1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: This episode is brought to you by the Athletes Foot. 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: Hey guys, Chloe here, founder of the Female Athlete Project. 3 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: This week, we are not doing an episode of The Rap. 4 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 1: We're having a nice long weekend, but I wanted to 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 1: share with you something a little bit special. I recently 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: had a book launch event for the book that I 7 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: recently wrote called Girls Don't Play Sport, where Bes, my 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: co host of the Rap and logistics operational amazing person 9 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: at the Female Athlete Project, actually got up in front 10 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: of many close family and friends at the book launch 11 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: and interviewed me a little bit about my life, my story, 12 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: my sporting journey, a bit about why I started the 13 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: Female Athlete Project and what got me to this place 14 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: of writing this book. So I wanted to share that 15 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: with you guys for this week in place of our 16 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: normal episode of The Rap. I wanted to also share 17 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: the really exciting news that I knew kids book is 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: on shelves. It's called the A to Z of Who 19 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: I could be, the reason that we put this book together. 20 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: I had an incredible team around me to bring this 21 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: book together. It's just been an amazing process. But I 22 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: look back to when I was a little kid and 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: I'd watch Olympians and Paralympians on the telly and I 24 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: would see them compete and perform, and I'd want to 25 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: find out more about their lives. But I could never 26 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: find information about these athletes. So we've pulled together this 27 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: book of twenty six incredible athletes and every little kid 28 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: that you know who should have a copy of this 29 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: book an adult because it's a bloody cool book to have. 30 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: So you can find it in any good bookstore and 31 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: you can also shop it via the Female Athlete Project 32 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: dot com. I'll make sure the link is in the 33 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: show notes. And finally, we're having a book launch for 34 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: the Kid's Book this Sunday, the eighth of October ten 35 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: am at Poops Capital in Moore Park in Sydney. Again, 36 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: I'll put the link in the show notes. If you're 37 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: on an RSVP and get some more info, we would 38 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: absolutely love to have you there to meet some of 39 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: the athletes featured in the Kid's Book. 40 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 2: I hope you enjoyed this. 41 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 3: Chat, so thank you Tessa, thank you obviously Ellen and 42 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 3: Unwen for all your support. 43 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 4: We're just going to do a quick. 44 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 3: Little Q and a a few questions for flipping the 45 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 3: script here, I'm asking the questions you normally ask the questions. 46 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 2: I don't like it. 47 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 4: Actually, you can see the fear in her eyes. I 48 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 4: have maybe shared some of the questions with her, so 49 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 4: she's definitely cheated. 50 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 3: So I don't think that she's got these amazing answers 51 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 3: off the top of her head. 52 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: The way that bears in my relationship works is that 53 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: she sends me lots of spreadsheets and sometimes I actually 54 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: don't read them. 55 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 2: So I haven't read the questions. 56 00:02:55,880 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 4: Sorry, I'm shocked. You know what, I'll never stop on spreadsheets. 57 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 4: So it's fine, right, right, let's start. I guess just 58 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 4: a very general opener, So, why sport friend? As a kid? 59 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 4: As a kid, what attracted you to sport? 60 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: I think that one goes back to family. Mum and 61 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: dad and my two brothers are in the room and 62 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: have been very helpful. And if anyone noticed Michael and 63 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: the book selling, he was doing a very excellent job 64 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: over in that corner. Mum and Dad were both avid 65 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: sports people, and from the moment we were born as kids, 66 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: it was just kind of part of our family and. 67 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: Our culture in our home. 68 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: I just have the most fond memories being out in 69 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: the backyard with the two boys. Sometimes most of the 70 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: time Bailey was playing Xbox, And it was just like 71 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: Michael and I going at it pretty much any sport 72 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: we could find. And I think Michael and I are 73 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: probably two of the most competitive people you can meet. 74 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: And I remember when I was about five years old 75 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: and I first learned to swear word from the kids 76 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: on the bus at school and Michael changed the rules 77 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: at the last minute, and I chase him around the 78 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: backyard with a cricket back, calling him an efing idiot 79 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: because he always tried to win. 80 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: But I think, yeah, the family was a really big 81 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 2: part of that. 82 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 4: Yeah. 83 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 2: Nice. 84 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 4: And now also as an adult, why still sport? Question mark? Adult? 