2014. Ireland are on the up, Magali Harvey fever is rife, and surely *someone* has to stop the Black Ferns. Join the idiots behind rugby's most popular YouTube channel for a detailed and affectionate look back at each Rugby World Cup, celebrating and dissecting an evolving sport, match-by-match... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dan Cottrell and guests discuss all the hot topics in grass roots rugby coaching from managing concussion to dealing with parents.
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RugbyBits focuses on the Springboks, the United Rugby Championships and #SaffasAbroad, while also looking at the big news and results all over the rugby world. The podcast is co-hosted by Jared Wright, Kuhle Sonsiki, Shaun Lilford and Thala Msutu. Visit our webiste at rugbybits.com
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My name is Graeme Forbes and I run The Dead Ball Area, a website and Youtube channel dedicated to Rugby Analysis. During the global lockdown I decided to make a short series podcast discussing what changes to the game people would like to see made. The podcasts will be released Sundays and Wednesdays throughout May 2020.
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So how did you get your dream job? Every week Archie Biltcliffe, Ben and Michael speak to media industry leaders. From critically acclaimed journalists to your favourite creators, we talk to the people who are Plugged In. Instagram: www.instagram.com/pluggedinpod Twitter: www.twitter.com/pluggedin Produced by Archie Biltcliffe Music & Sound Design by Dylan Tarayan-Bibbs: www.instagram.com/dylan.oka
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2014 #6 - USA 47-7 Kazakhstan (with Rugby Julia)
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Julia Singer AKA Rugby Julia joins us to watch her beloved US Eagles hammer a battling Kazakhstan side. Amongst a critical analysis of the state of Twitter, we dissect Julia's choice to adopt Wales as her second team, discover more inspiring stories and assess Siya Kolisi's career prospects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati…
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Hard Soft Tele'a and the Duhan Darcy Dominance
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Thala, Shaun and Kooks have a look at magnificent Mark and how the All Blacks beat England. We start off with our first phase of which Scotland player you would start for the Springboks and we pay tribute to Joe Marler who retired from test rugby but not before helping give the fans what they really want when watching the Haka. With the Autumn Nati…
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Building Rugby Culture: Engaging Schools, New Players, and Overcoming Coaching Challenges
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Send us a text In this episode, Dan and Lindsay Abery, Thatcham U14 coach and former mini and junior chair, dive into the ins and outs of building a thriving rugby culture in schools. They tackle essential topics like engaging new players, ensuring safety with innovative techniques, and adapting coaching styles for different age groups. Lindsay sha…
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Autumn Nations Series Part 2 - World Player of the Year, best player debates, another Haka brouhaha
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Kooks and Thala come again for Part 2 of their Autumn Nations Series preview and they focus more on the players in this round. Kooks and Thala discuss whether Pieter-Steph du Toit has the World Rugby Player of the Year award in the bag, which Springboks and Ireland players could contest and what the size of meltdown would be if Antoine Dupont wins …
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Autumn Nations Series Part 1 - All Blacks and England under pressure, Gatland and Townsend on the hot seat?
