Warren has coached England Sevens, Harlequins Academy, USA Eagles, Wales women and many other teams.

He chats about how he left home in South Africa to move to the UK to pursue his coaching dream. He gives insights into what the best teams have, and how you can use those principals in your teams.

He talks about what sets the best apart, and how the Springboks go deeper on the emotional, mental and spiritual sides of performance to create a stronger team.

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Nick was capped 46 times and also spent played in France with Biarritz, and England with Wasps.

Nick chats about a number of concussion he had, and shares why he doesn’t worry about the future. A perspective you’ve probably not heard before.

He chats about why a lot of professional players stop enjoying the game, and also why school leavers stop playing and what we can do to change that.

We chat about what he’s up to now, and why he did an MBA but then choose to take a different route to what most pro’s do after retirement.

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Griggsy and I played together in Lansdowne fc, winning the All-Ireland League together in 2015. He is a Kiwi and went through the Tasman Makos Academy with current Leinster Rugby Backs coach Andrew Goodman.

Griggsy moved to Ireland to play in the All-Ireland League. He tells a story about how he happened to be having a few wines with Joe Schmidt one night, which led to him getting called into the Leinster team out of nowhere.

Currently Adam is coaching in the Leinster Rugby pathway system as Head Coach of the u19s, and works during the year with players involved in the Irish Rugby u20 side. He has coached at various levels from school boys to being Head Coach of the Irish Womens team for 4 years. We chat about coaching, his journey and lots of other stuff throughout the pod.

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Jason is a Mental Skills coach from Southland who works with Olympic Athletes representing Team New Zealand. We chatted about his experiences across a number of Olympic Games and what strategies and frameworks those athletes use to perform at their peak in the most pressurized environments.

Jason also does mental skills work with the top rugby referees in the world. He explains the pressures they face and what they are doing during the week to combat these.

Finally we discuss practical wellbeing and high performance strategies that anyone can use to improve their results.

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Rick is a former rugby play and now performance coach.

We chat about;

Finding your identity after rugby

Emotional intelligence

Healing shame and guilt to stop it holding you back.

How your ego holds you back

The power of surrendering.

How to be empathetic as leader?

How to get rid of unpleasant feelings

Eddie Jones didn’t pick Danny Cipriani and Quade Cooper.

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Rusty played rugby in the Premiership and now mentors and coaches some of the best coaches in the world, across a number of different sports.

We chat about:

• What he is seeing the best coaches in the world do in 2024
• Rusty explains how he is helping the Hurricanes during Super Rugby
• The sessions he ran with Aston Villa Academy
• Work he does with England Cricket and England Hockey
• Why he feels Sam Vesty at Northampton Saints is the best Attack Coach in english rugby
• Innovative things you can do to make your sessions better
• What TJ Perenara did with Clarke Laidlaw that he enjoyed
• Some of the good work Aiden McNulty did with Newcastle Falcons and Munster Rugby Academies

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Mike is currently coaching in New Zealand's NPC and recently did a stint in Major League Rugby with New England Freejacks.

• What Scott Robertson taught him about building a culture.
• How he went from coaching club to professional.
• Why a lot of young players are leaving rugby.
• Why coaching New England Freejacks in Major League Rugby was brilliant.
• The challenges and opportunities he faces as Manawatu Turbos Head Coach in the NPC.
• What happened when they played Canterbury Rugby last season.
• Taking over a team who had lost 17 in a row and trying to instil belief.
• Problems with schoolboy rugby.
• How to use theming in rugby.

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Mike coached Wales to a Grand Slam title.

We chat about;

• The reasons behind why Irish Rugby has become so strong.
• Where Scotland are at with Finn Russell and Gregor Townsend.
• The job Warren Gatland is trying to do with Wales.
• Steve Borthwick's challenges at England Rugby.
• How you keep a squad happy.
• How you build a strong defensive culture in your team.
• Secrets behind why he was successful in his career.

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