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The Rugby Bricks Podcast is about speaking with some of the brightest minds, smartest coaches and most talented athletes from all around the world. We're breaking down their habits of what's made them successful and sharing their insights, tips, and quirks from their fields to make you the best you can be whether that's on or off the pitch.
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#46: Joe Rokocoko | The Fijian Flyer & The Art of Deception On The Pitch
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Josevata Taliga "Joe" Rokocoko is a professional New Zealand rugby union player. Rokocoko is one of the top ten try scorers of all time in International Test Rugby. Rokocoko played 96 matches for the Auckland Blues and 69 first class test matches for the All Blacks before moving to France where he played 98 matches for Bayonne and 87 matches for Ra…
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#45: Robbie Deans | Creating The Crusaders Championship Culture & Building Living Legacies
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Robbie Deans is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player, currently the head coach of the Panasonic Wild Knights. He was head coach of the Australian national team between 2008 and 2013. Deans had previously coached the Crusaders for eight seasons and was an assistant coach of New Zealand between late 2001 and 2003. As the coach of the Cru…
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#44: Black Friday | The Launch Of Our Latest Product
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It’s Black Friday at Rugby Bricks and we’re chatting through the launch of our new RB Kicker Boot Bag, grubbers and everything Black Friday deals. Here’s what we’re covering in today’s episode: A new RB Product Launch: The Rugby Bricks Kickers Boot Bag is built to keep your boots, your tee and journal protected while on the move. We’ve created a pr…
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#43: Gareth Jenkinson | Interviewing Siya Kolisi After The 2019 World Cup Final & Revitalising Rugby In South Africa
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Gareth Jenkinson is a sports journalist and is one of the team now leading the launch of Rugby Bricks South Africa. This episode covers some special moments: How Gareth interviewed Siya Kolisi as he walked off the pitch after winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup How Gareth’s career in journalism has led him to speak with some of the greatest minds in r…
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#42: Leo Breen | Establishing The Rugby Bricks Values & The History Of Rugby Bricks
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Leo Breen is my Dad and is the roading manager at Whitestone Cheese in Oamaru where I grew up. In this episode, we discuss the values that drive us inside of Rugby Bricks. We chat through: What it means to lead with empathy How to be you and let others be Why you need to share what you learn with others How to create your own environment and atmosp…
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#41: Alev Kelter | How Ice Hockey Created A Rugby Olympian & The Mantra of Self Awareness
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Leyla Alev Kelter is an American rugby sevens player. She won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the United States women's national rugby sevens team. She also made the squad to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil and made the Eagles squad for Women’s Rugby World Cup in Ireland in 2017. In this episode we tackle: Alev’s fam…
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#40: Christian Leali'ifano | A Master Class In Game Driving & Leading Your Team
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Christian Leali'ifano is an Australian professional rugby player. He currently plays for the Brumbies in Super Rugby and Toyota Jido Shokki in the Japanese Top League and his usual position is inside centre or fly-half. In this episode we cover: Chrisitan's role in dictating how he has led both the Brumbies and the Wallabies around the park and how…
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#39: Mike Harris | What It Takes To Become A World-Class Goal Kicker & The Student Mindset
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Mike Harris is a professional rugby player for Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's Top League. He has also been capped ten times for Australia. Harris began his career in 2007 with North Harbour in New Zealand's ITM Cup before moving to Australia in 2011. He played for the Queensland Reds and Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby and then joined French club L…
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#38: The Greatest Rugby Bricks Podcast Ever
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Just like Matt Dunning’s 2003 drop goal that left him in the rugby halls of fame as the first prop to slot a drop goal from 30 metres out this podcast delivers as much value if not more. Peter dives into the Rugby Bricks archives to find the top 10 pieces of passing advice from previous guests. From the world’s best number 9 Aaron Smith through to …
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#37: Will Greenwood | Winning The 2003 World Cup With Jonny Wilkinson & Owning Your Role On The Pitch
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Will Greenwood is an English former rugby union player who played for Leicester Tigers and Harlequins and played 55 tests for England and was the centre for the 2003 World Cup-winning team and is our first repeat guest on the Rugby Bricks podcast. Will is a Sky Sports commentator and sports journalist for The Guardian having written over 1.5 M word…
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#36: Mike Cron | The Man Behind The All Blacks Front Row & Becoming One Of The Most Innovative & Respected Coaches Of All Time
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Mike Cron first began working fulltime with the All Blacks in 2004 and after many years as the All Blacks Scrum Coach, moved into a wider role as the Forwards Coach in 2012. Mike has been coaching since 1982 and is recognised as one of the most innovative and respected coaches in the world. Mike has now retired from coaching the All Blacks forwards…
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#35: Abby Gustaitis | Leading The US Eagles & Understanding The Science Behind World Class Habits
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Abby Gustaitis is an American rugby union player. She debuted for the United States against France in 2016. She was selected for the squad to the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. Abby is currently working on her game during COVID-19 as she looks to the possibility of the Olympics Games in Tokyo, next year. Similar to Abby this episode had e…
