Donny Singe Podcast

[Chip and Chase]

Stuck in lockdown ?? Here's a way to pass a couple of hours. Listen to "Talking with TK's" podcast of his chat with Donny Singe. It's a long one (2hrs) as Donny likes a chat clearly, but it's a great listen. The one great thing I learnt is how to pronounce Donny's surname, after all these years was never sure. But some great insights into Donny's life, and Manly obviously

In this podcast
2:49 - Welcome Donny Singe
3:28 - Where he comes from in New Zealand
6:25 - Joining the Navy
9:33 - His solution to the toliet paper crisis
10:36 - Growing up one of seven kids
11:45 - Little Donny's sporting ability
13:45 - Finding Rugby League
16:18 - Lessons from his Father
18:25 - Little Donny and academics
27:57 - Changes in training today
28:57 - Burpees and bad exercises
33:07 - Players of the 90's vs today
35:00 - Talking with the other NRL performance coaches
38:00 - Learning from the military
40:15 - How we met Des Hasler
42:50 - How he got his first gig in Rugby
45:47 - Oni Donny and moving to Japan
51:48 - The Sand Hill Warrior
53:50 - Training league vs union players
59:30 - Manly culture
1:01:40 - Matt Orford pound for pound strongest
1:03:36 - Courage and resilience
1:06:55 - Current coaching staff at Manly
1:08:37 - Point of difference at Manly
1:10:00 - What a head of performance does
1:12:40 - Playing through injury
1:13:40 - How they catch out player's not telling them about injuries
1:15:45 - Learning the pyscology of sport
1:17:21 - Weekly priorities
1:19:28 - Mental health
1:22:31 - Leadership at Manly
1:23:12 - Ben Kennedy and becoming better at connecting with his players
1:31:05 - How wrestling plays a part in training
1:34:42 - Dealing with Corona virus
1:37:33 - Handling suspended players
1:41:29 - Pride in the Manly culture
1:46:48 - Des leaving and Geoff Toovey taking over
1:50:02 - How he met his wife Leanne
1:56:20 - The eye of the coach
1:57:57 - The battle of Brookvale
2:01:53 - Building a championship culture
2:03:21 - His role teaching at Well College Global

Podcast | Talking with TK Podcast | Australia


@Tristan always does a great job with these pods, and if you are a sporting fan then put him on your subscription list. I hope you are still trying to track down Skivvi and get him on - love to hear from him

 

[Tristan]

Cheers mate for sharing the podcast, hope you're all staying safe at this time and we get back to the footy soon.

 

[Rosko]

Donny was the guest lecturer in my son’s (now online) college course yesterday. He was “awesome”.
He has not been laid off - obviously!
I got my son to ask how long it would take to get the players back ready if the NRL was able to resume.
Donny’s estimate 2-3 weeks of concentrated game simulation, opposed sessions etc. No one wants amother ‘preseason’ but Donny also has to deal with and safeguard players who think they will be ready overnight (looking at you Turbo).

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

When he mentioned having Snake back involved, it was Interesting to hear him talk about Watmough and that he'd like to get him back too. No wonder the club is on the right track with blokes like Donny and Des at the helm

 

[ALinda]

This is such an insightful and interesting interview with Donny and, despite its length, is well worth a listen!

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

A good man Donny

Such an important part of our resurgence.

 

[globaleagle]

Stuck in lockdown ?? Here's a way to pass a couple of hours. Listen to "Talking with TK's" podcast of his chat with Donny Singe. It's a long one (2hrs) as Donny likes a chat clearly, but it's a great listen. The one great thing I learnt is how to pronounce Donny's surname, after all these years was never sure. But some great insights into Donny's life, and Manly obviously

In this podcast
2:49 - Welcome Donny Singe
3:28 - Where he comes from in New Zealand
6:25 - Joining the Navy
9:33 - His solution to the toliet paper crisis
10:36 - Growing up one of seven kids
11:45 - Little Donny's sporting ability
13:45 - Finding Rugby League
16:18 - Lessons from his Father
18:25 - Little Donny and academics
27:57 - Changes in training today
28:57 - Burpees and bad exercises
33:07 - Players of the 90's vs today
35:00 - Talking with the other NRL performance coaches
38:00 - Learning from the military
40:15 - How we met Des Hasler
42:50 - How he got his first gig in Rugby
45:47 - Oni Donny and moving to Japan
51:48 - The Sand Hill Warrior
53:50 - Training league vs union players
59:30 - Manly culture
1:01:40 - Matt Orford pound for pound strongest
1:03:36 - Courage and resilience
1:06:55 - Current coaching staff at Manly
1:08:37 - Point of difference at Manly
1:10:00 - What a head of performance does
1:12:40 - Playing through injury
1:13:40 - How they catch out player's not telling them about injuries
1:15:45 - Learning the pyscology of sport
1:17:21 - Weekly priorities
1:19:28 - Mental health
1:22:31 - Leadership at Manly
1:23:12 - Ben Kennedy and becoming better at connecting with his players
1:31:05 - How wrestling plays a part in training
1:34:42 - Dealing with Corona virus
1:37:33 - Handling suspended players
1:41:29 - Pride in the Manly culture
1:46:48 - Des leaving and Geoff Toovey taking over
1:50:02 - How he met his wife Leanne
1:56:20 - The eye of the coach
1:57:57 - The battle of Brookvale
2:01:53 - Building a championship culture
2:03:21 - His role teaching at Well College Global

Podcast | Talking with TK Podcast | Australia


@Tristan always does a great job with these pods, and if you are a sporting fan then put him on your subscription list. I hope you are still trying to track down Skivvi and get him on - love to hear from him

I thought the last heading was: His role at teaching global college well. - I failed

I dunno - this @Tristan seems a bit suss. How do we know his podcast isn't back gathering all our data and....that's all I got.

"bump"

edit: Donny is 100% champion.

edit edit: Two hours?!?!?!? F-me - those people on tiktok wont ever hear the whole podcast!

 

[Chip and Chase]

Here's another one from @Tristan - Daniel Gartner....1/3 of our very talented backrow during those dominant mid 90's.

Episode 174 - Daniel Gartner