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Wandering Bear Podcast
by Wandering Bear Podcast
The Wandering Bear Podcast aims to give our listeners insight, ideas, thoughts and tactics on how to make the most of their time on this earth
Episodes
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Toby Booth: From Surviving To Thriving
Toby Booth is the Head Coach of the Ospreys in the United Rugby Championship (URC).
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Mike Rogers: Learning, Relationships And Building The Right Environment
Mike Rogers is the Head Coach of Manawatu in the New Zealand National Provincial Championship. He is also the Director of the Inside Running Academy.
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BJ Botha: How To Coach The Scrum
Brendon James Botha (BJ) is a 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok prop and the current SCT Rugby Head Coach at Glenstal Abbey. He is also the UL Bohemians Men's Head Coach and a world-renowned scrum specialist.
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Anthony J. Klarica: 7 Steps To Success In Sport & Life
Anthony is the Managing Director of Elite Performance. He was originally a Physical Education and Psychology Teacher and has spent the last 30 years working as a Psychologist and Performance Coach. He has worked in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, in…
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Glen Jackson: Taking The Step Up
Glen Jackson will take over as Head Coach for the Fijian Drua Super Rugby team in 2025. In addition to being an international standard referee, Glen had a long career as a player, representing the Maori All Blacks, the Waikato Chiefs, and Saracens in the English Premiership.
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Lee Goddard: Life & Leadership In The Ultimate High Performance Environment
This week on the podcast, we sit down with Rear Admiral Lee Goddard to discuss life, culture, and leadership.
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Dave Wessels: The Importance Of Relationships And Having A Shared Vision
Dave Wessels is the former Head Coach for the Melbourne Rebels & The Western Force. And is the current Head of Rugby for the Stormers.
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Petrus Du Plessis: A Life In Professional Sport & The Science Of Scrummaging
Petrus is an ex-professional rugby player and current professional rugby coach working with teams like Kobe in Japan & the Leicester Tigers in England. His most recent job has been as the Scrum Coach for the Wallabies under Dave Rennie. Petrus also runs a physiotherapy business.
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Zane Hilton: The Life Of A Career Coach
This week on the podcast we sit down with the Queensland Reds Forwards Coach Zane Hilton
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The Blake Schoupp Story
This week on the Podcast is Wallabies & Brumbies Prop Blake Schoupp.
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Anthony Eddy: How To Build a High Performance Team.
Anthony Eddy is the current Director of Symmetry Sports a company focused on Elite Athlete Management and Representation, Coach and High Performance Management & High Performance Health Assessments. www.symmetry-sports.com. In his coaching career Anthonys has been the Director of Rugby Sevens for...
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Craig Wilson: Making The Most Of Every Opportunity
Craig Wilson is the Director of Rugby and Head Coach at the prestigious Ivy League school, Yale.. He is also a leading rugby analysis content creator with millions of views across social media channels with his company The Contact Coach (@thecontactcoach).
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Andrew Blades: How To Build A Dominant Scrum.
This weeks guest is 1999 World Cup Winning Tighthead Prop & one of the worlds best Scrum Coaches Mr Andrew Blades.
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Billy Melrose: How To Find What Makes You Unique & The Importance Of Caring
Billy Melrose: How To Find What Makes You Unique & The Importance Of Caring.
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Matt Taylor: How To Make The Most Of Your Opportunities
Matt Taylor is the current Director of Coaching For Ricoh in the Japanese Top League. During his international coaching career (over 100 Test Matches) he worked as a Defence Coach for both Australia & Scotland. Domestically he coached for the Glasgow Warriors and the Queensland Reds.
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Andrew Fraser: Why Outcomes Don't Care How You Feel
Andrew Fraser is the General Manager for IRAA (International Rugby Academy of Australia) and the Defensive Coach for Bond University Rugby Club in the Queensland Premier Rugby Competition.
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Pauli Taumoepeau: Why You Should Never Be The Smartest Person In The Room
This week on the podcast we sit down with NSW Waratahs Forwards Coach Pauli Taumoepeau.
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Ben Batger: Why Hard Work Beats Talent
Ben Batger is the Head Coach of Eastwood Rugby Club in the Shute Shield, the premier grade rugby competition in Australia. During his playing career he represented the ACT Brumbies, the NSW Waratahs, the Greater Sydney Rams as well as a distinguished career for Eastwood Rugby Club.
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Brian Doyle: How To Build Real Confidence & Finding A way To Win.
Brian Doyle is the Boxing coach for the Gracie Jiujitsu Smeaton Grange Fight Team, home of former UFC Champion Robert Whittaker and one of the most renowned MMA Teams in Australia . In his boxing career he trained under legendary Boxing Coach Johnny Lewis and was the main sparring partner for…
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Cam Treloar: Building Confidence & How To Have Hard Conversations
This weeks guest on the podcast is West Harbour Pirates First Grade Head Coach Cam Treloar.