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#34: Otere Black | Learning From Dan Carter, Beauden Barrett & The Resurgence Of Blues Rugby
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Otere Black plays as a first five-eight for Manawatu in the Mitre 10 Cup, Blues in Super Rugby Aotearoa and Maori All Blacks and someone I had the opportunity to play at the end of my playing days. Otere is currently leading the top of the table Blues around the park as the starting first five-eighth and has been a standout this season. Just like O…
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#33: Will Greenwood | English World Cup Winner & Master Of Communication & Leadership
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Will Greenwood is an English former rugby union player who played for Leicester Tigers and Harlequins and played 55 tests for England and was the centre for the 2003 World Cup-winning team. Will is now a Sky Sports commentator and sports journalist for The Guardian having written over 1.5 M words for the publication on the game of rugby. This episo…
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#32: Peter Breen | Understanding The Micro Skills That Make You Better
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In this episode, we go deep on the upcoming Detail series that is coming Rugby Bricks followers and a fireside chat with Aaron Smith. One of the missing links I've found in rugby is the attention to detail. Some of the best in the world are making half centimetre adjustment to their hand position or ball drop and as a community, we've been missing …
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#31: Matt Toomua | Rugby World Cup 2019 As A Wallaby & Exploiting Micro Skills To Become World Class
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In this episode, we go deep with Australian Wallaby utility back Matt Toomua. Toomua is an Australian rugby union player who has played over 35 times for Australia since 2013. He plays for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby and his usual position is at fly-half or 2nd-five. He has previously played for the Brumbies and for Leicester Tigers in Engl…
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#30: Devin Markle | Olympic, NBA & NFL Sports Psychologist On Mastering Anxiety Performance
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In this episode, we go deep on performance anxiety with sports psychologist Devin Markle. Devin has experience working with athletes at every level, from youth development programs, high school, and college through to Olympic and pro-athletes. She's developed curriculums for the NFL and the NBA Pre-Draft programs. Devin earned her Master’s degree i…
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#29: Jay Main | How To Return To Play After COVID-19 & Cutting Your Injury Risk In Half
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Janet Main is a physiotherapist and strength and conditioning coach working out of Kinematics Performance here in Melbourne. Jay has worked with professional athletes nationally and internationally. In this episode we cover a return play after COVID: How to run so that you're carrying yourself with the appropriate back mechanics How to prime your m…
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#28: Stephen Larkham | World Rugby Hall of Famer & Using Competition To Become Your Best
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Stephen Larkham is a retired Australian rugby union player and World Rugby Hall of Famer, currently in the role of senior coach for Irish provincial side Munster, who compete in the Pro14. Larkham has been recognised as one of the best first-fives to play for Australia and during his peak, he was one of the best in the world at 10. This mastery has…
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#27: Jesse Kriel - Bringing A Nation Together Through Rugby & Winning A Rugby World Cup
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Jesse Kriel is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team and Canon Eagles in the Japanese Top League. He is a utility back who can play centre, wing or fullback. Jesse has played 46 test matches for the Springboks and was a part of their Rugby World Cup-winning squad in 2019. This episode was simply special …
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#26: Ben Ryan | Taking Home Olympic Gold & Creating A Standard That Breeds Champions
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Ben Ryan is an English rugby union coach who is best known for coaching the Fiji sevens team to a gold medal in sevens rugby at the 2016 Rio Olympics. As Fiji's sevens coach from 2013 to 2016, he guided the team to their first-ever Dubai 7's title and set the record of tournament titles won by a Fiji Sevens coach with nine. The gold medal was the f…
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#25: Andy Ellis | Creating The Crusaders Culture & The Influence of Justin Marshall, Richie McCaw and Dan Carter
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Andy Ellis is a halfback who was previously playing for the Kobelco Steelers until COVID-19 hit. Ellis has played for Canterbury, then the Crusaders and made 28 appearances for the All Blacks. This episode was special. We get a look at what it was like for Andy to play alongside some of the greats of the game from Dan Carter and Richie McCaw and ho…
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#24: Bryn Hall | The Tool & Tactics Behind The Crusaders Back To Back To Back Championship Dynasty
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Bryn Hall is New Zealand Half Back who has played 89 Super Rugby Caps earning the majority of these at the Super Rugby franchise The Crusaders. Hall has played for NZ Under 17's, captained the NZ Under 20's and has played 3 games for NZ Māori. This is one of the most detail orientated podcasts we've had and is filled with gold that you can use duri…
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#23: Peter Breen | The Future Of Rugby Bricks & Up Skilling During Self-Isolation
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This episode of the Rugby Bricks podcast is a bit different. I'm joined by my business partner Kale Panoho who takes on the role of interviewer and we cover: How to deal with the lack of rugby right now physically and psychologically How coaches and athletes that have lost their livelihoods can pivot to improve their skills Where we're headed at Ru…
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#22: Charlotte Caslick | Influencing A Generation & 2016 World Player of the Year
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Charlotte Caslick is a member of the Australian Women's Rugby Sevens Team. The team reaching the pinnacle when they won Gold in the Rio summer Olympics in 2016. Caslick is a key member of the team has established herself as one of the best rugby sevens players in the world winning World Rugby Sevens Player of the year in 2016. In this episode of th…
