Episode 39 features former Parramatta Eels media manager and sports journalist and massive Parramatta Eels fan and member Damian Kelly.
During the chat we discuss such things as:
– Early rugby league memories
– Why the Eels?
– Favourite Eels players and memories
– Starting off in sports journalism with the Continuous Call Team on 2UE radio
– Becoming the Parramatta Eels media manager
– What his role of a media manager for the Eels entailed
– Working with Denis Fitzgerald (Eels CEO at the time)
– Working through the Jamie Lyon and Dean Widders situations at the time in the media
– Working at 6 Olympic Games ( 1 as a reporter and 5 as the Aussie team MLO)
– Some common league questions from a media manager perspective
– Personality questions and more
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