Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today my guest is a NRL and roosters legend who is 2nd on their all time try scorers list and 6th all time in games played, today I have a chat with Shaun Kenny Dowall. Shaun made the journey to Australia and the NRL by dropping out of school at 15 to work and save enough money to buy a plane ticket to get here in chase of his football career. With no contract offers he backed himself which lead to him playing ...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today I catch up with a good mate and modern day Super Woman Jarin Baigent. Jazzy has a had really interesting life and has a great story. Jazz is a proud Indigenous Australian and served 13 years in the NSW police force along with more recently starting her own business “Jarin Street” all the while being a mum and giving birth to 3 kids. During our chat we talk about her life and were it all started and what i...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and my guest today is coming to you via zoom call all the way from Hollywood, USA. My guest today has starred in the Australian Edition of the reality TV show Survivor, he has also appeared on Aussie icon shows, Neighbours and Home & Away but by far and wide the most notable accomplishment in his career so far is co-founding the mental health and well being charity – Livin’. My guest today is none other t...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today we are rewinding the rugby league clock and I catch up with hard man and loveable larrikin Josh Stuart. Josh is a rugby league legend, playing 133 first grade games for the North Sydney Bears and Northern Eagles which also included representing City Origin 1997. Josh had a colourful career, he was fearsome and played the game tough, he came through the school system playing Australian Schoolboys for...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and my guest today is from the world of media and in particular sports journalism. My guest today has covered more sporting events than I’ve had hot dinners! He’s been to multiple summer and winter Olympic games, 2x soccer world cups, Wimbledon Tennis, the list goes on. My guest today is Adam Peacock, you might recognise Adam’s voice and face from Fox Sports where he heads up the team for their soccer coverag...

Welcome to another episode of The Blindside, I’m your host Nath Smith and today my guests are John & Maurice Kennedy, aka JK & MK aka KSquared These boys are as funny as they are talented, they bring a great energy to any environment they are in and my chat with them was no different. Between the pair, they have represented Australian Schoolboys, Fiji Rugby League, held NRL contracts with St George Illawarra and the Penrith Panthers. They have also won State Cup and National Tou...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today I have chat with a girl who confronted serious health issues in her early life and overcame them to fulfill her dreams of being a professional dancer. My guest today is Courtney Watts. Court began dancing a very young age and was in a dangerous circle of image culture and body weight sensitivity, which led to her battling anorexia for most of her early to late teens. With the support of her family s...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today I delve into the world of reality TV and chat with Ryan Jones. Ryan featured on The Bachelorette when Sophie Monk was the girl supposedly looking for love. Ryan grew up in humble beginnings in South Auckland, New Zealand and then moved across the ditch in his early teens and then on to a scholarship a rugby school in the gold coast with aspirations of being an All Black. With school not exactly work...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today I switch it up and head over to the world of cricket. Today I catch up with a man who has dedicated his life so far to the game of cricket and was earmarked from a young age to be a professional sportsman. Growing up in Melbourne, he had scouts from both Aussie Rules footy and Cricket hunting around and he played both but at 16 he had to make a choice which way he wanted to go to pursue his dream of...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and this episode I chat with an old school buddy who I competed with and against through our early years, with him going on to play Rugby Union at the highest levels. His career included over 100 super rugby games for the Waratahs, Brumbies & Rebels as well as 23 tests for the Wallabies, my guest today is Mark Gerrard. My chat with Mark was easy and flowed, so much so that I have broken it up into 2 halve...