Kevin Locke Reveals Childhood Sexual Abuse, Teen Homelessness, Heartbreaking Career Revelations
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What warning and background does the host give before Kevin Locke speaks?
Hey Dom here with a quick heads up before we get into this episode. The guest speaks very openly about some very difficult parts of his life, including childhood sexual abuse, trauma, grief, mental health and addiction. Some of this might be confronting, so please take care while listening. Coming up. Kevin Locke.
I'm putting myself in a vulnerable p position.
How does Kevin introduce his rugby league career and his early stats?
You know, I can't say that no one's perfect. Um I've been through some hard times and I've put people through hard times. So for me it's just about sharing my experiences growing up but also putting it out there that, you know, that some of the mistakes that I've done. Um to, you know, my ex partners and and to my current partner, um, you know, they that I'm not proud of.
Kevin Locke is remembered by lots of rugby league fans as one of the most exciting players to pull on the Warriors jersey. He played 89 games for the Warriors between 2009 and 2014. He represented the Kiwis eight times and he was the Warriors fullback during their 2011 NRL Grand Final. Fifteen years ago, that was actually the last time the Warriors made an NRL grand final. But there was a lot going on behind all of that for Kevin Locke. Kim said to me he came on wanting to talk honestly about the parts of his life that he's mostly kept to himself. Periods of homelessness as a teenager. Losing his dad, his best mate, to motor neuron disease just as his career was taking off. Depression, addiction, uh relationships, regret, and the decisions that eventually took him away from rugby league.
There are plenty of great warrior stories in here too, but this conversation is really about Kevin Locke, the person and the man he's trying to become now.
What personal hardships does Kevin share about homelessness, loss, and abuse?
This is the Dom Harvey Podcast, and here is Kevin Locke. No, it's a pleasure. But I'm so excited to have you here today. Um, a couple of stats just before we get started. Uh Warriors from 2009 to 2014, 89 NRL appearances, an NRL grand final, eight tests for the Kiwis, and in my opinion, one of the most courageous and memorable match winning tries in the history of the game. 2010 and Christchurch. Oh, I had the post. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I wanna talk about that later because um you w we I actually we can talk about that now. So so yeah, how do you describe what happened to someone that hasn't seen it or doesn't know what we're talking about?
Um, I guess well was sorta the last play really for us in the game and Lance tipped me up to he was gonna put it through on the foot.
Lance Ohio?
Yeah. And um yeah, so it be did and I sort of p pounced through and kicked it on myself and I actually when I was running through I actually got a little bit of leverage from someone to give me a bit of a push to you know be first of the ball and then yeah, just happened to land on the right hand side of the goalpost and I was either Oh, there was no other option apart from diving, really.
Um did you did you know that you were running into the goal post and you just you you just made your um own personal safety and well being a a secondary consideration? Or did were you looking at the ball and you didn't know where the post was?
Well I thought I k I knew where the ball and the post were.
How does Kevin describe the 2011 Grand Final try and its aftermath?
I just didn't realise that how fast he was coming close to me, um, that wing opposite winger. So when I did or my intention was just to dive on the ball, if I dive on the ball I'll slide through rather than hit the post. But because he came on that angle, he hit my legs and then my that's how my body ended up wrapping around the post. Uh so you get the try, win
the game, and then you get stretch it off. Like y how b how bad were you? Like were you knocked out cold? Or or could you could you feel your legs
or your lower body? No, well I d I I didn't it just absolut everything went numb. Um Apart from the trainer telling me y you've just won the game and that's why I sort of put my hands up in the air clapping. But it was yeah, it was painful, man. It was one of the worst pains um that I've had to in my career had to deal with. And yeah, ended up going to the hospital and I think it was like eight week turnaround.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What warning and background does the host give before Kevin Locke speaks?
0:00–0:18
2
How does Kevin introduce his rugby league career and his early stats?
0:18–1:43
3
What personal hardships does Kevin share about homelessness, loss, and abuse?
1:43–3:07
4
How does Kevin describe the 2011 Grand Final try and its aftermath?
3:07–1:19:04
5
What does Kevin say about the inevitability of change and loss after a loved one dies?
1:19:04–1:33:58
6
How does Kevin describe his relationship with his mother and the impact of ‘tough love’?
1:33:58–1:57:47
7
What does Kevin reveal about his suicide attempts and how he processes his mental‑health struggles?
1:57:47–2:19:27
8
What are Kevin’s plans for the future – giving back to rugby, mentoring kids, and his hopes for the Warriors?
2:19:27–2:41:12
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