The Rugby Coach's Corner Podcast

JP Nerbun is the author of The Culture System: A Proven Process For Creating An Extraordinary Team Culture. Basketball was his first love where he played at the University of South Carolina. He’s also coached for over 12 years in the US, Lithuania, and Ireland, where he now lives with his wife and family. He works with people who are serious about leading and building a better culture. Twitter: @JpNerbunBook: https://www.amazon.ca/Culture-System-Process-Creating-Extraordinary/dp/B0B2TVLVS2Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coaching-culture/id1286560192?uo=4 EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get:https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby10% Discount code: TRCCP10

Kaila Colbin is the founder and CEO of Boma, an organisation that supports leaders and change-makers to be more intentional, intelligent and courageous about the future. Shane Fletcher has been the team manager at Crusaders Rugby since 2017 and is also a World Rugby Level 4 coach. I connected with both of them recently on the Crusaders Coaching Leadership Program EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get:https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby10% Discount code: TRCCP10

Neil Tunnah is the owner of The Performance Chain, a company that specialises in optimising individual and team performance. From Scotland originally, ​​he’s currently based in Adelaide, Australia, where he has held roles as the Director of Coaching and as a board member. He’s had coaching roles with Knox Grammar, Jersey Reds in the English Championship, Manly Marlins & West Harbour in the Shute ShieldThe Performance ChainLinkedIn ProfileEVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get:https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby10% Discount code: TRCCP10

Craig Wilson is the DoR at Yale University and also the creator of the YouTube channel titled The Contact Coach. From England originally he’s had coaching roles in Hong Kong, India, and now the United States.EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get:https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby10% Discount code: TRCCP10 The Contact CoachWebsite: https://www.thecontactcoach.com/ IG https://www.instagram.com/thecontactcoach/First video: https://youtu.be/Fsn0KNKZ4_M

Ricky Dumigan is the Assistant Coach at the Red Hurricanes in Japan and has also had coaching roles with the Sunwolves, Kurita and Ricoh Black Rams. From Australia originally, he’s had a wide range of coaching roles in the ACT, Victoria, and Queensland. Ricky is also fortunate to list Eddie Jones as his mentor and how important he has been for his coaching development. EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get:https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Cody Royle is the former head coach of AFL Canada and now focuses on developing elite head coaches. He’s the author of 2 books, with his most recent one titled The Tough Stuff: Seven Hard Truths About Being a Head Coach.Twitter thread discussed in this episodeThe Tough Stuff: Seven Hard Truths About Being a Head Coach EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Jason Gilmore is the head coach of Australia A and assistant coach at the Waratahs. From 2017 to 2020 Jason was coaching with the Australian U20 team and in 2019 led a great group of players to the final against France. He’ll lead the Waratahs defence in the upcoming Super Rugby season.EVOLVE Rugby Online coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

James Barkell is the owner of The Coach Doctor, a consultancy group working in all aspects of coaching, from program design, skill acquisition, S&C, leadership, and more. He has a Masters in Sports Coaching, a World Rugby Level 4, and a PhD, where he studied high performance rugby. James is also a Lecturer at the University of Sydney & runs The Coach Doctor Podcast. Twitter: @James_Barkell Instagram: thecoachdrWebsite: https://thecoachdoctor.com.au/podcastsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-barkell-phd-a952904b/EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Josh Macy is the head coach of Division 1 Lindenwood University in the United States, currently ranked 2nd in the country. Having started playing the sport in college, he then went on to coach in a variety of summer camps and then eventually made his way to Guatemala where he had a major role in introducing the sport there. He even captained their national team!EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Originally from the UK, Andrew Brownhill recently relocated to Australia where he now heads up the academy at Northern Suburbs RFC in Sydney. He’s had coaching roles with Worcester Warriors, the Scottish Rugby Union, and Gloucester Rugby.Twitter: @AndrewBrownhilEVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Alana Thomas is the head coach of the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby women’s team and played for the Wallaroos over a 4 year period before moving into coaching. In 2017, Alana won Rugby AU’s Community Coach of the Year award on the back of winning the Victorian premiership with the Melbourne Unicorns. Twitter: https://twitter.com/alanathomas7 EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Andrew Lockwood is the founder of Rugby Vacancies and S&C Vacancies, and most recently Grey Wolf Consulting Group. He’s been a member of the British Army since 2004 and has toured both Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s had a wide variety of coaching roles, in both union and rugby league, and also created a charity called The Rugby Outreach Project.Twitter: @rugbyvacancies @sandcvacancies @greywolfteams @rugbyoutreachEVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