85 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 4: Was was that what that laugh was about? Adult question mark? 86 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: I think sport is a really powerful thing. Sport Like 87 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: we've seen with the World Cup, it was just like 88 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: it blew my mind. Testa touched on it, but it 89 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: blew my mind the way that people who don't necessarily 90 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 1: love sports and don't necessarily watch sport were so hooked 91 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: on it. I think it's like nothing else in its 92 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: ability to like bring people so much joy and also 93 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: so much heartache all in one and people get to 94 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: go along for that journey. And I think the second 95 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: element to that, which if I'd read the questions, I'd 96 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: know where we were going. But I think a big 97 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: part of my journey has been the work I did 98 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: with our Watch, the organization that do a lot of 99 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: work in the domestic violence space, and when I went 100 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: through a training course with them, they talked about the 101 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: power of sport, particularly in Australian culture, because it invades 102 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: our lounge rooms when we watch it on a Friday 103 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: Saturday night. We take people take their kids down to 104 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: the park to play sport. I talked about me and 105 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: my brother's playing sport in the backyard. It's such a 106 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: huge part of our culture that athletes, through their profiles 107 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: and through what the way they carry themselves on the 108 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: field or court or whatever they're doing, they actually have 109 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: the ability to change people's attitudes. And I believe female 110 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: athletes and gender diverse athletes have the ability to change 111 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: people's perceptions about where women in society belong. 112 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, great pause for clapping, Okay, So next, why a book? Why? Why? 113 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 4: And how? 114 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 2: I didn't plan on writing a book. 115 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: It wasn't until Testas slid into my DMS, and I 116 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: originally thought that she wanted me to memoir and I 117 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: flat out refuse. I talked to Pitch, my manager, and 118 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: I was like, I do not want to write an 119 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: autobiography as someone still in their sporting career. I don't 120 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 1: know who really wants to read about. 121 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 4: That but. 122 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 2: Me, not all athletes, just my story. 123 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: She then said to me, I've been listening to TEFAP, 124 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: I've been following TEFAP. I think you're the perfect person 125 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: at the perfect time to write about women's sport. And 126 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: it kind of felt like this journey in this conversation 127 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: that happened pretty quickly, and then all of a sudden, 128 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, I'm writing a book. It was 129 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: quite daunting and quite challenging, and I think throughout the process, 130 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: like I found it really cathartic sharing some of my 131 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: own stories and stories that I haven't necessarily talked about 132 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: very publicly, of some things that have happened throughout my 133 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: own sporting career. I had the honor of sharing other 134 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: athletes stories, having other athletes voices contribute to the book. 135 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: A couple of who are in the room today, Elia, 136 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: one of my dearest friends, Ellie Cole over there and 137 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: she stop. 138 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 4: To head questions here because she didn't do the research. 139 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 2: Sorry. 140 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: What took me a while was to find my voice 141 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: and had a lot of conversations with test about this 142 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: as well. Like I kind of it was like the 143 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: biggest form of imposter syndrome I've ever felt. I was 144 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: kind of like, why am I the person that gets 145 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: to speak on all of these issues that impact women 146 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: in sports so differently? But I think that's why I 147 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: loved putting so much research and data into it, because 148 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: every argument that I made and every conversation I started 149 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: with a story, I wanted to have research and evidence 150 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: to kind of back it up, to go against a. 151 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 2: Lot of those trolls on social media too. 152 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 3: I think you dedicated girls don't play sport to your granny, Christine? 153 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 3: What did grannie mean to you? Also, I didn't know 154 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 3: this would happened so early. 155 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 2: Oh I didn't know what was coming. Yeah. Oh gosh, 156 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 2: that's croaky, isn't it. 157 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: We lost her any a few months ago, and she 158 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: just was she was She was the matriarch of our family. 