How sport and culture inspires pro surfer Connor O'Leary, a world badminton champ and NRL stars
September 6, 2025
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28:16Now PlayingHow sport and culture inspires pro surfer Connor O'Leary, a world badminton champ and NRL stars
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as posted by the channelIn our new series, Play On, journalist and former football player Paul Kennedy looks at how elite athletes and social sport players use sport to build community, identity and opportunity.
Connor O’Leary, 32, Australian born professional surfer who shied away from his heritage growing up to avoid attention, but now surfs for Japan, inspired by his pioneering mother Akemi.
Pasifika rugby league players from the Melbourne Storm give an insight on why Pasifika rugby league players have such a strong connection to their homeland.
Gronya Somerville, 30, a badminton player with Chinese heritage whose father died when she was three. Through badminton, she has now been able to explore her ties to Chinese aristocracy and is relishing her ‘international family’.
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