Jonny McMurtry has coached in the Aussie underage pathway and in recent years has been working with Rugby Australia to understand how to best motivate young players and get the most of them.

We also chat about this work and also;

• Why young players drop out of rugby.
• How you can better understand young players to motivate them.
• What he found motivated young Australian players.
• Creating an environment to help your players thrive.
• How social media could be creating individualism.
• What he learned from Brad Thorne.
• How to structure trainings to accelerate development.
• How golfers often have a better training environment.
• Why, as a coach, you shouldn’t always copy the pros
• How coaches can develop leaders.
• Lessons from Wayne Smith
• The importance of connecting with your players as people.
• When less is more, as a coach.

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David Galbraith is a renowned sports psychologist who has been working with Japan since 2018, has previously worked with the Chiefs where he won a Super Rugby title in 2018 with Sonny Bill Williams and Bundee Aki, and also works with New Zealand Olympic Athletes.

We chat about;

• Living your truth
• Listening to your gut, and who your are.
• Being a lion and not a sheep
• Courage
• Understanding who you are
• What you can learn from your ancestry
• Why you should trust your feeling over your thinking 
• The work he does with players to help them be their best selves.
• How to understand your goals
• What the best coaches have in common
• He gives a simple formula for how you can achieve your goals 
• Difference he’s found between Japanese players & kiwis.
• Overtraining.
• How you can train at your max level and never burnout.

David has also works with the New Zealand / All Blacks 7s team, and is in his 11th campaign.

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Conor Gilsenan is a former London Irish, Leinster and Connacht rugby player who recently had to retire due to injury.

We chat about;

• Transitioning from Pro Rugby to the corporate world.
• How he takes on challenges.
• Getting onto The Apprentice.
• Becoming an entrepreneur after retiring.
• Worrying about what people think of you.
• What held him back as a player.
• Advice that changed his perspective as a pro.
• Advice that he would give a young rugby player.
• Dealing with setbacks.
• His time with Leinster
• Why he left Irish provincial rugby to join London Irish.
• The bar he set up at London Irish stadiums (Converted Land Rover, horse box and a bit of an accident that they had day 1 on a motorway)
• Dreaming big and Goal setting.

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Jonny Cooper is a 7 time All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer, who also works as a leadership consultant.

We also chat about;

• How understanding of leadership has changed in recent years.
• How Jim Gavin motivated & influenced the Dublin Footballers.
• Mindset.
• Mindfulness.
• Morning routine.
• Knowing your Why.
• Wanting to impact and influence his community.
• The importance of good feedback.
• What culture is.
• How to connect with people, &
• How to understand teammates at a deeper level.
• How a leader empowers players.
• What has helped him stay at the top for so long, and how The Dublin Footballers have had sustained success.

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Riki-James Cribb (Mystic Maori) who is a performance coach that works with top rugby players and athletes across the world.

We chat about;

• Morning Routine
• The Ego
• Inner fear and insecurity
• The need for flexibility in your approach
• Whats causing rising anxiety levels in society 
• Tools to become more present 
• Awareness 
• Meditation
• How to access the flow state 
• How to have a calmness while playing
• What he does when coaching pro rugby players 
• Identity
• What has helped Beauden Barrett and Anton Lienert-Brown improve their performance.
• The mindset that Conor McGregor and Kobe Bryant had at their peak.
• The importance of focus
• Reducing anxiety around games
• What the All Blacks tell debutants
• What coaches do that makes their players anxious.
• Showing empathy

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Niall Williams is a Black Ferns sevens player, Olympic silver medalist and before transitioning to sevens was one of the best touch rugby players in the world.

Niall talks about;

• The neck injury that ruled her out of the Olympics.
• The new perspective & mindset her recent injury gave her.
• The nerves she feels returning to play.
• Age & getting old not worrying her.
• What has helped her developed mental toughness.
• Transitioning from Touch Rugby to Sevens.
• Her dreams growing up.
• Her relationship with failure.
• Becoming independent at a young age.
• Being dropped and feeling worthless.
• Her brother, Sonny Bill Williams, helping her when she was in a black hole.
• Work the Black Ferns do on their personalities.
• The importance of connection amongst teammates.
• Trauma.
• Having difficult conversations.
• Processing shitty comments online.
• Being a mum and a pro rugby player.
• Moving from touch rugby to sevens.
• The money she makes in Sevens.

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Andy Lockwood is the man behind Rugby Vacancies. The best place online to find a job in rugby.

Here we chat about this and the unusual roles he has placed former rugby players in.

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Andrew Lockwood is a Major in the British Army who has worked extensively in identifying leaders for the army, leadership development and building culture in teams. We chat about these things and also;

• Why he decided join the British Army.
• The importance of empathy.
• How to Build trust in teams
• How he assessed and selected future leaders for the army.
• The similarities between sports teams and the military.
• What characteristics to look for in leaders. 
• Key leadership attributes.
• How the army develops leaders.
• The benefits of experience.
• How you can become more determined.
• Negative & positive motivation.
• How to Build a Culture.
• How to have effective video reviews
• How coaches can help players with nerves.

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Peter Lydon is an Irish rugby player currently playing in France with Rouen Normandie Rugby in the Pro D2.

Peter talks about the crazy turn of events that saw him go from playing average Irish club rugby to signing with State Francais and playing with Sergio Parisse. We chat about his journey from playing schools rugby in Kilkenny College, playing with me in the Lansdowne under 20s team, Seapoint RFC and then going on to play professionally in England and France.

We also chat about;

• Why he decided to move from France to England during Covid.
• Why he moved down leagues to pursue his pro rugby dream.
• What as it was like being Morne Steyn’s back up in Stade.
• Getting Irish soccer trials & giving up on that dream.
• How he got confidence as a young player.
• How he realized he had to stop listening to people and look within.
• Conor O’Shea from Harlequins trying to poach him. 
• Being coached by Mike Friday.
• How professionalism in the Championship changed.
• What England need to do differently with their structures.
• What the All Ireland League need to do differently.
• Not seeing eye to eye with his Head Coach & deciding to leave.
• The business he would like to open when he retires.
• The studies he decides to start recently.
• His experience playing Pro D2.
• Hostile receptions he’s got in France from fans.
• Contract clauses if they get relegated.

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