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Rugby Coach Weekly — 386 episodes
Top tips for refereeing age grade rugby for 2026 season
Talent, Pathways and Potential, with Martin Mctaggart
Honesty, Detail and the Art of Coaching the Scrum, with Mark Williams
50 22 The pros and cons pads, shields and tubes
50 22 Tools for neurodivergent inclusion
50:22 Fault correction and when to say nothing
50:22 Coaching Belief, Not Just Skill
The biggest myths in rugby stats, with Sam Larner
What Instagram clips don’t show about coaching, with Sam Mace of SMPerformance
Sustainable performance in high-pressure environments
Be the adult in the room, with Tara Lynn
Skill Acquisition Without the Noise and Coaching Through Mistakes with Job Fransen
Inside The Rugby Paper: How rugby stories are built every week
Building the future of English rugby, with Steve Grainger
Building a Coaching Playbook That Actually Changes Clubs, with Charlie Farrell
Coaching with conviction, with Nash Cohen
Why Toughness Is Misunderstood in Rugby, with Jack Heald
What Really Matters When You Inherit a Losing Team, with Ross Bundy
Why better sessions don’t start with better drills
KatieFest and the Power of Inclusive Rugby
Building Stronger, Faster and Ultimately Better Rugby Players in the Girls’ Game
Confidence, Contact, and Change: The Girls Tackle Rugby Approach
Designing the Future: Inside England Rugby’s Girls’ Pathway
Managing mismatches, parents, and game-day transfer
50:22 Say Less, Coach More
50:22 Stop Chasing Skill: Build Game Sense That Sticks
50:22 The Right Kind of Pressure
High Care, Not High Performance – Ben Herring Returns
Receptive, Resilient, Ready: A New Way to Spot Talent
Coaching with Purpose – Lessons from Wales to Australia
Scholarships, Streaming, and the School Game, with Will James
50:22 Prepare Yourself, Not Just the Plan
50:22 The Assistant Coach You're Ignoring
50:22 Make Games Work Harder
50:22 Starting sessions
Mana, Movement, and Meaning with Regan Sue
Coaching with Connection: Soft Skills That Win Hearts and Games
Bench Warmers, Buy-In, and Being Different, with Ben Herring
Unlocking Creativity in Coaching with Dr. Michael Francis Pollin
From First XV to U14s: Coaching Rugby Across the Age Groups
Mastering Rugby Skills with The Rugby Trainer – Ben John’s Coaching Journey
The Why Behind Coaching: Developing Expertise and Decision-Making
The research secrets of dominant tackling revealed
From Recruitment to Retention: Lessons in Coaching Girls' Rugby, with Sam Halliday
Beyond Perfection: Coaching for Excellence with Lewis Hatchett
Fundraising for Grassroots Rugby: Secrets to Success with Ed Flynn
Building Better Coaches: Ethics, Education, and Inclusion with Stuart Armstrong
Emotion on the Field: Coaching with Heart and Strength
Coaching Through the Lens: Simple and Effective Video Analysis
Myths of motivating athletes with Dr Mark Carroll
Do Women Tackle Differently? Coaching, Challenges, and Solutions
Building Rugby from the Ground Up: How Adam Izzard is Transforming Rugby at Stonar School
Tackling Myths in Coaching with Mark Williams
Practical rugby ways to use ‘It depends’ from the man himself!
Unlocking Skill Acquisition with Danny Powell
How we built a team from five players to 25 and why they loving coming back to play
Why training on a Monday and Tuesday night means we field six men's teams a week, with Alex Hadley
Building Rugby Culture: Engaging Schools, New Players, and Overcoming Coaching Challenges
Inside a training session with Fi Hayes, one of Ireland's top women's rugby coaches
The reality of pro-rugby life, the good & the challenges, with Matt Garvey
New laws, trial laws and old laws: Keeping up-to-date and pragmatic
Coaching Blasts: What should we expect of a U14 rugby player, with Gary Townsend
Grassroots coaching: Asking why, fixing, changing philosophy
Coaching Blasts: What age to specialise as a 9 or 10, with Gary Townsend
The Coaching Knife: Do you need a coaching philosophy, with Martin Haag
The Coaching Knife: Why don't men rate women coaches, with Nic Evans
Inside the Squidge Rugby brain: Coaching, analysis and rugby geekery with Will Owen
The Coaching Knife: How to coach a dominated scrum, with Gavin Blackburn
She Tackles: The Media versus Women's Sports. Lyndon Julius with Dr Jocelyn Solomons
The Coaching Knife: How do you compete in 7s with limited speed in your team, with Jamie Barnwell
Differentiate effectively and the power of variation theory with Stuart Welsh
The Coaching Knife: Why player-centred is not waiting for the right answer, with Ben Lazenby
How to pursue the right sort of winning, with Cath Bishop, author of The Long Win
Coaching blasts: What young players want from your session, with Gary Townsend
The Coaching Knife: Who is the most important player in ruck defence, with Jason Gilmore
Progressive rugby: concussions in a community of care
How to find players and play more rugby
Don't screw up the nuts and bolts of a coaching session
Coaching blasts: How do you make an U12 player more skilful, with Gary Townsend
The Coaching Knife: Is organising ruck defence more important than improving tackling, with Callum Adam
