NRL 2021, Holly Hazlewood's story reaffirms the importance of being yourself
Hazlewood began working with the NRL four years ago as a reporter covering the Canberra Raiders. During her first two years at the club, Hazlewood was male presenting and developed a strong working relationship with the players, media staff and Ricky Stuart. But at the same time, Hazlewood was going through a process where she was asking questions about herself. “For the most part of 20 years, I buried a lot of what I felt and there were a lot of big emotions like shame, guilt and denial about the way that I felt,” Hazlewood said. “It’s only in the last two to three years that I h...