A brand that is in the land of sharks and doing big big things.Today's episode we are joined by 2/3 founders of Concave Football, these guysmake you want to run through a wall after every conversation I have with them. A unique brand that goes against the grain, not only are they expanding across Australia with AFL & NRL stars representing the brand but Concave now have operations across Asia and Europe with plans of going to the next level. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...
Apr 06, 2021•47 min
After a little break Greats with Garby is back and with a bang for 2021 for one of our biggest chats yet. As an obsessive Entourage fan I was delighted to land an interview with the show's creator Doug Ellin who breaks down so many fascinating back stories and insights on one of the biggest entertainment hits of the past 20 years and it's much loved characters Ari Gold, Drama, Turtle and the rest. It may not be sport but if there's one show that crossed over fully for sports lovers it was Entour...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Rashid Mahazi is a 28 year old former professional footballer who is also my best friend of over 22 years. In this episode Rashid details his life and football journey which has been a hell of a ride and at times a rollercoaster. From winning A-League premierships, to taking a gap year from pro football to travel the world and retiring at 28, an incredible story about life... enjoy :) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Michael Zerafa is currently the 7th ranked middleweight boxer in the world and in just over a week he fights his childhood idol and one of the all time greats, Anthony ’the man’ Mundine. We go through Michael’s journey which details his mindset, overcoming tough times and his big plans to be a world champion. We hope you enjoy :) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 03, 2021•46 min
Sandor Earl is a recently retired NRL player who has just called it time after winning the NRL Premiership with the Melbourne Storm to pursue his focus in business. Sandor has experienced all the highs and lows of professional sport. Most notably, Sandor was caught in the fire of the Stephen Dank doping saga in 2014. Sandor has spoken so vulnerably of this situation and of the harsh 4 year suspension he received. Nonetheless, this whole experience has made Sandor stronger, well rounded and more ...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr
Sebastian Gotch is a Victorian Bushranger and Melbourne Stars cricket player and is known for his fierce competitive nature, mate ship and sporting family. I've known Seb since I was 8 years old and his sporting talents to this day as a young kid were some of the best I have ever seen. His father, Brad Gotch is a former AFL player and assistant coach of Collingwood and Seb’s two brothers were both heavily gifted at sport. It's fair to say Seb is a change room favourite and a class clown which ma...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 8 min
The man who scored the decisive goal to triumph the Socceroos to the top of the Asian Cup podium in 2015 and won selection for 2014 World Cup in Brazil. James Troisi has had a remarkable journey across his career which saw him start in the youth ranks of Newcastle United in the UK, to rising stardom in Turkey and signing for Serie A giants Juventus. After a long successful career abroad that brought their own unique challenges, James is now back settled into life in Australia and the midfield ma...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 45 min
He’s one of the most promising coaches in the AFL, coming off a hugely impressive first season in the job and at just 39 is one of the youngest in the most difficult of capers. A former number two draft pick with the Fremantle Dockers, he now coaches the club that he loves. It’s the stuff of dreams and while the second phase is still in a very early stage, Justin Longmuir is making it a reality. It was great to break all of that down and discuss his journey on Greats with Garby. See omnystudio.c...
Dec 06, 2020•50 min
On this week's episode we are joined by David Gower and Sam Lane. David Gower is an NRL veteran who has played over a 100 games for the Parramatta Eels and had stints with the West Tigers and Manly Sea Eagles in the NRL. Most recently after retiring, David has transitioned into the Parramatta Eels education and well-being team to support players' life balance and future careers. Sam Lane is an Elite Athlete Well-being researcher and has a lot of depth and science to his views of the modern day a...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr
He’s a former number one draft pick who would go on to play 231 games for the mighty Carlton Football Club and win a best and fairest as well before finishing his career in his home town of Adelaide at the Crows. There were periods of deep frustration mixed with plenty of highs that will all be touched on with an intriguing character and a player that a lot of fans couldn’t always get a read on. We’ll peel away some of those layers during this chat with Bryce Gibbs See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Nov 29, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Ben is a former Collingwood Magpie and Adelaide Crows AFL player that has experienced all the highs and lows of the game. Having recently been delisted by the Crows, Ben is like many players figuring out their next move and the direction he takes his life in. However, the Ben Crocker story is bigger than Football having gone through hardship off the field with his father’s diagnosis for early onset dementia which across the last 5 years has progressed to needing 24/7 care. Ben is one of the most...
