Show Notes:
1:57 - How we know each other.
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4:06 - Chelsea’s experience of managing the Waikato Women’s Sevens team.
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6:26 - Growing up in Tokoroa and the strength of the local community.
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10:35 - Hometown friendships and how important they are to keep Chelsea’s life balanced.
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15:20 - Being a proud Swifty, holding Taylor Swift album release parties, travelling to Australia to see her perform live at the age of 17 with parents.
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17:29 - Chelsea’s love of travel.
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21:41 - From eating pies before her Senior debut, to being really focused on her nutrition to help her maintain peak performance.
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25:35 - Being the first female to play for the Waikato U13 boys’ side.
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28:14 - How much focus Chelsea puts in to master her craft and always being willing to learn.
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32:47 - 2014 season and the impact of Reuben Samuels.
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36:29 - Chelsea’s emotional “Tail” of being called into the Black Ferns.
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44:00 - Black Ferns debut, the emotion and mana of the National Anthem and Haka.
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46:50 - The pressures of representing the Black Ferns in both Sevens and Fifteens in the same year.
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53:02 - The importance of leaders in a team environment to help the development of younger athletes.
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56:36 - Chelsea’s current lifestyle and how it keeps her balanced.
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1:02:43 - The importance of play a wide range of sports at a young age.
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1:06:36 - Porritt Stadium being Chelsea’s bogey venue.
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1:08:15 - How important big brother Nate and her family have been for her career so far.
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1:10:32 - The dynamic of being coached by her fiance and the importance of the Captain - Coach relationship.
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1:13:41 - Her views on being a Captain and a leader.
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1:17:18 - Chelsea’s final thoughts.
