The Rugby Coach's Corner Podcast

Pierre Villepreux is a former Toulouse and French national player, receiving 34 caps for his country. He has had coaching roles with Toulouse, Italy, and France, and was their assistant coach during the 1999 RWC. He then went on to be the technical director for the French Rugby Federation and also held similar roles with World Rugby. In 2018, he was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Twitter: @LePlaisirDuMou1

Stuart Edwards is based in Edinburgh and is the attack coach for Scotland U18. He is also Head of Rugby at Stewart’s Melville College who won the 2019 Scottish Schools’ Cup. He is still an active player with Heriots in the Super 6 and is enjoying being coached as a way to develop his own philosophy.Twitter: @stuarted10

Joe Winpenny is the Director of Rugby at Oxford Brookes University RFC, a Rugby Development Officer at Oxford University, and Scrum Coach at Oxford Harlequins RFC. Joe played overy 200 1st grade games for Chinnor RFC, the club where he also first started coaching.Twitter: @OURFU_RDO

Dr Sommer Christie is a mental performance consultant who works with Olympic and Paralympic athletes, coaches, professionals, surgeons and performers. Her primary focus is to facilitate the enhancement of performance through mental skills training, including neurofeedback and biofeedback.Sommer is also a former Canadian national player who competed in two World Cup’s, the World University Games, and several International test matches. She was also recently inducted into the Concordia University Sports Hall of Fame.Journal mentioned in episode: https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/iscj/7/2/article-p209.xml#d231691324e662Rugby Soupe: https://www.rugbysoupe.com/donner-donate

Geraint Davies is a Head of PE and Games, based in the UK and recently completed his Level 4 Coaching Certificate. He is an RFU Senior Coach Developer, a club head coach, and has coached from U6’s up to senior international, in both the men’s and women’s game. He’s producing some excellent coaching resources on Twitter and YouTube under the title Geraint Davies Rugby Coaching & Analysis.Twitter: https://twitter.com/daviesGDDYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqGVtDWh5ZIbdJUsASV_5mA

Curtis Lauzon is the Technical Director at Rugby New Brunswick in Canada and moved from Ontario where he took up the role in 2017. He heads up the province’s Senior Women’s team and has had assistant coaching roles with both the Canada U18 men’s and women’s programmes, and the Atlantic Keltics Senior Women. Twitter: @curtislauzon

Born and raised on a dairy farm in New Zealand, Kendrick played his rugby with Southland, the Highlanders, Bay of Plenty, a short stint with the Chiefs, and also represented New Zealand in Sevens. He moved to France in 2014 to play for Lyon and has been part of their coaching staff since 2016.Twitter: @kendricklynn82

Jim McKay, the attack and assistant coach at the Queensland Reds, shares his extensive coaching journey, having previously worked with the Wallabies and Kobelco Steelers. He dives into the intricacies of crafting effective rugby attack strategies, emphasizing teamwork, adaptability, and the evolving playing style. McKay discusses the excitement around the new coaching staff for the Wallabies and the importance of grassroots coaching to nurture future talent. His insights on community engagement and player support shine a light on the heart of rugby.

Dave Morrow is a retired Canadian Armed Forces infantry officer and did one operational tour in Afghanistan during 2010-2011. He is also a former high school teacher and recently completed his Masters in Education Leadership where he researched high school concussion management programmes. He now runs his own personal training business tailored for military, police, and EMS professionals.Website: https://www.davemorrow.netYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davemorrowpt

Beau Robinson is a former professional rugby player who started out his career in rugby league with the Bulldogs under 20s. He then went on to the Waratahs academy and senior side for 3 years, which included a Super Rugby final in 2008, before moving to Italy to play. After that, he moved to Brisbane, played club rugby, worked in a bar, got picked up by the Reds and went on to win a Super Rugby title in 2011 and a Wallabies cap. He also had 2 seasons with the Harlequins in the UK and is now working as a business and leadership coach.