Nov 25, 2020•47 min
In the history of the most popular sport on earth only 62 of the hundreds of millions of men to have ever played the game have made it to Four FIFA World Cups and one of them – who also happens to be the 56th player to have captained the Socceroos - is Mark Milligan. He has an awesome story to tell with some tales that will definitely take you by surprise. Enjoy. Tell your friends and please remember to review, rate and subscribe if you haven't already. Thank you! See omnystudio.com/listener for...
Nov 20, 2020•1 min
Well where do you start.. The king of the streets?, The Mayor of Melbourne? Or the most important player in A-League history? Yes, Archie Thompson. Growing up as a teenager in Melbourne who loved soccer, you couldn’t not idolise Archie and his electric play with countless goals. A personality and footballer like no other who has an incredible story of achievement across domestic and international football. From scoring 5 goals in a Grand Final, to Socceroo stardom & world cups, this was an e...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 9 min
In the history of the most popular sport on earth only 62 of the hundreds of millions of men to have ever played the game have made it to Four FIFA World Cups and one of them – who also happens to be the 56th player to have captained the Socceroos - is Mark Milligan. He has an awesome story to tell with some tales that will definitely take you by surprise. Enjoy. Tell your friends and please remember to review, rate and subscribe if you haven't already. Thank you! See omnystudio.com/listener for...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Caitlin Parker successes have made her the highest internationally ranked female amateur boxer in Australia. With a long list of achievements that include a lazy seven Australian championships as well as winning a Bronze Medal in the 2011 Junior World Championships in Turkey; a Silver Medal in the 2014 Youth World Championships in Bulgaria; a Bronze medal in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China, and a Silver medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. In March she qualified for the ...
Nov 05, 2020•42 min
This week we teamed up with the guys from The Be Ready Project. Founders of One Wellbeing (athlete education & transition business) in Leon Keir and 15 year NRL West Tigers legend, Chris Lawrence along with former AFL All Australian and Premiership Assistant Coach to the Brisbane Lions in the golden years, Craig Lambert. This was a unique combination talking about all things sport and life with some really impressive people who are all massive advocates for elite sport performance and life b...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 9 min
John Van Wisse is one of Australia’s greatest ever triathletes, with an incredible CV of achievements to name a couple: World Record Holder for the Enduroman Arch to Arch event(run, bike and swim from London to Paris), the fastest Australian to swim the English Channel, a winner of the New Zealand Half Ironman and has won the New York - Manhattan Island Marathon 3x. The lengths to which John Van Wisse has taken his body over the last 25 years is inhumane, something I was really interested in tal...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Tommy Bugg is a former AFL player turned Entrepreneur after making a very brave decision at the age of 25 in 2018 to walk away from elite professional sports to pursue a business opportunity. Tommy is now the CEO of ZooZ Group a Social Media Agency which has grown to be a multi-million dollar company and won awards such as Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia Rising Star. Quite an incredible story and a change of pace to what Tommy had always known to the leather oval ball and the MCG which saw...
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 6
He was cut from his high school team in Atlanta, Georgia and went on to be inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame. The story of how he got there is a brilliant one. He had two stints in the NBA before the NBL came calling. He played with Barkley and against Jordan. He would win two championships with the Melbourne Tigers – a Grand Final MVP award in 1997 and develop one of the great Australian basketball partnerships with Andrew Gaze en route to having his famous number 21 singlet ...
Oct 11, 2020•1 hr 10 min
The ever so vibrant Morgan Mitchell is one of Australia’s biggest athletic talents and is a 3 time Australian 400m champion. Not only is Morgan known for her impressive athletic abilities but most recently appeared on the viral Netflix Documentary ‘The Game Changers’, where Morgan shares insight into being an athlete at the top level on a vegan diet. Having competed at both the Rio Olympics and the Gold Coast Commonwealth games, Morgan is now determined in her training to have a successful Tokyo...