159 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: She was a widower for decades and she just led 160 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: our family from the front and we all had all 161 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: the cousins and her children as well. Had the most 162 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: special relationship with her, and one of the things I 163 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: loved most about my sporting career, whether I was playing 164 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: here or overseas for sevens, she'd often sit with Mum 165 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: and the family and Auntie Sue and the Dawson family 166 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: and she'd get at her journal and her notepad and 167 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: she'd write columns, so like if it was like Australia v. Spain, 168 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:37,719 Speaker 1: there would be the two columns and it would be 169 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: like tried to Elia Green five points converted by Chloe 170 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: Dalton two points, and she'd keep pally of the scores 171 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: throughout and I'd get I then finish this game. Be 172 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: on the other side of the world sometimes like on 173 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: different time zones, and you'd feel quite isolated. I think, 174 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: like there's a lot of glory that comes with being 175 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: an athlete and it's this lovely life so when you 176 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: get to travel overseas, but in parts it also can 177 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: be really isolating. So it was such a special thing 178 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: to see all my beautiful family watching, but these pictures 179 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: of Granny watching, sitting with her notepad scribbling all in 180 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 1: the way. It was really special. And she also just 181 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: loved words. I think the journaling kind of points that 182 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: she loved words. Oh God, And I wouldn't loved more 183 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: than anything Purty this book. But that's why I wanted 184 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: to dedicate it to her, because she was such a 185 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: special woman. Oh, I'm exhausted sit of other questions. 186 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 3: So in Girls Don't Play Sport, you write about many 187 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 3: barriers that face so many girls and women in the 188 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 3: sporting ecosystem, things like uniforms that have a negative influence 189 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 3: on participation, disparity in opportunities provided to females, and obviously 190 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 3: lack of representation in all sporting environments. 191 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 4: Did you experience. 192 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,599 Speaker 3: Barriers like that as a kid and still and you 193 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 3: know how how did that make you feel? 194 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 2: Yeah? 195 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: I think there's so many barriers, and I've got so 196 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,439 Speaker 1: many athletes that I currently play with and have played 197 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,959 Speaker 1: with in the past that would have experienced similar things. 198 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: And I think the uniforms piece I found a really 199 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,599 Speaker 1: interesting one because I talk about in the book the 200 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: dropout rate for girls. So fifty young girls drop out 201 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: of sport by the age of seventeen, which is just like, 202 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: to me, like pretty mind blowing. And I think uniforms 203 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 1: is such a big factor, and there's heaps of research 204 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: being done by Victoria University in that space around the fact, 205 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: Like you think about like a grown woman or a 206 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: young girl or whoever it is, coming into a club 207 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: at community level a lot of the time and they're 208 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 1: wearing kind of like these hand me down uniforms and bes. 209 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: You actually contributed for that part as well. About your 210 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 1: experience with the rats, do you want to touch on 211 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: that quickly? You can have a quick little reflection. 212 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 3: I need a break, yeah, I think obviously I've read 213 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 3: the book, but there was an element of a hierarchy 214 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 3: in our big club where first grade got the new 215 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 3: jerseys and they filtered down through all the grades and 216 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 3: we would get fourth grades jerseys five years later, and 217 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 3: there you go. 218 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 4: Have about it. 219 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 3: And the first Grand final we have a one. We 220 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 3: lost six in a row. We finally won one in 221 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 3: two thousand and three. I know most of you went born, 222 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 3: but I was playing rugby and. 223 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 4: We got to wear first grades jerseys and at the 224 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 4: time I thought that was a massive honor. 225 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 3: Looking back, they were massive and didn't fit. And it's 226 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 3: amazing in that space of twenty years, the difference in 227 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 3: how I would view that honor. 228 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, totally, And I think the uniforms piece is 229 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: just one of the barriers. I think another one that 230 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: always comes to mind is this idea of always having 231 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: to prove that what you do is worthy of being 232 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: respected and being valued, which is I think what the 233 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: Matildas have done such an incredible job of shifting perceptions 234 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: in that space. 235 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 3: My wife wrote a book review very quiet, but wrote 236 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 3: a book review after Devouring Girls Down Play Sport, and 237 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 3: without her amission, I'd just like to share a little 238 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 3: bit a small excerpt. Sorry, babe, she said, I found 239 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 3: this book to be unexpectedly educational because she thinks she 240 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 3: knows everything. 