This episode is with Andrew Fraser.

Andrew has been the Assistant Coach at Hunter Wildfires in the Shute Shield and has recently been appointed as Assistant Coach at Bond University in the Hospital Cup.

He has also held positions as both Assistant and Head Coach at many NSW Country Championship teams.

During our chat we spoke about how you must be prepared as a coach, learning the skill of communication and being ruthlessly curious.

Andrew spoke about as a coach you must making an effort to make connections by speaking with other coaches as well as being engaged with training and having high energy in your sessions and making them quick and as efficient and it’s all about preparing our players for 3 o’clock on Saturday.

His advice to any new coaches or coaches in general is “Don’t let fear hold you back”

Andrew is also the founder of Rugby Palooza, a two-day coaching forum to be held in Lennox Head on the New South Wales north coast on the weekend of 29-30 January 2022.

There is an amazing line up of quality coaches attending to share their knowledge and talk about rugby. The theme for the weekend is Collaboration is Cool.

Some of the coaches that will be in attendance and sharing their knowledge

Scott Wisemantel (Wallabies Assistant Coach)

Jay Tregonning (Wallaroos Head Coach)

Nick Stiles (Melbourne Rebels General Manager)

Dan Hooper (Brumbies Skills Coach)

Sam Needs (Scrum Strong)

and many more.

Tickets available through Eventbrite

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