How to design your coaching for more powerful learning outcomes
Is the learning styles myth the worst myth in sports coaching, with Dr Amy Whitehead and Jenny Coe
Why women love playing rugby
Wait a minute, I’ve just realised I’m a role model for black rugby players
Don't let perfect be the enemy of be good: How to set up a SEND rugby programme
When balloons and ribbons can help improve catching skills
How to help less-experienced coaches enjoy taking teams
The thorny reality of losing a World Cup final
Why a coaches' coffee club will make you a better coach
The science behind why dance can improve rugby
Simple ways to create intensity and urgency in your sessions
Transforming parents from obstacles to allies, with J.P. Nerbun
The Coaching Knife: What keeps volunteers in the game, with Tom Chaloba
The Coaching Knife: How can we make warm-ups improve performance, with Kevin Till
The Coaching Knife: Why we need to break the brooms of sweeping the sheds, with Craig Gunn
The Coaching Knife: Is coaching talent a different sort of coaching, with Ian Costello
The Coaching Knife: How easy is it to define your purpose, with Grant Doorey
Ask RCW: How do I stop my forwards from being lazy at rucks?
The Coaching Knife: How to referee the new tackle height law, with Keith Lewis
The Coaching Knife: Is coaching women just the same as coaching men, with Catherine Spencer
The Coaching Knife: Does rugby training need to look like rugby, with Geraint Davies
The Coaching Knife: What is a bad question, with Bradley Busch
The Coaching Knife: Why we need to use more direct instruction, with Chris Cushion
The Coaching Knife: How do you keep players' attention, with Andrew Watson
The Coaching Knife: Create belonging from the smallest beginnings, with Owen Eastwood
The Coaching Knife: How to use language to make your players better, with Nick Winkleman
The Coaching Knife: Don't bother coaching without a curriculum, with Martin Robinson
The Coaching Knife: Why you can't count what you don't agree, with David Didau
The Coaching Knife: Why don't men take women refs seriously, with Beccie Kettleborough
The Coaching Knife: How developing people first allows skills to follow, with Phillip O'Callaghan
The Coaching Knife: How to referee difficult situations, with Simon Smith
The Coaching Knife: How can we control our mind under pressure, with Alex Auerbach
The Coaching Knife: What does player-centred coaching look like, with Lynn Evans
The Coaching Knife: How to find your mojo, with Mark Zimmerman
The Coaching Knife: How do you build a good defensive system, with Phil Llewellyn
The Coaching Knife: What it really means to be a curious coach, with Riki Tahere
The Coaching Knife: What the hell is meant by contact fitness, with Phil Greening
The Coaching Knife: How can coaches coach resilience, with Dr Jo Brown
The Coaching Knife: How do you manage behaviour, with Tom Bennett
The Coaching Knife: How culture impacts performance, with Paul Phillips
The Coaching Knife: Connection is more important than competency, with Jonny McMurtry
The Coaching Knife: Can coaching your own child end well, with Gordon MacLelland
The Coaching Knife: How can you develop mindset skills, with Andy Key
The Coaching Knife: What real team building looks like, with Ben Fennell
The Coaching Knife: Why is winning underrated, with Ollie Phillips
The Coaching Knife: How to deal with anxiety in sport, with Amanda Owens
The Coaching Knife: Why is intentionality so important, with JP Nerbun
The Coaching Knife: Why are S&C coaches undervalued, with Justin Goonan
The Coaching Knife: Why skills coaches go wrong, with Nick Leah
The Coaching Knife: The pros and cons of a scrum machine, with Graham Smith
The Coaching Knife: Why every player should learn to kick tactically, with Eddie Abel
The Coaching Knife: Why culture matters, with Dustin Steedman
The Coaching Knife: Improve skill acquisition, with Job Fransen
The Coaching Knife: Faster, quicker lineout jumping, with Corey Mömsen
The Coaching Knife: Why is high-performance coaching different with Tom Carter
The Coaching Knife: How to create respect, with Phil Klevorick
The Coaching Knife: How to coach a large group, with Nick Wilkinson
The Coaching Knife: 7s attacking systems with Steve Lewis
The Coaching Knife: Does coaching hinder flair with Mark Ring
Coaching Laid Bare with Lynne Cantwell
The Coaching Knife: The power of a word to improve performance, with Reed Maltbie
The Coaching Knife: How to coach evasion and agility, with Joe Goodman
The Coaching Knife: Why touch rugby isn't rugby touch, with Sammie Phillips
The Coaching Knife: What's wrong with coaching pathways, with Eamonn Hogan
The Coaching Knife: Contextual interference to improve practices, with James Barkell
The Coaching Knife: How to coach using theming, with Dave Sharkey
The Coaching Knife: What is really meant by concussion, with Dr Sam Barke
The Coaching Knife: What is meant by playing in the zone, with Brian Moylett
Women's Rugby Coaching Magazine World Cup Podcast Series: The finals
Women's Rugby Coaching Magazine World Cup Podcast Series: Semi-finals
Women's Rugby Coaching Magazine World Cup Podcast Series: Quarters!