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Kooks and Thala have a two-part preview for the Autumn Nations Series and ask the burning questions for the upcoming games. We first share memories and discuss why the Autumn Nations Series is the most special part of the international rugby calendar and if rugby played in the southern hemisphere is given that yellow filter like they do for movies …
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Inside a training session with Fi Hayes, one of Ireland's top women's rugby coaches
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Send us a text Fi Hayes is a former Ireland international, winning two Six Nations and representing her country in the 2014 World Cup. More recently, she has coached UL Bohemians to cup and league titles, been head coach of Munster U18 girls, and is now Munster Women's head coach. She has also been the Energia Women's AIL coach of the year twice. I…
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2014 #5 - France 26-0 Wales (with Philippa Tuttiett)
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Former Wales winger Philippa Tuttiett joins us (!!!) to provide actual insight and analysis on the pod talk about Wales' pre-World Cup prep, hair, and nutmegs. Thanks so much to Philippa (@PhilippaTuttiett) for giving us her time, as well as so much quality insight. She has a brilliant new PWR-themed podcast with Nick Heath (previous guest of the p…
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Sharks and Stormers are back, apologies to Ulster fans and unsurprising Bok EOYT squad
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Kooks and Thala review week 5 of the URC and the Springbok squad for the Autumn Nations Series. Kooks and Thala discuss the return of Damian Willemse in the squad and Ruan Nortje, Elrigh Louw and Jan-Hendrik Wessels staying in the squad. Then we discuss if we might have made a mistake placing Ulster at the bottom of our tiers list last week. We bre…
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The reality of pro-rugby life, the good & the challenges, with Matt Garvey
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Send us a text Dan welcomes Matt Garvey to the podcast. Matt had 13 years in English top flight rugby, playing for London Irish, Bath where he was also captain, Gloucester and Worcester. He is now the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) Development Manager for Bath Rugby and Gloucester. In the podcast, they discuss: When an 18-year-old signs up for a …
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URC Tier List, Kolisi the hero and Squidge losing the streets
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Kooks and Thala rank the URC into tiers after 4 rounds of the URC. We divide the teams into four different tiers: Championship Contenders, Playoff Locks, Dark Horses and Basement Dwellers. Find out where we rank the South African teams. Why we think it’s the year for the Lions to make some playoff noise, why the Bulls are still championship contend…
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New laws, trial laws and old laws: Keeping up-to-date and pragmatic
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Send us a text We are delighted to welcome back Keith Lewis to the podcast. Keith is a practising referee and runs the RugbyReferee.net website and Facebook community. Dan asks Keith about: The three new laws for this season The experimental laws you might see that aren't enshrined yet The old favourites of why it seems that not-straight at the scr…
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Coaching Blasts: What should we expect of a U14 rugby player, with Gary Townsend
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Send us a text In this short podcast, Dan speaks to Gary Townsend, head of rugby at Switch Rugby about whether we have the wrong expectations of young rugby players. He is former RFU National Player Development Manager and Bristol Bears Junior Academy manager. In this episode, they discuss what a capable 13-year-old rugby player should achieve on t…
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After a big week for Irish rugby, it's time to talk about the opening game of an era-defining World Cup campaign for them! As well as their win over the USA, we discuss Netflix series YOU, James Bond, Kilimanjaro and many many other relevant topics. Theme music is a remix of "World in Union" by Davoli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor…
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Jared and Shaun go over the weekends result that saw the Springboks secure their first 'real' Rugby Championship title since 2009. We discuss the performances from Saturday and look at the Bledisloe Cup plus how the two sides will fare in the future. We take a look at the Springbok midfield and how the future looks…
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Grassroots coaching: Asking why, fixing, changing philosophy
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Send us a text We are going to turn the tables and Stu James, is going to ask me the questions. Stu is a club coaching ordinator and colts coach at Guildford RFC, as well as a coach within the Quins Foundation programme and for Surrey Colts. In addition to these volunteer roles, he has a day job as a business consultant and executive coach. In the …
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The Argentina Blues, Manie Ride or Die and The Springbok Squad
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Kooks and Sharky chat about how upsetting the Springbok loss was. We look into a brilliant Los Pumas performance and where it went wrong for the Springboks. We take a look at the new Springbok match day 23 and have a bit of a wobble at the end leaving Sharky to sign offBy RugbyBits
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Coaching Blasts: What age to specialise as a 9 or 10, with Gary Townsend
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Send us a text In this short podcast, Dan speaks to Gary Townsend, head of rugby at Switch Rugby with a focus on deciding when to help players specialise as a 9 or 10. He is former RFU National Player Development Manager and Bristol Bears Junior Academy manager. In this episode, they discuss the best age, why it makes sense for this position and ho…
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Springboks, Bledisloe Cup and the Currie Cup
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Thala and Shaun have a look at the Springboks squad that Rassie Erasmus named ahead of the opening Los Pumas test. We look into each position and highlight the inexperience of the pack and Shaun makes a call on how Manie Libbok will be introduced. We look at how Scott Robertson is on a razor's edge with his job and talk loose trio's Bledisloe Cup r…