James Kent is the Technical Analyst at France Rugby as well as Academy Coach Stade Français. He also has roles with Monaco Rugby 7s and is the Director of Rugby at Rugby Club Luxembourg.Twitter: @jim_kentInsta: jamo08EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Jess Bunyard is the Editor at Women's Rugby Coaching Magazine and Head of Women's and Girls' Rugby at Huddersfield in the UK. She is a Level 2 RFU coach currently completing her Level 3, has guest coached men’s teams, and previously coached Yorkshire U18s.Twitter: @RugbyCoachJess @Womensrugbycoa2Instagram: @jessbcoach @womensrugbycoaching EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Sean Graham is the Director of Rugby at Nudgee College in Qld, Australia. He coaches there and has also had roles with Junior Gold Cup, Junior Reds, regional schoolboy rep teams, and is also a World Rugby Educator. He’s heading up a Youth Rugby Coaches Forum, January 21-22, 2022.Coaches Forum Website: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/836713Instagram: @rugbynudgeeEVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Wayne Smith is a Rugby World Cup winning coach, has won Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders and the Chiefs, is the current DoR at the Kobelco Steelers in Japan, and has influenced countless coaches worldwide.EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Ian Baillie is the head coach of McGill University’s men’s rugby team who compete in the RSEQ championship against teams from Quebec and Eastern Ontario in Canada. Ian has also had a major impact on club rugby around Montreal, heading up the Montreal Irish and before that, the St Lambert Locks. He also coached the Quebec provincial senior men’s side for a number of years.Photo credit: @gariesphoto

Ryan Schultz is the 1st XV head coach at ACGS in Brisbane - better known as Churchie - who compete in the GPS competition. He’s coached extensively in and around Brisbane, having had roles with St Patrick’s College, Gregory Terrace, Brothers Rugby Club, and the QLD Reds U18 team as head coach.All for us and us for all: Introducing the 5R Shared Leadership Programhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1469029220302946

Katie Hunter resides in New Brunswick, Canada, and coaches her U19 NB Provincial team, as well as being the President of her home club, the Saint John Irish. The Saint John Irish only field a women's team and Katie has been instrumental in their growth.She is passionate about bringing free development opportunities to women in the province by way of official training, athletic sessions, nutrition education, Level 1 & 2 certification, and more. She’s also a teacher, a referee, and is still fitting some playing in there as well.

John Manenti is the head coach of the Aussie 7s women’s team and is currently preparing them for the Tokyo Olympics. Before this role, he was the Wallaroos head coach, winning bronze at the 2010 WRWC. He also coached Eastwood to 3 Shute shield championships and one Australian Club Championship.Twitter: @john_manenti

Mike Rogers coaches with the Chiefs Women’s Super Rugby and Waikato Women's Farah Palmer Cup teams. Formerly he’s had roles in the Mitre 10 Cup with the Bay of Plenty, who were winners in 2019. He’s the founder of Inside Running Academy and The Athlete Factory NZ, and has been heading up the Coaching Learning Series online. Contact:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-rogers-416b2617/[email protected] Athlete Factory NZhttps://theathletefactory.nz/Inside Running Academyhttps://www.rugbyacademy.global/

David Sharkey is an Irishman who trained as an English teacher in London and has been working and coaching in the UK for the past 12 years. He currently coaches at HAC RFC and hosts a blog titled The Great White Sharkey.Blog: https://thegreatwhitesharkey.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/teachingsharks https://twitter.com/SharkTeamsAll Chats Pod: https://shows.acast.com/all-chats-pod

Lesley McKenzie hails from Fort Nelson, British Columbia in Canada and is the women's head coach for the Japan Rugby Football Union. She represented Canada at two Rugby World Cups and earned 25 caps. Lesley had coaching roles with UBC before moving to New Zealand as a Rugby Development Officer. She has been based in Japan for 3 years now.

Chris Campbell is the Performance Sport Manager at Nottingham Trent University in the UK where he oversees 11 performance programs across various sports. He also has Head Coaching roles at Hinckley RFC & Leicestershire Men's Senior XV. Most importantly, he is the Under 7s coach at Stow-On-The-Wold

Curtis Bradford has had roles formerly with NSW Rugby, Leicester Tigers and the Welsh Rugby Union. He currently heads up Rugby Austria’s 7s programme.

