This Sporting Wife

Former rugby league player and now NRL employee Dean Widders spoke with Shannon and Fiona about the difficulty transitioning from being a professional sportsperson back to normal, everyday life post playing and how he set himself up and planned for it from very early on his sports career. Widders now works in player education and welfare with the NRL and is helping others to be best prepared for when they hang up the boots. He addressed racism and how he dealt with a being on the end of a slur during a game in 2005, what he thought of the Adam Goodes situation a couple of years back and how the country can continue to move forward in overcoming the problem in society. He talks playing in England, travel through Europe and why he and Brian Smith clicked. Plus, he filled them in on what he wants his legacy to be and the importance of the All Stars fixture for everyone, not just the indigenous community, and the continued growth of women’s football.