241 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 4: I'm in so much trouble. 242 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 3: I actually learned things the situation that I will fully 243 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 3: admit to being surprised at. I thought I knew everything 244 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 3: there was to know about supporting the need to invest 245 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 3: in women's sport, But I was wrong. Knowing intrinsically that 246 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 3: investing in women's sport is the right thing did not 247 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 3: necessarily equip me to facilitate discussions with others who are 248 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 3: not in agreement. 249 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 4: Chloe has provided. 250 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 3: The means with which to succinctly and effortlessly debate great review, babe. 251 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 3: So what did you learn when you were What was 252 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 3: one of the favorite things that you learned when you 253 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 3: were doing the research for the book. 254 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, and firstly, big thank you to Cookie for that review, 255 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: even though it just got shared without permission. 256 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 2: Cookies very she'll say it like it is. 257 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: So I think Basil mostly tell me whatever I do 258 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: is amazing, which is lovely. She's one of the most 259 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: incredible friends and she's a huge support. But when I 260 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: was getting it from Cookie, I was nervous because I 261 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 1: knew if the book sucked, she would tell me the 262 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: book sucked. So it was cool to get a review 263 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: like that. Yeah, there was a lot. I should probably 264 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:24,839 Speaker 1: read the book again to kind of. 265 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 4: Answer that question, but. 266 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 2: Right I'm kind of drawing a blank. 267 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 1: There's a lot of research in there, and I think 268 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: the people who have read it said it was kind 269 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: of heavy at times with stats and data, and I 270 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: think to Cookie's point, I wasn't trying to convince the 271 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: haters and the trolls because I'm never going to win 272 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: them over. I knew there was people that were already 273 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: on board and were huge advocates or involved in women's sport, 274 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: and so I wanted to empower them with that information 275 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:56,959 Speaker 1: for the discussions that they're having on a day to 276 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: day basis with whoever that is, and then for the 277 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: people who are a little on the fence. I wanted 278 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: to try and give a really like broad understanding of 279 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: some of these issues to maybe just convince them a 280 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: little bit to ship away. 281 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you definitely succeeded their friend. 282 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 3: All Right, seven year old Chloe watched Kathy Freeman win 283 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 3: gold and it's safe to say it probably changed your life. 284 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 4: If you could, we're getting out the time machine here, 285 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 4: we're in the Dolorean. 286 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 3: If you could step into the laury and go back 287 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 3: and give seven year old Chloe three. 288 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 4: Pieces of advice, what would they be? 289 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: I think one of my favorite things I've learned throughout 290 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: my career. I kind of struggled a little bit with 291 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: this idea of changing sport because I idolized that your 292 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: Lauren Jackson's and your animeers as a kid, and so 293 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: to me they were like the best of the best 294 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: because they were all about like success over a really 295 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: long period of time. 296 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 2: But what I learned, and. 297 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: My basketball friends who were here will know, Like I 298 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: sat on the bench when I got to the Flames 299 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: and the WNBL and I was there for a couple 300 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: of years, and I was trying really hard, but I 301 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: just wasn't good enough to kind of crack it. And 302 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: so I think for me, like I really wanted to 303 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: put myself out there and try something new, which was scary. 304 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: But I think the biggest thing I've learned between the 305 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: three sports is just to keep for a little kid, like, 306 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: just do it if you love doing it, and if 307 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: you don't still love it, it's okay to change, Like 308 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: it's not you don't always have to put yourself in 309 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: this funnel of always going towards one direction. 310 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 2: I think second. 311 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: Piece, the people that you meet through sport will stay 312 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: in your life forever. Like, it's just so special to 313 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: have people from all different aspects of my life in 314 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: this room, from like brand new friendships to all the 315 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: way back to some of my childhood sport years. It's 316 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: just really cool to have everyone here. And thirdly, winning 317 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: an Olympic gold medal is pretty cool too. Would This 318 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: episode is brought to you by the Athlete's Foot, proudly 319 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: supporting women in sport since nineteen seventy six. Start every 320 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: game on the right foot with the right fit. Get 321 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: fitted in store today or online at the athletes foot 322 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: dot com for netball, football, running, and recovery. 