Women's Rugby Coaching Magazine World Cup Podcast Series: Moving weekend
Learning from the top coaches, and it wasn't what I expected
Women's Rugby Coaching Magazine World Cup Podcast Series: Round one completed
How we help you boost your playing numbers (for free!)
Women's Rugby Coaching Magazine World Cup Podcast Series: Setting the scene
How we use SAS to keep the England U18s focused
Roundup Rodeo Ep93: Reviewing the best content
Which player am I picking on?
Ask RCW: How do we improve our scanning
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How to lead like Razor, Wayne, Robbie, Kieran and Sam. Elevate your game and player management the Crusaders way.
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Why we should coach to tackle higher, not lower, for better, safer outcomes
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Ask RCW: Struggling to run our backs moves in matches
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Large group coaching and giving kids a better chance in life
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Create traditions with your teams
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Why and how you must change your coaching style
Brutally honest and why that makes sense
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Simple ways to influence the minds of your players
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Rob Gray and Mike Ashford discuss how we make decisions
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What's changed so I've stayed in love with coaching
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Mentoring my sons as coaches and players
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1990s rugby coach education absolutely relevant today
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My bible of coaching skills and how to engage with Gen-Z players
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Coaching Laid Bare with Rachel Lund
Coaching Laid Bare with Amy Turner
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England defence coach talks big rocks, small-sided games and catching 10 tennis balls
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My journey from Otago U10s to Melbourne Rebels attack coach
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Shane Pill: Games for training and learning, the methods and the pitfalls
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Si Nainby's Deep Dive with Dave Collins
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Ecological approach to coaching at all levels
Ref's view: Tackle and ball carrier height, 50:22 and no 5m scrums
Shots, systems and psych: Making all levels of player better defenders
Practical ways we use Doug Lemov's Coach's Guide to Teaching
Roundup Rodeo Ep54: Reviewing the best content
Nick Scott: Language, asking the right sort of question, not just fun
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Coaching Laid Bare with Aileen Richards
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Glass Half Full: Practical ideas for the return to rugby
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Deep Dive: The use of painkillers and drugs in rugby
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Keep shooting: Mental toughness with Lisa Lane Brown
Coaching Laid Bare with Carol Isherwood
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The Final: The Remarkable and Untold Story of the 2014 RWC (part four)
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The Final: The Remarkable and Untold Story of the 2014 RWC (part three)
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The Final: The Remarkable and Untold Story of the 2014 RWC (part two)
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The Final: The Remarkable and Untold Story of the 2014 RWC (part one)
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Mental wellness for women rugby coaches
Understanding the role of ecological dynamics in rugby
Roundup Rodeo Special: The state of the game
Glass Half Full: Good mental health and how to help
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Coaching Laid Bare with Vicky Macqueen
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Si Nainby's Deep Dive with Pete Arnott
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Coaching the Red Roses: Learning, Balance and Heart
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Coaching Laid Bare Episode 13 with Kate Burke
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Time for change: Women's Rugby Coaching magazine launched
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Coaches' guide to scaffolding to build better players and learning outcomes
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Si Nainby's Deep Dive with Sam Portland
Resilience, differentiation, session design and season planning
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Coaching Laid Bare Episode 12 with Katie Sadleir
Si Nainby's Deep Dive with Jamie Taylor (again!)
