The Run Home with Joel & Fletch
Oct 15, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
RLPA CEO Clint Newton joins the show to discuss the Kokoda Track initiative, its significance for players, and the work being done to support the rugby league community. Clint also breaks down the…
Clint NewtonGuest
Joel CaineHost
Justin HoroHost
I tell you what I was gonna ask, is he fit for this challenge scope? I was up at the Central Coast about, oh, I don't know, about six or eight months ago last summer, and, uh, this hulking presence was just walking around the pool there and the, the beach rock pool and-
This has come about through, um, the ambassador work that I do for the Australian Childhood Foundation, which, um, they rehabilitate, um, traumatized, abused, and neglected, um, trafficked kids.
Um, and obviously, unfortunately, you know, child abuse is, um, not a pleasant thing to discuss, but the simple reality of it is that, you know, one in four kids are, um, uh, suffer abuse or neglect, um, or, and trauma, and we've got thousands on the waiting list, you know, to get support and, you know, this is just an opportunity for us to raise some money for a great cause.
But, um, sitting right alongside that is, um, certainly a, a deep passion that we have is to promote the cultural significance of our Pacific brothers and sisters.
Um, y- and with obviously the World Cup being on, it's given us a great opportunity to take some, um, willing, um, people from the general public as well as some past players and current NRLW players away that represent all the Pacific nations, um, to be able to capture some content, um, and educate people about the significance of, uh, the various Pacific cultures, but also, you know, give back to PNG as part of the Pacific Partnership strategy that the NRL have agreed to with the government and all the Pacific nations.
I, I really think there's a great opportunity for us to continue to do this, and I think that some of the story has been lost about PNG and, and the Pacific regions and, and what those Pacific, um, nations have done for Australia, um, over a long period of time.
Look, we, we discussed this, uh, uh, about a month ago, and unfortunately I couldn't make it with all the, uh, SCN commitments coming up in the World Cup.
I tell you what I was gonna ask, is he fit for this challenge scope? I was up at the Central Coast about, oh, I don't know, about six or eight months ago last summer, and, uh, this hulking presence was just walking around the pool there and the, the beach rock pool and-
This has come about through, um, the ambassador work that I do for the Australian Childhood Foundation, which, um, they rehabilitate, um, traumatized, abused, and neglected, um, trafficked kids.
Um, and obviously, unfortunately, you know, child abuse is, um, not a pleasant thing to discuss, but the simple reality of it is that, you know, one in four kids are, um, uh, suffer abuse or neglect, um, or, and trauma, and we've got thousands on the waiting list, you know, to get support and, you know, this is just an opportunity for us to raise some money for a great cause.
But, um, sitting right alongside that is, um, certainly a, a deep passion that we have is to promote the cultural significance of our Pacific brothers and sisters.
Um, y- and with obviously the World Cup being on, it's given us a great opportunity to take some, um, willing, um, people from the general public as well as some past players and current NRLW players away that represent all the Pacific nations, um, to be able to capture some content, um, and educate people about the significance of, uh, the various Pacific cultures, but also, you know, give back to PNG as part of the Pacific Partnership strategy that the NRL have agreed to with the government and all the Pacific nations.
I, I really think there's a great opportunity for us to continue to do this, and I think that some of the story has been lost about PNG and, and the Pacific regions and, and what those Pacific, um, nations have done for Australia, um, over a long period of time.
Look, we, we discussed this, uh, uh, about a month ago, and unfortunately I couldn't make it with all the, uh, SCN commitments coming up in the World Cup.
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