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Unfiltered conversations with elite athletes on faith, character and integrity in sport — hosted by former Parramatta Eels captain Tim Mannah.

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Tony Rabah, founder of The Male Hug
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Tony Rabah · The Male Hug

NRL great Tim Mannah sits down with The Male Hug founder Tony Rabah. Tune in live at 9pm this Sunday on SEN 1170.

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233NRL games
The Host · No. 01

233 games.
One conviction.

Tim Mannah played 233 games in the NRL across a decade in the top grade, captaining the Parramatta Eels from 2015 to 2019. A NSW State of Origin representative who debuted in 2009 and pulled on the Lebanon jersey at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, Tim spent his career proving that character is built long before the cameras switch on.

Now he sits down with the biggest names in world sport to ask the questions the highlight reels skip: who are you when the crowd goes home?

233NRL games
2015–19Eels captain
NSWState of Origin

Who are you when the crowd goes home?

The question at the heart of every episode
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Tendai "The Beast" Mtawarira

The Springbok prop on faith, family and lifting a nation at the World Cup.

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Daniel Mortimer

The former Eels playmaker on identity, setbacks and starting again.

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Winter sport Speed Skiing39
Episode 39

Iona Rossely

The former British speed skier on fear, faith and finding her purpose.

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Basketball Basketball38
Episode 38

On the road to belief

A national league guard on the mental game and what holds him steady.

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Football Football37
Episode 37

Playing for something bigger

A Matildas-era striker on pressure, prayer and life after the whistle.

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Stadium Cricket36
Episode 36

The long innings

A Test cricketer on patience, failure in public and quiet faith.

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The line-up

Guests who've sat down.

