Full-time With Clinton Maynard Podcast

Clinton Maynard spoke to former Origin referee, Greg McCallum, who declared a coach cannot confront the referee at half time. It happened in the tunnel at half time with Nathan Cleary and NRL referee Ashley Klein following a heated first half during the Panthers v Raiders match.

Mind guru John Novak has more than three decades of experience helping elite athletes perform at their best. He is also Manly's mind coach. Clinton Maynard had a chat to John who explains how the team has bounced back.

Clinton Maynard had a chat with former Origin referee Greg McCallum, who stated that sacked Gold Coast Titans coach, Garth Brennan, hasn't been given a fair run. He also believes the bunker has not been used properly, highlighting Manly's Moses Suli try yesterday against Souths.

Former NRL referee Greg McCallum has weighed in on the George Burgess eye-gouge scandal. Burgess faces being suspended for up to 12 weeks on Tuesday after referred straight to the judiciary for attacking the eyes of Wests Tigers hooker Robbie Farah. However, Burgess wasn’t sent off during the game. Questions have been raised as to why the on-field referees weren’t told by the bunker to put Burgess in the sin bin. Greg McCallum has told Macquarie Sports Radio’s Clinton Maynard the NRL should put a match review official in the bunker to make sure the debacle never happens again.

Former NSW player Mario Fenech came to Australia from Malta when he was just 10 months old. The former South Sydney captain started playing for the Botany Rams junior team at just five years of age. The decision would ultimately lead to a successful rugby league career – debuting for the Rabbitohs in 1981 and playing for them until his controversial departure in 1990. He then moved to the North Sydney Bears where he stayed until 1994 and had his final season with the South Qld Crushers. In 1988 he was named captain of the Prime Minister’s XIII – a team that included greats such as Mal Meninga, Greg Alexander, Mark Geyer, Gavin Miller, David Gillespie and Glen Lazarus. However, it wasn’t a love of the game that led him to strapping on the boots. Fenech has revealed to Macquarie Sport Radio’s Clinton Maynard, it was the racial slurs and bullying he copped as a child that forced him into the game. “I don’t really like talking about this,” he said, “but I was

NSW Hall of Famer Steve Mortimer has weighed in on the State of Origin sides for Game Two to be played in Perth next Sunday. Coach Brad Fittler tonight announced a side with seven changes, including the axing of Latrell Mitchell and the recall of five-eighth James Maloney. NSW and Canterbury-Bankstown great Mortimer has told Macquarie Sports Radio’s Clinton Maynard he thinks Maloney’s inclusion is a fantastic move. “It’s good to see James Maloney back” he said. However he says he would’ve picked Latrell Mitchell in the side.

Australian driver Alex Peroni will contest the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix later this year. The Tasmanian teenager will drive for the same team with which he races in this year’s FIA Formula 3 Championship, Campos Racing. He’ll have a crack at the title in Macau with the hope of following in the footsteps former Formula 3 era winners like Australian David Brabham, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, and David Coulthard. Peroni is already being compared to a young Daniel Ricciardo. The 19-year-old spoke to Macquarie Sports Radio’s Clinton Maynard about the race and whether he’s the next Ricciardo.