Ben Ryan Interview Special
Stephen Jones speaks to Ben Ryan, coach of the Fiji 7's team who Olympic gold in Rio 2016.They cover the challenges of working in a different culture, how the RFU machine led Ben to become a "poor version of himself", why other teams ...
An episode of the The Ruck podcast, hosted by The Times, titled "Ben Ryan Interview Special" was published on May 29, 2018 and runs 40 minutes.
May 29, 2018 ·40m · The Ruck
Summary
Stephen Jones speaks to Ben Ryan, coach of the Fiji 7's team who Olympic gold in Rio 2016.They cover the challenges of working in a different culture, how the RFU machine led Ben to become a "poor version of himself", why other teams were overtrained and too serious, how rugby is making mistakes other sports did 30 years ago and why he'd love to improve rugby in state schools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
Stephen Jones speaks to Ben Ryan, coach of the Fiji 7's team who Olympic gold in Rio 2016.
They cover the challenges of working in a different culture, how the RFU machine led Ben to become a "poor version of himself", why other teams were overtrained and too serious, how rugby is making mistakes other sports did 30 years ago and why he'd love to improve rugby in state schools.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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