Luke Bateman

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1,125 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 5 Jul

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Conversations · Luke Bateman on surviving a gambling addiction and the magic of his mum’s love · 29 May 2026 podcast

And not to mention, you know, growing up, it sort of probably in an unhealthy way sort of became a real part of my identity in a real way that I got a lot of self-worth and validation in the world, you know, through my sporting achievements.

But yeah, it was always that thing that I really enjoyed doing

You know, winning and accomplishing and having that mastery of the game was always something I really strived for.

You're a big unit now.

I'm assuming you were a big unit then.

At the same time, you're a sensitive kid as well.

So give me an idea of what you were like as a player on the field.

I was always very, I don't know whether aggressive is the right word, but I was always very driven.

You know, I was always very competitive.

My mum tells me all the time, you know, growing up, I was a soft kid and I was a very compassionate kid.

And mum always says, I knew who the kids on the opposition team were, who were competitors and who were kids who were kind of, you know, just kids who weren't so athletically gifted, I

I would always treat them very kindly, you know.

You could spot them.

Yeah, I would spot them.

I would have been naked.

Yeah.

So I wasn't, you know, I wasn't like smashing them in tackles or wasn't trying to run over top of them.

So I always knew who were the kids who you could be competitive with and who you sort of had to, you know, show a bit more leniency towards.

You were scouted by talent agents from the Canberra Raiders.

You were young, right?

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