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Michael Ruthven: The Importance Of Staying True To Yourself
This weeks guest is Warringah Rats Head Coach Michael Ruthven, we reflect on the 2022 Shute Shield Season, the importance of having mentors and being true to your values, learning from mistakes, how to stay true to your values and much much more.
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Chris Delooze: You Can’t Pour From An Empty Cup
Chris Delooze is the Head Coach of Manly Rugby Club in the Shute Shield Premier Grade Competition. During the pod we talked about theming, building people, learning from failure, being true to yourselfhow neither of us enjoyed the 2022 Shute Shield season, how we can learn from disappointment and...
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Zak Beer: The Importance of Being Urgent & Not Anxious
Zak Beer is the Head Coach of Northern Suburbs Rugby Club in the Shute Shield Premier Grade Competition. During the pod we talked about the rapidly improving standard of the Shute Shield, how neither of us enjoyed the 2022 Shute Shield season, how we can learn from disappointment and use it to…
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Toutai Kefu: Building Connections & Knowing Who You Represent
Toutai Kefu is the Head Coach of Tonga, and a Wallabies Legend (1999 World Cup Winner) who earned 60 caps playing at number eight during a golden era for Australian Rugby
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Failure Cannot Cope With Perseverance
Mick Byrne is the Head Coach of the Fijian Drua Super Rugby Team. As a skills coach Mick has worked with the Wallabies, All Blacks, Scotland and Leinster. As an athlete Mick played professional Australian rules Football for Melbourne, Hawthorn and Sydney.
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Matt O’Connor: How To Improve People
Matt O'Connor is a former Wallaby and professional rugby union coach with a long track record of success at the highest levels. Matt has held head coaching roles at the Leicester Tigers (Winning the English Premiership in 2013), at Irish province Leinster (where he won the Pro12 in 2013–14) as…
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Simon Strachan: How To Build Long Term Success
This weeks guest on the Podcast is Simon Strachan. Simon is a co founder of Gain Line Analytics http://www.gainline.biz a company he formed with former Wallabies Prop Ben Darwin. Gain Line Analytics is an operations and management consultancy with a unique perspective on success in professional...
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Aaron Walsh: The Mental Side Of High Performance
This weeks guest is Mr Aaron Walsh. Aarons work includes developing leadership, culture and mental performance programs for teams in sport and business. He is currently working with the Chiefs in Super Rugby as well as consulting to Harlequins, Texas Rangers and Basketball New Zealand. His work...
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Sean Hedger: The Key Ingredients For Long Term Success
This weeks guest on the podcast is 2022 Sydney University Head Coach, Shute Shield Coach of the year, Shute Shield 2022 Premiership winner, former Melbourne Rebels Attack Coach & the current Head of Coaching for the international Rugby Academy Mr Sean Hedger.
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Scott Coleman: Building A Culture From The Ground Up
This week on the podcast we sit down with one half of the joint Shute Shield Coaches of the year Scott “Bubba” Coleman. We talk about forming the Hunter Wildfires, building an identity and a culture from scratch, lessons learned and some of the main takeaways from the crazy 2022 Shute Shield Season.
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We Are Back
After a brief hiatus we are back. Last year I learned an incredible amount from some amazing guests and i’m looking forward to seeing what we can learn from this years guests. The plan will be to put out as many podcasts as consistently as possible, improve our production and hopefully all of you...
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Taking A Walk With Royce Simmons:
Royce Simmons is an Australian former NRL Player & Coach. During his playing career he represented the Penrith Panthers, NSW Blues and Australian Kangaroos. After he finished playing he moved into the coaching world and ended up coaching the Panthers, Hull FC, St Helens and later worked as an...
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Richard Harry: Overcoming Adversity And Trusting Your Vision
Richard Harry was a halfback, who became a flanker and finally a loosehead prop in order to realise his dream of representing Australia. Harry’s first taste of representative football came when he attended Scotch College in Melbourne and was selected at halfback for Victoria in the 1979 National...
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Mark Bell: How To Coach A Dominant Scrum
This week on the podcast we sit down with one of the godfathers of Australian Scrum coaching former Wallaby Mark Bell. In Bellys playing career he played his school rugby at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill - Australia's leading rugby nursery. A consistent hooker, Bell played in the undefeated…
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How To Get An Extra 1% From Elite Performers: Swiss National Hammer Throw Coach Martin Bingisser
This weeks guest on the podcast is Martin Bingisser. Martin is the founder of HMMR Media, Swiss national hammer throw coach, and 11-time national champion.. During his athletic career he worked extensively under Anatoli Bondarchuk, the most successful Olympic throws coach of all time, and writer…
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Cool Runnings 2.0 The Story Of The Jamaican Bobsled Team: Matthew Wekpe
This weeks guest on the Podcast is Winter Olympian Matthew Wekpe. Matthew is a member of the 2022 Jamaican Bobsled Team representing his country at the Beijing Olympics.