No. 02
The roll call
Danny Abdallah17/06/22 NSW Swifts Head Coach Briony Akle12/8/21 Boomers Team Manager Julian Albert22/8/21 For NRL Player- Mitch Allgood17/11/24 Former NRL player Mitchell Allgood22/10/23 Former NRL player Mitchell Allgood10/04/22 Former NRL Player- Mitch Allgood26/01/25 Former NRL Player- Mitchell Allgood12/06/24 Manly Sea-Eagles Prop Josh Aloiai25/7/21 St George Illawarra Dragons Forward Daniel Alvaro17/10/21 Former NRL player Tinirau Arona17/05/23 Kirisome Auva'a25/09/22 Brad Avery24/03/26 Blake Ayshford31/03/25 Big Baller Brand CEO Lavar Ball2/04/23 Dr Marshall Ballantine-Jones12/05/24 Ian Barkley19/01/26 Paul Bartlett15/02/24 Geoff Bell1/12/25 Steven Bradbury17/1/21 GWS Giants young star Kieren Briggs18/02/22 NRL Player- Nathan Brown6/01/25 Parramatta Eels Forward Nathan Brown10/10/21 Michael Buettner28/2/21 Sebastian Calderon24/05/26 Terry Campese23/03/25 Mark Carroll17/05/26 Mark Carroll8/8/21 Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs chaplain Ken Clendinning26/03/23 Ross Clifford27/10/25 Adam Cobb20/01/25 Australian Tennis Champion Margaret Court3/1/21 Parramatta Eels chaplain George Dansey16/07/23 Sports Chaplain George Dansey17/04/22 Sports Chaplain George Dansey4/7/21 Manly Sea-Eagles forward Andrew Davey21/11/21 Deola D'brown27/04/26 Christmas special with Davon Debruyn24/12/23 Australian boxer Billy Dib22/01/23 Jake Doran24/03/26 'What Ability' founder Steve Dresler9/07/23 Parramatta Eels winger Haze Dunster31/07/22 St George Illawarra Dragons chaplain Stephen Edwards17/08/23 Rugby League legend Steve Ella5/06/22 Jimmy Emanuel31/08/26 Robbie Farah23/5/21 Nick Farr-Jones21/2/21 Brett Finch26/9/21 Horse trainer William Freedman13/10/23 Bevan French18/7/21 Former NRL star Joe Galuvao9/10/22 Joe Galuvao30/12/25 Chaplain- Brent Garrett22/08/24 Former NRL Player- Isaac De Gois28/07/24 Isaac De Gois11/7/21 David Gower7/11/21 Paul Green7/12/20 Joey Grima25/02/24 Eric Grothe Jr14/2/21 Eric Grothe Jr.29/09/26 Jeff Hardy24/1/21 Shaun Hart17/11/25 Professional Surfer Reef Heazlewood6/02/22 Brisbane Broncos Chaplain Andy Heuser9/04/23 Former NRL player Keegan Hipgrave4/12/22 Gareth Holmes24/07/26 Luke Holmes9/5/21 Former NRL Player- Will Hopoate5/5/24 Will Hopoate30/5/21 Monique Hrsto22/04/25 Cronulla Sharks prop Royce Hunt8/05/22 Sports Chaplain Bill Hunter5/03/23 Dr. Phil Jauncey4/4/21 Marko Jesic23/02/26 Cam Jones8/04/26 Michael Chee Kam9/01/25 Luke Kelly18/09/22 NRL Player- Josh Kerr7/04/24 Former NRL player Cameron King28/08/22 Max King16/5/21 Canterbury Bankstown-Bulldogs rookie Jacob Kiraz29/04/22 Kade Klemke17/02/25 Australian Cricket Coach Justin Langer20/12/20 Former NRL player Jeremy Latimore11/2/24 Chris Lawrence21/3/21 Tamsyn Lewis-Manou25/4/21 Former NRL player Michael Lichaa26/10/22 Kevin Lisch7/2/21 Frankie Ljucovic22/09/25 Jacob Loko12/9/21 Brad Mackay9/11/20 Billy Magoulias6/10/25 Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Hooker Reed Mahoney1/1/23 Tim Mannah16/11/20 South Sydney Rabbitohs winger Josh Mansour7/08/22 Castelford Tigers forward Suaia Matagai12/12/21 Former NRL player Feleti Matteo6/08/23 Olympic Silver Medallist Nicola McDermott23/01/22 Tristan McManus10/1/21 Chris McQueen26/08/25 Anthony Mitchell26/11/25 Sports Chaplain Raymond Moaga13/02/22 Flagship Founder- Simon Molnar13/01/25 Clarrie Moore14/04/25 Sandra Morgan8/12/25 Teige Morrell2/02/26 Daniel Mortimer5/9/21 Former NRL player Lee Mossop28/05/23 Tendai Mtawarira17/6/21 Cronulla Sharks winger Ronaldo Mulitalo30/01/22 Sydney Roosters winger Kevin Naiqama13/03/22 Macarthur FC forward Moudi Najjar5/02/23 Michael Newton13/02/25 Jason Nightingale13/6/21 Former NRL Player- Corey Norman28/03/24 Alex Opacic21/04/26 Paul Osborne7/3/21 Australian fashion designer Daniel Patrick11/06/23 Former NRL Player- Joseph Paulo15/03/24 SMU Football Punter Isaac Pearson3/09/23 Former NRL player Nathan Peats22/05/22 Eddy Pettybourne29/07/26 Jana Pittman28/3/21 Luke Priddis1/09/25 Charity Founder- Tony Rabah29/09/24 Tony Rabah5/10/26 Tony Rabah25/08/26 Parramatta Eels Hooker Nathaniel Roache27/02/22 Former British International Speed Skier Iona Rossley27/12/20 Sports Broadcaster- Matt Russell22/05/24 Beau Ryan31/1/21 Socceroos captain Mat Ryan10/07/22 Tony Sakr12/01/26 Damien Schumann2/02/26 Former NRL Player- Jesse Sene-Lefao22/12/24 Shane Shackleton19/9/21 Australian cricket chaplain Artie Shepherd20/04/23 David Simmons3/11/25 Former NRL player David Simmons18/06/23 Bailey Simonsson12/06/26 Former NRL player Ashton Sims16/01/22 Former AFL player Zac Smith10/11/22 2022 Christmas Day special25/12/22 Jason Stevens26/8/21 Former NRL player Jason Stewart27/11/22 Former NRL Player- Jason Stewart7/09/24 Melbourne Storm chaplain Grant Stewart25/06/23 Former NRL player Ryan Stig6/03/22 Former NRL Player- Tom Symonds24/11/24 Athletes For Hope Australia- Julia Symons19/12/24 Timana Tahu2/5/21 Fetuli Talanoa24/07/26 Martin Taupau16/02/26 Company Owner- Matt Thomas4/08/24 Former NRL player Joel Thompson16/12/21 Brad Thorn12/02/26 Brad Thorn23/11/20 Peter Toggs21/04/26 Former NRL Player Willie Tonga29/05/22 Alan Tongue11/4/21 Chad Townsend14/3/21 Dean Treister18/4/21 Tom Treseder30/12/25 Wests Tigers pair Adam Doueihi & Alex Twal31/10/21 Tomislav Uskok10/11/25 Gold Coast Titans chaplain Tom Vieyra19/03/23 Trent Waterhouse29/09/25 Steve Waugh9/11/20 Melbourne Storm forward Christian Welch28/11/21 Eloise Wellings1/8/21 Dayne Weston23/06/26 Dean Widders6/6/21 Sam Williams7/04/25 Canberra Raiders chaplain John Woods8/03/23 Former Rugby Union player Sam Wykes14/11/21 Former NRL player Nick Youngquest27/03/22 Nick Youngquest30/11/20 Jimmy Zero3/03/26
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Off the field
What is a Christian?

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