E75 | Dion Nash

Episode summary | Dion Nash

Dion Nash was one of the biggest names in New Zealand cricket for a decade in the 1990s with 93 test wickets and a lot of attitude.

Remembered as much for his break-out performance at Lords as he is for the pot-smoking incident in South Africa, he retired early due to injury. Shortly after he became an outspoken player advocate helping to set up the Cricket Players Association, and finally a national selector.

He then transitioned into a successful businessman, learning the ropes with stellar kiwi brand 42below, where he became a global director, before founding skincare brand Triumph & Disaster, which is now sold in hundreds of retailers around the world.

All the while the foundation provided by his wife – former Silver Ferns captain Bernice Mene – allowed him to become a thoughtful and driven high achiever. After listening to this, you’ll get a clear picture of how he was able to seamlessly turn his on-field success, to off-field.

Show notes | Dion Nash

1.42 Between two whiskies, and some grooming chat in the Triumph & Disaster headquarters

3.39 A re-visit of the White Line Fever podcast with David Higgins and Shane Cameron and some ND cricket BJ Watling age group reminiscing

7.01 The evolution of Dion Nash: from cricket to business

11.50 Growing up in Dargaville

18.07 The foundation of success: marriage to Bernice Mene

26.37 A Jeff Wilson interlude

32.41 From Auckland Grammar to Otago Uni to the Young Guns

42.39 Lords (56, 6/76 & 5/93)

47.04 Injury

53.24 South Africa 1995

1.09.27 Gilbert Enoka and Pilates

1.19.16 The end of his cricket career and the creation of the Cricket Players Association

1.30.15 Transitioning into a corporate career with 42below

1.41.50 Establishing Triumph & Disaster

1.53.34 Comparing the business career to the cricket career

1.56.14 Last words from Steven, Seamus and Dion