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Scottish Rugby Legend Dan Parks
This weeks guest on the podcast is Scottish Rugby Royalty Dan Parks. During Dans professional career he won 67 caps for Scotland as well as representing the Glasgow Warriors, Cardiff Blues and Connacht. Dan is the Glasgow Warriors record appearance holder as well as holding the record for the…
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Dan McKellar: How To Build A Team
This week on the podcast is Brumbies Head Coach & Wallabies Forwards Coach Dan McKellar. I have been a massive fan of Dans for a long time and it was an honour to sit down and pick his brain on all aspects of how to build teams & the unique challenge of getting 8 massive humans to work together.
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Darren Coleman: Part 2. Changing Culture
This week on the podcast we have part 2 of our chat with current NSW Waratah Head Coach Darren Coleman. During Darrens coaching career he has won the Shute Shield with both the Warringah Rats & Gordon Rugby Club. In addition Darren was the foundation coach for the Los Angeles Giltinis in the US...
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Darren Coleman: Part 1. The Importance Of A Beginners Mindset.
This week on the podcast we have part 1 of our chat with current NSW Waratah Head Coach Darren Coleman. During Darrens coaching career he has won the Shute Shield with both the Warringah Rats & Gordon Rugby Club. In addition Darren was the foundation coach for the Los Angeles Giltinis in the US...
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Duncan Chubb: Han Solo Podcast
A solo podcast giving an update on everything going on in the Wandering Bear Sports Universe
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Stephen Hoiles: Building A New Franchise In The Sporting Capital Of The World
This weeks guest on the podcast is former Waratah, Brumbies and Wallabies back rower Stephen Hoiles. Stephen is currently the head coach of the Los Angeles Giltinis in the US Major League Rugby Competition.
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A Conversation with Laurie Fisher
This weeks guest on the Podcast is Brumbies Forwards Coach Laurie Fisher. Laurie began his coaching career with the Brumbies in 2000 when he was appointed head coach of the Brumbies Rugby Academy and later assumed control of the Brumby Runners and the Canberra Vikings. He implemented a rugby...
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How to Coach Scrums: With Hawkes Bay Scrum Coach Francisco Deformes
This weeks episode is a bit different. I sit down with Hawkes bay Scrum Coach Francisco Deformes to talk all aspects of scrum coaching.
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Episode 35: Dave Dillon: Building Better Humans.
This weeks guest on the podcast is the head coach of the Kobe Steelers Dave Dillon. I loved talking to Dave. This podcast is such a great resource for people who want to learn how to get the most out of a group of humans. We talked about dealing with conflict, how important it is for people to…
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Episode 34: Anthony Seibold. The Importance Of Being Curious
This weeks guest on the podcast is Anthony Seibold. Anthony is a former head coach of the Brisbane Broncos and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. This season he worked as a coaching consultant for the Newcastle Knights before taking over the as the teams defence coach. Anthony has recently taken up the...
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Episode 33: Pete Fairbairn - The Importance Of Building Relationships
This week on the podcast we sit down with Pete Fairbairn the Director of Sport for Thrive PR & Communications. During his career Pete has worked as a Media Manager for the Melbourne Rebels, he’s worked as the Communications and Commercial Manager for the Rugby Union Players Association and in his...
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Episode 32: Lachlan Mccaffrey: Know Your Why.
This weeks guest on the podcast is Austin Gilgronis backrower Lachlan McCaffrey. As well as representing the Brumbies, Western Force and The Waratahs Lachie has played overseas for London Welsh, Leicester Tigers and Kyuden Voltex in Japan. Lachlan has a unique perspective on a career in...
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Bitesize: What Makes The Brumbies So Special. With Lachlan Mccaffrey
This week we are trying something a bit different and putting out a bitesize episode. What makes the ACT Brumbies So Special with Lachlan Mccaffrey. Lachie Mccaffrey is a former Brumbies Backrower currently playing for the Austin Gilgronis in the US Major League
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Episode 31: Wayne Smith: Don’t Be Afraid Of Failure
This weeks guest on the Podcast is known by many in the rugby world as “The Greatest Coach Ever”. Wayne Smith is one of only 2 coaches in history to win back to back Rugby World Cups. During Waynes career he has won Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders and the Chiefs and is considered to be the...
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The Wandering Bear Podcast aims to give our listeners insight, ideas, thoughts and tactics on how to make the most of their time on this earth
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