S9 Ep144: James O'Connor - Spending 3 Days In A French Jail - Nearly Dying On The Team Bus & The Battle To Find Himself!

The Rig Biz Podcast

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Business, Rugby, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Marketing, Sports

4.9 • 952 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

It's a true honour to be able to be joined by one of Australia's greatest sons in James O'Connor, a superstar on and off the pitch and a man who's had one of the most scintillating careers imaginable. When James became one of the youngest players to ever debut in Super Rugby and for the Wallabies his life changed over night and he became the most famous rugby player in the world. This non stop media pressure ended up pushing him to extremes off the pitch including; excessive partying, drug use and addiction. For the first time ever he reveals the harrowing highs and lows he's been through on his journey of self discovery over the last 15 years and recounts some of his darkest days including when he was arrested and spent 3 days in a jail in Paris and when he nearly died of an overdose in the team bus!
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0:26.0	Now to demonstrate this, we are going to phone some of our listeners who their friends have said you need to phone them and sort out their lids.
0:31.0	Starting off with Welsh International Owen Lane,
0:34.2	who Ellis Jenkins sent us his number
0:35.7	and said, please, whatever you do, boys, saw out his lid.
0:38.8	Hello.
0:40.8	Hello, is that Owen?
0:42.1	It is is yeah.
0:42.6	Owen, hi mate. It's Archie Cousin here, the chief chair officer, the CEO of Clapham.
0:48.0	Does this phone call find you well?
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0:53.0	Everyone's a little bit worried for your hairline, mate.
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