Tim Walsh is the head coach of the Aussie men’s 7s team and the former head coach of the Aussie women’s 7s team. He coached the women’s team to the first ever Olympic 7s gold medal in Rio Brazil 2016. Twitter: @timwalsh7s

Steve Anderson is the Director of Rugby for Rugby WA and recent author of a book titled “A Coach's Journey: Discussing essential aspects of professional coaching”. He’s held numerous roles worldwide, with organisations such as Australian Rugby League, Scottish Rugby Union, Irish Rugby Union, and Rugby Australia. He is a level 4 coach in Rugby Union and a level 3 coach in Rugby League.Rugby WA Webinars: https://bit.ly/30MEtjZA Coach's Journey: https://amzn.to/3fOot7d

Robin MacDowell is Rugby Canada’s lead in talent identification for the women’s national team and is a former player for the Canadian 7s team. He has coached extensively across Canada and even led the Mexican women’s team in their historic qualification for the 2018 RWC 7s. Twitter: @MacDowellRugby

Phil Llewellyn is an experienced coach, manager, educator and administrator. He has worked in player development roles for both England and Ireland Rugby, as well as senior, minis, and junior sections with grassroots clubs. He spent a season coaching in Canada and is also passionate about coach education plus mentoring.Twitter: @philllewellyn

Eddie Jones is the head coach of England. He has also coached Australia, South Africa, Japan, and the Brumbies to success. In this episode, we discuss his coaching journey, the RWC, his autobiography, tactical periodisation, and the Law interpretations being seen in Super Rugby Aotearoa.This episode is sponsored by Ruckie Analytics. If you contact them via [email protected] and mention the podcast, you'll receive a 40% discount on analysis for next season! For more information, visit https://ruckie.com/

Pierre Villepreux is a former Toulouse and French national player, receiving 34 caps for his country. He has had coaching roles with Toulouse, Italy, and France, and was their assistant coach during the 1999 RWC. He then went on to be the technical director for the French Rugby Federation and also held similar roles with World Rugby. In 2018, he was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Twitter: @LePlaisirDuMou1

Stuart Edwards is based in Edinburgh and is the attack coach for Scotland U18. He is also Head of Rugby at Stewart’s Melville College who won the 2019 Scottish Schools’ Cup. He is still an active player with Heriots in the Super 6 and is enjoying being coached as a way to develop his own philosophy.Twitter: @stuarted10

Joe Winpenny is the Director of Rugby at Oxford Brookes University RFC, a Rugby Development Officer at Oxford University, and Scrum Coach at Oxford Harlequins RFC. Joe played overy 200 1st grade games for Chinnor RFC, the club where he also first started coaching.Twitter: @OURFU_RDO

Dr Sommer Christie is a mental performance consultant who works with Olympic and Paralympic athletes, coaches, professionals, surgeons and performers. Her primary focus is to facilitate the enhancement of performance through mental skills training, including neurofeedback and biofeedback.Sommer is also a former Canadian national player who competed in two World Cup’s, the World University Games, and several International test matches. She was also recently inducted into the Concordia University Sports Hall of Fame.Journal mentioned in episode: https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/iscj/7/2/article-p209.xml#d231691324e662Rugby Soupe: https://www.rugbysoupe.com/donner-donate

Geraint Davies is a Head of PE and Games, based in the UK and recently completed his Level 4 Coaching Certificate. He is an RFU Senior Coach Developer, a club head coach, and has coached from U6’s up to senior international, in both the men’s and women’s game. He’s producing some excellent coaching resources on Twitter and YouTube under the title Geraint Davies Rugby Coaching & Analysis.Twitter: https://twitter.com/daviesGDDYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqGVtDWh5ZIbdJUsASV_5mA

Curtis Lauzon is the Technical Director at Rugby New Brunswick in Canada and moved from Ontario where he took up the role in 2017. He heads up the province’s Senior Women’s team and has had assistant coaching roles with both the Canada U18 men’s and women’s programmes, and the Atlantic Keltics Senior Women. Twitter: @curtislauzon

Born and raised on a dairy farm in New Zealand, Kendrick played his rugby with Southland, the Highlanders, Bay of Plenty, a short stint with the Chiefs, and also represented New Zealand in Sevens. He moved to France in 2014 to play for Lyon and has been part of their coaching staff since 2016.Twitter: @kendricklynn82

Jim McKay is the attack and assistant coach at the QLD reds. He was previously with the Reds from 2009-13, where they were successful in winning the Super Rugby title in 2011. Since that first stint with the club, he has gone on to have coaching roles with the Wallabies, Kobelco Steelers in Japan, as well as a number of consultancy positions.