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The Coaching Knife: Do you need a coaching philosophy, with Martin Haag
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Send us a text Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Martin Haag, high performance team and executive coach. Focusing on managing people rugby we are going to cut to the root on the importance of having a coaching philosophy. Martin played for 14 years at Bath, then coached Bath, Nottingha…
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2014 #3 - Australia 26-3 South Africa
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It's time for the Wallaroos and the Springboks! We go in depth on a game of two halves, that felt more like a game of one half. In the meantime, we talk Tarantino, Oasis, language and the bizarre stories of some Australian rugby legends. Theme tune is a remix of World In Union by Davoli. Check out his album "Notes For A New Year" on all good stream…
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Kooks and Shaun take a look at the second Springbok win over rivals New Zealand in the Rugby Championship. The Springbok set up a great chance of taking the Rugby Championship title in the 5th round against Argentina away. We look at which players performed on both sides, dive into the absolute disaster of a second test for the Wallabies and look a…
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The Coaching Knife: Why don't men rate women coaches, with Nic Evans
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Send us a text Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Nic Evans, L4 coach and former director of rugby for the Kings Cross Steelers. Focusing on women's rugby, we are going to examine why there aren’t more women coaches coaching both men's and women's rugby. Nic is a former head of PE, dire…
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We carry on our celebration of the 2014 World Cup, as we watch Canada's 31... 5? win over Spain. Who knows, we're still not sure about Schrodinger's Conversion. We talk about nothing other than the game, so don't worry about that. The theme music for this is a new version of "World In Union", remixed by Davoli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac…
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Unbalanced loose trio and EOD Specialists
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Jamie Wall joins us again as we look ahead to a very important test in Cape Town. Both teams have made changes and Jamie explains why it is hard to get used to an All Blacks side being dictated too. We look at the team, the strange but exciting All Black loose trio and the wings on both sides. We try and understand the thoughts behind the Jordan an…
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Springboks shine after tough start, RSAvNZL Review
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Thala and Shaun walk through the Springbok test and how well the All Blacks started, we talk about the impact the Bomb Squad made and what the All Blacks need to do to win this type of game. We take a deep dive into all the controversial moments and set the record straight on the Aphelia Fassi yellow card and the Bongi Mbonambi try.…
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Inside the Squidge Rugby brain: Coaching, analysis and rugby geekery with Will Owen
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Send us a text Dan speaks to one-half of the Squidge Rugby Owen brothers, Will. With a massive following for their YouTube channel, Squidge Rugby analyses matches in a unique, bringing insight and entertainment in equal measure. Will is an avowed rugby geek but also still plays and coaches his local team's colts. Dan asks him about: How Squidge Rug…
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2014 #1 - New Zealand 79-5 Kazakhstan
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We kick off the 2014 World Cup with the Black Ferns' crushing of Kazakhstan. We dig into the history of rugby in Kazakhstan, discover a new cult hero and briefly mention the other team that were playing, I guess. Bear with us, we should have a fun new theme tune next week! For now, enjoy the absolute belter that is the Kazakhstan national anthem. H…
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We welcome Jamie Wall who is in South Africa following the All Blacks on their two test tour. Jamie is and Author and Journalist. He has written four books on the All Blacks including The Hundred Years' War about the Springbok and All Black rivalry. You can order his books here (https://www.jamiewallrugby.com/buy-my-books) We discuss the funny incl…
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Kooks, Thala and Shaun give their thoughts on Rassie Erasmus' Springboks squad he named for the opening All Black test in Johannesburg. We go through the surprise calls, who will drop out if Eben Etzebeth is passed fit and take a look at the David Nucifora and Felix Jones news.By RugbyBits
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The Coaching Knife: How to coach a dominated scrum, with Gavin Blackburn
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Send us a text Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Gavin Blackburn, Head Coach Cambuslang RFC. Focusing on the scrum rugby we are going to cut to the root on how to deal with a pack that’s dominating you. Gavin was a former age-grade district and international prop. He was a member of Sa…
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2014 #0 - The Rugby World Cup Retrospective Prospective
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Woah! We're FINALLY back! And for the first time ever, we're focusing on a women's World Cup! Join Robbie (@SquidgyGoat) and Will (@Will_Owen9) as we (@SquidgeRugby) attempt to cycle through the entire 2014 Rugby World Cup, with an episode reacting to each game. In this week's episode, we set the scene on this World Cup, the history of women's rugb…
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Springbok squad reaction, Leon MacDonald leaves the All Blacks, get ready to go to Pau away, Siya Kolisi
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Kooks, Shaun and Thala break down the Springbok squad selected for the home double against the All Blacks. We discuss whether how match sharp Jaden Hendrikse has looked since coming back to play for the Sharks. We discuss if Steven Kitshoff has to win his place in the 23 back from Gerhard Steenkamp and whether Elrigh Louw has done enough or will Ja…
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