The Rugby Coach's Corner Podcast

Alana Thomas is the head coach of the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby women’s team and played for the Wallaroos over a 4 year period before moving into coaching. In 2017, Alana won Rugby AU’s Community Coach of the Year award on the back of winning the Victorian premiership with the Melbourne Unicorns. Twitter: https://twitter.com/alanathomas7 EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Andrew Lockwood is the founder of Rugby Vacancies and S&C Vacancies, and most recently Grey Wolf Consulting Group. He’s been a member of the British Army since 2004 and has toured both Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s had a wide variety of coaching roles, in both union and rugby league, and also created a charity called The Rugby Outreach Project.Twitter: @rugbyvacancies @sandcvacancies @greywolfteams @rugbyoutreachEVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

James Kent is the Technical Analyst at France Rugby as well as Academy Coach Stade Français. He also has roles with Monaco Rugby 7s and is the Director of Rugby at Rugby Club Luxembourg.Twitter: @jim_kentInsta: jamo08EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Jess Bunyard is the Editor at Women's Rugby Coaching Magazine and Head of Women's and Girls' Rugby at Huddersfield in the UK. She is a Level 2 RFU coach currently completing her Level 3, has guest coached men’s teams, and previously coached Yorkshire U18s.Twitter: @RugbyCoachJess @Womensrugbycoa2Instagram: @jessbcoach @womensrugbycoaching EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Sean Graham is the Director of Rugby at Nudgee College in Qld, Australia. He coaches there and has also had roles with Junior Gold Cup, Junior Reds, regional schoolboy rep teams, and is also a World Rugby Educator. He’s heading up a Youth Rugby Coaches Forum, January 21-22, 2022.Coaches Forum Website: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/836713Instagram: @rugbynudgeeEVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Wayne Smith is a Rugby World Cup winning coach, has won Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders and the Chiefs, is the current DoR at the Kobelco Steelers in Japan, and has influenced countless coaches worldwide.EVOLVE RugbyOnline coach development courseWhat you get: https://evolverugby.podia.com/Sneak peek:https://evolverugby.podia.com/evolve-rugby

Ian Baillie is the head coach of McGill University’s men’s rugby team who compete in the RSEQ championship against teams from Quebec and Eastern Ontario in Canada. Ian has also had a major impact on club rugby around Montreal, heading up the Montreal Irish and before that, the St Lambert Locks. He also coached the Quebec provincial senior men’s side for a number of years.Photo credit: @gariesphoto

Ryan Schultz is the 1st XV head coach at ACGS in Brisbane - better known as Churchie - who compete in the GPS competition. He’s coached extensively in and around Brisbane, having had roles with St Patrick’s College, Gregory Terrace, Brothers Rugby Club, and the QLD Reds U18 team as head coach.All for us and us for all: Introducing the 5R Shared Leadership Programhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1469029220302946 

Katie Hunter resides in New Brunswick, Canada, and coaches her U19 NB Provincial team, as well as being the President of her home club, the Saint John Irish. The Saint John Irish only field a women's team and Katie has been instrumental in their growth.She is passionate about bringing free development opportunities to women in the province by way of official training, athletic sessions, nutrition education, Level 1 & 2 certification, and more. She’s also a teacher, a referee, and is still fitting some playing in there as well. 

John Manenti is the head coach of the Aussie 7s women’s team and is currently preparing them for the Tokyo Olympics. Before this role, he was the Wallaroos head coach, winning bronze at the 2010 WRWC. He also coached Eastwood to 3 Shute shield championships and one Australian Club Championship.Twitter: @john_manenti