Mike Ruddock is a Grand Slam winning coach. 

Throughout his 35 year career he built a reputation for turning around underperforming teams into unlikely champions. When he took over at Wales they had lost 10 games in a row, and he won a Slam in his first full season. We chat about this, and Mike shares his practices and learnings from a 35 year coaching career. 

We also talk about;

• The best way for you to get coaching jobs in rugby.
• What he did to turn the Ospreys around, from bottom to challenging for top.
• Advice for young coaches today.
• How to know when your team will peak, and what to do to keep them there.
• Beating himself up as a young coach
• Giving Brian O’Driscoll, Shane Horgan and Leo Cullen their first contracts.
• What he would have done differently as Leinster Coach.
• What coaches today are getting wrong.
• How you can inspire losing teams to believe in themselves.
• Building a winning culture in teams.
• Striking the balance as a coach between being empathetic and driving players hard.
• What he would do differently if he was starting out again.

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