Flo Laing, Scotland Rugby

Flo Laing does not miss a beat in explaining what she’s most excited about heading into 2025.“It’s got to be the World Cup,” says Scotland women’s Lead Physiotherapist.The competition will be hosted across the border in England and starts in August. Laing says it has been the Scotland team’s “north star” for several years.During the course of our conversation – the second of three in this Keiser podcast series – we spoke about her work in women’s rugby at a time where the sport is starting to capture the public’s imagination and performance standards are rising faster than ever for the women players who compete [4:00].Elsewhere, Laing discusses her leadership style, which is very much about putting people at ease [18:00]; she also talks about the most pressing issues in female athlete health [28:40]; as well as the transferable skills she’s learned from her time working for Sport Scotland [12:30].Listen above and subscribe today on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and Overcast, or your chosen podcast platform.