# Sam Whitelock

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How Dr Luke Sniewski Ended a 30-Year Porn Addiction

He found the cable-box switch that unlocked adult content when he was just five years old. For the next three decades, porn was Dr Luke Sniewski’s coping mechanism for loneliness, stress and fear - through a professional football career in Italy, a burnout that ended his training business, and re...

How Wayne Smith Built the All Blacks, Crusaders & Black Ferns Into Winning Cultures

Sir Wayne Smith — aka “The Professor” — is one of the most decorated coaches in New Zealand rugby history. In this conversation he opens up the systems behind decades of winning. The season the All Blacks spat into vials so a scientist could map their hormones — and why every fix was cultural, no...

8,200m Up K2, He Walked Away Alone: Peter Hillary on Survival, Fear & Sir Edmund’s Advice

At 8,200 metres on K2, in deteriorating weather and near the summit, Peter Hillary made what he calls a “bravely independent” decision: he turned around and descended alone into the storm. The rest of the group stayed together and pushed for the top. It was one of the loneliest descents of his li...

He Swam 1,367km Down New Zealand - 90 Days, No Wetsuit

90 minutes into a 1,367km swim down the length of New Zealand, Jono Ridler turned his head to breathe and saw a large shark a body length away. He got out of the water for 20 minutes, then got straight back in — and kept going for another 89 days. The kid who had to be bribed with candy to finish...

How Mike Cron Helped Turn Good All Blacks Into Greats For 15 Years

Mike ‘Crono’ Cron spent 15 years with the All Blacks — more than 200 tests, two World Cups, and a reputation as the best scrum coach in the game. In this conversation he breaks down how he actually does it: Why he shows a photograph of cyclists shoving cigarettes in each other's mouths to every t...

Being Farmstrong: Samuel Whitelock

When you think about Sam Whitelock, you probably think 153 Tests, two Rugby World Cups and performing under some pretty serious pressure. But these days, Sam’s swapped the footy paddock for the farm paddock, back home in Manawatu. And it turns out a lot of what he learnt playing rugby at the high...

Six-time World Champion With The Insight That Unlocked It All

Mark Sorenson won two world championships by the age of seventeen. But at twenty, despite playing the best tournament of his life, his team lost the final. That heartbreak led to an insight: it doesn’t matter how spectacular you are if you can’t make the people around you better as well. Mark is ...

1,000 Miles Down The Yukon, Three Days From Rescue: Inside The World’s Longest Paddling Race

A thousand miles down the Yukon River, from Canada into Alaska and up to the Arctic Circle. It’s the definition of remote — more people have been to the top of Everest than have been past Dawson City. No support boat, no resupply, no road, and no rescue worth the name. Get it wrong out there and ...

Book Club: Book Review of The Break by Sam Whitelock

Welcome to book club! This time we're reviewing The Break by Sam Whitelock, a new age romance following Molly and Peter's world. We got fake dating, dating the boss's daughter, a reformed playboy, and SO much spice that we were clutching our pearls. We had so much fun reviewing this story and w...

Sir Graham Henry On Failure, Ego And Handing Over Control

Sir Graham Henry has the best win record in All Blacks history - but there was a moment in the early stages when he almost walked away from it all. In 2001, as the highest-paid rugby coach in the world, he lost a Lions series he expected to win. He hit a wall, resigned, and moved back to New Zeal...