323 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 2: Now that's fit. 324 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 3: So we're still in the time machine. We're going to 325 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 3: jump in and travel forward. Let's say ten years, and 326 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 3: we're going to chat to little Chloe Junior. He'll be 327 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 3: about seven or eight, give or take. What do you 328 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 3: hope the sporting world looks for her. 329 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 2: I'm not like, I'm not pregnant by the way people 330 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 2: I hope. 331 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: I can't wait for like seventeen eighteen year olds to 332 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: come into the AFLW and never have to worry about 333 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: going to work so they can come into the club, 334 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: they can get paid enough not have to worry about 335 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: making ends me and paying rent and. 336 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 2: Doing all those things. 337 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: I look forward to the day where they don't even 338 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: know the struggles of what it's like to have to 339 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: plan your life from your teenagers. I was to some 340 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: of the Together crew the other day about almost having 341 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: to plan your life from your teenagers, wanting to be 342 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 1: a professional female athlete, not actually knowing if that's a 343 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: possibility to do that, to earn enough from that. So 344 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest thing that I'd love to 345 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 1: see changes. It's so complex and there's so many elements 346 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: of it, but yeah, just the full time piece of 347 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 1: just being able to focus. 348 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 4: On that nice. 349 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 3: So you asked this question of people a lot of 350 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 3: times and they kind of stumble over it, and if 351 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 3: you hadn't read the notes. 352 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 4: You would be ready for it. But please share with 353 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 4: us what is your favorite failure. 354 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 2: I should have known this one was coming. 355 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: I think I don't know if I classify it as 356 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: a failure, but I think it is in a way. 357 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 1: Four weeks out from Tokyo, after going through all the 358 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: COVID lockdowns, I had back surgery in twenty twenty I 359 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 1: think it was, and the Olympics had been postponed, so 360 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: I had a chance to kind of do all my rehabs. 361 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 1: So I had to kind of get my head through 362 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 1: that process of learning how to tackle again after backs, 363 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: which was incredibly daunting, and did all of that rehab 364 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: and then we traveled up to Townsville. We got out 365 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: of Sydney because it was a hot spot and needed 366 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 1: to get out quite quickly, and we were playing against 367 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: New Zealand, Australia and Fiji and a Teaman and I 368 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: came from opposite directions and the top of her head 369 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 1: it hit my cheekbone and I fractured my cheek in 370 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: about four places and had to have surgery, and so 371 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: I'd miss out on Tokyo And I think. 372 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 2: Actually, yeah, I don't really talk about the Tokyo one 373 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 2: a lot. 374 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:29,640 Speaker 1: I think I kind of in my mind almost tried 375 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: to skip over it so I didn't have to process 376 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: the emotion of it because it was just the most 377 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 1: bizarre thing. During lockdown, I felt like I'd really earned 378 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: my place back in that team, and sport is just 379 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 1: so cruel that things can be taken away from you 380 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: so quickly like that. But the most amazing thing coming 381 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 1: back into the lockdown as a team, we decided to 382 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 1: invest a huge amount of effort and energy into highlighting 383 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: the female athletes that were competing in Tokyo in the 384 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 1: Olympics and the Paralympics, and Mills was a big part 385 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: of that as well. We did a huge amount on 386 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 1: social media and saw a massive amount of growth there 387 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 1: and it was just this like really cool moment because 388 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 1: it was so hard for me to get my head 389 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: around the fact that as an athlete, I didn't get 390 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: to go and compete, but it was so cool to 391 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: kind of realize that we had this platform to spotlight 392 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: and shine a light on athletes who were over there 393 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: who wouldn't necessarily get the attention. 394 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 3: So we've all just lived through, let's be honest, an 395 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 3: amazing month of women's sport in Australia and New Zealand. 