E61 | DJ Forbes
Episode summary | DJ Forbes
DJ Forbes is a rugby sevens legend playing in 89 World Series tournaments, 512 World Series games, scoring 153 tries.
He was on the winning side in 26 tournaments and notched up six World Series victories. He also captained New Zealand to gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and World Rugby Sevens World Cup in 2013 and was named International Sevens Player of the Year in 2008 and Sevens Player of the Year at the New Zealand Rugby Awards in 2007, 2008 and 2014.
Off the field he survived 11 years of brutal training sessions that made the games feel easy and established a work ethic that he still needs to fuel today as he passes on valuable knowledge to the next crop of elite athletes with the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
In this episode we talk about pranks on tour, culture, identity and religion, his eternal search for the world’s best donut, dumplings, pimped out scooters and where his huge traps come from.
Show notes | DJ Forbes
1.52 Lockdown beards, Olympic lifting, Pacific Games, haka’s in the rain, and the never-ending fend-off meme
5.01 DJ and Pacific contemporary dance
6.54 Who was pre-rugby sevens DJ Forbes?
12.07 Samoan influences growing up
15.03 Leaving school for the ‘real world’
20.07 Talking Titch: reflections on Sir Gordon Tietjens
26.13 Feats of fitness: beep tests, yo-yo’s, and broncos
34.13 Titch and DJ: Good cop, bad cop?
41.50 “Death” training and sevens camps
50.08 How room raiding made it all worthwhile
1.02.49 An interlude with Steve’s stag do and when gags go wrong with Shaun Goldsbury
1.06.13 The 2016 Rio Olympic Games
1.12.04 The transition out of professional sport
1.18.01 Identity, connection and faith
1.25.21 Carlin Isles, Perry Baker and attending rugby sevens as a fan
1.31.11 Food chat: The hunt for the “perfect” donut and dumplings in the Olympic village
1.35.52 A pimped out scooter, huge traps, and last words from Steven, Seamus and DJ