Oct 08, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Jamie Maclaren is a striker from Melbourne City & the Australian Socceroos and is the current 2019/20 A-League Golden Boot winner. I’ve always said if I need 3 people to get me a goal it would be Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Jamie Maclaren. Jamie was one of my childhood friends who I grew up playing with in all the Victorian State & Young Australia representative football sides. A determined, focused and hungry human being, Jamie is an electric goal scorer but also a wonderful hum...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Just 24 hours after setting a new world mark for T20 dismissals, overtaking MS Dhoni if you don’t mind, Alyssa Healy was good enough to chat with Greats with Garby. The niece of the legendary Ian Healy she has only enhanced the status of the Healy legacy as a superstar of womens cricket in Australia and one of the household names of a team adored by so many.. She is a five time t20 World Cup winner, two time womens T20 cricketer of the year and ardent golf playing partner of her husband Mitchell...
Sep 29, 2020•42 min
Thanks for joining for another big episode of Greats with Garby and a chat with a man who has just landed the top job as coach of the Perth Glory in the A-League - his hometown club. A teen phenomenon he was signed by West Ham at just 15 years of age, went on to star in their FA Youth Cup winning team in 1999 alongside the likes of Joe Cole and his best mate Michael Carrick. He made his Premier League debut for the Hammers and also played in the world’s biggest league for Hull City and has been ...
Sep 24, 2020•42 min
This month we chat with Cristelle Capitani, the director and founder of Autism Horses Australia. Cristelle is based in W.A. and began her innovative program for special needs children when she observed the interactions between her autistic son and off the track thoroughbred. From that moment, Autism Horses Australia was born, and Cristelle still chooses to only employ off the track horses in her brilliant program - and we love her for that! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 23, 2020•39 min
Alex Woodward’s journey is one of the most unique and inspiring a person can come across. After being drafted to Hawthorn in the AFL in 2011 at pick 53, Alex had the world at his feet. What Alex would go on to endure over the next 7 years is beyond words. After rupturing his ACL 5 times following being drafted and managing only a handful of AFL games, Alex made the choice to retire at the age of 27. You’d think such terrifying outcomes could break a person, but not Alex. I think it’s safe to say...
Sep 18, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Adam Gibson is an NBL Veteran who made his debut back in 2005 at 18 years of age after graduating from the Australian Institute of Sport. Gibbo has done it at all on the court in this country winning 2 NBL Championships, NBL Defensive Player of the Year, 3x All-NBL Second team and represented the Australian Boomers at the 2012 London Olympics. Gibbo's energy and positivity is unmatched, we hope you enjoy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 11, 2020•51 min
Jonny Mckain is a former Socceroo, Olympian and one of the guys who just made playing at the highest level fun. In this episode we go into his life off the pitch playing overseas, the tough times in Adelaide and the challenges many sportspeople face when coming out of their careers. Jonny shares some fascinating stats behind these challenges and gives background to how he is helping players in the A-League plan for life outside of sport. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 04, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 1
The Unlaced Podcast is a platform to help humanise athletes and shine a light on the inevitable transition all athletes face when their careers as professional athletes comes to an end. A driving purpose for this outlet is to enable athletes to understand what the common hurdles are with transitioning out of their chosen sports into a more common way of life. Building awareness around the importance of athlete education, mental health, finding alternative interests outside of physical profession...
Sep 03, 2020•1 min
I’ve been desperate to get a cricketer on since we launched and I'm delighted that this man is our debut interview from the great game. He played 20 Test matches for Australia most of them wins including a hat-trick on debut. He was part of Australia 1999 World Cup triumph where he famously bowled the final over of that epic semi-final and rolled the ball to Adam Gilchrist for that memorable victory. He has since turned to a life in the media where he has become one of the most insightful and en...
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 16 min
The Unlaced Podcast is a platform to help humanise athletes and shine a light on the inevitable transition all athletes face when their careers as professional athletes comes to an end. A driving purpose for this outlet is to enable athletes to understand what the common hurdles are with transitioning out of their chosen sports into a more common way of life. Building awareness around the importance of athlete education, mental health, finding alternative interests outside of physical profession...
Aug 24, 2020•25 sec