396 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 4: What were your favorite moments from the World Cup. 397 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's moments because there was so many. 398 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: So many moments. That penalty shootout it can't not be 399 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: your favorite moment. It was insane, kind of from Cheek 400 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: is a lifelong Matilitas fan after that, and yeah, just 401 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: going to watch the I think the heartbreak of the 402 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: semi final was was rough, but just like the level 403 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 1: of gratitude I think that people had for what the 404 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: Matilitas had done, I think was really really cool. 405 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 2: And chatting to a. 406 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 1: Couple of people that I was sitting with that right 407 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: than I was sitting with about you don't always get 408 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 1: your fairy tale and I think it was probably kind 409 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 1: of cool for the little kids watching as well, like 410 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: you don't always have to win the World Cup to 411 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 1: become a hero. You can still create change without necessarily 412 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: being a winner. 413 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 4: Yeah nice and if so. 414 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 3: Obviously, the Tillies have left already an amazing legacy that 415 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 3: I think will just grow. If you could write the 416 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 3: legacy wish list, Santa, what would be on that? What 417 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 3: are we wanted to out of this the Tillies? Yeah, 418 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 3: just well just women's sport in general. Like the legacy 419 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 3: they've left, what do you want to see the next 420 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 3: couple of years? 421 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 1: I think the I think the biggest one would be 422 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: carrying over that change perception and the acceptance and the 423 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: respect of the athletes just as athletes. I think that's 424 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: the biggest thing. Like there was this real, like we've 425 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: touched on, there was this real shift in attitudes. But 426 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: there's so many other sports that are still fighting this 427 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: uphill battle every single day to prove that they are 428 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: good athletes just because they're not playing men's sports. So 429 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest thing I'd love to see 430 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: carry over from what the Matildas have done. 431 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. 432 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 4: Nice. 433 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 3: And so in that book, you did, as you've touched 434 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 3: on before, you passed the pen to some incredibly inspiring 435 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 3: athletes to share their stories. 436 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 4: Kirby Bentley, Ellie, Kole Eliah, Green, Darcy Vesier. 437 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 3: And Shanni Williams, and they all beautifully gave their take 438 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 3: on their experience in the sporting world. How important is 439 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 3: it for young athletes and these athletes that have watched 440 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 3: the Matildas now to see and learn about these diverse, 441 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 3: amazing individuals. 442 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's it's so so important. 443 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: And I loved the discussion around Sam Kirk kind of 444 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: being the headline for this huge global event as a 445 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: woman of color and a gay woman. To kind of 446 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: just be spotlighted and loved by an entire nation was 447 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 1: just a really cool thing for these little kids to see. 448 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: And I think it was such a huge honor to 449 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: have these voices included in the book. I think it's 450 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: a really vulnerable thing for these athletes and these people 451 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: to share their stories. But I'm so thankful for the 452 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 1: relationships that I've built with them through sport and through 453 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: all of these incredible things that we get to do 454 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 1: that I wanted them to feel safe to kind of 455 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: share their stories and for people to learn more about 456 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: what their experience is like. Because for me, as a white, 457 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 1: able bodied athlete, my experience and the access that I 458 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: have been given to sport is very different to a 459 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:43,919 Speaker 1: lot of different athletes, so I think that was really 460 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: important to highlight that too. 461 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 4: Yeah. 462 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 3: Great, So back on TIFAT obviously, as Tessa touched on, 463 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 3: created to shine a light on what is a chronically funded, 464 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 3: under promoted area of the world. We've experienced pretty amazing 465 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 3: growth in the last three yearss well not even three 466 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 3: years yet, very close to three years since it started. 467 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 3: I just wanted to point some of those things out. 468 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 3: We now have a social media presence that includes over 469 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 3: one hundred thousand followers on Instagram alone. Now everyone, a 470 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 3: merchandise line that has sold over six two hundred pieces 471 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 3: of merch I've packed every single one of them. 472 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 1: She actually had ago Bez does a huge amount behind 473 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: the scenes and cookie stores at all in their house. 474 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 3: Thank you for a podcast library of one hundred and 475 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 3: fifty seven amazing episodes, every single one of them highlighting 476 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 3: female sport. We've made over thirty thousand dollars in donations 477 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 3: to women's sports focused foundations and charities we've rated, and 478 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 3: obviously the one you touched on before, over one hundred 479 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 3: thousand dollars during the Equal campaign or you can't touch 480 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 3: on the Olympics, but this was part of the Paralympics. 