Jonny McMurtry is originally from Northern Ireland but living in Brisbane for the past 16 years, and has been involved for the best part of 10 years working in high performance age grade rugby programs across Australia. 

He's also currently putting together research in conjunction with University of Queensland and Rugby Australia, looking at players' engagement and understanding what motivates, engages and drives players' participation in sport and he shares those findings with us in this episode.

Jonny also puts out some very insightful content for coaches that are definitely worth checking out through his website; coachingthecoaches.net and twitter account; @coachingcoach_ 

I've set up this podcast with a dual purpose in mind, firstly to provide some thoughtful debate for coaches, but I've also linked up with Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin, to try and help raise much needed money for them.

Covid 19 continues to have a hugely negative impact on their ability to raise funds in the ways they normally do, so if you found some value in the podcast, it would be great if you could donate anything, no matter how small to Temple Street Children's Foundation through the link here: https://bit.ly/39857sS

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