Christian. Welcome friends to the Christian O'Connell Show podcast. So as we all try to come

in terms with the shock news that Shane Warren is no longer in the world, that it's a death that

makes no sense. It's not just the age, right, that he's 52. He should not have died at 52. It's just

him. There was just something so big about him. He was, you know, people say that

phrase, don't they? Larger the life, but he was. You look at any of his highlights. He literally,

like Tiger Woods could do it, he could, he would bend the game, force it to somehow an ancient

game, a rigid game like cricket, but somehow make it bend to his will. And the way he played cricket was the

way he also lived his life. He put himself fully into it. There's something really amazing about

that, actually, in transcendent about what he did, which is why I think we're all feeling it today.

So one thing also about Warren is he had time for people and he loved a love. So today, as much as we're

mourning the sudden death of Shane Worm, we also want to take a moment to celebrate a great man,

an iconic man, a Melbourne son. By this morning, we're looking for your weakest claim to Warnie.

Some of you will have some shabby story about a shared passing with Warnie, we want to mark that

and record it today. Don't keep that story hidden away. Call us up today. Remember, no weak

stories about Warnie are to be spared. They all need to be shared today. 9414-14-1043. Jackie Boy,

you met him. I did. I met Warnie in 2007. During my first job in radio, I worked in Adelaide,

and we were doing a fundraiser at a tennis court. Warnie did actually so much for charity.

All his life, he raised...

Half of it we don't even know about. I mean, millions.

Yeah, well, he raised a million dollars alone selling his baggy

green in support of the bushfire recovery, plus so much that we don't know about. But he was at this

event, and you could win your way to receive a serve from Warnie on a tennis court. I know that

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