journalists, covering the game all around the world for the likes of SEN, The Guardian, Sky Cricket, BBC, Wisden, ESPNCricifo and more. His podcast, The Final Word, which he co-hosts with Geoff Lemon, has been running for 10 years, has more than 1500 episodes published, and often r...

Coming up on the show today is the SportsGrad Podcast’s first ever 3-time guest, Clayton Henderson, Partnerships Manager at IMG who worked on the 2025 Melbourne Marathon. Clayton joined SportsGrad in 2021, and first appeared on episode #183, where he was fresh out of uni, before coming back in episode #231 to talk us through his role in Commercial Partnerships at Golf Australia. Today, Clayton run...

Want a job in sport? Click here. Welcome to the SportsGrad Podcast, hosted by Reuben Williams, ex-Cricket Australia employee, career coach, public speaker, content creator and Founder of SportsGrad. On this podcast you’ll hear how to find your perfect role, grow your network, win job applications, scale your personal brand, create opportunities for yourself, and land your dream job in sport. Plus...

Want a job in sport? Click here. Welcome to the SportsGrad Podcast, hosted by Reuben Williams, ex-Cricket Australia employee, career coach, public speaker, content creator and Founder of SportsGrad. On this podcast you’ll hear how to find your perfect role, grow your network, win job applications, scale your personal brand, create opportunities for yourself, and land your dream job in sport. Plus...