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Rugby Coach Weekly — 386 episodes · page 1 of 4
Keeping players on the pitch: what coaches can do with Chris Jenkins
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
ECoaching with conviction, with Nash Cohen
EWhy 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