How to make more from analysis of your games
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Coaching Laid Bare Episode 11 with Maggie Alphonsi
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Glass Half Full: Coach development, knowledge and reflection
The Coach's Guide to Teaching: Practical ways to use Doug Lemov's latest book
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Si Nainby’s Deep Dive with William Wayland
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Coaching Laid Bare Episode Ten with Sophie Bennett
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Breaking the PANE: Themes & storytelling for all levels
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Glass Half Full: The women's game, challenges and opportunities
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Coaching Laid Bare Episode Nine with Jo Yapp and Sian Moore
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Reviewing research into what keeps good young players in the game
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Si Nainby's Deep Dive with Jamie Taylor
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The Haunted House hosted by the Eighty Percent Mental podcast team
Coaching Laid Bare Episode Eight with Kim Oliver
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Breaking the PANE: The battle of the doctors
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Coaching Laid Bare Episode Seven with Tania Rosser
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Top coaching tips for all levels: Wilko, Goose and Ian spill the beans
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RTP: Challenges for Age Grade Chairs and Club Coaching Coordinators
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Si Nainby's Deep Dive with Johnny O'Connor
BREAKING the pane: Directions of travel with coach development, diversity and hiring
Coaching Laid Bare Episode Six with Karen Findlay
Breaking the Pane discusses women in sport, sexism and social media abuse
Asking the best questions of other coaches
Roundup Rodeo Ep17: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Return To Play: Practical approaches to coaching
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Si Nainby's Deep Dive with Mark Williams
Roundup Rodeo Ep15: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Coaching Laid Bare Episode Five with Susie Appleby
Roundup Rodeo Ep14: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Sevens as training, useful jargon, breadth or depth
Roundup Rodeo Ep13: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Coaching Laid Bare Episode 4 with Giselle Mather
Roundup Rodeo Ep12: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Coaching Laid Bare Episode 3 with Maria Crowfoot
Roundup Rodeo Ep11: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Si Nainby’s Deep Dive with guest Andre Quinn
Roundup Rodeo Ep10: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Coaching Laid Bare: Episode Two with Rachel Taylor
Roundup Rodeo Ep9: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Paying players, academies, half a game rule and return to play
Roundup Rodeo Ep8: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Roundup Rodeo Ep7: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Si Nainby’s Deep Dive with guest Tom Farrow
Coaching Laid Bare: Episode One with Sophie Spence
Roundup Rodeo Ep6: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Rugby Coach Weekly’s Haunted House: Episode 3
Roundup Rodeo Ep5: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinars
Si Nainby's Deep Dive with guest Paul Hodgson
Roundup Rodeo Ep4: Reviewing last week's pick of the pods & webinars
The Rugby Coach Weekly Haunted House: Episode 2
Roundup Rodeo Ep3: Reviewing last week's pick of the pods & webinars
Roundup Rodeo: Reviewing last week's pick of the pods & webinars
Mental health: My journey
Roundup Rodeo: Reviewing last week's pick of the pods & webinars
The Rugby Coach Weekly Haunted House: Episode 1
Game plan attack priorities to blunt defences
Powerful game coaching and improving efficiency in training
Effective communication policy with parents
Video analysis: loads of great ways for you to get more from your footage
In practice, what should good practices really look like
A vision for women's game and coaching a men's team
Learning how learning happens: creativity, practice design, Cruyff
RFU's Head of Age Grade reviews half a game rule: Gains and challenges
Power up your coaching and get players to think for themselves
How to use video analysis for training design and player learning
Coach like a champion: Vital insights into how to improve learning
Latest research on coaching skills to minis
Dealing with teens who don't try and how to differentiate in training, with Craig Gunn
Let my coaching do the talking
Managing the complexity of coaching
Session-energising gold and incredible engagement by using games, with Dale Sidebottom
What you can and can't influence as a coach, with Sam Jarman
The line between being a bully and being a coach
You can't coach culture, and don't expect the women's game to be like the men's
It's not about the win, it's about the why
Smashing defence training with energy and purpose
Chicken or the egg: Games before skills or vice versa
Half a game rule: Opportunities, challenges and solutions
Coach the unusual suspects with Andrew Brownhill
How to get more from your CPD courses with Dr Anna Stodter
Better recovery to be fitter, faster and strong with Andy Hamilton of Peak Performance
Own the turf, create the routines and then let the madness begin
Women's game still needs more change says Scottish legend Donna Kennedy
Bird talks to NZ Ferns legend and Barbarians coach, Anna Richards
Hot rucks game walkthrough with Chris Sweetapple
Make average agility training outstanding
Level 4 journeys and coaching the person
Exciting times for women's rugby & coaching
Killer questions, escape roots, upping the tempo and challenging me
Defence zone: activity walkthrough with ideas to suit your team
Andy Stevens on how he became a better all-round coach
Hard choices for coaches and players, light bulbs and new ideas for age grade, with Tim Ravenscroft
Wayne Goldsmith on how to make a real difference to your teams
It’s just rugby players making rugby decisions
How to keep players in love with the game
Why you don't want to be called "The Fridge"
Progressions, learning from other coaches, who-what-how models and mentoring
Making real gains coaching grassroots and representative players
When to allow failure and how to coach with uncertainty
Would you love to play in the team you coach?
Science-based approach to better and safer tackling
Drills good, games much better. But you must know why
Should we change the age we start to coach scrummaging?
Are Super Rugby skills and thrills better than the Premiership and Pro14?
How ARU size and ability limits will benefit players and coaches