481 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 3: Ellie actually told me the can you please tell Chloe 482 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 3: I love her? 483 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 2: Love you? 484 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 3: So yeah, we one hundred thousand dollars during the Eagle campaign, 485 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 3: which was successful in highlighting the disparity between prize money 486 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 3: for Paralympic medal winners and Olympic medal winners, and that 487 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 3: campaign obviously led to Ellie being really happy. 488 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 4: So after all of that amazingness. 489 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 3: I guess the question is what is Nextpativah World domination. 490 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's been such a cool journey and I've 491 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: kind of pointed out a few different people that have 492 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: been a part of that journey that my brothers have 493 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: been a part of it from the beginning. Mills contributed 494 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: a huge amount bay doing all the podcast editing. Riley 495 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: wakes up very early on a Monday morning to do 496 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 1: the newsletter after Bez does the research very hungover on 497 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: a Sunday night, very consistently. Georgia Georgia, who's here as well, 498 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: contributes to some of the research that we put out 499 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 1: on socials because we've seen a massive amount of growth, 500 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: Like when we put that data up on socials, because 501 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 1: it's shareable and people kind of want to create discussions 502 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: about it. 503 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 2: I'm getting to Jordan. 504 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: Jordan, who's an incredible graphic designer, and Bailey kind of 505 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 1: volunteered their time during the Fever Women's World Cup to 506 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: do a huge amount of content on our channels. So 507 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: if you didn't see enough Netball World Cup content, it 508 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: was because we had people who specifically were like, we're 509 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: doing the Fever Women's World Cup, We're jumping on board. 510 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: So Bay and Jordan did a huge amount of work 511 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:48,959 Speaker 1: pulling that together. 512 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 2: Stinger dom de Toy, who plays with Ozzie Sevens, is. 513 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 1: Over in Europe horrible for a training camp, so couldn't 514 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: be here, but she does a huge amount of work 515 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: on the socials as well, trying to look around to 516 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: see if I missed anyone. 517 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,959 Speaker 2: I'm doing it. Yes, yes, don't write me a mean 518 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 2: email because my mum will read it. Mam is like 519 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 2: the best. 520 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: She Mum brings so much peace and calm to my 521 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: very crazy life and she helps me sort out emails 522 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 1: and make sure I don't forget to reply to people. 523 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: And I'm so thankful for all you do Mum as well. 524 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 2: With that and and that. 525 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 1: That is like finger on the Pulse texts men man 526 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: Bez as soon as there's any form of article or 527 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: any women's sports news out there as well. 528 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 2: It's amazing. 529 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:37,199 Speaker 4: It does that job for us. 530 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 3: Let's be real, and he makes a mad brownie. They 531 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 3: were delicious, Bradley delicious. And I guess, just just to 532 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 3: wrap it up, you've kind of thanked everyone, But is 533 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,400 Speaker 3: there anyone else that you'd like to thank in regards 534 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 3: to the book and all of that awesome stuff that's happened. 535 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, firstly, massive thanks again to Tessa for giving me 536 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: this opportunity. I don't think it was something that I 537 00:26:55,920 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 1: ever thought would be possible, and I think the all 538 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:01,120 Speaker 1: of the team at. 539 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 2: Tefapp as well. 540 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,199 Speaker 1: It's like I get to be the face of it, 541 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: but there's so much work that goes on behind the 542 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: scenes that has elevated this platform to a point where 543 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,640 Speaker 1: it actually allows me to have opportunities like that, which 544 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:14,640 Speaker 1: is really really special. 545 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 2: And to. 546 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: Oh no, I'm going to cry again to Riley, my partner. 547 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 1: The last month in particular she's hiding in particular, has 548 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 1: been crazy busy, and at times I'm not the most 549 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: present person because there's so many things going on. But 550 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: You're so consistent in your love and your support and 551 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: the way that you just always have Yeah, you just 552 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 1: you just have the most kind heart. And I'm so 553 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: thankful that I get to do life a few Thank 554 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 1: you everyone, free signatures over in the corner tonight and. 555 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 4: Thirty four money. Thanks you guys. Enjoy a. I have 556 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 4: a kind of father. Don't do it fitly.