Inspiring Sporting Journeys

In the second episode of The Burgess Podcast I got the opportunity to talk to England U18 & Wasps Academy player Fyn Brown.  We spoke about Fyn's journey so far in Rugby and the progression he has made over the last few years through training with Wasps and Shiplake and now with the England U18's.

In the podcast we cover how Fyn got into Rugby at his old school and how that year lead to him getting a call up to train with the Wasps DPP.  After a year in the programme Fyn got the chance to train a year up in the Wasps Academy, which later lead to him getting the opportunity to gain a Rugby Scholarship at Shiplake College. Shiplake provided Fyn with a platform and the opportunity to continuously develop as a player through the support of Bespoke Conditioning and Mr Beckett and other coaches around the school. Fyn is now the current 1st XV Captain for Shiplake and is using this opportunity to develop his leadership skills.

In addition to this, we talk about Fyn's Wasps career so far as last season he represented Wasps in all of the Academy league fixtures where he got the opportunity to turn his training performances into real game situations. Fyn had performed well across these games and been called up to the England U18's to train with the other elite performers in Fyn's age group.  This podcast will give you a great insight into life as a student athlete and how to deal with adversity faced along the way and how to stay motivated when trying to balance School and Rugby.

In this episode of The Burgess Podcast we got the opportunity to talk to former Hurricane and London Irish player James Marshall. James' career has been one of adversity and success which will be an inspiring listen for many rugby fans. 

We begin by taking James back to when he was a youngster and had him explain what it was like for him to grow up in New Zealand playing rugby. He spoke about his time at Nelson College and the struggles and hard work that was needed for him to be a success in the game. 

We then moved onto James' career which is packed with James travelling the world and it is a really interesting to see how James' career fell into place and how opportunities came about for him. For example we spoke about his time in Italy, England and Japan all away from where he was used to playing rugby in New Zealand. Following on from speaking about James's career we spoke about what he is up to at the moment and aspiring to do with his life after rugby. Finally James managed to give his advice to all the young aspiring rugby players advice which he feels is key to becoming a successful player. 

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