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Jamie went to 4 World Cups, won a Top 14 and played professionally for 15 years. He shares stories from his career and we also chat about,

• Competitive skiing (junior Canadian international)
• Why he started playing rugby 
• Playing with Capilano rugby club
• Cutting his teeth in New Zealand club rugby.
• How his move to Scarletts happened
• What it was like walking into the scarlets dressing room with Stephen Jones, Simon Easterby, and Scott Quinnelll, and how he felt about it.
• Playing 40/50 games a year, and how it impacted him.
• Why Scarlets released him after 1 year.
• Showing up drunk to training.
• Being captain in France
• Why he think Clermont lost a finals.
• Being coached by Joe Schmidt 
• Concussion, seeing neurologists 
• Our thoughts on dealing with concussion 
• Starting out as a coach
• Why he thinks Canada have fallen down the world rankings
• Pro D2 budgets vs Rugby Canada
• How he thinks Canada get back up the rankings

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