Dave Morrow is a retired Canadian Armed Forces infantry officer and did one operational tour in Afghanistan during 2010-2011. He is also a former high school teacher and recently completed his Masters in Education Leadership where he researched high school concussion management programmes. He now runs his own personal training business tailored for military, police, and EMS professionals.Website: https://www.davemorrow.netYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davemorrowpt

Beau Robinson is a former professional rugby player who started out his career in rugby league with the Bulldogs under 20s. He then went on to the Waratahs academy and senior side for 3 years, which included a Super Rugby final in 2008, before moving to Italy to play. After that, he moved to Brisbane, played club rugby, worked in a bar, got picked up by the Reds and went on to win a Super Rugby title in 2011 and a Wallabies cap. He also had 2 seasons with the Harlequins in the UK and is now working as a business and leadership coach.

Jeremy Holt is an occupational psychologist, leadership coach and facilitator from England who works with high performance teams in business, sport, and the military. His company, the Centre for Team Excellence, specialises in applying behavioural science to develop great teams and has been working with the University of Sussex in an attempt to understand the psychological factors that make teams great. He’s also a grassroots rugby coach with 15 years experienceTwitter: @jeremyjholt

Stuart Lancaster is a former school teacher and is now Senior Coach at Leinster in the Pro 14. From Yorkshire originally, he joined the RFU in 2007 where he was Head of Elite Development and the head coach of the England Saxons until 2011 before becoming the head coach of England between 2011 and 2015.Links mentioned:https://findingmastery.net/stuart-lancaster/https://www.udemy.com/leadership-lessons-and-building-high-performing-teams/Contact details if you want to advertise on the podcast:https://therugbycoachscorner.com/contact.htmlhttps://twitter.com/RugbyCoachsCnr

Vicky Alexander is currently coaching with the Richmond Women’s coaching team in the Tyrrell’s Premier 15’s. She is also an RFU coach educator and community rugby coach at Cobham RFC, as well as a school coach at Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham.Twitter: @ruggachick7

Gary Gold has extensive coaching experience, heading up teams such as the London Irish, Western Province, Bath, the Sharks, and the Worcester Warriors. From 2008-2011, Gary was the assistant coach for the Springboks and is now the head coach of the USA Eagles as they prepare for the Rugby World Cup. Twitter: @GaryGoldrugbyiq

Warren Abrahams is from South Africa originally but has been based in England for the past decade. He coaches with the England Rugby 7s set-up, is the former Harlequins Academy coach, holding that role for 8 years, and was the Lithuanian Rugby Federation’s Head of 7s. He is the founder of Coaching 4 Potential where his goal is to develop people through coaching.Twitter: https://twitter.com/W_AbrahamsInstagram: #coaching4potential

Dave Lyme is from Australia originally and has been around rugby for most of his life. Having only starting coaching in 2014, he had immediate success with the Fairfield Yankees men’s team out of Connecticut who went on to win the USA Rugby D3 National Championship in 2016. Currently he is the head coach of Sacred Heart University, Staples High School, and Westport P.A.L. Youth Rugby. He has also started doing some consultancy work with his company Scrum Down Rugby.Website: https://scrumdownrugby.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thescrumdownrugby/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thescrumdownrugby/

Kris Stafford has been coaching rugby for 10 years and is the full time Rugby Development Officer at Leeds Beckett University, as well as head coach at Old Otliensians RUFC in West Yorkshire. Kris recently completed a postgraduate degree (MSc) in Sports Coaching and applies a lot of the theory and concepts to his daily coaching environments. He and his fellow coaches at Old Otliensians recently won the "Coaching Moment of the Year 2018" at the UK Coaching Awards.Twitter: @KrisStafford Instagram: therugby_coachYou Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnwbWpJUF08

Andy Friend is head coach of Connacht Rugby in Ireland and has been coaching professionally for 24 years. Before Connacht, Andy had head coaching roles with the Aussie Men’s 7s, Suntory Sungoliath, Canon Eagles, Brumbies, and Harlequins.Twitter: @andyfriend2011

Russell Earnshaw, formerly of the RFU, is a returning guest of #TRCCP Rusty is the co-founder of The Magic Academy and is now working extensively in rugby, as well as numerous other sports, supporting coaches and organisations to provide great learning experiences for athletes.Website: www.themagicacademy.co.ukYouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8tJuGq_Q4Twitter: https://twitter.com/russellearnshawTry of the Year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5BncWU-Ajs