E23 | Dwayne Sweeney
Episode Summary | Dwayne Sweeney
He's played 68 times for the Chiefs, nearly a 100 for Morrinsville Sports and 103 for Waikato but Dwayne Sweeney made his podcast debut on Between Two Beers!
Sweeney opens with his epic, emotional tale of Morrinsville’s 2009 Breweries Shield win, before talking through his domestic rugby debut for Waikato as a schoolboy, insane rugby sevens training, representing NZ Maori, pushing tin with NZ rugby's strongest man, Mooloo pub crawls in Hamilton and much more.
Show notes | Dwayne Sweeney
1.56 Our first time to talk some Code on the Between Two Beers Podcast
2.11 How Seamus and Steve know Sweeney
4.15 A love affair with Morrinsville Sports and the story behind the 2009 Breweries Shield win
38.25 One last hurrah before heading off to Japan and closing in on 100 club rugby games in 2019
41.55 18 years in professional rugby: what does Sweeney put his longevity in the game down to?
52.43 We go back to Hamilton Boys’ High School and the 1st XV
1.02.00 Amazing feats of strength: An Aled de Malmanche interlude
1.09.53 The connection with Hamilton Boys’ High School
1.12.04 Sweeney’s call up to Waikato as a 17-year-old schoolboy in 2002 and reflecting on being a 35-year-old in modern rugby
1.29.05 A season with the NZ Sevens squad in 2006
1.37.12 Missing out the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
1.46.14 How good is a night out in Hamilton after winning the Air New Zealand Cup?
1.48.14 Playing for the Colts in 2005 with a young Kieran Read
1.52.47 100 games for the Mooloo’s
2.01.00 The Mile - tales from Waikatos pub crawls
2.07.18 “You can turn up on the day and change your life forever”: Sweeney on winning the Ranfurly Shield
2.20.06 A shot at The Lions in 2017 with the Provincial Barbarians
2.26.06 The decision to go to Japan and playing in the era of Conrad Smith and Ma’a Nonu
2.34.36 Life after rugby
2.39.07 The greatest haka ever: In camp with NZ Maori
2.45.57 Final thoughts from Steve, Seamus and Sweeney
